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UPDATE (India): Post mortem confirms girl dies from acute malnutrition

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a post mortem report on a two-year-old girl, whom we reported to have died on November 7, confirms that her death was d...

INDIA: Two and a half year-old girl died from starvation after her house was destroyed by the village head

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from local human rights organisations, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and Savitri Bhai P...

INDIA: Three and a half-year-old boy may die from acute malnutrition

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local human rights organisation, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) that Vishal, a th...

GENERAL (India): Corruption in public service promotes starvation and malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has previously reported the case of three-year-old Pritam who died of malnutrition. Pritam suffered from malnutrition for seven months until he d...

GENERAL (India): Neglect by government aggravates poverty of Dalits in Varanasi

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the local human rights organisation, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), regarding the ...

UPDATE (India): Boy suffering malnutrition dies; 13 others remain at serious risk

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that a two-year-old boy, whom we reported on May 29 to be suffering severe malnutrition has died. His death came jus...

INDIA: Fourteen children may die soon due to malnutrition in Varanasi

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...

INDIA: A three-year-old girl is struggling from malnutrition

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar ...

INDIA: A three-year-old girl may die from acute starvation in Varanasi

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar ...

INDIA: State government fails to punish corrupt shopkeeper who runs a ration shop in Varanasi

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar ...

GENERAL (India): Emergency assistance must be given to the poor living in Maharajganj district

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar ...

GENERAL(India): Alleged corruption by village authorities results in lack of food and adequate housing for the poor in Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation in Uttar Pradesh,...

INDIA: Nine families suffer from hunger due to alleged corruption and negligence

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar ...

INDIA: Four-year-old boy died from malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh

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 Vidyap...

INDIA: Two-year-old girl may die of malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of two-year-old girl, Anjali, who may die of malnutrition in Belwa village, Baragaon Block of Varanas...

INDIA: Yet another person dies from starvation in Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Teras Ram who died from starvation in Baisa village of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh state...

INDIA: Pregnant mother and two-year-old baby likely to die from starvation

INDIA: Failure of government health system; non-functional Public Distribution System; right to food; caste discrimination; corruption —————————&#...

INDIA: Three-year-old Dalit boy may die soon from acute starvation in Jaunpur

INDIA: Government neglect; caste based discrimination; corruption; right to food; failing public health system ————————————̵...

INDIA: Yet another person dies from starvation in Uttar Pradesh

INDIA: Government neglect; caste based discrimination; corruption; right to food; failing public health system ————————————̵...

UPDATE(Philippines): A mother of an infant who died from severe malnutrition dies; illness worsen by lack of food, medicines

[RE: HA-26-2005: PHILIPPINES: Infant dies of severe malnutrition and a hunger related disease in General Santos City, Mindanao] ——————————&#...