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Sri Lanka: In January Alone 170 Deaths Due To Road Accidents
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 11:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On January 28 alone there were 17 deaths due to road accidents. This led to the police issuing a notice that the 28th was the date on which the most number of fatal accidents had occurred. Despite of the usual claim by the police that they will take stern ... More >>
Pakistan: Shahzad Commission Results Marred By ISI Free Ride
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 11:46 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Pakistani government should redouble efforts to find the killers of the journalist Saleem Shahzad, following the failure of the judicial inquiry commission to identify those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. The commission concluded in its ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Lawyer's Rights At Police Stations To Be Gazetted
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 11:02 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Attorney General had informed the Supreme Court that steps were being taken by the Police Department to gazette the regulations covering the rights of Attorneys-at-Law to represent their clients at police stations. Deputy Solicitor General Shavindra ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Conviction Under The Torture Act
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 10:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On January 26, 2012, the former OIC of Polpithigama Police was convicted under the torture Act by the High Court of Kurunegala. Wijeratne, the former OIC of Polpithigama Police Station, was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment and was ordered ... More >>
Pakistan: Force Of Law--The Case Of Abdus Saboor
Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 2:02 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
'' Quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?'' (Who will guard the guardians themselves), said the Roman poet Juvenal in his “Satires” . The phrase has lasted through centuries and cited in different contexts but most importantly in regard to the problem of ... More >>
Indonesia: Authorities Refuse Prisoner Tumour Treatment
Monday, 30 January 2012, 1:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the condition of Kimanus Wenda, a political prisoner at Nabire prison, Papua, who has a tumor in his stomach and must be operated on. Although Indonesian law clearly notes ... More >>
Pakistan: Shelter Journalists Facing Religious Death Threats
Monday, 30 January 2012, 11:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the safety of two investigative journalists who are facing death threats from militant religious groups for making an exclusive video clip. The content of the video revealed the illegal captivity ... More >>
India: BSF Strikes Again, This Time a Farmer
Monday, 30 January 2012, 11:19 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning yet another case of torture by the Border Security Force (BSF), stationed along the Indo-Bangladesh border. In this case too, it is alleged that the BSF has tortured ... More >>
INDIA: Censorship is a myopic world vision
Saturday, 28 January 2012, 12:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The authorities in India have to wake up to the reality that censorship is not a norm, acceptable in the world today. In what could be considered as one of the most controversial proceedings in the country's legal history, 21 companies including ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Higher courts complicit in torture and killings
Saturday, 28 January 2012, 12:08 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Four men were killed in military detention centres while their cases were being heard in the higher courts and particularly one case was in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, which claims to be the independent, when it comes to the army the courts usually ... More >>
Indonesia: Military Officers Arbitrarily Arrest And Torture
Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that on 2 November 2011, seven commanding officers of the Kurulu military sub-district command (danramil Kurulu), arrested and ill-treated three local activists and nine Umpagalo villagers in Kurulu, ... More >>
India: Injustice, An Impediment To The Republic
Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates India on its 63rd Republic Day. From a nation that suffered the brutal consequences of colonisation and the lasting wounds of separation, for the past 63 years, the country and its people have ... More >>
Pakistan: Uzma Ayub, Rape Victim, Gives Birth To Baby Girl
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 11:42 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
January 20, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Farzana Ali Khan Another challenge to the conscience of humanity More >>
Pakistan: lively hood in fishing community at risk
Saturday, 21 January 2012, 2:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Mangrove tree is a specialized marine ecosystem consisting of a group of plants growing in muddy, loose and wet soils in tropical and sub-tropical areas, comprising of shallow, coastal waters, deltas and estuaries or lagoons. The specific regions where these ... More >>
India: To End BSF Violence What More Does It Require?
Friday, 20 January 2012, 2:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and its partner organisation, the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), have been documenting and reporting cases of extreme forms of brutality committed by the Border Security Force (BSF) stationed ... More >>
Philippines: Journalist Threatened For Condemning Murder
Friday, 20 January 2012, 2:52 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
January 19, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned that Ronald Allan Mascardo, editor and publisher of a local newspaper Dadiangas Balita , has received death threats via ... More >>
Pakistan: Power Crisis In Karachi - By Lateef Mughal
Friday, 20 January 2012, 9:40 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
‘Pakistan: Power Crisis In Karachi -- An Offshoot Of Privatization’ Lateef Mughal It is a fact that uninterrupted supply of electricity is the responsibility of a power utility, mostly owned by the governments across the world, but unfortunately ... More >>
Philippines: The Concept Of Human Rights Stands Accused
Friday, 20 January 2012, 9:17 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The continued prosecution of human rights activist Temogen "Cocoy" Tulawie, on murder charges based on forced confessions, indicates how human rights are understood in his society of Sulu, and by the public officials ruling it. The case against him ... More >>
South Korea: Gangjeong - Good Example Of Worst Governance
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 10:24 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disturbed by the arrest of 29 people including those from a religious group for praying in front of the construction site of the naval base in Gangjeong village in Jeju Island on January 10, 2012. They were ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Do Not Protect An Accused Charged Before A Court
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 9:25 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned of your decision to take over the prosecution of a Private Plaint filed in the Magistrate's Court of Panadura, without the consent of the Complainant of the said case, upon an application and representations made ... More >>
