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NEPAL: Combating torture
Monday, 23 July 2012, 4:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On Sunday afternoon, former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Pushpa Bhusal delivered this speech as part of the deliberations in the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians against Torture and Ill-treatment. Eight Parliamentarians from a number of Asian ... More >>
INDIA: Narmada Jal Satyagraha of Omkareshar dam oustees
Monday, 23 July 2012, 11:37 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Today, in the presence of the thousands of oustees, the Narmada Jal Satyagraha of the Omkareshwar dam oustees, commenced in Village Ghogalgaon. At the commencement of the satyagraha, thousands of oustees expressed their determination that they would ... More >>
ASIA: Basic argument for the elimination of police torture
Monday, 23 July 2012, 10:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
What does police torture mean? If we were to ask this question, and then proceed to answer it, someone may ask in turn, “Wait, how do you know?” It would take us into realms of epistemology: “how do we know anything?” More >>
The opening speech for the AAATI Meeting
Saturday, 21 July 2012, 4:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-146-2012 July 21, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA: The opening speech for the AAATI Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians This morning, Mr. John Clancey, the chairperson of the Asian Legal Resource Centre, ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The Boycott Of The Courts By Judges And Lawyers
Friday, 20 July 2012, 4:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The attack on the Magistrate's Court and the High Court in Mannar, allegedly instigated by a powerful government minister, has led to a resolve by law court judges and lawyers to boycott all courts today. The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes this decision ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Attack On Two Courts
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: Attack On Two Courts - It Is Time For Judges And Lawyers To Fight Back More >>
Asia: Parliamentarians Discuss Ways to Eliminating Torture
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(Hong Kong, July 19, 2012) Parliamentarians from several Asian countries are poised to meet and discuss ways to end the widespread practice of torture and ill-treatment in their countries. The three day meeting will take place in Kowloon, Hong Kong, ... More >>
Pakistan: Skewed Land Holding And Denial Of Right To Shelter
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Imbibed in the colonial policies of British Raj prior the partition of India, 1947, whereby, in response to their support to British to suppress and rule the people; the local landlords, Pirs and Mirs, Chaudharis, Sardars and Maliks, were awarded ... More >>
Indonesia: Mifee: Stealthy Face Of Conflict In West Papua
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
West Papua, the easternmost island under Indonesia's control, is a land beset by troubles. Rarely a week goes by without news of some new tragedy in a relentless conflict that has endured and evolved over fifty years. More >>
India: Capital Punishment By The Bsf In West Bengal
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 2:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
ISSUES: Torture; inhuman and degrading treatment; extrajudicial execution; corruption; impunity; rule of law ------------------------------------------------------ Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report from MASUM ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Puppies, Pigs, Mosquitoes And Bureaucracy
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 2:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Basil Fernando In a weekly telecast comedy show one interesting question was asked about the measures taken to eradicate dengue fever. It asks why insecticides are not being used for this purpose. It appears that much that is going on in the name ... More >>
Cambodia: The Emperor Wears No Clothes
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 2:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
It was not in my schedule to write an article for publication today. But I sensed anticipation by some readers – and perhaps by the Phnom Penh regime itself. To Cambodians cowed by authorities, this article stands to remind that rights and justice ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Understanding Sri Lankan Version Of Elections
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 2:16 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
July 16, 2012 An article from Groundviews forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: Understanding Sri Lankan Version Of Elections -- A New Dimension J.C. Weliamuna Another round of elections has been fixed and the country is turned into ... More >>
An article from srilankaxnews forwarded by the AHRC
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 2:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Shantha Wijesooriya, an investigative web journalist attached to srilankaxnews.com freed himself after a scuffle with his abductors, when they tried to bundle him into a vehicle in broad daylight in Nugegoda, a densely populated suburbs of Colombo. ... More >>
Burma: Apartheid Against Rohingyas In Arakan A Concern
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 1:55 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
July 11, 2012 A Statement from Human Rights Groups forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Indian detained in Bangladesh, after completion of Sentence
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 1:51 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
ISSUES: Illegal and arbitrary detention; freedom of movement and liberty; fair trail; due process of law ------------------------------------------------------ More >>
Sri Lanka: Shantha Makes Written Complaint
Thursday, 12 July 2012, 1:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka x news journalist Shantha Wijesooriya addressed a written complaint to the IGP yesterday (8) in connection with an attempt to abduct him made by a group last Wednesday (5) who are suspected to be of the Govt. security divisions. Hereunder ... More >>
India: Lesson on lawlessness: child trafficking
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 12:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
10 July 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ INDIA: Lesson on lawlessness: of child trafficking, and a father's lonely, long-drawn struggle against criminal cops and authoritative apathy More >>
India: An ode to 'lesser' people's death
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 12:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Come June, and Indian media has a welcome break from the dearth of positive news. They do not need to repeat telecast the same scams, neither they are forced to fill their 'news programs' with this soap opera or that comedy show running on countless ... More >>
South Korea: Nhrck Should Take A Stand For Universal Rights
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 12:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
South Korea: Nhrck Should Take A Stand For Universally Declared Human Rights Rather Than For Government Policy More >>
