Hunger Alert Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, of a disturbing case that will involve the eviction of several thousand families in the South 24 Paraganas district, West Bengal, India.  A 21 kilometre road expansion project has been planned along the Budge-Budge Trunk […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the brutal actions of the Burma army, which has burnt an inordinate amount of rice in the Karen state, and caused thousands of villagers to flee their homes. The attacks have been ongoing since 14 November 2004, and are merely the latest in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India, about the desperate conditions faced by a family that has been forced into hunger and abject poverty due to persecution by authorities conducting operations against communist militants. The authorities have hounded the family of five, headed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has previously reported on the forced eviction of thousands of people from their rightful homes in Bellilious Park, Kolkota, India since July 2003. As of present, nothing has been done to rehabilitate or compensate these people, a number of whom have starved to death and a large number […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received new information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about a village of impoverished Dalits (‘untouchables’) in Uttaranchal state facing severe hunger after the local authorities have failed to implement a Supreme Court order granting them rights over land. The land, which was stolen by […]

Dear friends, Further to our first Hunger Alert, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received new information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about families on the verge of starvation in eastern part of Uttar Pradesh state. According to the information, the group of Dalits (‘untouchables’) known as Bansfors is facing imminent starvation […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), India about the case of two young children suffering serious illnesses due to starvation. The AHRC urges you to write to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that the two children are restored […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by reports of malnutrition among villagers of the Pang Daeng community, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province, after security forces arrested 48 persons for alleged land encroachment, under dubious circumstances. Although the persons–who are all from minority groups–have now been released from jail, the […]

INDIA: Starvation death, malnutrition, government corruption and inaction ———————————————————————  Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about persistent starvation and malnutrition in villages of Sonebhadra district, eastern Uttar Pradesh. The affected villagers are all Adivasis, or tribal people, who have been involved in a […]