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Sri Lanka: A Bad, Sad, Mad World
Friday, 22 March 2013, 2:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
"When a dog howls at the moon, we call it religion. When he barks at strangers, we call it patriotism." -- Edward Abbey More >>
Indonesia: Police & Military Molested Pregnant Woman
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 3:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Indonesia: Police And Military Officers Molested A Pregnant Woman And Arbitrarily Arrested Six Civilians In Paniai, Papua More >>
World: Asia's Unknown Uprisings By George Katsiaficas
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 1:42 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Asia's Unknown Uprisings by George Katsiaficas ISBN: 978-1-60486-488-5 (Published by PM Press 2013) More >>
India: Roll Back Steep Hike In User Fee In NTPC Hospitals
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 12:41 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
20 March 2013 ------------------------------------------------------ India: Roll Back Steep Hike In User Fee In The NTPC Hospitals ISSUES: Right to food; inhuman and degrading treatment; hunger, starvation, corruption; impunity; rule of law ------------------------------------------------------ ... More >>
THAILAND: 9 years without justice for Somchai Neelaphaijit
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On March 12, 2013, the ninth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Somchai Neelaphaijit passed. The Asian Human Rights Commission chooses to note this anniversary with continued sorrow for the enforced disappearance of Somchai Neelaphaijit and ... More >>
INDONESIA: Police, military arbitrarily arrested 6 civilians
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:44 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the raid conducted by a joint police and military force in Paniai, Papua. The raid was conducted to find members of the pro-independence group but the joint force arrested six civilians ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Minister sheds crocodile tears on rape increase
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 10:32 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Minister of Health, Maithripala Sirisena, was reported as saying that 65 percent of the cases before the courts in Polunowara district concern rape, child abuse and the harassment of women. He also said that this has created great discouragement ... More >>
Iligan City commentator attacked inside announcer's booth
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 5:11 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning the attack on a radio commentator and long-time Philippine Star correspondent in Iligan City. More >>
SRI LANKA: Who has made a fool of whom?
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 9:59 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
It is not only a portrayal of the lack of will to address the issue of solving problems in Sri Lanka but also the loss of a great opportunity to get rid of the political stalemate in which President Rajapakse has trapped himself that has surfaced by the ... More >>
INDIA: Reforms without honesty
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 9:56 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appreciates the proposed reforms to the criminal law in India - Penal Code, 1860; Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, and the Evidence Act, 1872. Amendments to the three legislations, collectively known as the ... More >>
India: Attacking Visitors Will Not End Discrimination
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 2:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In two separate incidents, two Sri Lankan monks have been attached in India. These two attacks are a continuum to previous assaults upon Sri Lankan nationals visiting India. These incidents are criminally shameless and display a despicable disregard ... More >>
India: Urgent Appeals - Chakpi Hydroelectric Project
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 2:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
18 March 2013 --------------------------------------------------------------------- India: In Observance Of International Rivers Day, Tribes Protest The Chakpi Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project More >>
Indonesia: Adami Wilson Execution - Questioning Aims
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 1:57 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-063-2013 March 18, 2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Sri Lanka: The Problem It Faces Before Human Rights Council
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 1:53 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-031-2013 March 18, 2013 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: The Problem It Faces Before The Human Rights Council Basil Fernando In mythology we always hear about transformations; that a frog became ... More >>
Philippines: MPC On The 45th Anniversary Of Jabidah Massacre
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 1:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-015-2013 March 18, 2013 A Statement from the Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Sri Lanka: The Latest Report Of UN OHCHR
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 12:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-062-2013 March 15, 2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: The Latest Report Of The Office Of The United Nations Human Rights Council The annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner ... More >>
Asia: Modus Operandi Torture
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 11:48 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Based largely on a series of drawings by Nepali artist Sushil Thapa, Modus Operandi TORTURE exposes the true horror of what takes place in police stations around Asia. Thapa, in collaboration with the CVICT in Nepal, interviewed a number of police torture ... More >>
Fighter for the poor and disenfranchised gunned down
Saturday, 16 March 2013, 1:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In a tragic incident, the well-known social worker, educationist and development expert Parveen Rehman was brutally shot dead in Karachi on 13th March, 2013. She had been working vigorously for the emancipation of the poor and marginalized people ... More >>
India: Equality Is Impossible With The Same Policing System
Friday, 8 March 2013, 3:44 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Statistics apart, India is not a safe place for women to live. The recent unfortunate incidents of rape reported from the national capital and from other parts of the country have only brought the gruesome reality to the fore. Gender rights groups, ... More >>
India: Democracies Don’t Strip Their Women
Friday, 8 March 2013, 3:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The decision of going naked in protest to the oppression committed on them by POSCO and its supporters must not had come easily to the women of Govindpur village of Jagatsingpur district in Odisha. It cannot come easily to women of anywhere in country, ... More >>
