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AHRC TV: Pakistan Supreme Court upholds Asia Bibi acquittal and other stories in JUST ASIA, Episode 246

This week Just Asia begins with Pakistan, where the Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of Asia Bibi on blasphemy charges. After repealing her conviction and death sentence last Oc...

CHINA: A state built on graves will not last

China has lost yesterday one of its great sons, Nobel Laurate Mr. Liu Xiaobo. Indeed, Liu Xiaobo was a criminal for the Chinese administration. They had sentenced him to undergo a prison term of 11 ye...

CHINA: Call on for fair trial – A joint statement on the forthcoming trials of the cases of the 709 crackdown

A Statement from China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group (CHRLCG) and Taiwan Support China Human Rights Lawyers Network (TLN) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Chinese version of this st...

CHINA: Statement issued by the Legal Sub-Sector of the Election Committee in relation to the mass arrest, detention and disappearance of lawyers in China

A Press Release from (Legal) Election Committee of Hong Kong forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) We as members of the legal profession and as elected representatives of the legal...

CHINA: The Disappearance of human rights lawyer Ms. Wang Yu and her family. And the subsequent disappearances of her colleagues

A Press Release from The China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group (The Concern Group) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) ( July 13, 2015) The China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Grou...

CHINA: For Freedom, Justice and Love – My Closing Statement to the Court

For Freedom, Justice and Love – My Closing Statement to the Court Xu Zhiyong, 22 January 2014 This is Xu Zhiyong’s closing statement on January 22, 2014, at the end of his trial. According to ...

INDIA/CHINA/BANGLADESH: Dimapur declaration on water and indigenous communities’ rights

We, the representatives of the indigenous people’s organizations of India’s North East concerned over the issue of water and adverse impacts of mega development processes, such as mega dam...

PAKISTAN/CHINA: A Pakistani citizen executed in China despite appeals for clemency 

According to the received information, China has executed a Pakistani citizen, Mr. Zahid Hussain Shah, yesterday, September 21, 2011 in Shanghai, China, on drug smuggling charges despite the last-ditc...

CHINA/PAKISTAN: Appeal to commute the death sentence of a Pakistani citizen in the Peoples Republic of China

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a Pakistani businessman will be executed on September 21 on the charges of smuggling drugs into China. The death ...

ASIA: UNJUST—A thought provoking documentary 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian f...

HONG KONG/CAMBODIA: Seminar: The International Dimensions off the Cambodian Tragedy 1969 — 1997 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you an announcement for a seminar relating to human rights in Cambodia at the City University of Hong Kong this Friday. Asia...

UN: Competitive vote would improve membership of Human Rights Council 

New Members Should Take Visible Steps to Improve Practices Before Joining in June Please find below a joint press release issued by 10 international NGOs, including the Asian Legal Resource Centre. (N...

ASIA: Vitriolage — the horror and injustice of acid attacks 

Baseer Naveed and Stewart Sloan “Acid will be thrown on the faces of women and girls who step out of their houses without covering their faces… People who fail to comply with these orders will ...

Invitation to a side event on forced disappearances, Room XVII, 3 – 5 pm, Wednesday March 17, 2010 

The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to inform you about the side event of the 13th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances and t...

ASIA: Statement of the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants on the 100th year Anniversary of the International Women’s Day 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the A...

ASIA: High Commissioner speaks out against domestic violence and “honour killing” on occasion of International Women’s Day 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Ho...

ASIA: A general view of the conditions of women in Asian countries 

International Women’s Day–2010 Today the world is looking to women for change in what remains a situation that offends human rights on a daily basis. In its work as a listener and voice to clai...

ASIA: Making Justice Happen: IBJ Fellowship for Innovative Criminal Justice Projects 

GENEVA/ SINGAPORE (January 27, 2010) – In support of efforts to curb legal abuse across Asia, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) this week launches its second JusticeMakers Fellowship Compet...

ASIA: Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay 

A Statement by the UN High Commissioner from the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of Human Rights Day 2009 ASIA: Statement by the UN High Commissioner The concept of non-discrimination li...

ASIA: Crisis in Human Rights Protection in Asia — Bad Policing Systems as a Major Threat to Human Rights 

On the 10th of December Human Rights Day is celebrated the world over. It reminds us of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, which symbolized the start of an era based on...