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INDONESIA: Prison guards tortured 42 people at Abepura

Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 4:31 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

INDONESIA: Prison guards tortured 42 prisoners and detainees at Abepura correctional facility in Papua June 8, 2012 Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of 42 prisoners and detainees by prison ... More >>

Assessment Of Human Rights Work In Less Developed Countries

Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 2:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Like every other activity, the impact of human rights works is bound in space and time. As in every other social activity, human rights works is bound to historical circumstances. From these factors there is no escape. To ignore these factors in ... More >>

Pakistan: Attacks on journalists and rights defenders

Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 2:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

PAKISTAN: Attacks on journalists and rights defenders in Pakistan The government should investigate the source and nature of threats to Asma Jahangir's life, and take appropriate action. More >>

SRI LANKA: A diplomatic representative of the nation?

Saturday, 9 June 2012, 2:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-120-2012 June 8, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>

Myanmar at risk of land-grabbing epidemic

Thursday, 7 June 2012, 2:58 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

In a written statement during its September 2011 session, the Asian Legal Resource Centre alerted the Human Rights Council to the dangers posed to the rights of people in Myanmar by the convergence of military, business and administrative interests ... More >>

Hillary Clinton Meets With Middle East Democracy Activists

Thursday, 7 June 2012, 11:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

SECRETARY CLINTON: Welcome. Welcome. We are so pleased to have you here, and I know many of you were able to come to the Civil Society Dialogue. More >>

Cambodia: Human Rights Violated By Government Authorities

Thursday, 7 June 2012, 11:11 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

A Statement from the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>

Bangladesh: Minister Endorses Torture

Thursday, 7 June 2012, 11:00 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

Bangladesh's State Minister for Home Affairs Mr. Shamsul Haque Tuku has advised the journalists to keep a 'safe distance' from the country's police while both the journalists and the police are on duty. The minister is cited in the national media including ... More >>

Torture: Asian Perspectives to be launched on 26 June

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 6:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

(Hong Kong, June 06, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to announce the release of its new bi-monthly magazine, Torture: Asian Perspectives . The first issue will be released on 26 June, on the occasion of the International Day against Torture ... More >>

Sri Lanka: The Rights Of Women In The Post War Conflict

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 3:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Sri Lanka: The Rights Of Women In The Post War Conflict -- The Constitution And Its Guarantees More >>

Nepal: Action Urged Over Precarious Human Rights Situation

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 1:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Nepal: Human Rights Council Urged To Ensure Ongoing Monitoring And Action Concerning Nepal's Increasingly Precarious Human Rights Situation More >>

Prominent Thai farmer activists facing imprisonment

Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 11:29 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

An Open Letter from Thai and International Non-Government Organisations and Individuals forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>

SRI LANKA: Is The Police Spokesperson Living On The Moon?

Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 1:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Today, June 4, in the Daily Mirror on line edition the police spokesperson, SP Ajith Rohana is quoted as saying "Generally as a practice torture never takes place in Lankan Police stations." This police spokesperson, who is also said to be ... More >>

AHRC: Open Letter To Indonesian President

Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 11:31 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia More >>

UPR 2012 recommendation: challenges to Indonesia

Saturday, 2 June 2012, 12:41 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

A Joint Statement by Kontras, SETARA Institute, Asian Human Rights Commission, International Center for Transitional Justice, Indonesian Church Fellowship and Protection International INDONESIA: UPR 2012 recommendation: challenges to Indonesia's commitment in enforcing ... More >>

India: Rape, Red Tape And Bureaucracy- India's Police

Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 1:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

22 May 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ India: Rape, Red Tape And Bureaucracy- India's Police Fail Vulnerable Young Woman And Her Family More >>

India: Dowry Death Attempted Cover Up By Local Police

Monday, 21 May 2012, 3:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

15 May 2012 ------------------------------------------------------ India: Dowry Death Attempted To Be Covered Up By Local Police And The Child Of The Victim At Risk More >>

Hun Sen is not blind to what goes on around him

Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 6:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

We may never know what really happened when Cambodia's eminent environmental activist Chut Wutty (46), father of two, head of the Natural Resource Protection Group, a Cambodian non-governmental organization fighting Cambodia's deforestation, was shot ... More >>

The Police Torture Epidemic in Sri Lanka -- a documentary

Monday, 14 May 2012, 3:11 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to announce the release of a new documentary entitled: The police torture epidemic in Sri Lanka. Directed filed and edited by Josefina Bergsten; translated by Harshi Perera and Nilantha Illangamuwa; sound editing ... More >>

NEPAL: Concern about those rendered homeless by evictions

Monday, 14 May 2012, 12:38 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the squatter settlements in Thapathali, Kathmandu on the banks of the Bagmati River on 8 May 2012. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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