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INDIA: Pot Calling The Kettle Black
Friday, 1 October 2010, 3:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The argument between India and Pakistan over Kashmir during the UN General Assembly debate exposes the lack of respect both these governments entertain for their people, particularly those in Kashmir, and for international human rights norms. More >>
Thai Government Must Protect Map Ta Phut Villagers
Friday, 1 October 2010, 3:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Map Ta Phut in Rayong district is a major industrial and manufacturing area along Thailand's eastern seaboard. In June 2009, villagers sued 8 state agencies in relation to the ongoing health and environmental effects caused by heavy industry and manufacturing. More >>
Authoritarianism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:16 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is extremely concerned by the giant steps down the path to autocracy being taken in Sri Lanka, and the serious impact that this will have on human rights. More >>
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui should be pardoned
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:09 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was arrested in March 2003 by Pakistani intelligence personnel and allegedly handed over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Subsequently she was detained in Bagram in Afghanistan, a facility used by the American government ... More >>
Pakistan: HRCP finds gaps in response
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:07 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Lahore, September 23: A team of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) that visited the flood-hit areas of Multan and Muzaffargarh districts has noted gaps in provision of relief and registration of the affected families for financial assistance. More >>
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:06 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
At a time when the protection of economic, social and cultural rights has never been more important, we call on you to sign and ratify or accede to the new Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which was unanimously ... More >>
Thailand: Brutal crime against the innocent
Saturday, 25 September 2010, 11:05 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Four Buddhist civilians were killed and their houses burned around 20.00 on 18 September 2010. Taking place in Barae Tai Sub-district, Bachao District, Narathiwat, the incidence was one of the most heinous, brutal and gravest violations of human rights in Thailand. ... More >>
AHRC Condemns Politically Manipulated Verdict
Tuesday, 21 September 2010, 5:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission categorically condemns the decision of the second court-martial delivered today in the case against Sarath Fonseka. The political use of the judicial process is a complete denial of the basic freedoms of a citizen. More >>
India: Diarrhea and cholera are social disasters
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 10:48 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Death visited Orissa once again. Whenever the rainy season comes, death from the waterborne diseases of diarrhea and cholera follow. As the rains are a natural phenomenon, can the deaths also be natural and unavoidable? More >>
Sri Lanka: Is it some new political science?
Saturday, 18 September 2010, 10:46 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
"Who is the ultimate arbiter whom the citizens of Sri Lanka should follow" is the biggest question troubling Dr Dayan Jayathillake, a Sri Lankan writer. What is troubling me, though, is the fact that this is hardly a question that should trouble a political ... More >>
Enlightenment That Took Thousands Of Lives
Friday, 17 September 2010, 3:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Enlightenment, it seems, has finally dawned upon the Indian government. The words of wisdom coming out of yesterday's meeting on Kashmir, convened by the PM, point out that the Constitution provides ample scope to accommodate political demand More >>
SRI LANKA: The Banality Of Evil
Friday, 17 September 2010, 3:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
That the nation needs a strong ruler is the current slogan. On that basis all the earlier objections to the executive presidential system as found in the 1978 constitution have been withdrawn. More >>
PHILIPPINES: Affirmation Of Abadilla 5 Conviction
Friday, 17 September 2010, 3:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
As a long-time defense counsel of the "Abadilla 5," I am saddened by the news of the Supreme Court's decision affirming their conviction for the 13 June 1996 ambush-slaying of former Col. Rolando N. Abadilla. More >>
Pakistan: Cause for optimism
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:39 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Last week, the government of Pakistan announced it would push the National Assembly to pass the long-awaited Acid Control and Burn Crime Prevention Bill this month. The bill, first introduced in January 2010 , emerged from collaboration among the ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The mindset of denial
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 1:38 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
For all Sri Lankan's but particularly for those of the educated classes the problems that have come by way of political and constitutional change has created many emotional and psychological problems. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka's remark, "Nations are too strong ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Nations may not die but freedoms do
Wednesday, 15 September 2010, 12:53 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In an article which appeared in the Island newspaper entitled, 'Hardly the Death of Democracy or the Nation -- Ten Points from a Political Scientist', (September 11, 2010) the author, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka wrote the following words: 'Nations are ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Our Death Chant For Democracy
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 5:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
There were passing antics on display this week over the 18th Amendment to the Constitution. One considerably amusing spectacle was the unholy difficulty with which apparent supporters of this perverse amendment stuttered and stammered over their positions. More >>
Sri Lanka: Abuse of arrest and detention
Saturday, 11 September 2010, 9:54 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The arrest of the printer of a poster and the holding of his family members to force him to surrender indicates the type of suppression that will be extended to all political activities now within the new presidential order achieved through the completion ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The case of Jayampathi Bulathsinhala
Saturday, 11 September 2010, 9:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Although the Parliamentarians of the main opposition, the United National Party (UNP), has taken the responsibility of the posters, the defense ministry has issued detention orders for the printer Jayampathi Jayampathi Bulathsinhala and eight workers of 'Sarala ... More >>
India: Environment and forest clearance
Saturday, 11 September 2010, 9:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
As you are aware, the State government of Orissa in June 2005 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the South Korean company Pohang Steel Company (POSCO) for the establishment of a 12 million tonnes per annum Integrated Steel Plant at Ersamma ... More >>
