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BANGLADESH: Human Rights Defender Shahed Kayes survives stabbing; attackers still after his life 

Human rights defender and philanthropic educator Shahed Kayes knew there were serious risks involved in his work. He had to, as nothing in Bangladesh comes without associated risks. He knew that his a...

PAKISTAN: Government must commute death sentences and protect the people’s right to life 

The Pakistan People’s Party took office in 2008, and shortly thereafter issued a moratorium on the death penalty, temporarily commuting thousands of death penalty cases to life imprisonment. The...

PAKISTAN: Four years of Gojra incident passed- Christians are still waiting for justice

The Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) is calling for justice four years to the day since a horrific attack on the Christian town of Gojra in Pakistan. It was on 1 August 2009 tha...

NEPAL: Victim and human rights activist assaulted and forced to drop charges in a case of attempted rape

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that after reporting a case of attempted rape to the police station, the 23 year old victim was assaulted by a mob to pr...

INDIA: देश की गरीबी बनाम सरकार का नैतिक दिवालियापन: सन्दर्भ – योजना आयोग द्वारा जुलाई 2013 को जारी गरीबी का नया आंकलन) 

भारत में 2011 से 2012 के बीच में 8.49 करोड़ लोग गरीब नहीं रहे. वे उस रेखा के ऊपर आ गए हैं ज...

INDIA: लोकतंत्र को ढकेलते न्यायालय 

पिछले साठ सालों में भारतीय लोकतंत्र मजबूत हुआ है। हमारा चुनाव आयोग दुनिया क...

INDIA: Prime Minister must save RTI Act from amendments 

(Hong Kong, July 31, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission fully endorses the following petition issued by the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) India. Online petitio...

INDIA: Good Figures for Bad Situation – Fabrication of Poverty data in India 

By Sachin Kumar Jain By a magic wand unfurled by the Planning Commission, 84.9 million Indians have stopped to be poor between 2010 and 2012: they went through and soared above the poverty line pushed...

PAKISTAN: World’s concern about minorities in Pakistan

The issue of minority rights in Pakistan is discussed often around the world these days, in parliaments, human rights groups like Amnesty International, religious freedom departments, foreign affairs ...

SRI LANKA: From Minor Tyranny to Excessive Tyranny 

Impeaching the Chief Justice and Sri Lankan Politics By Upul Abeyrathne1 “All are accordingly bound by the necessity of keeping the law, unless perchance there is any who can be thought to have been...

PAKISTAN: Open Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on crimes against humanity in Balochistan

Mr Ban Ki-moon Secretary General, United Nation 1 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 Dated: 28/07/2013 Dear Sir, The Baloch Social Media Activists forum would like to draw your kind attention to...

PAKISTAN: Marriage by choice becoming taboo 

It was a very shivering news for the citizens of the country that a grandfather killed his grandchildren and thrown them from the roof top in presence of their mother who then killed by her father onl...

BANGLADESH: Human rights defender Mr. Shahed Kayes, who was abducted and stabbed, requires immediate protection

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that Mr. Shahed Kayes, who is a leading human rights defender fighting against illegal sand mining in the Meghna...

BANGLADESH: Mr. Shahed Kayes, a human rights defender abducted and stabbed, requires immediate protection 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the abduction and attack upon Mr. Shahed Kayes, a human rights defender working in Narayanganj district in Bangladesh. A group of persons abducted Mr....

NEPAL: Conflict victims locked into a mental hospital for seeking justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the condition of the parents of Krishna Prasad Adhikari about whom we issued an Urgent Appeal Case ear...

INDIA: खाद्य सुरक्षा अध्यादेश उर्फ़ रोटी का गेम चेंजर क़ानून – क्या ये देश के साथ केंद्र बनाम राज्य खेल खेल रहे हैं? 

गेम चेंजर है राष्ट्रीय खाद्य सुरक्षा अध्यादेश (यदि बना तो क़ानून); जी हाँ; भारत...

SRI LANKA: The day when the rule of law system collapsed 

What happened on July 23, 1983 was not the event of a single day in history. The impact of that day lives on and with each passing year the situation of the rule of law in the country has become worse...

INDIA: The Bihar school meal disaster: The government must go 

Last Tuesday the 16th of July, schoolchildren from a government school in Bihar complained that the midday meal they were served by the school tasted bad. They ate it anyway, because they were hungry...

INDIA: The Bihar school meal disaster: The government must go 

Last Tuesday the 16th of July, schoolchildren from a government school in Bihar complained that the midday meal they were served by the school tasted bad. They ate it anyway, because they were hungry...

INDIA: बच्चों को भूख की शिक्षा के पक्ष में 

बिहार में २७ बच्चों का जीवन मध्यान्न भोजन योजना ने छीना है या व्यावस्था ने; इ...