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THAILAND: Persecution of torture victims, legalized impunity
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 10:47 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to draw the attention of the Human Rights Council to the systemic persecution of torture victims in Thailand. Thailand acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment ... More >>
INDIA:Action must follow discovery of mass graves in Kashmir
Friday, 26 August 2011, 11:20 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appreciates the efforts taken by the State Human Rights Commission of Jammu and Kashmir in conducting an enquiry and filing a report concerning the mass graves in the state. The 17-page report of the Commission's ... More >>
India: Who has the right to judge?
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission There is surely nothing wrong in demanding an end to the reign of corruption. And yet, for many in India it seems to amount to being "as good as undermining the Constitution", or resembling "a process ... More >>
Pakistan: One year after the floods
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 12:08 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
One year ago during the months of July and August the floodwaters that ravaged the southern parts of Pakistan have long receded. Though gone are the makeshift tent camps on roadsides but revival of normal life and livelihood still remain a challenge. ... More >>
India: What will follow the law?
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 4:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Given the primacy of combating corruption to breathe life into the concept of democracy, the anti-corruption movement in India is indeed the country's second movement for freedom. Given the magnitude of the problem, the complex and interlinked inroads ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Rizana court documents for Saudi Judiciary
Monday, 22 August 2011, 3:51 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Legal documents pointing to the fact that housemaid Rizana Nafeek was under age at the time she went to Saudi Arabia, where she is under sentence of death for the alleged killing of a child, will be forwarded to the Saudi Judiciary for consideration. The ... More >>
Asian Alliance Against Torture and Ill-treatment launched
Saturday, 20 August 2011, 7:31 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-108-2011 August 20, 2011 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Asian Alliance Against Torture and Ill-Treatment ASIA: Asian Alliance Against Torture and Ill-treatment launched A group of 26 human ... More >>
India: AFSP Act is a deepening blotch on democracy - AHRC
Friday, 19 August 2011, 10:56 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, REDRESS Trust UK, and Human Rights Alert, Manipur, India. A draconian legislation like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 and the concept of democracy do not go together. While democracy ... More >>
India: Administration must end malnutrition of Mawasi tribe
Wednesday, 17 August 2011, 1:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a letter from the Indian government dated April 28, 2011 in response to the AHRC Hunger Alert Case (AHRC-HAC-009-2010) reported on November 9, 2010, regarding the Mawasi tribe children suffering from ... More >>
INDIA: In the absence of justice independence is a myth
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 12:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates Indians on their 65th Independence Day. The world's largest democracy, has come a long way from what it was in 1947 - an impoverished and underdeveloped nation - to become the third largest economy ... More >>
INDIA: Once again the BSF murder an innocent person
Saturday, 13 August 2011, 2:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
12 August 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------- INDIA: Once again the BSF murder an innocent person in West Bengal and denies responsibility More >>
Human rights defenders continue to face threats in Varanasi
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 2:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information concerning the criminal case against human traffickers in Varanasi. Unfortunately this time, the primary accused Mr. Parvez, his father Mr. Maulvi and four other thugs working ... More >>
PAKISTAN: 18th Amendment and the rights of nations
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 2:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
It is said that history’s biggest lesson is that people do not learn lessons from it. The Pakistani rulers seem to outdo all other people in proving this lesson true. Pakistanis are full of celebration over the 18th Amendment, presented as a great ... More >>
INDIA: Shadow of indignity a shade!
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 12:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
For a government, when its law enforcement agencies are accused of housing criminals in uniform, it is an embarrassment, to the say the least. When the accusation, that the state police have become a roost for criminals, is made by a superior court, ... More >>
Sri Lankan Jails ‘Hell’ for Females
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 5:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Monthly ‘visiting hours’ at the female ward of Sri Lanka’s notorious Welikada Prison are as traumatic for the inmates as they are for their family and friends. A tiny room, measuring 10 feet by seven feet, is divided in half by a mesh counter. ... More >>
Pakistan:Questions for the Muslim brothers in Tahrir Square
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 1:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Patience exhausted You emerged from the shadows To tell us what was forbidden and why. You spoke loudly and clearly, Each chant a whiplash: God is Great! The laws of God transcend democracy! Liberals and secularists are the scum of the earth! Copts ... More >>
Kandha tribe families confront serious food insecurity
Saturday, 6 August 2011, 2:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
5 August 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- INDIA: Kandha tribe families confront serious food insecurity after the forest officials demolished their houses in Orissa More >>
SOUTH KOREA: Ill treatment by investigating officials
Saturday, 6 August 2011, 1:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
About 36 years ago two brothers were illegally arrested and tortured to confess to spying by the investigating authorities. Due to this false confession, they were convicted and imprisoned for 10 years. This case was recently reviewed by a court ... More >>
INDIA: The cash mantra
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 12:51 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Conditional cash transfer (CCTs) are a new buzzword in policy circles. The idea is simple: give poor people cash conditional on good behaviour such as sending children to school. This helps to score two goals in one shot: poor people get some income ... More >>
AFGHANISTAN: Child Sex, Bacha Bazi and DynCorp
Friday, 29 July 2011, 5:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In recent two e-mails I received from the parents of two teenage girls who were forcefully married to wealthy and powerful Tajik war criminals in Northern Afghanistan, they have painted heart-broken stories of their innocent daughters’ torture, humiliation ... More >>
