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NEPAL: Democracy – a dream in waiting 

The transition of Nepal from an absolute monarchy to a federal, democratic republic has claimed the lives of at least a few thousand persons. Several hundred women and men lost their life by participa...

BANGLADESH: Ensuring human rights for ordinary citizens is an urgent need 

The AHRC is publishing its 2009 annual human rights report on Bangladesh. A pre-publication version of the report can be downloaded at: http://material.ahrchk.net/hrreport/2009/AHRC-SPR-001-2009-Bang...

PAKISTAN: The Human Rights situation will not improve until and unless the military intelligence agencies are placed under civilian control 

The AHRC will soon publish an annual report on Pakistan for 2009. A prepublication report of the version can be down loaded at: http://material.ahrchk.net/hrreport/2009/AHRC-SPR-006-2009-Pakistan-HRR...

PAKISTAN: A military coup is unfolding 

in Pakistan, but, this time, there is no rumbling of tanks on the streets of Islamabad. Instead, it seems the military is using a new strategy for regime change in Pakistan, one that will have adverse...

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...

INDIA/SOUTH KOREA: Please show your concern for human rights and environmental rights violation caused by POSCO project 

We, the people from India and different parts of the world concerned with the protection of human and environmental rights, have learned that 2006 onwards POSCO TJ Park Prize has been awarding an indi...

PAKISTAN: No action taken by the authorities to recover missing vice chancellor of Kohat University

No action has been taken by the Pakistani government for the recovery of Dr. Lutfullal Kakakhel, a high-profile scientist and university vice chancellor, who was abducted on November 6 and who remains...

PAKISTAN: Corruption cases against Generals, Air Marshals and Admirals are the test of an independent judiciary 

Successive governments and courts are conspicuously avoiding the trying of corruption cases against the former top hierarchy of the armed forces. The concept of national security has been misused by t...

SRI LANKA: Reform of a police system rotten at the top 

(On the 10th December, Janasansadaya a Sri Lankan human rights organisation will hold a seminar on police reforms. This statement is issued on the occasion of this seminar pointing out some major prob...

INDIA: Human Rights in Orissa 

The fundamental rights were included in the constitution because they were considered essential for the development of the personality of every individual and to preserve human dignity. The writers of...

PAKISTAN: 1.4 Million blind people in Pakistan 

Around 45,000 of the 1.4 million blind people in Pakistan are children aged under-15. Many more children suffer from ‘low vision’, which means a significant vision defect even with glasses...

BANGLADESH: Around 30 lower caste families in the Hindu community face eviction in Chittagong

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the eviction risk faced by around 300 people of a lower caste Hindu community in Chittagong, without adequate compensation o...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): A man is sentenced for the rape of his daughter after a five-year trial

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a rape victim for whom we have been campaigning has finally won her case in court, after a judge took particular interes...

INDIA: Media must wakeup to the violence committed by the state

The existence of independent and strong media is a prerequisite for the working of a free and just society that governs itself by the rule of law. The role of media in establishing such a society is t...

UPDATE (India): More children severely malnourished found in Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh 

[RE: AHRC-HAC-008-2009: UPDATE (India): Approximately 83 percent of the children in eight villages of Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh are malnourished] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (A...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): A woman tortured by police while pregnant gets help from the courts after three years; police harassment continues

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has issued regular updates on the case of Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa, a pregnant woman who was brutally tortured and whose unborn child was killed...

INDIA: Probe killing of two Adivasi leaders and release detained activist in Orissa 

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 20/021/2009 2 December 2009 Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa must ensure independent,credible and impartial investigation into the...

PAKISTAN: Sindh and the Right of Self Determination 

As we all know that Pakistan is not a naturally grown country, rather a man-made state that came into existence through a contract between different people. And that contract, everyone knows, is the 1...

WORLD: WTO: “Trade negotiations need to reflect the new global consensus on hunger,” warns UN expert on right to food 

(2 December 2009) GENEVA – Just days after the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food reviews the stakes of the ongoing WTO Ministerial for global food ...