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THAILAND: A State Of Emergency
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 12:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission joins other concerned groups and individuals around the world to condemn the blocking in Thailand of 36 websites. The websites were blocked under a state of emergency that the unelected Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, ... More >>
BURMA: Elections Without A Judiciary
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 12:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
One of the basic prerequisites of a fair election is that agencies exist which are responsible for settling disputes that arise before, during and afterwards. These disputes take many forms, and are a normal part of electoral politics. More >>
SRI LANKA: No Justice - No Nation
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 12:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
What makes a nation a nation is above all the justice that prevails within that nation. It is justice that creates the bond between the people. Justice connects one with the other. More >>
India: better law against torture
Friday, 9 April 2010, 10:01 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Union Cabinet of the government of India will today discuss about introducing a domestic law criminalising torture in the country. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the move and finds it as an encouraging opportunity for the law enforcement ... More >>
Indonesia: Fostering Impunity
Friday, 9 April 2010, 9:59 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 6 January Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin was appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the position of deputy defence minister. Sjarfie was the Jakarta military commander during the last years of Surhato’s rule in 1997 and is widely believed ... More >>
Samsung: Responsibility for occupational deaths
Friday, 9 April 2010, 9:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 31 March 2010, another young worker of the Samsung semiconductors factory, Ms. Park J -yeon died. Ms. Park started working at the Onyang factory and was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 21. She died at the age of 23. Hers is allegedly the ... More >>
India: Maoists Will Not Save the Country's Poor
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 7:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Maoists operating in India ambushed and killed 74 Central Reserve Police (CRPF) officers in Mukhrana of Dandewada district in Chhattisgarh state early yesterday morning. The success of the Maoist operation is proof to the lack of preparedness ... More >>
INDIA: Resolution on NREGA Wages
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 7:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A workshop on “ NREGA: Recent Evidence, Unresolved Issues, Possible Innovations ” was held at Allahabad University on 6-7 March 2010. About 50 researchers, administrators and activists who have closely studied NREGA from different perspectives attended ... More >>
Pakistan: Three More Ahmadis Murdered
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 2:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Three more Ahmadis, including two brothers, were killed for their religious belief in target killings by unknown persons in Faisalabad city, a province of Punjab. This year so far, five Ahmadis have been killed whereas in the year 2009 eleven Ahmadis ... More >>
PHILIPPINES: Who were the massacred journalists?
Saturday, 3 April 2010, 11:25 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
So much goes into that simple statement. My Daddy, Alejandro "Bong" Reblando was my hero, my strength, the best of all my bestfriends. He was my mentor and my protector. He was the angel sent from above. He was indeed the number one man in my life. He ... More >>
Malaysia: 'Charade Of Justice' At Anwar Trial
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:54 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Malaysian government should drop all charges in the politically motivated trial against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said today. The so-called “Sodomy II” trial, which has been plagued by serious due process problems and ... More >>
Water Quality, A Matter Of Children's Rights
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 5:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
"With an estimated 884 million people relying on unimproved drinking water sources, access to safe drinking water is clearly a human rights issue, with serious implications for children’s health, education and even personal security,” says the UN Independent ... More >>
India: Bill on National Food Security
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 6:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We, the members of the Right to Food Campaign are writing to you to express our deep distress at the proposed draft bill of the National Food Security Act. From all accounts in the media, the bill that has been cleared by the Empowered Group of Ministers ... More >>
Bangladesh Ratification Of The Rome Statute
Wednesday, 24 March 2010, 6:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Odhikar congratulates the government for Ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today. The Rome Statute was adopted by the international community on 17 July 1998 and Bangladesh signed it on 16 September 1999. The ICC acts on three ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Electoral Process Is Self-Contradictory
Saturday, 20 March 2010, 1:42 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Pakistan claims to provide a universal right to vote to all its citizens, which proves to be contradictory to the facts. Indeed, the members of the Ahmadi community have been denied this fundamental right. The shameful regulations implemented against ... More >>
INDONESIA: Radicalisation And Dialogue In Papua
Saturday, 13 March 2010, 12:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A substantive dialogue between the Indonesian government and Papuan leaders could help stem political radicalisation in the country’s easternmost province. More >>
Rights in Asia: Freedom Of Religion, Book Banning
Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 11:12 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the release of vol.9 of CAVEAT, a periodical about human rights in Indonesia published by the Indonesian Community Legal Aid Institute (LBH Masyarakat). This month's edition includes a regional ... More >>
Pakistan Worst For Gender Based Disparities
Sunday, 7 March 2010, 12:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Despite the Pakistani government’s few efforts to improve the women’s situation, physical and sexual violence, honour killings, forced marriages and structural inequalities within the society still make Pakistan one of the worst countries in the world in ... More >>
INDIA: Government Of Orissa Trying To Cover Up
Sunday, 7 March 2010, 12:29 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Concerning the case of Ms. Bhuje Naik who died of starvation and sickness on 31 December 2009, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a letter dated 25 February from the Department of Revenue and Disaster Management of the government of Orissa. ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Manipulating Bail To Deny Justice
Saturday, 6 March 2010, 1:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Chandradasa was a young man living in an urban area making a living through various kinds of odd jobs. He was engaged in various kinds of buying and selling, such as the selling of vegetables and fish. He also worked in small commissions of trade. More >>
