Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Asian Human Rights Commission for InfoPages here.
Asian Human Rights Commission - Latest News [Page 8]
Then where is Chhori Maiya Maharjan?
Friday, 6 June 2014, 10:53 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Kathmandu District Court has given a clean chit to Mrs. Surakshya Singh, a.k.a Nikki, on 2 June 2014. Nikki has been the principle suspect in the case of disappearance of Mrs. Chhori Maiya Maharjan , missing for the past two years. In following this ... More >>
AHRC appeals to Lateef Johar to end the hunger strike
Friday, 6 June 2014, 10:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A young student of 22 year has entered into 43 days of his hunger strike unto death today. His condition is very critical and there are fears of his slipping into coma as he faints most of the time. The government has completely ignored his hunger strike ... More >>
INDIA: Save food from rotting and people from starving
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 2:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Thanks to promising monsoons, India is all set for a bumper harvest. This seemingly good news, however, has a caveat to it. To begin with, an open procurement policy based on government announced minimum support price the government is duty bound ... More >>
ASIA: Weekly Roundup, Episode 29
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 1:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The episode opens with an analysis of dramatic developments in Thailand. A Thai social activist, who wishes to remain anonymous due to security concerns, speaks to AHRC TV about the recent coup d’état, which may be linked not just to the battle between ... More >>
BURMA/MYANMAR: Draft anti-religious conversion law released
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 1:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 27 May 2014 the state media in Burma (Myanmar) published the latest in a series of anti-democratic laws for the national legislature to consider: the Law Relating to Religious Conversion (Draft). More >>
NEPAL: Controversial Judges set to get vindictive
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 1:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) has endorsed the eight nominees for judges to the Supreme Court on 27 May 2014. Six judges, namely Gopal Parajuli, Deepak Raj Joshi, Govinda Upadhyay, Devendra Gopal Shrestha, Cholendra Shumsher Rana, ... More >>
HAILAND: Army issues summons to activists and academics
Sunday, 25 May 2014, 12:47 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
At approximately 10 am on May 24, 2014, the National Peace and Order Maintenance Council (NPOMC, formerly NOMC) issued Order No. 5/2014 broadcast on the radio and television demanding that 35 persons report themselves to the Army auditorium at ... More >>
New issue of Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The latest issue of Torture: Asian and Global Perspective is now available. In this issue we have exclusive reports on the Mass Graves in Sri Lanka. The report contains full detail of an extensive investigation conducted by the group of Sri Lankan forensic ... More >>
PAKISTAN: The worst of the blasphemy law is yet to come
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:48 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
A blasphemy case has been registered under sections 295, 295C 298C and others against GEO media group owner, Mir Shakilur Rehman, anchor Shaista Lodhi, Veena Malik, Asad Khatak and other people, creating a new state of affairs. More >>
SRI LANKA: Judicial mind and judicial matters in Sri Lanka
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 2:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. You might cynically apply this old aphorism to the judicial mind and judicial matters in Sri Lanka. Increasingly, the grey matter of intelligence, erudition, wisdom and independence is becoming too ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Man thrown into a barrel with a cobra
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 12:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
SRI LANKA: A man is thrown into a barrel with a cobra and left to die More >>
PHILIPPINES: Armed men using force against indigenous tribes
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 12:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
PHILIPPINES: Armed men and landlord that use force against indigenous tribes must be held to account More >>
Fears over expulsion of two Indian journalists
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 12:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
PAKISTAN: The expulsion of two Indian journalists might lead to the destabilisation of the region More >>
INDIA: Will the new government prioritise the rule of law?
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 12:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates the people of India and the Election Commission for successfully concluding a free and fair national election. This election has shown once again that the people of India value their ballot and ... More >>
PAKISTAN: The military's battle with the media
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 3:45 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The attempted murder of an anchorperson of a popular media house triggered the open discussion on the role of the ISI in dealing with the freedom of expression and the media as a whole. More >>
PAKISTAN: Between bread and bullets
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 5:11 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Millions of the poor make South Asia a hotbed of perpetuating social and political unrest and turmoil. India, with an advantage of a stable democracy, fares slightly better on the human development index with ten rungs above Pakistan. More >>
INDONESIA: Police indiscriminately shoot civilians in Nabire
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 1:44 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the indiscriminate shootings against civilians in Moanemani, Nabire, Papua by officers of Moanemani Sub-District Police. Three civilians were injured in the incident and their condition ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Unlawful arrest & deportation of British tourist
Saturday, 10 May 2014, 2:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Ms. Naomi Michelle Coleman, a British Tourist with wide travel experience in many Buddhist Countries who had a large tattoo of the Buddha and of a Hindu God on a lotus flower on her right arm, arrived in Sri Lanka on 21st April 2014. She passed through ... More >>
INDIA: Fear over fundamentalism real but misdirected
Tuesday, 6 May 2014, 12:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
India faces the threat of being won over by religious fundamentalists; so say many experts, commenting in light of the on-going elections. Nothing could be more unfortunate for India, which has stood tall and contained regressive radicals for six decades. More >>
John the twenty–third -- Now a Saint
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 1:47 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
You understood our times Our need to understand and respond To change; To have windows and doors open For all winds to blow through Daring to face diversity As a friend and not a foe; More >>
