Contents -- Note -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- AN OVERVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND SECURITY IN ASIA -- COMMUNITARIANISM VERSUS INDIVIDUALISM -- PRIVILEGES VERSUS ENTITLEMENTS -- GLOBALIZATION,HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT -- CRITIQUING THE DEBATE ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- THE ASIAN CURRENCY CRISIS AND THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY -- CONCLUSION -- PART I. Southeast Asia -- 2. Malaysia, Singapore and ASEAN -- MALAYSIA -- Historical Overview -- Political Economy -- Economic Policies -- The Asian Economic Crisis -- Internal Order and Security in Malaysia -- Institutional Security Measures and Freedom of Speech -- Death Penalty and Cruel Punishment -- Malaysia's Response to the West -- Conclusion -- SINGAPORE -- Historical Overview -- Political Economy -- Human Rights in Singapore: Measures of Internal Repression -- Political Legitimacy, Freedom of Speech and Human Rights -- Cruel Punishment? -- Singapore's Response to the West -- Conclusion -- ASEAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- 3. Myanmar and Vietnam -- MYANMAR -- Historical Overview/ Background -- Political Economy -- Political Rights and Civil Liberties -- Aung San Suu Kyi -- Development, Forced Labour and Human Rights -- Violations against Ethnic Minorities -- The West and Myanmar -- Burmese Reaction to Western Demands -- Conclusion -- VIETNAM -- Historical Background/ Overview -- Political Economy -- The Effect of the Asian Economic Crisis -- Developments in Human Rights after the Cold War -- Freedom of the Press and Expression -- Freedom of Religion: Persecution of Religious Minorities -- Economic and Social Rights -- Other Violations of Human Rights -- Vietnam and the West -- Conclusion -- 4. Indonesia -- Historical Overview -- Political Economy -- Human Rights and Development -- The Transmigration Programme -- Freedom of Speech -- Indonesia and East Timor.

Other Peripheries, Other Human Rights Abuses: Aceh -- The Muslim Trials -- Indonesian Reaction to Claims of Human Rights Violations -- The West s Response to Human Rights Violations in Indonesia -- Conclusion -- 5. Thailand and the Philippines -- THAILAND -- Historical Overview -- Political Economy -- Human Rights in Thailand -- Freedom of Speech and the Press -- Peaceful Assembly and Association -- Accusations of Abuse of Police Powers -- The Refugee Problem -- Social Problems -- The Death Penalty -- Reactions by Thailand to the Debate on Human Rights -- Attempts by the West to Influence Thailand s Policy -- Conclusion -- THE PHILIPPINES -- Historical Overview -- Political Economy -- Human Rights under the Marcos Regime -- Human Rights under the Aquino and Ramos Governments -- Disappearances -- Extra-judicial Killings -- Conclusion -- 6. Cambodia -- Historical Overview -- Political Economy -- Human Rights since the UN Elections -- Freedom of Speech, Religion and Civil Liberties -- Conclusion -- PART II. Northeast Asia -- 7. China -- THE GOALS AND PROGRAMME OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY -- POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES IN THE PRC -- MINORITIES IN THE PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC -- SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8. North and South Korea -- TRADITIONAL KOREAN STATE AND SOCIETY -- KOREAN HISTORY EARLY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- POSTWAR SOUTH KOREA -- SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA -- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA -- OBSTACLES TO THE EXPANSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA -- CONCLUSIONS -- 9. Japan -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS -- SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS -- LABOUR -- DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES -- SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND JAPAN 'S FOREIGN RELATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5.

CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- CHAPTER 9 -- Index -- Aceh Merdeka [Free Aceh] 147-8 -- Al-Arquam -- 40-1 -- 175 -- Alatas, Ali 144-50 -- Albright, Madeleine K. 7 -- Alex Boncayo Brigade [ABB] 192 -- Aliran 49 -- Amnesty International -- 44 -- 46 -- 66 -- 89 -- 90 -- 94 -- 97 -- 147 -- 211 -- 213 -- 248 -- 256 -- 265 -- 268 -- Angkor 201 -- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 53 -- Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League 83 -- Antisubversion law 193 -- APCET II -- 46 -- 76 -- 154 -- Aquino, Benigno 188 -- Aquino, Cory 182-4 -- Aris, Michael -- 84 -- 102 -- Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia [ABRI] 145 -- ASEAN -- 1 -- 103 -- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation [APEC] 153 -- Asia Watch 66 -- Asian Development Bank -- 117 -- 166 -- Asian miracle 12 -- Asian values -- 12 -- 20 -- 22 -- 50 -- 57 -- 69 -- 159 -- 259 -- Asian Wall Street Journal 63 -- AsiaWeek 9 -- Aung Khin Sint 90 -- Aung San -- 83 -- 91 -- Aung San Suu Kyi -- 6 -- 83-5 -- 91 -- 100-2 -- Balakrishnam, A. 71 -- Bangkok Declaration 10 -- Bangkok Post -- 94 -- 96 -- 167 -- 176 -- 274 -- Barisan Nasional -- 34 -- 61 -- Bell, Daniel -- 3 -- 21 -- 28 -- Bello, Walden 76 -- Bguyen Xuan Oanh 108 -- Bishop Belo 144 -- Brooke, Charles 33 -- Bumiputera 44 -- Burakumin -- 247 -- 269-71 -- 275 -- Burks, Ardath W. 273 -- Burmese Way to Socialism 84-5 -- Buy British last Policy 48 -- Cambodia [UNTAC] -- 204-7 -- 212 -- Cambodian People's party [CPP] -- 200 -- 204-5 -- Carnation Revolution 143 -- Centre for the Protection of Children's Rights 172 -- Chakri Dynasty 160 -- Chan Sek Kong 65 -- Chandra Muzaffar -- 47 -- 164-5 -- Chang Myon 242 -- Chavalit Yongchaiyudh 162 -- Chbap 207 -- Chee Soon Juan -- 56 -- 64-5 -- Cheonmin 237 -- Chia Thye Poh 61 -- Chiang Kaishek 221 -- Chiang Kham -- 170 -- 221 -- Chinese Communist Party/CCP -- 221-4 -- 229 -- 231 -- Chongkittavorn, Kavi 178 -- Christie, Kenneth 178.

Christopher, Warren -- 153 -- 214 -- Chun Doo Hwan 243-5 -- Chung Ju Yung 251 -- Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit [CAFGU] 191-3 -- Clark Air Base 183 -- Clinton, Bill -- 7 -- 26 -- 119 -- 153 -- Communist party of the Philippines [CCP] 190 -- Confucian -- 1 -- 11 -- 215 -- 219-20 -- 235 -- 260 -- constructive engagement -- 98 -- 175 -- Consumer Association of Penang [CAP] 49 -- Convention Against Torture -- 130 -- 225 -- core values 4 -- Criminal Law [Temporary Provisions Act] 60 -- Critical dialogue 98 -- Crony capitalism 197 -- Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn 168 -- cultural particularity 3 -- Cultural Revolution 223 -- Cultural Survival 139 -- Dalai Lama 175 -- Dang Cong San Vietnam [DCSV] 106 -- Dangerous Drugs Act [1985] -- 42 -- 44 -- Democratic Karen Buddhist Army -- 94 -- 97 -- Deng, Xiaoping -- 226 -- 230 -- Detik 141 -- Devarajas 201 -- Dewi Fortuna Anwar 149 -- Dien Bien Phu -- 104 -- 201 -- Diet 262 -- Dirigiste 133 -- Do Ngoc Long 112 -- Doan Viet Hoat -- 112-13 -- 119 -- Doanh Nghiep [Enterprise] 114 -- doi moi -- 80 -- 107-8 -- 113 -- 118 -- 120 -- Dominic Tran Dinh Thu 112 -- Dong Thu Huong 113 -- Dunn, James 145 -- Dwi fungsi [dual function] 128 -- Eastern Sun 63 -- Economist, The -- 63 -- 144 -- Editor 141 -- Essential Security Cases Regulations [1975] 40 -- Estrada, Joseph 184 -- Evans, Gareth -- 99 -- 199 -- Falungong 227 -- Far Eastern Economic Review 63 -- Fay, Michael -- 66-8 -- 70 -- Fernandez, Irene 45 -- flexible engagement 79 -- Freedom Forum 113 -- Freeman, Michael 10 -- Frente Revolucionaria do Timor Leste Independente [Fretilin] 143 -- Fukuyama, Francis 73 -- Gandhi, Indira 17 -- General Benny Moerdiano 145 -- General Kriangsak Chomanan 168 -- General Wiranto -- 130 -- 148 -- Goh Chok Tong -- 54-6 -- 64 -- 98 -- Golongon Karya [Golkar] Party -- 127 -- 140 -- gotong rojong 126-7 -- Great Leap Forward 223.

guided democracy 125 -- Gulf of Tonkin 105 -- Guns, goons and gold 184 -- Habibie, Jusuf -- 25 -- 135 -- Hammer, The 71 -- Hassim, Escandar 45 -- Hayes, Louis D. -- Hayes, Louis D 266 -- Hayes, Louis D 268 -- Hendrickson, E.Mason 64 -- Hernandez, Carolina 78 -- Hsiung, James -- 8 -- 11 -- 14 -- 19 -- Hun Sen -- 11 -- 200-1 -- 203 -- 206 -- 208-9 -- 212 -- 214-15 -- Huntington, Samuel 18 -- Ibrahim, Anwar -- 9 -- 34-6 -- 38 -- 43-5 -- IMF -- 24 -- 36 -- 109 -- 129 -- 163 -- 210 -- Independent Committee for Monitoring General Elections 157 -- Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation 128 -- Indonesian Nationalist Party 125 -- Indonesianisation 124 -- Integralistic staatsidee 126 -- Internal Security Act of -- 40 -- 42 -- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions [ICFTU] 136 -- International Convention on the Rights of the Child 173 -- International Military and Training Programme [IMET] -- 151 -- 154 -- Javanese Majapahit 125 -- Jeyaretnam, J.B. 64 -- Jiang Zemin -- 6 -- 226 -- Joint International Observer Group [JIOG] 208 -- Juche 259 -- Just World Trust 49 -- Kempeitai 263 -- Khmer Institute for Democracy 205 -- Khmer Rouge -- 201-7 -- 211-12 -- 216 -- Kim Dae Jung -- 242-6 -- 249 -- Kim Eun Hee 252 -- Kim Il Sung -- 19 -- 241 -- 250-2 -- 254 -- 256-7 -- 259 -- Kim Jong Il -- 250 -- 259 -- Kim Ok Kyun 253 -- Kim Young Sam -- 244-6 -- 249 -- King Bhumibol Adulyadej -- 162 -- 168 -- King Norodom Sihanouk -- 200 -- 202 -- 213 -- King Rama I 160 -- Kitingan, Jeffrey 42 -- Kittikachorn, Thanom 168 -- Ko Hong 90 -- Koh Santeheap [Island of Peace] 214 -- Kojong, King 238 -- Kolko, Gabriel 120 -- Konfrontasi 127 -- Korean Workers' Party 255 -- Kundera, Milan 211 -- Kuomintang 221 -- Kwangju Uprising 243 -- Lagman, Felimon 193 -- Lee Hsien Loong 54 -- Lee Kun Hee 252 -- Lee, Kuan Yew -- 1 -- 6 -- 31 -- 52-5 -- 59 -- 63 -- 69 -- 84 -- 165 -- 195.

Leekpai, Chuan.