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1 This document is downloaded from DR-NTU, Nanyang Technological University Library, Singapore. Title Seminar on Media and Human Rights Reporting on Asia's Rural Poor : November 24-26, 1999, Bangkok : [list of speakers and participants] Author(s) Citation Date 1999 URL Rights

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3 Seminar on Media and Human Rights November 24-26,1999 Bangkok, Thailand LIST OF SPEAKERS/PARTICIPANTS

4 Sheed SEMINAR ON MEDIA & HUMAN RIGHTS NOVEMBER THAILAND Name of Speaker/Designation DAY ONE 24/11/ : OPENING CEREMONY Pradip Ninan Thomas Director Studies & Publication Sorajak Kasemsuvan Director General Ms Kayoko Mizuta Deputy Executive Secretary Organization World Organization for Christian Communication (WACC) 367 Kennington Lane London SE115QY United Kingdom Fax: Mass Communication Organization of Thailand fax: United Nations Economic & Social Commission for the Asia & the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) The United Nations Building Rajadamnem Avenue Bangkok 10200, Thailand fax: "HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON ASIA'S RURAL POOR (COUNTRY PRESENTATION FROM INDIA) 27/43 Sagar Sangam Bandra Reclamation, Bandra (W) Bombay , India tel: / Mr P. Sainath OR: Free lance Journalist fax: : "HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON ASIA'S RURAL POOR" (COUNTRY PRESENTATION FROM MALAYSIA) School of Communication University Sains Malaysia Minden, Penang Malaysia tel: ext fax: Zaharom Nain Professor Or (N.B. COLLEGUE'S NAME IS MS LAY KIM) "COMMUNICATION, GLOBALIZATION & HUMAN RIGHTS" Prof Rukmantoro Hadi Sumukti Visiting Research Fellow Mr Qazi Faez Isa Law Partner Institute of Defense & Strategic Studies Nanyang Technological University Singapore tel: fax: RIZVI, ISA & CO Advocates & Corporate Counsellors Clifton Centre DC-1,Block5 Clifton, Karachi Pakistan fax: tel: / : " HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON ASIA'S RURAL POOR" (COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS FROM PHILIPPINES & BANGLADESH) Page 1

5 Sheet! Carol Arguillas Mindanao Bureau Chief Mahfuz Anam Editor Philippines Daily Inquirer Davao, Philippines fax: tel: / pdiminda@dv.weblinq.com The Daily Star House no. 11Roda no. 3 Dhanmandi R/A Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh GPO Box No tel: fax: / dstar@bangla.net : "HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON ASIA"S RURAL POOR" (COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS FROM THAILAND & NEPAL) Bangkok Post fax: direct contact: Thong bai Thong pao tel: Columnist fax: / Himal Magazine GPO Box 7251 Kathmandu, Nepal tel: Sangeeta Lama fax: Correspondent himalmag@mos.com.np DAY TWO 25/11/ : " SAFEGUARDING HUMAN RIGHTS: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES" - Perspectives from NGOs & academe Union of Civil Liberties 109 Suthisanvinijchai Rd Samsenok, Huaykwang Bangkok 10320, Thailand Mr Jaran Ditapichai tel: Director fax: Pradip Ninan Thomas Director Studies & Publication Mr Kao Kim Huon Executive Director : "HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON ASIA'S RURAL POOR" Rajpal Abeynayake Deputy Editor Ham Samnang Associate Editor WACC 367 Kennington Lane London SE115QY United Kingdom Fax: Cambodian Institute for Cooperation & Peace PO Box 1007, Government Palace, Sisowath Quay, Wat Phnom, Cambodia tel/fax: fax: cic@camnet.com.kh hp: / / The Sunday Times 47, W.A.D. Ramanayake Mawatha, Colombo 2. Sri Lanka tel: /328889/331276/ tel: HP: fax: / suntimes@sri.lanka.net editor@suntimes.is.lk The Cambodia Daily House # 013, Rd 105 Takhmao Town, Kandal Province, Cambodia staff1daily@forum.org.kh tel: /490 or fax: camdaily4@worldmail.com.kh Page 2

6 Sheetl :- SAFEGUARDING HUMAN RIGHTS: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES - PERSPECTIVES FROM NGO'S & ACADEMI A-19, New Friends Colony New Delhi tel: Rajindar Sachar fax: Chief Justice (Retired) ezidelhi@nda.vsnl.net.in National Commision on Human Rights Republic of the Philippines tel/fax: fax: Contact Person: Jehanne Mutin Mr Nasser Marohomsalic (Executive Assistant) Commisioner fax: : "HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING ON ASIA'S RURAL POOR" Ms Ati Nurbati Deputy Editor Ravi Velloor Assistant to Editor Maria Hartiningsih Senior Journalist Jakarta Post Indonesia tel: fax: jktpost2@cbn.net.id The Straits Times The Sunday Times Singapore Press Holdings Ltd 390 Kim Seng Road Times House Singapore velloor@sph.com.sg tel: fax: Kompas Indonesia maria@kompas.co.id fax: DAY THREE 26/11/ : GROUP DISCUSSION :PRESENTATION OF GROUP REPORTS/APPROVAL : CLOSING CEREMONY Page 3

7 Sheetl PARTICIPANTS ViJay Menon Secretary General Jose Ma. Carlos Head Dr Christiane Rix Kalinga Upali Seneviratne Lecturer Piyakul Laowansiri Dean Ms Malee Boonsiripunth AMIC Representative Par Skold Second Secretary Jarijit Nawapan Chief, Foreign Relations Section Ekkopoj Suparp Lawyer Asian Media information & Communication Centre Cs-02-28, SCS Building, Nanyang Technological University Singapore tel: fax: Seminars & Institutional Development Programme Asian Media information & Communication Centre Cs-02-28, SCS Building, Nanyang Technological University Singapore tel: fax: Bismarckstr, Hamburg tel: / fax: / Film & Media Studies Dept. Ngee Ann Polytechnic tel: fax: Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication Thammasat University Prachan Bangkok Thailand tel: fax: Thammasat University Thailand fax: Embassy of Sweden / Sida Bangkok Fax: The Mass Communication Organization of Thailand (MCOT) 63/1 rama Road, Kewakwang Bangkok Thailand fax: tel: /6 Ruam - Gua Nives Village Soi 4. Bhuddomoltol 4 Rd Tawuwattono, Bangkok Tel: Page 4

8 Seminar on Media and Human Rights November 24-26,1999 Bangkok, Thailand DAY ONE November 24,1999

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