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POSCO Project Is Not More Important Than Public Opinion

Friday, 4 November 2011, 2:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Minister of Orissa More >>

Pakistan: Ahmadi Sect Surgeon Abducted With His Son

Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

A senior surgeon belonging to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam has been missing since October 30, 2011. He was traveling in a car with his son of eleven years. The car was found abandoned far away from his home. More >>

PAKISTAN: 6 power loom work leaders sentenced for 10 yrs

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Anti-Terrorist Court’s judge Mian Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced six Labour Qaumi Movement’s leaders for 10 years each under terrorism charges in Faisalabad, Punjab province this evening. More >>

BURMA: Draft land law denies basic rights to farmers

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

During the second sitting of the new semi-elected parliament in Burma this year, the government submitted a draft land law. The government gazette published the draft on September 16, and it is currently still before the parliament. More >>

PAKISTAN: Taliban threaten the family of a gang rape victim

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Police officials accused of having, along with a soldier, gang-raped a 16 year-old girl for one year are now targeting the lawyers working with the victim. At the time of writing, four of her lawyers were abducted, kept in illegal detention, tortured ... More >>

SRI LANKA: Bharatha killing, drugs and CSE 'linked'

Friday, 28 October 2011, 5:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

There seems to be a link between Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), illegal drugs and the recent murder of a presidential advisor, says the owner of a private media network. Shan Wickramsinghe, the owner of the TNL media network, told BBC Sandeshaya that ... More >>

The Commemoration Of The Disappeared In Sri Lanka

Friday, 28 October 2011, 12:29 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to His Eminence, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith More >>

Sri Lanka: The Monument For The Disappeared

Friday, 28 October 2011, 12:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Large numbers of persons will gather at the Monument for the Disappeared at Raddoluwa Junction, Seeduwa today (October 27, 2011) to pay their respects to the disappeared persons in Sri Lanka and to demand justice on their behalf. This is annual event ... More >>

Pakistan: Forced Marriages Of Religious Minority Women

Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:40 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

The forced conversion to Islam of women from religious minority groups through rape and abduction has reached an alarming stage which challenges interfaith harmony due to the total collapse of the rule of law and biased attitude of the judicial officers. ... More >>

Pakistan: Government Appease Extremist Religious Groups

Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:14 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

The unspoken message is also clear: that the judiciary can expect no help from the government for carrying out their sworn duty to uphold the laws of the land. More >>

Urgent humanitarian intervention needed for jailed monk

Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:01 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of Myanmar/Burma More >>

'Hundreds Tortured' in Police Custody

Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 11:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission

Hundreds of people were tortured in police custody since January this year in Sri Lanka, international human rights groups say. More >>

SRI LANKA: STF is not the solution

Friday, 21 October 2011, 8:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-157-2011 October 21, 2011 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: STF is not the solution to the country's lawlessness In the editorial of the Island on October 19, 2011 with the title: 'Sowing the whirlwind' ... More >>

Indonesia: Troops Open Fire On Papuan Gathering

Friday, 21 October 2011, 3:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

An article from Alex Rayfield, published in NewMatilda forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>

Update (Indonesia): Violence Against Kebumen Villagers

Friday, 21 October 2011, 3:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

Regarding the military violence against Kebumen villagers on April 16-17, 2011, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that there have been some legal proceedings against the villagers. Meanwhile, there is no information regarding any ... More >>

India: West Bengal Police Refuse Child Trafficking Victim

Friday, 21 October 2011, 10:52 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 case of 13-year-old girl, who was trafficked from the Indo-Bangladesh border area by a gang ... More >>

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