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NEPAL: Unceasing choreography of injustice
Saturday, 10 December 2016, 7:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Just like 2015 and the years prior, 2016 has been no different in terms of human rights, rule of law, and functioning of justice institutions in Nepal. Rather, the legacy of human rights and justice institution collapse has remained intact, with ... More >>
PAKISTAN: One step forward, two steps backward
Saturday, 10 December 2016, 7:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
This year’s theme for the Human Rights Day is 'Stand up for someone's rights today! The statement could not be better suited to what is happening in Pakistan, where human rights defenders are being increasingly targeted for speaking out. Branded ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Caught between the military and the terrorists
Saturday, 26 November 2016, 8:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The people of tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are caught between the Pakistan army on one hand, and the Taliban and ISIS on the other. The terrorists attack and kill tribal leaders for not allowing them to set up their training centers and move ... More >>
Government must earnestly address human rights violation
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 8:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned about six Pacific countries raising the subject of human rights violations in Papua in the General Debate of the Assembly's 71st Session, on 26 September 2016. The video can be accessed here. More >>
WORLD: The trial of a Khmer Rouge torturer
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 8:58 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
WORLD: The trial of a Khmer Rouge torturer --- In the latest issue of Torture Magazine (Hong Kong, 30 September 2016) "The evacuations and arrests were just part of a larger Khmer Rouge project of mass social engineering which involved obliterating ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Punjab police save teenage Christian from lynching
Saturday, 1 October 2016, 8:54 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Though incidents of accusation of blasphemy are on the rise, it is heartening to note that the police attitude has improved remarkably in handling such cases. Thanks to the incessant and relentless lobbying and advocacy by civil society and rights ... More >>
Asian Human Rights - New satire program launches this Friday
Thursday, 8 September 2016, 1:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Engaging daily with the misery manufactured by Asia’s dysfunctional justice institutions was bound to result in something truly creative some day. This creativity has sprung forth in the form of biting satire and humor. And, that day is the day after, none ... More >>
INDIA: For peace, end impunity in Kashmir
Sunday, 21 August 2016, 9:53 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has seen curfew for the last 41 days. Sixty-six persons have been killed, as a result of the “actions” of government forces. Most of the channels of communication remain blocked. It is reported that the authorities ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Innocence lost with no respite for children
Sunday, 21 August 2016, 9:44 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Words fail to express the grief when the victim of a heinous crime is a child who has been a victim of parental greed. Children, who are the future of a nation, form the vulnerable faction of society; children are most prone to being beaten, sexually ... More >>
Herculean tasks lie ahead for transitional justice bodies
Sunday, 14 August 2016, 10:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Nepal’s transitional justice bodies closed registration of complaints on 10 August 2016, with over 60,000 cases registered during the last four months. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared ... More >>
PAKISTAN: UN must probe massacre
Wednesday, 10 August 2016, 8:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), joins everyone who is shocked and dismayed by the senseless and brutal attack on civilians which according to the Balochistan Bar Association, has killed 97 persons which includes 63 lawyers and injured more ... More >>
WSC condemns the violence against Sindhi Hindus
Sunday, 31 July 2016, 2:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Press Releasefrom World Sindhi Congress (WSC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
PAKISTAN: Nowshera police order transgender to vacate
Sunday, 31 July 2016, 2:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The district police of Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkha (KP) province has ordered the externment of the transgender community for an indefinite period. The order will affect more than 1100 transgenders who are scattered throughout the district. More >>
PAKISTAN: Is racial discrimination an issue in Pakistan?
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 10:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The extent to which Pakistan has complied with human rights standards set out in the International Convention of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), will be assessed by a United Nation’s expert committee in Geneva on August 16-17, ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Former President’s statement
Saturday, 23 July 2016, 12:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
SRI LANKA: Former President’s statement against the Office of the Missing Persons is a blatant attack on rule of law More >>
UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Denmark
Sunday, 17 July 2016, 7:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
UN Human Rights Committee publishes findings on Denmark, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Argentina More >>
INDIA: Cow worshippers chew up the rule of law
Sunday, 17 July 2016, 7:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A magisterial / judicial order directing the police to register a first information report and investigate a family that lost its provider in a mob lynching would seem impossible for anyone living in a rule of law system. But in the self-designated ... More >>
NEPAL: State silence on Ganga Maya Adhikari screams murder
Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the negligence of the Government of Nepal. The State has shown utter indifference towards Ganga Maya Adhikari, surviving wife of late Nanda Prasad Adhikari and mother to late Krishna Prasad Adhikari. ... More >>
NEPAL: Torture seen as ‘necessary evil’
Saturday, 25 June 2016, 4:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The AHRC translated and published Handbook on Torture in Nepali on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. More >>
INDONESIA: Lack of genuine policy and rights in Papua
Saturday, 18 June 2016, 12:58 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under President Joko Widodo’s administration, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is dismayed at the utter lack of progress in the protection and ... More >>
