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South Korea: Need To Show More Commitments To Human Rights
Monday, 5 November 2012, 11:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
INDIA: How to improve the national image?
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-219-2012 November 2, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
BANGLADESH: State offers citizens insanity
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-218-2012 November 2, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: State offers citizens insanity instead of justice Mr. Ashok Kumar Bishwas, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Jhalokathi District, has reportedly ... More >>
PAKISTAN: The stereo-type statement of the foreign minister
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-107-2012 November 2, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The stereo-type statement of the foreign minister during the UN UPR made her a laughing stock Zulfiqar Halepoto Introduction: In the ... More >>
SRI LANKA: The attack on the judiciary
Saturday, 3 November 2012, 1:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The attack on the judiciary is a logical extension of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution Basil Fernando The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended all the debates and discussions on ... More >>
Children handling animal waste during Eid-ul Azha a disgrace
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 5:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The involvement of young children in collecting the offal, leftovers and refuse of sacrificed animals, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, an Islamic festival, has been a common sight in many cities and towns in Pakistan. It is however a very disturbing ... More >>
India: The Placebo Cabinet
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 12:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-216-2012 October 29, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission India: The Placebo Cabinet The cabinet reshuffle in India has concluded. New Delhi has witnessed the usual exit and entry of old and new faces. ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Can Legislature Declare All Automobiles Rickshaws
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 12:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-102-2012 October 29, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: Can The Legislature Declare All Automobiles To Be Rickshaws? More >>
India: Malnutrition Kills 28 More Children
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 12:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
29 October 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ India: Malnutrition Kills 28 More Children While The Administration Looks The Other Way In Madhya Pradesh More >>
Bangladesh/Burma: International Support Needed
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 12:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-047-2012 October 29, 2012 A Joint Statement from Odhikar, Human Security Alliance and Asian Muslim Action Network forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Bangladesh/Burma: ... More >>
Pakistan: Workers Slaving Brick By Brick
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 11:11 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Over four million brick kiln workers in Pakistan are bonded labourers, tied by debt to their employers. Credit: Irfan Ahmed/IPS More >>
Ugliest Attack on Supreme Court In Sri Lanka’s History
Monday, 29 October 2012, 11:12 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: The Ugliest Attack In Sri Lanka’s History On The Supreme Court And The Chief Justice More >>
Malala -- A symbol of defiance has a college named after her
Saturday, 27 October 2012, 1:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-213-2012 October 26, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
India: Bailed By Court But Detained By Police
Friday, 26 October 2012, 4:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The court granted bail to Dayamani Barla, the journalist turned anti-displacement, tribal, woman activist from Jharkhand, on Thursday afternoon. Her friends and colleagues, however, were in for a rude shock when they reached Jail to receive Barla, better ... More >>
India: An Institution For Sale
Friday, 26 October 2012, 4:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-211-2012 October 22, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission India: An Institution For Sale If a police officer decides to make money illegally, what would the officer do? There are many ways the officer ... More >>
BANGLADESH: Government is abusing its police
Monday, 22 October 2012, 1:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: Government is abusing its police to harass dissident voices Five persons including four senior journalists of the Daily Amar Desh, a national newspaper, are under imminent threat of detention ... More >>
Stop the Execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 3:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Stop the Execution of Rizana Nafeek in Saudi Arabia (Hong Kong, October 12, 2012) Sri Lankan immigrant maid sentenced to be beheaded in Saudi Arabia. A baby in her care choked to death & Rizana was accused of murder. Rizana ... More >>
The scarecrow army cannot protect a young girl
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 3:48 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: If the scarecrow army cannot protect a young girl how can it safeguard the nuclear assets of the country? The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the brutal and cowardly ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Pandora’s Box
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 3:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In case of fraudulent agreements, only such shall be valid as are entered into by spies. – Arthashastra by Kautilya More >>
PAKISTAN: No legitimacy to be at the UN
Saturday, 13 October 2012, 3:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: No legitimacy to be at the UN with Ahmadis disfranchised More >>
