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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was founded in 1984 by a prominent group of jurists and human rights activists in Asia. The AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations.
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This week Just Asia begins with Hong Kong, where Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the government will not drop the controversial amendment to the territory’s extradition laws, despite 12,000 people marching against it last Sunday. The amendment allowing Hong Kong to extradite to other countries, in
By Avinash Pandey A newspaper carrying a story titled, “Why many women in Maharashtra’s Beed district have no wombs” sh
A leading minister of the Government of Malaysia has noted the imminent possibility of a coup led by conservative and right w
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-004-2019 April 10, 2019 —
This week Just Asia begins with the Philippines, where police shot dead 14 farmers in Negros island on Sunday. While rights g
That there is mass dissatisfaction and frustration about the way the country has been ruled is today a commonly accepted prop
This week Just Asia begins with Pakistan, where two teenage Hindu girls were placed in a government shelter on Tuesday, after
Shri Rahul Gandhi, president of the Indian National Congress-the main opposition party in India, made this election PROMISE i
By Dr. Divya Padmanabhan March 21 marks the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination wor
Cambodian courts have recently issued arrest warrants for top Cambodian politicians living in exile, as they began preparatio
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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was founded in 1984 by a prom
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Interns at the AHRC or its sister organisation the ALRC typically supp
