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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 >>
Updated information on victim of brutal attack in Bangladesh
Friday, 20 May 2011, 10:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has earlier informed you about the attack on FMA Razzak instantiated by army officer, Major Mustafizur Rahman Bokul and his family, who attempted to gouge out Razzak's eyes. More >>
Thailand: Threats to free expression endanger human rights
Friday, 20 May 2011, 10:37 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status. Since the 19 September 2006 coup, the Asian Legal Resource Center has observed the growing constriction of freedom ... More >>
Nepal: AHRC urges adoption of transitional justice bills
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 11:36 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the 21 April introduction of the Truth and Commission Bill for consideration at Nepal's Legislature-Parliament in a long-awaited move to develop strong and effective transitional justice mechanisms. More >>
PAKISTAN: Military threatens food security of farmers
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 12:38 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the food security of peasants in the Punjab has been threatened by illegal land grabbing by the military for decades. More >>
CAMBODIA: The Lotus Movement
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 1:57 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Though our brains can store countless facts and data, similar to keeping rocks in a box, that information is good and useful only if we can explain, interpret, evaluate, compare, and relate it to other facts and other situations around us, which requires ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: Grand Mufti says abusing women is un-Islamic
Monday, 16 May 2011, 3:47 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
JEDDAH: Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has strongly warned against maltreating women in any form and said this is totally against Islam. In his Friday sermon at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh, the mufti said only bad people treat women ... More >>
Pakistan: 11 honour killings from January-April 2011 In Sind
Friday, 13 May 2011, 2:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An honor killing is the murder of a family member by his or her relatives due to the belief of wrongdoing. These wrongdoings are decided by the family if they think that the dishonor was brought upon them by the victims, who are mostly girls and ... More >>
Open Letter to civil society organizations in Bangladesh
Friday, 13 May 2011, 12:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The attempted eye gouging incident in at Paikgachha village, where a human rights defender and journalist, FMA Razzak and his brother were attacked by a about 40 persons mobilized by a major in Bangladesh army, Mustafizur Rahman Bokul, is a painful experience ... More >>
Nepal: Torture case must put end to 9-year denial of justice
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 11:08 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
As the case regarding the torture of Hom Bahadur Bagale will be heard in the Supreme Court of Nepal on 16 May, 2011, the Center for Victims of Torture-Nepal (CVICT) and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expect that the hearing will take place ... More >>
After Osama, Pakistan Christians fear revenge attacks
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 11:04 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Monday, May 2, was a historic day for America, the day when its most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, was finally found and killed by the US army. While the news was welcomed by leaders around the world, it has been harder to digest in Pakistan. More >>
An open letter from AHRC calling for justice for FMA Razzak
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 10:54 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter to the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh, Prof Mizanur Rahman requesting that he visit FMA Razzak in hospital and take appropriate action to ensure justice. More >>
Extrajudicial killings continue in Sindh & Balochistan
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 10:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The cases of extrajudicial killing has is continuing nonstop in Sindh. Every day, newspapers and TV channels are filled with deceased bodies, assassinated by unknown persons, police personnel and law enforcement agencies. On the one hand, Pakistan ... More >>
Nepal: Thousands of Dalits homeless after Koshi Flood
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 10:19 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On August 18, 2008, more than 35,000 villagers were displaced by a massive flood of the Koshi River in Nepal. The damage has been tremendous, and has led to increasing hunger and poverty. More >>
Member of Parliament demands arrest of all suspects
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 3:37 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(Hong Kong, May 7, 2011) At a meeting held today, 7 May, at a local cooperative society’s meeting room in Paikgachha, Mr. Sohrab Ali Sana, Member of Parliament for the Paikgachha-Koyra (Khulna-6) constituency, demanded the arrest of all suspects relating to the attack ... More >>
Citizens form committee to fight for justice
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 12:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
WORLD: Citizens form committee to fight for justice, Muslims offer special prayer for FMA Razzak's safety – none arrested yet! More >>
Why Filipinos must protest the attack on FMA Razzak?
Saturday, 7 May 2011, 10:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-059-2011 May 6, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
