The Asian Human Rights Commission joins all people across the world to salute Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela of South Africa, who passed away at the age of 95 yesterday.

The following is a statement by participants of the 2nd Conference of Asian Parliamentarians and Human Rights Defenders, 11-13 November

The long march is lead by a seven-year-old son of Jalil Reki, who was extrajudicially killed after a year of his disappearance in an ISI torture cell.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates the people of Bangladesh for the enactment of the Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Act, 2013.

Human rights abuses against Papuans in the Central Highlands, 1977–1978

It is alleged that the 'No-Union Policy' has been the management principle of the Samsung group since it was established 75 years ago.

"Our ancestors say we own huge land, but why do we just weed (clean up) farmlands of others to get money to feed our family?"

"If one innocent person is killed by [the] police or other security forces in a fake encounter, it creates tremendous upsurge of hatred…people always accurately know who was innocent.

What happened on July 23, 1983 was not the event of a single day in history.