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Pakistan: Verification Of Disappearance Cases Is Vital-HRCP
Thursday, 5 April 2012, 4:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
April 3, 2012 A Statement from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Nepal: Loopholes In Transitional Justice Bills
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 4:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express its concern toward the scrapping of the provision prohibiting amnesty for human rights violations in the Bills establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances. ... More >>
Pakistan: Looking Back At The Lawyers' Movement
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 4:29 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan: Looking Back At The Lawyers' Movement Did the movement bring a fundamental change in the state and the society and the relationship between the two? More >>
Sri Lanka: A Sorry State Of Affairs -- Illegal Arrests
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 4:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The criminal justice system of Sri Lanka is in decline. Across the country numerous reports document that illegal arrests and detention continues to happen indiscriminately. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has issued several hundred urgent appeal ... More >>
The importance of arresting retired general Jovito Palparan
Saturday, 31 March 2012, 11:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission PHILIPPINES: The importance of arresting retired general Jovito Palparan Jr. More >>
SOUTH KOREA: Korean style of 'Watergate Scandal'?
Saturday, 31 March 2012, 3:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
After the case of Mr. Kim Jong-Ik, a victim of illegal surveillance by the Prime Minister's Office and exposure by a former official of the Office, more illegal surveillance material conducted by the Office has been reported to the public. The contents of ... More >>
Sri Lanka: What Happened To Protect And To Serve
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 4:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On an almost daily basis the Asian Human Rights Commission receives complaints related to the practice of torture and ill-treatment by the police in Sri Lanka. From January to November 2011 the AHRC issued a total of 106 Urgent Appeals on torture and ill ... More >>
Burma: Cynical Manipulation Of Legal System
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 3:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Burma: Cynical Manipulation Of Legal System Prefigures Continued Authoritarianism Two cases in Burma's courts that recently have attracted some public attention reveal aspects of a legal system being cynically manipulated, aspects that afford strong ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Possibility Of New Opportunities
Monday, 26 March 2012, 10:21 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The successful United Nations Resolution on reconciliation and accountability should pave the way for a new period of commitment to cure the wounds of a long conflict, caused upon individuals as well as on the institutional structure of democracy and ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Stop Hate Campaigns
Monday, 26 March 2012, 10:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
March 22, 2012 A Statement from a group of Sri Lankan human rights defenders forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
INDIA: Mirror writing of responsibilities
Saturday, 24 March 2012, 4:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry, 'explaining' the country's position regarding the United Nations' resolution on promotion, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka is worth an analysis from the Indian perspective. Contrary ... More >>
Fisherfolk Blues…
Saturday, 24 March 2012, 4:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh ... More >>
Joint Open Letter signed by NGOs from around the world
Saturday, 24 March 2012, 2:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Re: Oppose anti-NGO proposal on Human Rights Council resolutions on The Social Forum (A/HRC/19/L.20) and the Forum on Minority Issues (A/HRC/19/L.11) More >>
India: Brutal Custodial Torture
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
21 March 2012 ----------------------------------- India: Brutal Custodial Torture By Harora And Ashoknagar Police In West Bengal More >>
South Korea: Investigation Into Unlawful Surveillance
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
March 21, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission South Korea: Impartial Investigation Into Unlawful Surveillance By Presidential Office Unlikely Without Independent Prosecution There is serious doubt regarding whether the investigation ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Extrajudicial Killings
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:48 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Our lives are spinning out from world to world; the shapes of things are shifting in the wind. What do we know beyond the rapture and the dread?- Stanley Kunitz* More >>
Sri Lanka: The Rule Of Law And Democracy In Sri Lanka
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
March 21, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: The Rule Of Law And Democracy In Sri Lanka Basil Fernando More >>
South Korea: Statement Of Gwangju Prize Laureates
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:44 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
March 21, 2012 A Statement from a group of Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Laureates forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission South Korea: Statement Of Gwangju Prize Laureates Against Navy Base On World Peace Island Jeju We Gwangju Prize for ... More >>
Nepal: The Judiciary Has The Power To Exercise Due Diligence
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 2:42 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
March 21, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Nepal: The Judiciary Has The Power To Exercise Due Diligence Over The Withdrawal Of Cases The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to condemn in the strongest possible terms the decision ... More >>
INDIA: Pragmatism It Is
Sunday, 18 March 2012, 1:29 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The statement by the External Affairs Minister, Mr S. M. Krishna in the Rajya Sabha, that the country has given up its Nehruvian style foreign polices based on ethics and self-righteousness to pragmatism calls for an analysis. More >>
