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Myanmar: Appeal To Review Cases Of 32 Lawyers Disbarred
Friday, 23 December 2011, 11:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Legal Resource Centre is writing to you further to a letter submitted to the president dated 4 November 2011 by 16 lawyers who were disbarred because of alleged political crimes or politically related violations of their codes of practice. According ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Senior Army Officer Arbitrarily Arrested
Friday, 23 December 2011, 9:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Mr. R.D Wickramasinghe (51) was an army captain until 2003 and afterwards taught at Gurudeniya Maha Vidiyalaya. He taught Political science and Economics, in addition to being a Cadet Officer in the school, as he graduated from the Peradeniya University. ... More >>
Asia: The Death Of A Colleague, Jijo Paul
Friday, 23 December 2011, 9:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Hong Kong, December 22, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sadly learned of the death of Mr. Jijo Paul of Kerala, India who has been a close associate and an active promoter of human rights. He was the Chairperson of Nervazhi, our partner ... More >>
Asia: Torture Prevention And Rehabilitation In Asia
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 12:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Reading from the abstracts of papers from other participants and guest speakers for this Conference, the idea of 'access to justice', as a theme to improve work on torture prevention and rehabilitation of victims is given strong importance. To lay the basic ... More >>
Philippines: Immense Violation Of Rights - Mindanao Disaster
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 12:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked but not surprised as to how government officials, from the local and national level, have dealt with the tropical storm Sendong both prior to its arrival and in its aftermath. As the stories unfold by ... More >>
Philippines: Impeachment Of Chief Justice Is Watershed
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 12:31 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the commencement of impeachment proceedings on the Philippines' Chief Justice Renato Corona. We view this as a constitutional process that protects the independence of the judiciary rather than a process that ... More >>
Philippines: Mindanao Disaster - Improving Warning Systems
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 10:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses its deepest condolences to the Filipino people in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and nearby areas where over 600 people died and hundreds of others are missing following flash floods due to ... More >>
India: Death of Widow due to Govt Failure
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the Puri administration’s visit to children who lost their parents due to hunger and sickness in late September and early November respectively. Mr. Babaji Sethi, ... More >>
Russia: Kostenko Trial, A Ghost From The Communist Past
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The sentence and judgment of the Kuybyshev district court in Saint Petersburg, convicting human rights activist, Mr Filipp Kostenko, for 15 days imprisonment, once again proves the fact that despite the changes that have swept across the Russian political landscape, ... More >>
India: Police An Impediment To Security
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
There is no doubt that security to life and property is a fundamental right of every Indian. It is equally the duty of the state to protect it. The safety of a nation is directly proportionate to the collective notion of security of every citizen of ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The Report Of The Commission Of Inquiry
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:17 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
There was no reason to expect much from the report of the LLRC as this commission had no mandate to investigate and to file a report on the basis of investigations. It was a mere commission of gathering some views but even in that the people who ... More >>
Singapore: Chia Thye Poh, Prisoner Of Conscience Is Honored
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:12 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Mr. Chia Thye Poh, a recipient of this year's LLG Spiritual Award, will be going to receive the award which will take place on Sunday 18 December 2011 at 10am at the Confucian Chinese Independent High School in Kuala Lumpur. This piece is written ... More >>
Indonesia: Massive Indonesian Offensive Displaces Thousands
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Thousands of people have reportedly fled in terror from a large area in Paniai, West Papua as a massive combined Police and military offensive attacked villages on December 13, attempting to break armed resistance from pro-independence guerrillas. Credible ... More >>
Pakistan: The Uzma Ayub Rape Case
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
PESHAWAR, Dec 13: In the case of the murder of the brother of a teenage pregnant girl, the Peshawar High Court Khyber Pakhtunkha province took a Suo Motu notice and directed the provincial home secretary and the Provincial Police Officer (PPO) ordering ... More >>
Nepal: Justice Institutions Should Protect Victims' Rights
Friday, 16 December 2011, 1:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On December 10 the Asian Human Rights Commission published its 2011 annual report in which it expressed concern that in 2011 the most pressing issues relating to the rights of conflict victims remained in abeyance. In particular, the government has ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Abduction Murder Of Mohamed Sali Mohamed Niyas
Friday, 16 December 2011, 12:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The family of Mohamed Sali Mohamed Niyas has written to human rights organisations complaining that there are no genuine investigations into his abduction and murder and also complaining that the family members are constantly receiving death threats ... More >>
Cambodia: The People Must Not Wait For Preah Batr Dhammik
Friday, 16 December 2011, 12:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
CAMBODIA: The people must no longer wait for Preah Batr Dhammik to come to their rescue More >>
Nepal: Witchcraft A Form Of Violence Against Women
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 10:47 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A lot of Nepalese women fall victim to accusations of witchcraft and are tortured despite the fact that the accusations are based on superstition. Belief in witchcrafts has prevailed in the underdeveloped and developing countries since ancient times ... More >>
Pakistan: No Let Up In Violence Against Women In Sindh
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 10:31 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Incidence of violation against women are on rise in Pakistan especially in its Sindh province where they are subjected to various forms of violence including murders under pretext of “family honor” that is called in Sindhi language as Karo Kari( ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Man, 28, From Chunnakan Killed in Police Custody
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 10:17 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
AHRC-STM-201-2011 December 12, 2011 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Skandaraja Sumanan, a twenty eight year old man was taken into custody by two persons in civilian dress who identified themselves as officers from the Police Intelligence ... More >>
