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ASIA: The law and Christian morality – the law and basic human rights

The following was initially delivered as a talk given by Mr. John J. Clancey, Chairperson of the Asian Human Rights Commission to the priests of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong on January 4, 2007 Wh...

CAMBODIA: Forced eviction of 229 families in Sihanoukville

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian aut...

CAMBODIA: Land grabbing leading to fraud charge and assault on owners

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian aut...

CAMBODIA: Four private businessmen allegedly grabbed the 130 hectares of public land in Tang Krasaing commune, Teok Pos district, Kompong Chnang province

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of most of the Cambodian au...

GENERAL APPEAL (Cambodia): Police disperse people’s march protesting against land grabbing

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a group of indigenous people peacefully marching to protest against land grabbing in the northeastern province of Ratta...

CAMBODIA: Alleged illegal expropriation of land by the military in Koh Kong

CAMBODIA: Illegal expropriation of land; violation of Cambodia Land Law; violation of the right to housing and food; impunity ——————————R...

CAMBODIA: Forced eviction destroys the livelihoods of 59 families and renders them homeless in Meanchey district 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

ASIA: AHRC announces the release of its 2006 Human Rights Report — The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations

(Hong Kong, December 21, 2006) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) announces the release of its Human Rights Report for 2006 (345 pages), entitled “The State of Human .” The report i...

CAMBODIA: Law abolishing parliamentary immunity is unconstitutional & unacceptable

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-215-2006 September 14, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: Law abolishing parliamentary immunity is unconstitutional & unacceptable On August...

UPDATE (Cambodia): Court issued arrest warrants against two witnesses who saw police and military officers assault man 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

UPDATE (Cambodia): Detained university lecturer is denied to access proper medical attention 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

CAMBODIA: Two were shot and one beaten up seriously by local authority over the land grabbing 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

ASIA: Extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture and other forms of gross human rights violations still engulf Asia’s nations

In addition to the general statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for International Human Rights Day on December 10, we are also making the brief comments below on the human righ...

ASIA: Flawed criminal justice systems negate the realisation of human rights in Asia

Discontent over malfunctioning democracies and legal systems and the consequent setbacks these shortcomings cause for human rights and the rule of law, as well as aggressively expressed aspirations to...

CAMBODIA: Illegal sale of state property to a private businessman violates basic rights of people

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing in response to your December 5 statement in which you expressed your support for an illegal sale of 115 hectares of public land in Bokeo district, R...

PHILIPPINES: Delays in prosecution causes prolonged detention of two farmers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the prolonged detention of two farmers in Davao Oriental province, the Philippines. Both of them have been detained fo...

ASIA: Effective protection of human rights: National human rights commissions and rule of law mechanisms

A statement issued on the occasion of the International Symposium on the Structures and Funcations of NHRIs: a search for best practices to be held in Seoul, South Korea on December 4, 2006 The goals ...

UPDATE (Cambodia): Alleged threats by Ratanakiri governor on human rights defenders working for indigenous people’s land rights 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of many of the Cambodian a...

UPDATE (Cambodia): Torture victim arrested for trying to filing a complaint to the court 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learn that a torture victim was allegedly arrested by Kompong Cham provincial police officers in front of the Kompong Cham provincial court o...

CAMBODIA: Death threats to an activist working against land grabbing in Ratanakiri 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian aut...