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Bangladesh: Further rallies demanding arrest of army major
Friday, 6 May 2011, 12:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The inhabitants of Paikgachha have again held a rally demanding the arrest of Mustafizur Rahman Bokul, a major in the Bangladesh army, and his aides for gouging the eyes of human rights defender FMA Razzak and his brother Bodiuzzaman Bodiar. More >>
India: Revoke the illegal clearance to the POSCO project
Friday, 6 May 2011, 11:54 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The 'final forest clearance' by the MoEF to the controversial POSCO project in Orissa on 2 May 2011, is a shocking assault on Indian democracy. A Release from the POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity (PPS-Delhi) and other civil society groups forwarded by the ... More >>
Pakistan: Children with small heads exploited for beggary
Friday, 6 May 2011, 11:28 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
No one knows about the reality and sad saga of these greenish veiled and shaved head individuals carried by their masters with a chain about their necks to get the sympathies of the masses for the sake of begging. More >>
Bangladesh: Protesters demand arrest of eye-gouger and aides
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 10:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Hundreds of men, women and children at Paikgachha have taken to streets demanding arrest of eye-gouger Mustafizur Rahman Bokul, a major in the Bangladesh army, and his aides for gouging eyes of human rights defender FMA Razzak and his brother Bodiuzzaman ... More >>
Pakistan: Extra Judicial killings in Balochistan
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 11:19 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The extra judicial killings of the journalists, writers, human rights defenders, students and activists continue in the Balochistan area where law enforcement responsibilities were handed over to the Frontier Cop (FC) and the state intelligence agencies. More >>
An interview with a Burmese lawyer taken by the AHRC
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 10:17 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Burmese lawyer shares his point of view on habeas corpus and related issues in an interview with the Asian Human Rights Commission. More >>
Threats to academic reflect decline in basic rights - AHRC
Monday, 2 May 2011, 10:29 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
At a press conference in Thailand on 24 April 2011, Somsak Jeamteerasakul and several coalitions of academics, human rights activists, and journalists released statements calling for the protection of freedom of speech in Thailand. More >>
PAKISTAN: The 125th May Day unleashes revolutionary vigor
Sunday, 1 May 2011, 11:46 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FAT-018-2011 April 30, 2011 An article from National Trade Union Federation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Appeal to help Human Rights Defender FMA Razzak
Sunday, 1 May 2011, 11:15 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
30 April 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------- [RE: AHRC-UAU-016-2011: BANGLADESH: State agents allow army officer's relatives to rob off the house of a human rights defender; AHRC-UAU-013-2011: BANGLADESH: Army ... More >>
Pakistan: Mukhtaran Mai and the miscarriage of justice
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 11:26 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In Pakistan, our social norms are of tribal and feudal times but our laws are based on the British legal system. No attempt has been made by our jurists and legislators to address the discord between the laws and social reality. More >>
Pakistan unions oppose NATO attacks on Libya
Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 9:48 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The All Pakistan Trade Union Federation/Working Women Organization strongly condemns the brutal imperialist attack of the NATO forces bombing the innocent people of Libya. More >>
Sri Lanka: Law Student Goes Underground
Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 3:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Law student Thushara Jayaratne fears for his life. In order to contact him, The Sunday Leader was required to create a special Skype account. Speaking from an undisclosed location, Jayaratne said he had asked numerous people for help. More >>
SRI LANKA: Yogendra receives a death notice
Friday, 22 April 2011, 11:07 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
SRI LANKA: Yogendra receives a death notice (Hong Kong, April 21, 2011) Devarathnam Yogendra ( 28 ) is the complainant in a bribery case against IP Wijesuriya of the Hatton Police Station, who has been indicted on a charge of obtaining bribes. This ... More >>
Civil society groups disappointed at Mukhtaran Mai case
Friday, 22 April 2011, 10:11 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from National Commission on the Status of Women forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Relatives of disappeared persons show their dissatisfaction
Friday, 22 April 2011, 9:44 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
"We cannot eat, we cannot sleep -- we can only hope and that hope is fast dwindling so we pray that our loved ones will be returned to us." On April 13, 2011 the three member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the supervision of Justice ... More >>
INDIA: Stifle not the movement breathe life into it
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 7:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The popular movement against corruption in India, led by Mr. Anna Hazare and others, shares broadly, opinions of the average citizen concerning corruption. That, the reign of corruption in the country must be brought under control, if it cannot be ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Development and law - a noon-day darkness
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 10:03 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Can there be development in the modern context without law? This is a relevant question in today’s context where is lot of talk of development on one hand but where there is lawlessness in the country. Can development and lawlessness co-exist? More >>
Sri Lanka: Further Threats and Harassment Against Student
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 10:38 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
My name is D.M. Thushara Jayarathne. I am a Sri Lankan national bearing National Identity Card No. 720692368V.Further to my previous letter to your office on 15th December 2010, citing several irregularities relating to the final year examinations ... More >>
UN and Sri Lankan Govt must reveal report contents - AHRC
Friday, 15 April 2011, 11:04 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
he UN panel commissioned to advise the UN Secretary General on several issues relating to the period covering the end of the war with the LTTE has now submitted its report. The content of the report has not yet been published. Amnesty International and Human ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN experts submit report
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 10:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
(New York, April 12, 2011) – The report by a panel of experts to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on April 12, 2011, about laws-of-war violations in Sri Lanka should be used to pave the way for justice, Human Rights Watch said today. ... More >>
