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Sri Lanka: Need public hearing on rape and bad policing
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 9:51 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
As the International Day for Women is celebrated today it is only fitting to give some thought the major areas of concern regarding women's rights in Sri Lanka. One of the most disheartening aspects of the treatment of women in Sri Lanka is the utter ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Women's Day calls for denouncement
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 9:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The International Women's Day is the opportunity to celebrate women's rights and empowerment. However, it is also the time to reflect on how the rights on paper and the statistics comply with the everyday life of the women. More >>
Asia: Unabated violence against women impedes social change
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 9:33 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
For 100 years now, a strong struggle for equal rights between genders has been taking place in the world. International women's day is the opportunity to celebrate women's economic, political and social achievements. It is the day to acknowledge the enormous ... More >>
Torture must be eradicated as part of Pakistan's "new dawn"
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 9:30 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The ALRC welcomes the work and report of the Special Rapporteur on torture. In North Africa and the Middle East, revolutions are currently toppling repressive governments that have used torture and other grave abuses to control populations through fear, ... More >>
India/S.Korea: Call to join "Dhinkia Chalo" on March 13
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 4:52 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We earnestly appeal to all the concerned citizens, friends and well wishers to join us the call on "Dhinikia Chalo" (at Balithutha) on 13th of March 2010 from Bhubaneswar to Dhinkia. This call was made at the state level convention organized at Bhubaneswar ... More >>
AHRC: India denies the right of food to indigenous peoples
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 10:28 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learn from a field visit that more than 30 hamlets of Mandla and Seoni districts are going to be affected by the power plant project being launched by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) ... More >>
No law or code of conduct against torture
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 7:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: No law or code of conduct against the torture that terms it as illegal practice More >>
South Asia: Institutional overhaul required
Friday, 4 March 2011, 4:41 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In the South Asian sub region, the widespread use of torture remains the central deficit for the realisation of a rule of law framework. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has documented hundreds of cases of torture that show that torture ... More >>
Pakistan: Pakistan Peace Council on the murder of Shahbaz
Friday, 4 March 2011, 4:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Karachi, March 04, 2011: The Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) strongly condemns the brutal murder of the Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti in Islamabad on March 03, 2011. More >>
Pakistan: The brutal assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti
Friday, 4 March 2011, 10:05 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan, the Asian Human Rights Commission and the world at large has lost a great advocate in the cause of human rights in general and religious minorities in particular by the brutal assassination of Mr. Shahbaz Bhatti, the Federal Minister for Religious ... More >>
India/S. Korea: People Against The POSCO Project Clearance
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 4:54 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We the undersigned condemn the brazenly illegal and unjust clearance granted by the Environment Ministry to the POSCO project in Orissa. The actions of this Ministry and the government of India with respect to this project show total disregard for ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: Denial of fair trial
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 4:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The right to fair trial for migrant workers who face criminal charges in countries where they have gone for employment remains an important human rights problem that merits the attention of the Human Rights Council. In this regard, particular importance ... More >>
Pakistan: A human rights defender shot dead in Balochistan
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 10:21 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A prominent human rights defender from Balochistan province, working on the cases of disappeared persons was shot dead by unknown persons riding on a motorbike. More >>
UN: Myanmar and the Human Rights Council review
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 9:48 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
1. In a separate submission to this session of the Human Rights Council, the Asian Legal Resource Centre has analyzed how the Government of Myanmar recently treated the Universal Periodic Review process not as an opportunity for dialogue of the sort ... More >>
Dakar Appeal against the land grab
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 4:34 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
World: We all have the duty to resist land grabbing and to support the communities fighting for their dignity! More >>
Sri Lanka: Government failing to cooperate with AHRC
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 9:59 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is gravely concerned by the widespread and endemic use of torture in Sri Lanka and the lack of any credible action by the government, as shown by its failure to implement the many recommendations made by the United ... More >>
Bangladesh: Government needs to criminalize torture
Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 10:44 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status More >>
A Statement from a Group of Papuan Church Leaders
Monday, 28 February 2011, 8:39 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We, Papuan Church leaders send you as our partners, our theological statement issued recently as reflection of our faith over the worsening Human Rights situation in Papua. More >>
INDIA: Wireless operator tortured by the superior for pursui
Sunday, 27 February 2011, 12:41 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of torture of a wireless operator, Mr. Surinder Singh Chouhan, serving with the 147 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for pursuing an MBA study programme. More >>
Punishment a major reason for increasing school drop outs
Friday, 25 February 2011, 10:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: Corporal punishment a major reason for increasing school dropouts By: Amir Murtaza It is a fact that every day in Pakistan a number of children suffer physical and verbal abuse at their schools. Corporal punishment is an unfortunate ... More >>
