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Elimination of Custodial Torture and Ill-treatment in Asia
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 1:26 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Asia: Second Regional Conference of Asian Parliamentarians & Human Rights Defenders on Elimination of Custodial Torture and Ill-treatment in Asia (November 2013, Hong Kong) More >>
India: Food Security Bill – Welcome But Grossly Inadequate
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 1:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The passing of the Food Security Bill by the Lok Sabha comes as a big relief to the impoverished masses of a country that is home to hunger. The Asian Human Rights Commission congratulates India for taking a definite, even if grossly inadequate step, towards ... More >>
Who Is Responsible For Booking Journalists as Terrorists?
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 1:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Balochistan government has registered a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against the chief executive and three other employees of a television channel, ARY Digital, for releasing a documentary about the attack on the former residency of the father ... More >>
WinG-Assam Demands Immediate Apology and Legal Action
Wednesday, 28 August 2013, 1:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from Women in Governance Network, Assam, INDIA (WinG-Assam) on derogatory remarks made by a parliamentarian about a female police officer forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Change “Law & Order Ministry" to "Rule of Law" Ministry
Monday, 26 August 2013, 12:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: A Suggestion - To Change the Name of the “Law and Order Ministry” to the “Rule of Law” Ministry More >>
New ‘Law and Order Ministry’ a step towards militarization
Saturday, 24 August 2013, 12:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The establishment of a Law and Order Ministry under the President has been announced. The Secretary to this Ministry, according to reports, is Major General (Retired) Nanda Mallawarachchi, a retired military officer. Maj.Gen. Mallawarachichi is a former ... More >>
What the High Commissioner will not be told
Friday, 23 August 2013, 11:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The relationship between the High Commissioner for Human Rights and member nations of the United Nations is expected to be one of cooperation for the improvement of the rights of the people of the countries. The member states are expected to have ... More >>
India: Chutka -- Power Games In Pitch Dark Alleys
Friday, 23 August 2013, 6:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Chutka has reminded the political masters once again that the tribal and marginalized communities have stopped bowing down to their whims and fancies. The confidence of the communities fighting the nuclear power plant in Chutka (Mandla district, Madhya ... More >>
Police Should Stop Wasting Energy and Resources
Friday, 23 August 2013, 6:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Indonesia: Police Should Stop Wasting Energy and Resources In Pursuing Fabricated Case Against a Religious Minority Leader More >>
Pakistan: Casualties of Violence Remained As High As 572
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 5:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan: Casualties of Violence Remained As High As 572 Died and 642 Were Injured During the Month of July More >>
Taking of DNA Samples Is a Serious Violation of Human Rights
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 4:57 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
SOUTH KOREA : The authorities' conducts to take DNA samples from those Yongsan displaced persons and SSangyong workers and to establish and use a database containing said samples are constituted the serious violation of the constitutionally protected human More >>
Sri Lanka: Shifting the Burden of Proof On the People
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 4:52 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The killings at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya have brought into sharp focus the crisis of the rule of law in Sri Lanka. The burden of proving the allegation of being killed or otherwise seriously injured by the actions of the military has now been shifted ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Military should approach soldiers not the people
Saturday, 17 August 2013, 12:52 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On August 15 (yesterday) people from Rathupaswela, Weliweriya, were asked to go to the army camps in order to record evidence from them. The people did not want to go to the camps for obvious reasons. Previous reports revealed that the people are ... More >>
Pakistan: Youth - Ignored and Marginalised
Friday, 16 August 2013, 3:38 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
"The destiny of any nation, at any given time, depends on the opinions of its young men under five-and-twenty." – Goethe. More >>
Sri Lanka: The Need to Introduce Studies In Killology
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 4:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Newspapers have published discussions between the president and the representatives from the Rathupaswela, Weliweriya incident. A possible settlement was mentioned by way of the removal of the factory, Venigross Ltd., a subsidiary of Dipped Products ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The Need to Introduce Studies In Killology
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 3:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
What makes a soldier capable of shooting young boys of 16 and 18 at point blank range with the intent to kill? That is what happened at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya. More >>
Adilur's Arrest a Punishment & Threat To Civil Society
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 3:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the arrest and detention of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar. The police arrested Adilur on 10 August at around 10:20 p.m. And on 11 August, at around 8 p.m., the Detective Branch of ... More >>
India: Midday Meal Scheme Must Continue Despite Bihar
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Despite claiming to be a champion of the poor, the Government of India has in recent years expressed an increased interest in introducing cash transfers instead of subsidized food. In this context, the midday meal disaster in Bihar the 16th of July, where ... More >>
India: AFSPA, Yet Another Opportunity For the Judiciary
Friday, 9 August 2013, 2:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Commission of Inquiry, constituted by the Supreme Court of India, in Writ Petition (Criminal) 129 of 2012 [Extra Judicial Execution Victims Families' Association and Another (petitioners) Against Union of India and Others (respondents)] and Writ Petition ... More >>
Pakistan: Gender Imbalance In Pakistan Judiciary
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 4:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The percentage of women working in civil services is 5.4 while the representation of women judges in superior courts is 2.91 percent as against the 33 percent required by the UN Beijing Conference of 1996 to which Pakistan is a signatory. More >>
