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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 >>
Aid to save Wengadasalam Sudeshkar from execution in Qatar
Monday, 18 February 2013, 11:09 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned from the mother of Wengadasalam Sudeshkar that so far, the family has been able to raise Rs. 2,800.000-/= (Rs. 2.8 Million) out of the total requested amount of Rs. 3.5 Million. More >>
Pakistan: Persecution Of Ahmadis During The Month Of January
Friday, 15 February 2013, 4:02 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Press Release from Nazarat Umoor Ama forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Calls for investigation into death of Ortega murder witness
Monday, 11 February 2013, 1:08 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The International Federation of Journalists joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in calling for an investigation into suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a witness in the murder case of radio broadcaster ... More >>
Prominent human rights defenders targets of assassination
Sunday, 10 February 2013, 9:32 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Two prominent lawyers and a well known human rights defender were assassinated in on February 2, 2013. Mr. Malik Jarrar 47, a Supreme Court lawyer, was shot dead in Peshawar by unknown persons, riding a motorcycle. More >>
Moratuwa police could have saved the life of the chief monk
Saturday, 9 February 2013, 11:42 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On February 4 the chief monk of Sunandonanda of Egodauyana, Moratuwa was assassinated by a group of persons during the evening. According to reports, at 5:30 pm and again at 7:30 pm, the chief monk made complaints to the Moratuwa Police stating that he ... More >>
200 bodies found in the mass grave at Matale
Saturday, 9 February 2013, 11:19 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The question of enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka has been a matter of concern for so many years now. The particular issue that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to highlight in this statement is the finding of the remains of around ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Murder of a chief monk, execution-style killings
Friday, 8 February 2013, 11:06 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The chief monk of Sunandonanda of Egodauyana, Moratuwa was assassinated by a group of persons on the evening of February 4. According to reports there had been a prolonged dispute over a piece of land that the chief monk claimed he had the title for where ... More >>
INDIA: Police officers run human trafficking cartel
Friday, 8 February 2013, 11:01 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
28 police officers from the Kerala State police is accused of running a human trafficking cartel in the state. This felonious syndicate run by police officers is linked with international criminal cartels that supply women, children, and men. More >>
SRI LANKA: No action on rape complaint against chief monk
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 4:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has written to the Inspector General of Police with regard to the inaction of the Sri Lankan police to arrest a suspected rapist and to urge him to take action in this matter. More >>
India: Stop Brutal Police Assault On Peaceful Protestors
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 11:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
3 February 2013 --------------------------------------------------- India: Immediately Stop The Brutal Police Assault On Peaceful Protesters Opposing Posco Project In Odisha More >>
PAKISTAN: Violence against aid workers goes unabated
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 10:46 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The protection of human rights defenders, community and health workers and NGOs staff have become a serious issue in Pakistan as incidents of violence against them has been reported in regular intervals. Unfortunately, the government officials have ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Savage years - The nineteen seventies
Monday, 4 February 2013, 1:42 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In the seventies Sri Lanka's descent into savagery took a qualitative plunge and since then things have become even worse. By way of explanation I should say that by 'savage' I do not mean the noble savage that Jean Jacques Rousseau spoke about, ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Govt must ensure recovery of four rights defenders
Sunday, 3 February 2013, 8:57 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the abduction of four human rights defenders in broad daylight by persons said to be from an outlawed religious organization. More >>
CAMBODIA: "Everything will be all right in the end"
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 3:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Cambodia is holding a second week-long period of national mourning for the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk, from Friday, February 1 to Thursday, February 7. No "joyful" entertainments will be permitted, flags will fly at half-mast, the Cambodian people ... More >>
Outdated Notion of Parliamentary Supremacy
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 2:58 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
During the recent controversies on the impeachment of the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, the view has been taken quite strongly by parliamentarians of both the government and the opposition that the orders of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal (S.C.Reference ... More >>
Peliyagoda police refuses to arrest monk accused of rape
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 2:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The chief monk at the Shanthi Viharaya in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka is accused of raping a 43-year-old woman. The incident reportedly happened on January 4, 2013. More >>
