Hunger Alerts

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INDIA: Suicide of two young girls who could face hunger and malnutrition no more

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) regarding the suicides of two young girls who had suffered extreme hunger and ...

INDIA: Fire destroys homes and the lives of many families

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a horrific fire that?ripped through the Koilasava village in Kushinagar, Uttar-Pradesh, leaving 40 Mushhar fam...

INDIA: Pregnant mother dies of starvation in Nadia District, West Bengal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) regarding the death by starvation of a young pregnant mother. Ms. Bulbuli Paul...

INDIA: Entire village community starving to death, South Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) in West Bengal, India, that people in the South Dinajpur district are dying of...

INDIA: Starvation deaths occurring in Murshidabad district, West Bengal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) in West Bengal, India, that people in Murshidabad district are dying of starva...

UPDATE (India): Total negligence by local authorities regarding the eviction of approximately 7,000 Untouchables in Bellilous Park

[Re: HA-06-2004: INDIA: Indian Red Cross ignores starvation of Kolkata evictees; UP-03-2004: An AHRC letter to the president of the India regarding eviction of Untouchables; UP-54-2003: 3 year old ev...

INDIA: New eviction case in the name of road expansion, West Bengal

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 f...

BURMA: Several thousand villagers fled from army attacks in Papun Township, Karen state

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 thousan...

INDIA: Family forced into abject poverty because of police and army actions

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 ...

UPDATE (INDIA): NHRC and Supreme Court instruct state government to act on starvation and hunger cases

(HA-01-2004: INDIA: Severe hunger in eastern Uttar Pradesh state; HU-01-2004: INDIA: Supreme Court instructs Uttar Pradesh government to look into severe malnutrition and starvation deaths; HA-04-2004...

INDIA: Indian Red Cross ignores starvation of Kolkata evictees

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 o...

INDIA: Intolerable delay in implementation of court ruling exacerbates hunger among Dalit community in Uttaranchal

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 (‘untouchablesR...

UPDATE (India): Supreme Court instructs Uttar Pradesh government to look into severe malnutrition and starvation deaths

Dear friends, Further to two earlier Hunger Alerts (HA-01-2004 and HA-03-2004) on starvation in Uttar Pradesh state, India, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the...

INDIA: Imminent starvation among Dalits classed as Above Poverty Line by authorities in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh

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 ...

INDIA: Children going blind due to starvation in Uttar Pradesh state

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 sufferin...

THAILAND: Hunger caused by mass arrest of villagers

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 secur...

INDIA: Severe hunger in eastern Uttar Pradesh State

INDIA: Starvation death, malnutrition, government corruption and inaction ——————————————————...