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South Asia: India Is Not Pakistan
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 11:13 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) is a subject of severe criticism by human rights activists and jurists in India and across the world. The alarming number of human rights abuses committed by the security agencies deployed in regions ... More >>
INDIA:Call for withdrawal of false charges- rights activists
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 5:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We unequivocally condemn the arrest of Abhay Sahu, the leading figure of the struggle against forcible land acquisition by the Korean company POSCO in the Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. More >>
Pakistan: Child Marriage Custom Violates Human Rights
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:38 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Early marriage takes many different forms and has various causes, one issue is paramount. Whether it happens to a girl or a boy, early marriage is a violation of Human Rights. The right to free and full consent to a marriage is recognized in the 1948 Universal ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Reports of the UN Commitee Against Torture
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: Report On The Examination Of The Third And Fourth Periodic Reports Of Sri Lanka By The Un Committee Against Torture More >>
Pakistan: Domestic Violence Is The Most Under-Reported Crime
Monday, 28 November 2011, 1:11 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Violence against women is a major health and human rights concern in Pakistan. Women can experience sexual, physical or mental abuse throughout their life cycle, in infancy, childhood and during adulthood or older age. Violence against women has severe physical ... More >>
Asia: No End To Violence Against Women Without Justice
Monday, 28 November 2011, 1:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women More >>
Pakistan: The Issue Of Foreigner Juveniles Must Be Solved
Friday, 25 November 2011, 1:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan shares its borders with Afghanistan, China, Iran and India. These shared borders are porous as on both sides of the border live communities that share language and culture and visit each other due to a lack of security bars at many sections ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Tissa Denies Mohan's Claims
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Senior Tamil journalist J. S Tissainayagam denied allegations that he “admitted his complicity” to an offence in order to gain a Presidential pardon. The allegation was made on November 9, when a delegation led by Presidential Counsel and Senior ... More >>
Thailand: Twenty Years In Prison For Four SMS Messages
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express grave concern over the latest conviction and sentence of a person in Thailand for a crime of freedom of expression. On 23 November 2011, in Black Case No. 311/2554, Ampon Tangnoppakul (also known as ... More >>
India: Government Continuously Fails To Provide Remedies
Friday, 25 November 2011, 11:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt of the death of Mr. Jagabandhu Ghadei on 12 November 2011, due to a lack of proper medical treatment and nutrition after being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. Jagabandhu worked as a fishing assistant ... More >>
Teenage Nobel Prize Nominee Leads Girls' Education Struggle
Friday, 25 November 2011, 11:01 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
SWAT: Despite losing the Nobel Peace Laureate prize, Malalai Yousafzai, a grade 8 student from Gulkada, Mingora is determined to fight for the education of girls and fulfill the noble cause for which she has raised her voice. More >>
Syria: NGOs Call For UN Human Rights Council Session
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 12:30 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Joint Open Letter signed by NGOs from around the world to the UN Human Rights Council More >>
Egypt: Government Urged To Halt Excessive Force
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 12:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward an appeal from the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) regarding widespread arbitrary arrest and detention, abductions followed by enforced disappearances of persons, extrajudicial ... More >>
Pakistan: Baloch Blood On Our Hands
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 11:36 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Monday, November 21, 2011 - Finally the Federal Ministry of Human Rights has woken up to the woes of the people of Balochistan and taken notice of the rising number of deaths in the province. The human rights ministry has decided to form a task force ... More >>
SYRIA: NGOs urge UN to condemn ongoing grave rights abuses
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 4:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Dear Ambassador, On October 20 a number of our organizations wrote to you to urge the UN General Assembly to demand an end to the government-sponsored violence in Syria. A lot has happened since. On November 2, Syria pledged to abide by the Arab ... More >>
Pakistan: Breaking The Shackles!
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 10:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Women have always been considered weak. But compared to men, it is only the physical difference that has undermined women's role in society despite the fact that women have always proved their significance in almost every sphere of life. More >>
India: Armed Robbery By Police in West Bengal
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 10:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation working in West Bengal, concerning the case of armed robbery by the state police and the security agencies operating in the state on the pretext ... More >>
Indonesia: New Report Reveals Extent Of Papua Violations
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 9:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
November 16, 2011 A Joint Statement by the Faith Based Network on West Papua (FBN), Franciscans International (FI), and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Nepal: Justice Institutions Should Not Condone Amnesty
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 11:43 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
November 15, 2011 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission On Monday, the three major political parties of Nepal agreed that the bills forming a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and a Commission of Inquiry on Disappearances (CID) ... More >>
Pakistan: Open Letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 11:41 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from the Turi Bangash tribes of Parachinar forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
