122 Human Rights Groups in Asia-Pacific Call for a Special Session on Burma
— September 27, 2007(Bangkok) 122 human rights organisations, representing every sector of civil society, join hands in writing an open letter to Ambassador Doru-Romulus Costea, the President of the Human Rights Council (HRC) calling for the HRC to convene a special session on the human rights situation in Burma. This is one of the largest shows of solidarity to date from national, regional and international NGOs based in the Asia Pacific; the situation in Burma is in dire need of focused attention.