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PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out- Interview 6
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 12:38 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In this sixth interview in the series, Abina Rombaoa, talks about why the victims and their families are not keen on prosecuting torture cases in court. More >>
PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speaks out—Interview 5
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 11:41 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In this fifth interview in the series, Marvin (full identity is withheld) talks about the illegal arrest, detention and torture of his neighbours, Eduardo Singita and Junior Navarro in Bayugan, Agusan del Sur in April 2010. More >>
PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speaks out—Interview 4
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 11:39 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In this fourth interview in the series, Dianne Mariano, a Filipino intern of the AHRC from the Philippines shares her thoughts as to why torture victims are not keen on pursuing charges under the Anti-Torture Act of 2009. More >>
PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speaks out—Interview 3
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 11:35 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In this third interview in the series, Riel Custodio, one of the five torture victims collectively known as "Tagaytay Five", recalls in detail his experience while in the custody of the police and military for seven days. More >>
What is the score in Balochistan?
Saturday, 4 June 2011, 12:31 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: What is the score in Balochistan? Baseer Naweed After the killing of Professor Saba Dashtyari, a renowned scholar of Balochistan, a question commonly asked by the people is: What is the latest score ... More >>
Criminalization of free speech ahead of election
Friday, 3 June 2011, 9:02 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-074-2011 June 3, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Pakistan: Government misses taking the armed forces to task
Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 4:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The government of Pakistan -- the so called legacy of Bhuttoism -- has once again come out in support of our armed forces in an attempt to present them as brave and innocent. The government is reluctant to initiate an independent inquiry commission ... More >>
Nepal: An Open Letter Regarding Impunity
Friday, 27 May 2011, 4:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists write concerning recent developments that reinforce long-standing impunity in Nepal. Impunity denies justice to victims of human rights abuses and erodes the credibility ... More >>
India: Husband and Wife Assaulted by State Officers
Friday, 27 May 2011, 4:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission is shocked to learn that Forest Department officials brutally kicked five-month pregnant Seema Adhikari as she opposed their illegal arrest of her husband Rakesh Adhikari at 5am on 3 May 2011. Due to the assault, Seema went ... More >>
South Asia: A poem for Tagore's 150th birth anniversary
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 3:41 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Poem for 150th birth anniversary of Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore: SOME GOUGE OUT THE EYES OF OTHERS by Basil Fernando More >>
Bangladesh: Human rights defender tells story of abduction
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 3:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
he Asian Human Rights Commission this morning issued two urgent statements of extreme concern for the situation of human rights defenders in Bangladesh, and in particular over the disappearance of a young human rights activist, Dipal Barua, yesterday, ... More >>
Philippines: Torture victims speak out Part II
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 5:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In the second part of the interview, Romeo Luneta speaks about his experience during Martial Law. Years after the incident, he could still describe vividly and in detail his experience of torture. He has not obtained any form of psychological and trauma ... More >>
Nepal: Withdrawal of cases violates human rights obligations
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 3:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the Home Minister's statement on Friday that his office is planning to withdraw cases filed against Maoist cadres from the time of the conflict. According to news report, the cases filed at ... More >>
Thailand must learn the lessons of history
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 2:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
18 May 2011 marks the 19th anniversary of what Thai people remember as "1992 Black May incident," when a popular uprising was met with brutal and violent suppression by the military. Official reports put the death toll at 44 with 38 missing, however ... More >>
Pakistan: Human rights violations in Sindh- a way forward
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 2:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The news about the scores of people killed into feudal fights into interior Sindh, Pakistan has been, unfortunately, the matter of every day. It is indeed strange and hard fact to digest that how the land that is sown with the seed of tolerance, love, ... More >>
PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out
Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 1:44 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is publishing from today interviews conducted with victims of torture. This series of interviews will discuss, not only about how torture victims suffers while in the custody of the security forces, but the real ... More >>
Indonesia: West Papua -- Violence against indigenous women
Monday, 23 May 2011, 12:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Papuan women have been suffering terrible violence both outside and inside their homes for the past 40 years, and for most of that time, they’ve suffered in silence. But now a group of women has launched their own truth commission to give support ... More >>
Security personnel gang rape a 14 year-old tribal girl
Saturday, 21 May 2011, 12:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged gang-rape of a 14-year-old tribal girl by four security personnel in Narayanpatna, Koraput of Orissa state on 19 April 2011 The perpetrators broke open the door of ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Sindh government provides protection to killers
Saturday, 21 May 2011, 12:47 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: Sindh government provides protection to the killers of the Fisherfolk Forum activists instead of the victims and their families More >>
A new Chief Justice for the dying judiciary of Sri Lanka
Friday, 20 May 2011, 10:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The appointment of the first lady Chief Justice would normally have been a day for great celebrations. However, in the context of the attack on the Sri Lankan judiciary since the adoption of the 1978 Constitution such a celebration would belie the actual ... More >>
