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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed through its local contacts in Rajasthan that a man, Roy Varghese, has been detained in solitary confinement in prison for the last five years. He is a schizophrenic and is not receiving medical treatment. The prison officials at the Central Jail, Jaipur, Rajasthan, have […]
[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. Please click the button for your participation. We also encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below with this appeal. Thank you.] Dear friends, The […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by MASUM, a local human rights organisation in West Bengal that a man who is an Indian national has been falsely identified as a Bangladeshi citizen in a fabricated case created by the Border Security Force (BSF). He was shot in the left leg […]
[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the police allegedly ordered parents to pay a bribe of 150000 riels (US$37.5) each if their sons were not to be arrested after these youths had damaged a party sign in Soeung commune, Bor Keo district, Rattankiri province. On 2 July 2008, they arrested […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-180-2008 June 27, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SOUTH KOREA: Government’s failure to realise people’s health A public announcement on the agreement on the import of beef between the Korean government and the United States of America was postponed after the government faced continuing protest from people. There […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from local human rights organisation, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) regarding the case of bonded labour of children in Chaturpur village in Newariya of Jaunpur district. It is reported that the children are forced out at gunpoint by a local landlord. […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two brothers were arbitrarily arrested on suspicion of being terrorists without any concrete evidence in the middle of April 2008 and allegedly tortured by the police. The police did not inform their relatives of the arrest. After suffering torture, one victim is showing […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that police authorities in Yangon had seized dozens of vehicles used by the relief workers to deliver urgently needed food and water for cyclone victims. The local officials were also reportedly taking drastic actions upon workers to prevent them from continuing their relief effort. […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that hundreds of homeless cyclone refugees seeking shelter and food in Rangoon are reportedly being forced to vacate the places from where they stay. Officials are trying to force people to leave areas where they have gathered on various pretexts. CASE DETAILS: (According to […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern over the continuing delay in provision of food aid, drinking water and needed medical attention to people in areas of Burma hit hardest by Cyclone Nargis, particularly in Laputta, in the Irrawaddy Delta. Several days after the tragedy, nothing has reached the survivors, […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of four-year-old boy, Khusbuddin, who died of acute malnutrition in Harpalpur village of Kashi Vidyapith Block, Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh state. The AHRC has been informed by the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation […]
INDIA: Failure of government health system; non-functional Public Distribution System; right to food; caste discrimination; corruption ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of a pregnant mother and her […]
INDIA: Government neglect; caste based discrimination; corruption; right to food; failing public health system —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights [PVCHR] in Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of Mukesh, a three-year-old boy who may die soon due to acute starvation. Mukesh […]
INDIA: Government neglect; caste based discrimination; corruption; right to food; failing public health system —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights [PVCHR] in Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of Mr. Kammal Musahar, who died from acute starvation in Sarsanwa village in Harahuwa […]
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding medical negligence in regard of a woman who has now been in intensive care after caesarian operation on 26 July 2007. Even though she and her family had repeatedly complained her deteriorating condition, nurses simply responded that the victim was mentally ill and […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of a man and the injury of his son due to an accident that occurred on 7 September 2007 in Sri Lanka. It is reported that the police officer collided with the victim’s motorbike, whilst the officer was driving under the […]
Dear friends, In this general update on events in Burma, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) concentrates on the following topics: – Details emerging of more deaths during September – Denial of medical treatment for injured persons – Family members of wanted persons taken as hostages – Special concerns over women prisoners For all statements, […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Gramya Sansthan, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of two women who were refused medical assistance at the Government Primary Health Centre, in Naugarh, Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. It is reported that since the women were from […]
[HA-012-2007: INDIA: Handloom weavers and their family members may die from tuberculosis in Uttar Pradesh due to poor living conditions] ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights [PVCHR], a human rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh, regarding the case of a handloom […]
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