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PAKISTAN: Federal government must stop killings of Ahmadis
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 1:11 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The religious minority group of Ahmadis is under constant threat of religious hate crimes and no serious efforts have been initiated by the government to provide protection the community. More >>
PHILIPPINES: Medical practice--the poor are likely to die
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 2:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The common phrase that the poor suffers the most, in all aspects of life, is not difficult to comprehend. But no one could ever grasp the depth of the poor's suffering in a life in which he was conditioned to live. It is not like an experimental exposure ... More >>
INDONESIA: Medical workers charged for income protests
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 12:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Jayapura regional police in West Papua have charged eight medical workers with incitement and objectionable acts following their peaceful protest against regulation 141/2010 by the provincial governor. More >>
PAKISTAN:Absence of rule of law gives impunity to military
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 11:11 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
There is an urgent need to bring military officials under the rule of law after a high police officer was tortured to death and army men attacked a police station in broad daylight and beat the policemen. More >>
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 >>
