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Middle East: No Post-Mortem for Maid's Death Sentence
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The newly obtained signed statement of Rizana Nafeek of Muthur, Sri Lanka, the housemaid who is now languishing in the Death Row in Saudi Arabia has shed new light in her case and how her case was badly handled by the Sri Lankan Embassy Officials in Saudi ... More >>
INDIA: Gang-rape case of a tribal girl in Orissa
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On April 19, 2011, a 14-year-old tribal girl was gang-raped by four alleged security force officers in Narayanpatna of Koraput district, where there is an ongoing conflict between the government and Naxalites over land and power. Additionally, Operation ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Enough with the state secrets
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
WITH all the negative publicity Sri Lanka is generating internationally, even a few tentative steps towards enhancing democracy could go a long way. And yet the government seems hell-bent on taking the opposite direction. More >>
Philippines:Letter to Commission on Human Rights Chairperson
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 4:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inquire about the status of your investigation, if there was any, to the complaint of torture that we have submitted to your office by way of an appeal letter on behalf of the three torture victims ... More >>
Thailand: Victims of Torture Counter-Charged for Statements
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 4:04 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Cross Cultural Foundation that Mr. Sudeerueman Maleh, one of those who alleged that he was tortured by police in the case of stealing weapons in 2004 has been criminally ... More >>
Sri Lanka:Human Rights Defender Still Missing After 500 Days
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 3:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 25th June 2011 we marked 500 days since the disappearance of Mr. Pattani Razeek, a Sri Lankan Human Rights Defender, Managing Trustee of the Community Trust Fund (CTF) in Puttalam and Executive Committee Member of the Asian Forum for Human Rights ... More >>
INDIA: Consultation is the quintessence of democracy
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The recent statement by the Human Resource Development Minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal, expressing concern over the process of wider consultation in the drafting of the anti-corruption law, the Lokpal Bill, calls for reflection and debate. More >>
Tortue in Nepal: Difficult to Get Justice
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 3:53 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Our data shows that the percentage of detainees who report that they had been tortured or ill-treated in police custody was around 33% in 2006 and around 19-20% in 2010. Although statistics are decreasing, the individual cases show that the severity of ... More >>
Thailand: Government Urged to Criminalise Torture
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 3:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Organizations urge Thai Government to prevent and eliminate the use of torture by law enforcement officials in Thailand by implementing its obligation under UN Convention Against Torture to criminalize torture, to take effective measure ... More >>
Woman faces death by beheading in Saudi Arabia
Monday, 27 June 2011, 5:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A young maid is facing death by beheading in Saudi Arabia for a crime she claims she did not commit. Rizana Nafeek, who alleges she was a teenager at the time of the incident, was arrested in May 2005 on charges of murdering a four-month-old baby ... More >>
ASIA: Widespread torture in Asia explained
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 6:48 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(Hong Kong, June 26, 2011) On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Pictures by the Wayside and the Asian Human Rights Commission, present explaining why torture remains a key problem in Asia. The 15 minute video ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Government avoids making law against torture
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 3:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-088-2011 June 24, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011 More >>
NEPAL: Criminalizing torture and bringing it to an end
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:58 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-087-2011 June 24, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011 More >>
Outdated policing systems rely on the use of torture
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 2:57 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011 More >>
SRI LANKA: A report on 323 cases of police torture
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 1:08 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011 More >>
INDIA: Act now, stop pretending!
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 1:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011 More >>
INDONESIA: Delayed Criminal Code prolongs torture
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 1:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-083-2011 June 24, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, June 26, 2011 INDONESIA: Delayed Criminal Code reform prolongs institutional ... More >>
Election in Pakistani Administered Kashmir
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 1:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ETC-030-2011 June 24, 2011 An article by Shaukat Ali Kashmiri published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: 2011- Election in Pakistani Administered Kashmir - a question of transparency and fundamental rights More >>
Catholic wants Saudi maid investigation
Friday, 24 June 2011, 5:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Catholic activist today joined human rights groups calling on the government to conduct a full probe in the case involving Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek, who is on death row in a Saudi jail. More >>
NEPAL: Review of Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:30 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Advocacy Forum (AF) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deplore the government of Nepal's refusal to take strong and specific commitments related to the protection of human rights defenders. Human Rights Defenders have been and remain the driving ... More >>
