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Indonesia: No Justice For Victims Of Semanggi I Tragedy
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 9:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
BACKGROUND: After the fall of Soeharto in May 1998, Indonesia has seen little improvement in its political and human rights situation. A large-scale student demonstration demanding total governmental reform and better handling of the country’s financial ... More >>
CAMBODIA:Something is happening on which democrats can build
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 5:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In my column in this space in August, "A look at the future of Cambodia's youth and education," I posited that, "If youth is the future of the country and education is a sine qua non element of a country's development, without change in the status ... More >>
The bullet riddled bodies of nine more missing persons
Monday, 14 November 2011, 1:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue and not a single day goes by without the abduction and murder of activists. The family members of disappeared persons who were holding a protest meeting and token hunger strike outside the Quetta ... More >>
Save Tuti Tursilawati and other Indonesian migrant workers
Monday, 14 November 2011, 1:16 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through his spokesperson Rupert Colville, issued a position statement in Geneva today, (October 12, 2011) concerning the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, after eight Bangladeshi migrant workers were executed ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Epilogue to the CAT Committee proceedings
Monday, 14 November 2011, 1:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
It is now a suitable moment to take an overview of 'the dialogue with Sri Lanka' which the Sri Lankan delegation obviously did not treat as a dialogue. Why did the Sri Lankan delegation dodge the dialogue and instead, really provide the least amount ... More >>
Nepal: Amnesty For Human Rights Violations Is Unacceptable
Friday, 11 November 2011, 12:11 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission strongly condemns the government cabinet's decision to recommend that the President grants amnesty to Balkrishna Dhungel and wishes to add its voice to that of Nepalese civil society and the victim's family to denounce ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Censorship Is An Integral Part Of System
Friday, 11 November 2011, 11:39 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The government decision to call for registration of websites that publish any material relating to Sri Lanka has come under severe criticism from local journalists and other concerned persons and groups and also from many international organisations. ... More >>
Sri Lanka: "In Reality There May Be Torture...
Friday, 11 November 2011, 11:29 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
At this session the Sri Lankan delegation was required to reply to the long list of questions posed by the committee members the previous day. However, Mr. Mohan Peiris, who spoke on behalf of the government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) preferred to give ... More >>
India: 13-Year-Old Tribal Girl Raped By The Headmaster
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 1:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
9 November 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------- INDIA: 13-year-old tribal girl raped by the headmaster of her school in Orissa More >>
Sri Lanka: The 47th Session Of Committee Against Torture
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 12:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Yesterday (November 8, 2011) the government delegation gave the state report relating to the questions raised by the Committee Against Torture (CAT) at the 47th Session of the CAT Committee. Mr. Mohan Peiris, a former Attorney General and now an advisor ... More >>
Pakistan: A Single Mother's Battle With Her Unborn Child
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 11:34 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Miss Uzma Ayub, a single mother, who was repeatedly raped whilst being held captive by an army soldier and three police officials during an entire year, is currently seven months pregnant and will give birth soon. She hates her unborn child but does ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Destroying Monuments For The Killed & Disappeared
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 10:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from Groundviews.org forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Ruki – 7th November 2011 More >>
Sri Lanka: The Truth At Nandikadal and Wider Justice Process
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 3:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Central to any discussion on accountability in Sri Lanka is recognition of the fact that what happened in Nandikadal in May 2009 during the last stages of the fighting between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and government troops needs to be part ... More >>
West Bengal State Police Refuses To Help Kidnapped Girl
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 11:50 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has once again received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation working in West Bengal, concerning the kidnapping of a girl, allegedly for child trafficking and enforced prostitution. The parents ... More >>
India/Pakistan: Missing Prisoners Of War
Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 11:39 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A former Indian national appeals for the missing prisoners of war from the 1971 conflict between India and Pakistan to be brought home. Please see the supplementary information More >>
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is imprisoned in the USA
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 10:57 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-169-2011 November 4, 2011 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
SRI LANKA: Absence of justice hurts even more than murder
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 10:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-168-2011 November 4, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
SRI LANKA: Peace, Military & People
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 10:53 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ETC-050-2011 November 4, 2011 An article by Mr. J.C. Welliamuna published by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Peace, Military & People Discussion on the validity of the Non-military Engagement of the Military More >>
Sri Lanka: Duminda Silva Is Above The Law
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Duminda Silva is above the law. This is not due to any constitutional status that he has, as for example, the President of Sri Lanka who is by virtue of article 35 of the Constitution, above the law. In the case of Duminda Silva he is above the ... More >>
Pakistan: Demands For Action Against Alleged Rapists
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Ansar Burney Trust announces that it will take responsibility for providing medical treatment to the victim for the safe delivery of the child and their protection More >>
