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Pakistan: Supreme Court Disposes of Missing Persons' Case
Friday, 7 June 2013, 5:26 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Lahore, June 6, 2013: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan to review an order disposing of a petition filed in 2007 for recovery of a large number of victims of enforced disappearance. More >>
Australia/Laos: Letter On the Abduction of Sombath Somphone
Friday, 7 June 2013, 2:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Senator the Hon Bob Carr Minister for Foreign Affairs Senate Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 More >>
Pakistan: A Poem In Solidarity with Kainat Soomro
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 3:16 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Kainat Soomro was violently gang-raped by four men in the rural village of Dadu in southern Pakistan in 2009 when she was 13 years-of-age. As typically happens in Pakistan, rather than rush to the young girl's defence the village elders decreed that she ... More >>
Bangladesh: Penury Keeps Hounding the Old and Invalids
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 2:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
ISSUES: Right to food; inhuman and degrading treatment; hunger; starvation; corruption; impunity; rule of law ------------------------------------------------------ More >>
Asia: An Arduous Journey Under a Crystal Clear Sky
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 2:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
4 June 2013 - A decade and a half have passed since the founding of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD). Many Asian governments continue the practice of making people disappear while past cases remain unresolved. While they fail ... More >>
Indonesia: A Victim of Enforced Disappearance Speaks Out
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 4:54 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Indonesia: A Victim of Enforced Disappearance Speaks Out On Government's Reluctance to Provide Remedies More >>
Pakistan: Ahmadis Are Once Again Persecuted
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 4:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
For some time now anti-Jamaat-e-Ahmadiya (Jaamat) activities have been escalating all over Pakistan and particularly in Lahore. The members of Jamaat have been mercilessly tortured and rebuked in public over fake and felonious accusations. They have been ... More >>
Cambodia: Building Leadership For Young Khmers
Tuesday, 4 June 2013, 3:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
This article combines my keynote address and two lectures on political socialization and culture at the Cambodian Leadership Conference on May 18 in Tacoma, Washington, on the theme of Building Leadership for our Young Generation, organized by Khmer ... More >>
World: When We Are Dreaming of a Torture Free Society
Friday, 31 May 2013, 3:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Torture is endemic! Every moment of every day torture takes place somewhere in the world which shows us the gravity of the social destruction and disorder. Having a dream for a torture free society is not an illusion but something that is attached ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Undoing Constitutional Tomfoolery
Friday, 31 May 2013, 3:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
That the United National Party (UNP) has published a few ideas on the changes to the constitution they would bring about if they come to power is an indication that a serious critique that has been made about the 1978 Constitution can no longer be ... More >>
Hong Kong/Philippines: Daughter of Falsely Charged Activists
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 4:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Hong Kong/Philippines: Daughter of Falsely Charged Activists to Speak On Fabrication of Charges At a Forum More >>
Sri Lanka: My Esteem For the Buddha
Tuesday, 28 May 2013, 4:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from Bishop Duleep De Chickera to the Buddhists of Sri Lanka Forwarded By the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Pakistan: Judge Threatened, Forced to Change Ruling
Monday, 27 May 2013, 1:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A judge of the Lahore High Court changed his decision less than two minutes after ruling in favour of the accused in a blasphemy case when lawyers and members of fundamentalist groups threatened him. The judge, in the fear of the dire consequences, quickly withdrew ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Ganeshan Nimalaruban Case
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:57 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: Ganeshan Nimalaruban Case: Chief Justice Mohan Peiris Denies Petitioner's Lawyers Right to See Replies Filed By Attorney General More >>
Pakistan: Anti Women Practices and Policies Prevail
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:40 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan: Anti Women Practices and Policies Prevailed In the General Elections Despite Some Pro Women Activism and Legislation More >>
Myanmar: Police Who Attacked Protestors Must Be Prosecuted
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 9:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
1. The struggle of farmers and their allies in the Letpadaung Hills of central Myanmar against the expansion of a copper mining operation under a military-owned holding company and a partner company from China obtained international attention when in ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Serious Doubts On Inquiry Into Mass Graves
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:31 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Serious doubts have emerged regarding the future investigations into the mass grave at Matale where the remains of 156 persons have been found. In today's press it was reported that the Judicial Medical Officer in charge of the investigation has been ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Concern Over Appointment of Commission
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 11:26 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The standing committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) on Rule of Law at its meeting on 10th May decided to express its concern on the appointment of a commission regarding the unearthing of the mass grave in Matale, when in fact what ... More >>
Indonesia: After 15 Years Justice Remains Beyond Reach
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:46 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Indonesia: After 15 Years of Reform Justice Remains Beyond the Reach of Victims of Past Human Rights Violations More >>
Bangladesh: Justice System Compounds Violence Against Women
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:33 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Two female Members of Parliament of the Opposition were ill-treated by Police on 7 March 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh More >>
