ASIA: World's economic powerhouse is home to hunger
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Statement : The full report is available for download at: http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2013/AHRC-SPR-007-2013.pdf/view The tale of hunger in Asia is a troubling one. It tells of people who have slipped through the cracks. Such people, citizens, supposed to enjoy the universal human rights promised to all human beings, have become invisible. While their states celebrate extraordinary tales of economic growth, the victims are left Read More...
SRI LANKA: Indebtedness, militarization, & the threat against all human rights
Statement : International human rights day is a day for the celebration of human dignity. It is an appropriate date to take stock of what progress, if any, has been made in the promotion and protection of human rights in Sri Lanka. Read More...
PHILIPPINES: The killings of five journalists and activists in a week is evidence of a 'license to kill'
Statement : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned over the renewed targeted attacks against journalists, human rights and political activists and indigenous people, in the Philippines. The victims, journalists, who are known critical of corruption and in local politics; rights activists and indigenous people, who are engaged in advocacy against extrajudicial killings and for the protection of the ancestral land of indigenous, have been killed in separate incidents. Read More...
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