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PAKISTAN: World Press Freedom Day
Sunday, 4 May 2014, 11:13 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The United States, the United Kingdom and a delegation of the European Union on Friday called upon the Government of Pakistan to resolutely defend media freedom in the country, adding that gags on the media and attacks on journalists were not ... More >>
Disappearance of a Karen Hill-Tribe Human Rights Defender
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:38 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
According to a news report, Mr. Billy or Por Cha Lee Rakcharoen has disappeared since the afternoon of April 17th 2014. At the time of his disappearance he was believed to be travelling from his village in the mountains to Kaengkrachan district. Mr. ... More >>
AHRC TV- Human Rights Asia Weekly Roundup Episode 26
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
We begin this week's programme with breaking news concerning AdilurRahman Khan, renowned Bangladesh activist, who also happens to be Secretary, Odhikar, an AHRC partner organization. For his courage and uncompromising stance against forces of impunity in his country, ... More >>
Global recognition for Bangladeshi human rights defender
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:29 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, a renowned human rights defender, who has been relentlessly persecuted by the incumbent regime in Bangladesh, has been recognized for his courage by the global human rights community. More >>
Condemnation of BBS who stormed meeting of Buddhist monks
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The 'Standing Committee on Rule of Law of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka' condemns the behavior of the members of the 'Bodu Bala Sena' who stormed Nipon Hotel where a group of Buddhist monks headed by Rev Watareka Vijitha Thero and other representatives ... More >>
THE PHILIPPINES: Lawyers for Lawyers raises the alarm
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:04 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
• Labeling of lawyers by military continues • Practice of labeling root cause of extrajudicial killings • Pattern of ongoing threats against legal profession More >>
SRI LANKA: CPA complaint to be taken up
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
23rd April 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Complaint filed by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director (Complaint No: HRC/3083/13) before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) against the Independent Television ... More >>
INDIA: Is judicial morale that low?
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 2:00 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
AHRC-STM-075-2014.jpgThe decision of a high court judge in Kerala to stop hearing a case, following the visit of a lawyer who allegedly trying to influence him, is another symptom of low morale within the judiciary as well as the Bar. The judge ... More >>
India: Marginalized Children Denied Education
Saturday, 26 April 2014, 1:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
(New Delhi) – School authorities in India [2] persistently discriminate against children from marginalized communities, denying them their right to education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Four years after an ambitious education ... More >>
Philippines ranked 3rd dangerous place for journalists
Saturday, 19 April 2014, 1:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Recently, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published its report ranking the country as 3rd “most deadly for journalists,” next to Iraq and Somalia. In another report, the Global Witness ranked the country as the 3rd “most dangerous" ... More >>
INDIA: National shame
Saturday, 19 April 2014, 1:06 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Supreme Court of India and its subordinate courts have, over the past six decades, issued more than a dozen directives and orders prohibiting the practice of manual scavenging in India. The evil practice, of literally carrying human faeces or cleaning ... More >>
INDIA: Election but a ritual in nation lacking rule of law
Friday, 11 April 2014, 5:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates the people of India for their participation to elect the 16th Lok Sabha. The process has attracted, as usual, considerable media attention across the world. Media claims the process to be 'the largest democratic ... More >>
PAKISTAN: Balochistan:rule of law or the maintenance of law?
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 2:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The provincial Interior Minister of Balochistan has stated that a terrorist attack on a passenger train resulting in the death of 18 persons was an attempt to avenge the Frontier Corp (FC) Kalat operation by the militants and Baloch Liberation Army ... More >>
INDIA: Authorities feign ignorance on dead manual scavenger
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 3:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned about the death of Pawan, a sanitation worker who died while cleaning sewerage in Chauka Ghat, Varanasi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. As per news reports, Pawan entered a manhole without protective gear. More >>
PAKISTAN: Attacks on journalists increase with impunity
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 3:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The recent attack on the Express Television anchor, columnist and consulting editor for the Friday Times, Raza Rumi indicates the serious threats faced by Pakistani journalists in their line of duty. More >>
Authorities feign ignorance about dead manual scavenger
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 2:55 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned about the death of Pawan, a sanitation worker who died while cleaning sewerage in Chauka Ghat, Varanasi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. As per news reports, Pawan entered a manhole without protective gear. ... More >>
SRI LANKA : Patriotism without justice is pure bluff
Sunday, 30 March 2014, 10:56 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Human beings, however poor or however oppressed, seek justice in the same way. Even a tuberculosis patient looks for fresh air. All wisdom traditions have associated justice as having the same character as fresh air. To deny justice is to deny a fundamental ... More >>
SOUTH KOREA: Legislatures' attempt to undermine fair trial
Saturday, 15 March 2014, 1:14 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The alleged fabrication and concealment of evidence by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) is gaining more weight in a case of Mr. Yu who is on trial, charged with violation of National Security Act (NSA), it is noticeable that few legislatures ... More >>
SRI LANKA: The arrest of activist Jayakumari
Saturday, 15 March 2014, 11:12 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Yesterday (13th March 2014) one of the leading Killinochchi activists and her daughter who have been in the frontline protesting and demanding for the whereabouts of the missing have been arrested by the CID. More >>
PAKISTAN: Women are headed towards a dark tunnel
Saturday, 8 March 2014, 12:02 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The shadow of darkness shrouds Pakistan. In a country that already has a repressive attitude towards women; the possibility of upholding women's rights shrinks further. In an environment in which a woman’s worth is considered to be only half that of ... More >>
