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Bangladesh: Shoddy Tribunal Pushed The Country To Brink
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 3:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The tribunal on war crimes established in March 2010 has pushed Bangladesh to extreme violence. Since 28 February, the events have taken a violent turn in which almost 100 persons including women, children and police officers have lost life. Several ... More >>
India: Manipur, A Backtracked Promise
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 2:53 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A court in Manipur yesterday has ordered the detention of Ms. Irom Sharmila Chanu, better known as the iron lady of Manipur. Detention is nothing new to this woman, most humble yet so bold, that she has so far successfully challenged the iron fist ... More >>
India/Pakistan: Democracy’s Noose Kept Afzal Guru Hanging
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 2:39 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
He had to die. Die, because a nation wanted him to, or so were we told by the Supreme Court of the nation. He had to die to satisfy the collective conscience of the nation, the court added for a good measure. So, he did die, nay, hanged till death. His body ... More >>
Pakistan: Health Agenda Should Be Embedded In Manifesto
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 2:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The 1946 Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO), preamble states that, "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, ... More >>
Call for review of use of force by police
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 8:04 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A video depicting ill-treatment and excessive use of force by police officers has recently been released to the public. In the video, several men who were suspected of being terrorists were lying down on the grass with their hands bound while the ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Killing Of Children & Sri Lanka's Bloody Legacies
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 3:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FAT-012-2013 March 4, 2013 An article from The Sunday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
monk leads mob violence at Maligawatta
Monday, 4 March 2013, 6:48 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Swarnavahini reported a raid on a house maintained at a high rise building in Maligawatta by a mob led by a Buddhist monk, Galabodathe Yanasiri, the secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (The Buddhist Power Army). Galabodathe Yanasiri claimed that a person residing ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Polio, Taliban, and media
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 12:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Resistance to polio vaccination has been going through a constant phase of evolution in Pakistan, and with every passing day, it goes one notch up from its previous level involving people from conservative camps to enlightened ones as well. More >>
Pakistan: Bangladesh Is Right In Demanding An Apology
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 3:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A bunch of university students in Islamabad, with whom I was informally conversing yesterday, hadn't heard of either. Of course, they knew of Tahrir Square and Afzal Guru 's recent execution. But they showed little interest upon learning that Shahbag ... More >>
CrCF and MAC call for participate in Public Seminar
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 1:54 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FORWARDED PRESS RELEASE AHRC-FPR-010-2013 A Press Release from the Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF) and the Muslim Attorney Center Foundation (MAC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) THAILAND: CrCF and MAC call for participate ... More >>
Vendors face forced eviction and food insecurity
Saturday, 23 February 2013, 1:42 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Defend Job Philippines about an eviction notice served on the vendors of Luneta Park (also called Rizal Park) in Manila. The proposed eviction will not merely leave the vendors jobless ... More >>
INDIA: The great thamasha
Saturday, 23 February 2013, 1:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Overcoming initial reluctance, the Maharashtra state police have finally registered a case in the infamous Bhandara rape and murder incident. This is a case, not much discussed in India, other than for sparse reporting in a few Indian dailies, of the ... More >>
SRI LANKA: appeal for man facing the death sentence in Qatar
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 2:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Mangala Samy Pungonda, the mother of Wengadasalam Sudeshkar yesterday, February 19, appealed for the final sum of Rs. 600,000/= (approximately US$ 5,000) for the saving of her son's life from execution in Doha, Qatar. She thanked those who have already ... More >>
PAKISTAN: action needed on missing persons problem
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 2:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court has claimed that 1,500 missing persons were recovered and sent home as a result of the steps taken by the judiciary while a further 1,000 missing persons had been traced and were found to be in the custody ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Sectarian killings of the Shia community
Thursday, 21 February 2013, 1:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission strongly protests the murders of members of the Hazaras Shia community. A series of bombings in Hazaras town, Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, claimed many lives, all of them members of the Shia Community. More >>
Sri Lanka: Mass Grave Called A 'Crime Site'
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 3:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FAT-007-2013 February 19, 2013 An article from Al Jazeera forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
INDIA: Home minister runs weapons, money, and hooch
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 11:53 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Mr. Imkong Imchen, the Home Minister of Nagaland, a state in the north-eastern region of India will have tough time explaining why he was traveling with weapons, ammunition, alcohol and money estimated to be more than Rupees 10 million, from his constituency ... More >>
MYANMAR: Savage torture in ordinary criminal cases
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 11:30 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
1. One misconception about the use of torture in Myanmar is that it has been a form of human rights abuse most commonly associated with the cases of political prisoners, and therefore in the current period we should expect the incidence of torture to ... More >>
BANGLADESH: Failure to prevent disappearance is injustice
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 11:19 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
1. Bangladesh is a member of the Human Rights Council since 2006. In the voluntary pledges made by Bangladesh, it has asserted that "t the national level, Bangladesh, a democratic and pluralistic polity, is fully committed to the principles of good ... More >>
SRI LANKA: The debasement of politics after the 1953 Hartal
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 11:15 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
For the purpose of this article I would describe positive or genuine politics as the attempt of political parties and others involved in politics trying to improve the material conditions of lives of the citizens. By material conditions I mean food, ... More >>
