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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 >>
Sri Lanka: New Wave Of Brainwashing
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 11:32 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-094-2012 October 9, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: New Wave Of Brainwashing Nilantha Ilangamuwa More >>
India: Robbery Guarantee Scheme Of MP
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 3:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-191-2012 October 3, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Sri Lanka: Not Free From Fault, But Too Vain To Mend
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 3:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
'Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks, It still looks home, and short excursions makes; But rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks, And, never shocked, and never turned aside. Bursts out, resistless, with a thundering tide,' - Alexander Pope (Essay ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Judicial Independence In A Coffin
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 3:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the attack upon the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) of Sri Lanka, Mr. Manjula Thilakarathne. It is reported that Thilakarathne, a senior High Court judge who was openly critical ... More >>
