Petition: Cancel Unjust 1-Semester Suspension for Lee Song Yong

ASA member DEMA (Malaysia Youth and Students Democratic Movement) is presently holding a campaign for Lee Song Yong, a student from the Universiti Putra Malaysia  who was unjustly suspended by the university administration for allegedly challenging the school’s security.
On December 14, they will submit a joint memorandum to the Malaysian minister on higher education demanding [...]

Respect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights! Free the Arrested Maoris!

The Asia Pacific Indigenous Youth Network released a signature campaign calling for the immediate release of Maoris who were illegally rounded up and arrested by the NZ police.
The Terrorism Suppression Act apparently has been used to crack down on activists and other progressives.
The Asian Students Association joins the APIYN in calling for the unconditional release [...]

End the military junta’s rule! Just Peace and Democracy in Burma Now!

Dear friends, this is a statement that the Asian Students Association is releasing today and will be circulating among our member organizations and networs to support and co-sign.
We are likewise calling for an internationally or regionally-coordinated action to express the students and youth’s indigination over the virulent attacks by the SPDC and support to [...]

Stop military harassment, intimidation and vilification of student and youth organizations

Students and youth organizations in the Philippines, some of whom are members of the ASA, have called for an urgent action appeal against they have experienced harassment, intimidation and vilification from the Philippine military.
Early this year, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has started deploying platoons of military personnel all over Metro Manila, the major [...]

Petition: Return Varosha to Its Lawful Owners

Famagusta, Varosha in Cyprus is now a ghost town.
According to the Cypriot Young Scientists Organisation (CYSO-ISCHYS), its inhabitants were displaced from the city after the Turkish government took over the land through military invasion during the summer of 1974.
Wielding the International Law and respect for human rights, the CYSO-ISCHYS is leading a signature drive calling [...]

Petition: Ensure the Survival of a Sustainable Farming Community in Central Mindanao

400 hectares of farm lands. 800 rice farming families.
They are the target possible casualties if the Central Mindanao University administration decides to lease out the said lands to big agri-businesses to produce cash crops.
On previous occasions, the administration has responded violently to protesting farmers and their supporters by dispersing mass actions and forcing the farmers [...]