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Sri Lanka: A Mirror Image Of Sri Lanka's Political Culture
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 11:45 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The interview of the Defense Secretary Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse with the editor of the Sunday Leader on the airlifting of a dog deserves comment not because of anything surprising contained in the interview. Its importance lies in its banality. It reveals ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Democratic Solutions, Undemocratic System
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: Seeking Democratic Solutions Within An Undemocratic Political System -- A Review On The Basis Of Principles Formulated By John Rawls More >>
India: BSF Brutality & Deficiencies Leading to Hunger
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 12:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
9 July 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ India: BSF Brutality And Technocratic Deficiencies Leading To Hunger Are Equally Criminal More >>
India: Savage men rob and ravage woman in Manipur
Monday, 9 July 2012, 2:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
6 July 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ INDIA: Savage men rob and ravage woman in Manipur – two IRB officers and a Sub-Inspector of Police implicated More >>
Philippines: Not Only Witnesses, But Complainants Needs Prot
Monday, 9 July 2012, 10:08 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Sr. Supt. Generoso Cerbo Jr., spokesperson of the Philippine National Police (PNP) More >>
India: Sorry, How Deep?
Monday, 9 July 2012, 10:01 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, has said that he is "deeply sorry" for the death of any innocent person during the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) firing at Kotteguda panchayat of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh state. Chidambaram ... More >>
India: Dance Of Death In The 'Largest Democracy' Shames None
Monday, 9 July 2012, 9:57 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Here is the statistics. Nothing less than 14004 farmers committed suicide in 2011 as per the data of the National Crime Records Bureau. That is more than 10.3 per cent of the total number of suicides in India through the year. Factoring the issues ... More >>
BANGLADESH: A call for urgent intervention
Saturday, 7 July 2012, 12:55 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-141-2012 July 6, 2012 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
SRI LANKA: Burial at a place of choice by family members
Saturday, 7 July 2012, 12:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-140-2012 July 6, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
SRI LANKA: Yet another attempted abduction of a journalist
Friday, 6 July 2012, 8:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-139-2012 July 6, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
PAKISTAN: Lack of sanitation facilities in schools
Friday, 6 July 2012, 7:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-063-2012 July 6, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
India: Another cruel and callous attack by Border Security
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:43 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture of 35-year-old Mr Sudarshan Mondal on 3 November 2011 in yet another case of Border Security Forces (BSF) brutality in West Bengal, India. Torture, extrajudicial ... More >>
Pakistan: Killings Of Shiite Muslims Under Nose of Military
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:33 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan: Killings Of Shiite Muslims Under The Very Nose Of The Military -- The 'Independent Judiciary' Turns A Blind Eye While The Government Continues Its Policy Of Appeasement More >>
Sri Lanka: Celebrating The National Security State?
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
July 4, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: Celebrating The National Security State? Basil Fernando One of the reactions to the earlier article, SRI LANKA: Defending the nation's internal security , is "What’s wrong? The ... More >>
India: Religious Discrimination By The BSF
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 3:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
ISSUES: Fabricated charges; impunity; inhuman and degrading treatment; religious discrimination; police inaction; threats and intimidation; violence ------------------------------------------------------ More >>
Hong Kong/Philippines: "Life Was Empty When I Was In Hiding"
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 3:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
"For over a year, I was in hiding. My life was empty," said Myrna Reblando as she shared her story to a group of local and international journalists in Hong Kong. More >>
Sri Lanka: Defending The Nation's Internal Security
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 11:43 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In a previous article, SRI LANKA: The Supremacy of the national security apparatus , we discussed the issue of the Ministry of Defence being the most important institution in Sri Lanka, after the institution of the Executive President. This implies that ... More >>
CAMBODIA: Respect ideals and concepts
Monday, 2 July 2012, 1:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ETC-018-2012 July 1, 2012 An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: Respect ideals and concepts, not arbitrary leaders More >>
World: Torture: Asian And Global Perspectives
Monday, 2 July 2012, 12:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
AHRC-ART-057-2012 June 28, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission World: Torture: Asian And Global Perspectives - A Comment From An Editor Eric Bailey I was amazed at how quickly the pieces of Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives ... More >>
Bangladesh: Victims Of Custodial Torture Cry For Justice
Monday, 2 July 2012, 12:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
AHRC-FAT-020-2012 June 28, 2012 A news report and an editorial from the New Age, sent by ODHIKAR, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Bangladesh: Victims Of Custodial Torture Cry For Justice In A Public Trial Mock trial calls for prosecution ... More >>
