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Nepal: Torture Shows Weaknesses Of Institutions
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:31 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Since the last International Day in Support of Torture Victims, it is unfortunate that little concrete measures have been taken to put an end to the practice of police torture in Nepal. More >>
CAMBODIA: Action Needed To Eliminate Torture
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
As the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is commemorated globally, the people of Cambodia continue to face serious problems relating to guaranteed rights against torture. More >>
INDIA: Brown - Sahibs Need Torture To Rule
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Two years and five months have passed after the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, promised the nation that India will soon ratify the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. More >>
INDONESIA: Government Violates International Law
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 12:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In 2010, the AHRC continued to receive information on several cases of torture in Indonesia. Twelve years after the ratification of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) by the Indonesian ... More >>
An Open Letter to Sec-Gen Ban Ki Moon
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 5:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing this special appeal to you as United Nations Secretary General, as well as to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay and the presidency and members of the Security Council, in ... More >>
Pakistan: Christian Child Abducted
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 3:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
WAZIRABAD, June 21 (CDN) — An 11-year-old Christian boy here is growing weak and ill from malnutrition from working in slave-like conditions for a Muslim landowner who kidnapped him and is forcing him to work off his family’s debts, his mother ... More >>
Asia: Women's views on prevention of torture
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 1:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Ms. Josie Obguia is a Bachelor of Arts Major in Mass Communications (AB Mass Com) from the University of Mindanao, Davao City. She now lives in Manila working as an out-sourcing agent. In an online interview with the Asian Human Rights Commission ... More >>
Thailand Must Take Action for Human Rights
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 12:26 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Asian NGOs Urge the New Asian Member States of the Council – Malaysia, the Maldives, Qatar and Thailand – to Strictly Comply with the Highest Human Rights Standards More >>
"Maybe I am Christian and it’s my fate in Pakistan
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 10:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Her husband was Head Constable in Karachi Police and she was living peacefully enjoying life with her three children. She used to attend Sunday Services in local Church at Manzoor Colony Karachi with her husband Tariq Khokhar offering special prayers ... More >>
Thailand: The case of Imam Yapa Kaseng
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 10:18 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Provincial Court of Narathiwat set the preliminary hearing on the case of Imam Yapha Kaseng at 09.00am on 2 September 2010 to determine if the case of the alleged torture to death of the Imam while under official custody is actionable or not. More >>
Thailand’s Threatened Migrant Worker Crackdown
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 9:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 2nd June 2010, Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva issued an order setting up a Special Centre to Suppress, Arrest and Prosecute Alien Workers Who Are Working Underground. More >>
India: Kerala, a police state in the making
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:46 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(Hong Kong, June 21, 2009) On 11 May 2010, a Select Committee appointed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly prepared and published a questionnaire seeking opinions and advice from the general public, jurists and human rights organisations concerning ... More >>
India: Groundbreaking court cases
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In a historic decision the Delhi High Court ordered compensation for violation of constitutional and reproductive rights of two impoverished women. The judgment will have immense health policy implications in India, where a maternal death occurs every ... More >>
UNJUST- A thought provoking documentary
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 2:44 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The story of these three women is not just their story. It is the story of all persons who have been subjected to human rights violations. When a justice framework does not exist, what do human rights mean? (Photo: Josefina Bergsten ) More >>
Philippines: Abadilla Five 14 Years Inside
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 2:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(Hong Kong, June 18, 2010) To mark the 14th year of their imprisonment the families of the 'Abadilla Five' detainees once again held a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Metro Manila to renew their calls for justice. They are asking the ... More >>
Thailand: Chaining of wounded detainees
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 2:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you regarding the treatment of detainees under the state of emergency that your government has imposed in Bangkok and other provinces of Thailand in response to protests that gripped the capital ... More >>
Indonesia: Interview with a Journalist
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 2:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Dinda Nuurannisaa Yura holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and is currently working as journalist for HukumOnline, an online media organization which focuses its news and reports on legal issues. More >>
India: Mass Graves in the Kashmir
Saturday, 19 June 2010, 1:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The report entitled 'Buried Evidence - 'Unknown, Unmarked, and Mass Graves in Indian-Administered Kashmir' ( Dr. Angana Chatterji, Advocate Parvez Imroz et al.; The International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in India-Administered Kashmir ) is ... More >>
Pakistan: Girl raped for 21 days by policemen
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from The News International about a revolting story of a 13 year-old girl, who was continuously gang-raped, mentally, and physically tortured by police officials during 21 days of illegal detention. ... More >>
South Korea: Gwangju, a model of reconciliation
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 3:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On May 18th, 2010 South Korea celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Gwangju uprising against the military dictatorship of the then President, Mr. Chun Do-Whan. The manner in which the people of Gwangju city, consisting of around 730,000 people at that ... More >>
