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Indonesia: Still No Criminalization Of Torture
Thursday, 25 June 2009, 2:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On June 25, 2009 Indonesia's new police regulations will come into effect, just one day before the UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture this Friday, June 26. While the new regulations are a steppingstone to the long-awaited police ... More >>
Philippines: Cat Committee’s Recommendations
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:20 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 14 May 2009, the United Nation’s Committee Against Torture released its recommendations ( CAT/C/PHL/CO2 ) following the conclusion of its periodic review of the Philippines on its implementation of the Convention Against Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman ... More >>
India: Proposed Bill On Torture Is Too Weak
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:18 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On 2 February 2009, India's electronic media aired a short video displaying the shocking brutality practiced by the country's law enforcement agencies. The video showed eight-year-old Komal, a Dalit girl, being publicly tortured in Kailokhar village, Uttar Pradesh. ... More >>
Pakistan: Rogued Rule Of Law Allows Torture
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Torture in custody is a very common phenomenon in Pakistan because of the rouged legal system and impotent rule of law. The laws of the land are silent on the issue of torture by the law enforcement agencies. The Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) has no ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The Elimination Of Torture
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 1:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
From 1971 until the defeat of the LTTE there has been a continuous period of violence where both rebel groups and the state engaged in an attempt to outdo each other in brutality. One of the consequences of this period was the virtual destruction of ... More >>
Cambodia: The Government Must Combat Torture
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 1:41 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Between 1975 and 1979 the Cambodian people suffered one of the world’s most brutal regimes, the Khmer Rouge, which used, among things, torture as a means to assert its rule. In its notorious Tuol Sleng Torture Centre in Phnom Penh, some 16,000 Cambodians ... More >>
World Food Summit To Focus On Right To Food
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:45 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Rome/Heidelberg (22.June.2009) - FIAN, the international Human Rights organization for the Right to Food, calls for profound changes in international food-related policies and governance. FIAN welcomes the decision made by the Food and Agriculture Organization ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Undoing The Misuse Of Referendums
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:43 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
“Instead the constitution needs to be amended as has been agreed by all political parties in the past to remove the authoritarian aspects of this constitution and make it one suitable for a democracy.” More >>
Work Against Torture Is Fundamental To Human Right
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:29 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The practice of torture is endemic in Asia, and the region’s governments show no political will to eliminate it. In fact, states treat torture as a necessary aspect of social control, directly or indirectly approving the practice. The clearest indication ... More >>
Bangladesh Govt Urged To Criminalise Torture
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Article 35 (5) of the Constitution of Bangladesh states: “ No person shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment” - thus, it is a fundamental right of all Bangladeshis that they are protected by the Constitution ... More >>
Pakistan: Rouged Rule Of Law Allows Torture
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 11:25 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Torture in custody is a very common phenomenon in Pakistan because of the rouged legal system and impotent rule of law. The laws of the land are silent on the issue of torture by the law enforcement agencies. The Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) has no ... More >>
India: A Future Police State?
Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 1:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Indian state of West Bengal is once again in the news for condemnable reasons. In a short span, the conflict in Lalgarh of West Midnapore district has increased in intensity, costing life and property. Today, the Maoists have called for a 48-hour-long ... More >>
Malaysia: Getting Food Supplies In Sabah Province
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We are greatly concerned at the conditions of 15 complaining palm oil over seas Philippine workers (OFWs) in Sabah province who were prevented by their employer on June 17 from getting any food supplies from the company owned store. At the same time we ... More >>
Sri Lanka: A-G Undermines The Rule Of Law
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:01 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Amarakoon Dissanayake Sarath Kumara went to the Supreme Court to complain that he was assaulted by several police officers, and was also abused by them. He was then forcibly taken to a police station where he was falsely charged and produced before ... More >>
Cambodia: Judicial Independence Is The Key
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 2:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Prime Minister Hun Sen is utilising much of the country’s electronic media to assert his leadership of the country and send out messages to his people through his public speeches at different functions. Now and again in such speeches he rebukes his critics ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Registers Of Internally Displaced
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 2:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Every day 20 to 30 young persons are taken away and their whereabouts are unknown, a leading human rights organisation in Sri Lanka, INFORM, reported this week. The source of information is the testimonies of the relatives of the IDPs who have visited ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Deportation Of Bob Rae
Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 2:21 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The recent denial of entry to the Canadian Parliamentarian Bob Rae, a long time champion of democracy, requires particular attention by those who care about the future of Lanka. His deportation reflects the paradox of continuing internal repression and ... More >>
Sri Lanka: New Chief Justice Asoka De Silva
Monday, 15 June 2009, 12:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(The new chief justice Asoka de Silva was welcomed by the Bench and the Bar on 11th June at the Superior Court Complex at a ceremonial sitting. The address of the Chief Justice Asoka de Silva to the audience on this occasion is reproduced below - editor). More >>
Sri Lanka: A Marred Victory And A Defeat
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
This report covers key issues arising from the recently concluded war. It begins by examining current political prospects, and then moves on to a sketch of the last two months of the war primarily from the standpoint of civilians. While being frank ... More >>
Thailand: Prosecution Of Tak Bai Killers
Friday, 12 June 2009, 12:54 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you following the inquest findings of a court in Thailand issued on 29 May 2009 that the deaths of 78 men in Narathiwat in October 2004 was a result of suffocation while being carried in vehicles. ... More >>
