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Indonesia: Police torture and arrest Papuan civilians
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 9:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest and torture of 15 Papuan villagers, including several minors, in Horas Skyline village, Jayapura, Papua, committed by a joint team of Jayapura city district police ... More >>
Ugent Appeal India: Two persons Arrested and Tortured
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 11:12 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Asian Human Rights Commission – Urgent Appeals Programme Case: AHRC-UAC-197-2011 http://www.urgentappeals.net/support.php?ua=AHRC-UAC-197-2011 10 October 2011 More >>
India: What makes the IPS officers special?
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 10:38 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In what is reported as "a surprise development", the Gujarat IPS Officers' Association has voiced their concern against the ill-treatment meted out against one of their members, Mr Sanjiv Bhatt. The Gandhinagar police in Gujarat state arrested ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The Regime’s Politics of Violence Implodes
Monday, 10 October 2011, 11:15 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On the last day of the 3rd stage of the Local Government Election, two prominent politicians from United People Freedom Alliance (UPFA) fought with each other at Mulleriyawa in Kolonnawa in Colombo District, according to reports. More >>
Achools obey the instructions of Mullahs
Saturday, 8 October 2011, 2:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-139-2011 October 7, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The principals of the schools obey the instructions of Mullahs to rusticate the Ahmadi students The government has still not taken any ... More >>
An interview with Bustami Arifin
Saturday, 8 October 2011, 2:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ETC-046-2011 October 7, 2011 An interview with Bustami Arifin from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Jakarta published by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDONESIA: The content of the sharia ... More >>
INDIA: Police force a child to gather severed human parts
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 10:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Despicable it might be, yet it is a relatively irrelevant incident in India. The latest is the case of Firoz, a 12-year-old boy who is now reportedly suffering from serious psychological trauma after being forced by a Head Constable of the Railway ... More >>
India: Govt allows attacks on protesters, ignores concerns
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 10:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on September 26, hundreds of people hired by a construction company attacked villagers protesting against the construction of a coastal road, allegedly to facilitate the POSCO project. More >>
Pakistan: Child education in disaster affected areas dismal
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 4:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
I have been visiting, quite frequently, in flood affected areas of Pakistan's Southern Sindh province and realized that government, non-government and private organizations are trying to provide food and relief to affected population. More >>
Pakistan: Teachers make educational institutions seminaries
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The misuse of blasphemy laws are no longer the prerogative of religious bigots or fundamentalists. It is now being used in every section of society, particularly members of the teaching staff who are eager to contribute in pushing the country towards ... More >>
Pakistan: Police allow 85-year-old man to marry young girl
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:24 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Though the marriage of a child is unlawful under the laws of Pakistan the police took the shelter behind Shariah Law to facilitate the union between an 85-year-old man and a minor of 12 years. The marriage was part of the settlement of a blood debt ... More >>
INDIA: Intimidating human rights defenders is despicable
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:19 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the intimidation by the state police/government of Ms Kavita Srivastava, the General Secretary of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) by undertaking a raid at her residence today. The PUCL is a social action ... More >>
HONG KONG: The importance of 'right of abode' ruling
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:16 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The importance of the ruling of Hong Kong's Court of First Instance (Vallejos Evangeline b. v. Commissioner of Registration and Another), that held as unconstitutional, the exclusion of domestic workers to qualify as permanent residents, is beyond the debate ... More >>
Teachers are taking over the responsibilities of the mullahs
Saturday, 1 October 2011, 4:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-130-2011 September 30, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Pakistan: Religious extremists threaten Ahmadi students
Thursday, 29 September 2011, 5:48 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Malice, hatred and discrimination against Ahmadi Muslim students in Pakistan are part of a wider scheme to cripple Ahmadis educationally, economically and socially. Ahmadis were declared a non Muslim minority in Pakistan by the amendment in the Constitution ... More >>
INDIA: Fictional lines will end human lives
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 10:33 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Debate on the basis of poverty estimate is hot. The Tendhulkar Committee earlier suggested rupees 15 (rural area) a day and rupees 18 (urban area) a day as a poverty line based on per capita expenditure at 2004-05 prices. The Supreme Court of India ... More >>
Pakistan:Mass killer protected, victims' families threatened
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 10:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Malik Ishaq, well known as a killer in many incidents of sectarian violence and bomb blasts has been taken by the state after killing over 100 victims. He is currently being held under house arrest for a period of ten days, supposedly as protective ... More >>
Asian Human Rights Commission to Barack Obama on Nepal
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 1:02 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) understands that you will be meeting the recently elected Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Baburam Bhattarai, during the 66th session of the General Assembly, and calls on you to urge him to take all necessary ... More >>
Asian Human Rights Commission to Ban Ki-Moon on Nepal
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 12:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) understands that you will be meeting the recently elected Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Baburam Bhattarai, during the 66th session of the General Assembly, and calls on you to urge him to take all necessary ... More >>
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 10:26 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan: The AHRC appeals to the international community and humanitarian organizations to assist the flood victims before another catastrophe occurs More >>
