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BURMA: Appeal for release from jail of former army officer & two other men 

Dear friends, As the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has noted in a recent update (UAU-004-2012), we are very happy to see the release in recent months of many people on whose behalf we have camp...

INDIA: Assam government failed to ensure the right to life with dignity of tea plantation workers leading to ten deaths 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), a human rights group based in Assam state that 10 workers died...

PHILIPPINES: Podcast – Phenomenon of murders in Cebu

(Hong Kong, February 6, 2012) In this episode of cast, the AHRC comments that the phenomenon of murders in Cebu, particularly the killing of a lawyer’s wife and two others, is a result of breakd...

SRI LANKA: Can GOSL implement LLRC recommendations? 

JC Weliamuna  This is the question of the day. This is raised nationally and internationally and answers contrast for different reasons. In this article, I endeavor to briefly answer this question fr...

PHILIPPINES: AHRC condoles with the families who lost love ones in the Visayas earthquake 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses its condolences to the Filipino people, in particular those that have lost their loved ones and homes in the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck yes...

PAKISTAN: Love marriage couple greeted with ‘shoot-on-sight’ order from Jihadi groups 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a couple from Pakistani held Kashmir has threatened with being shot on sight by Jihadi militant groups whenever the...

SOUTH KOREA: South Korea must release activist charged over Kim Jong-il tweet 

Park Jeonggeun could face seven years in jail after tweeting about Kim Jong-il © Private The South Korean authorities should immediately release a social media activist accused of helping “the ...

THAILAND: Concern among rights agencies regarding the stifle of the right to freedom of expression and the right to participate and propose legal amendments as provided for by the Constitution 

Contributors: Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF), Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF), Campaign Committee for Human Rights (CCHR), Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and Environmental Li...

SOUTH KOREA: Appeal against a lawyer should be withdrawn 

[RE: AHRC-UAC-083-2010: SOUTH KOREA: A criminal charge filed against a lawyer for providing legal advice] —————————————...

SRI LANKA: Independence without justice 

A statement for the commemoration of the independence of Sri Lanka The 64th commemoration of Sri Lanka’s independence takes place at the time when the country’s justice system is in a hope...

SRI LANKA: Illusion of Freedom 

Nilantha Ilangamuwa  “They tell us, these tyrants, that they adore a God of peace and equality, and yet they usurp our land and make us their slaves. They speak to us of an immortal soul and of...

PAKISTAN: Fishermen on both sides of the Pak-India maritime borders are treated as prisoners of war — A story of tears… 

Qurat Mirza “We are the prisoners of war… Our dreams have been doctored. We belong nowhere. We sail unanchored on trouble seas. We may never be allowed ashore. Our sorrows will never be sa...

INDIA: Judiciary must introspect 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appreciates the decision made by the Supreme Court of India, that set a timeframe for governments to sanction or refuse prosecution of public officers accused ...

PAKISTAN: The Ahmadiyya community has once again been targeted by banned terrorist organisations 

The Ahamadiyya community, a minority religious community, is again facing systematic genocide from the militant religious groups in coming days particularly from the banned terrorist organizations tha...

SRI LANKA: An innocent man was illegally arrested, tortured and laid with a fabricated charge 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Kanahipadi Kankanamge Nalin (29) of Dodamgo, Kaluthara is married and a businessman by profession. He was arres...

BURMA: Prisoners released and others still detained 

CAMPAIGN PAGE: FREE PHYO WAI AUNG http://www.humanrights.asia/campaigns/phyo-wai-aung  ————————————————...

PAKISTAN: The courts and the government bear responsibility for extrajudicial killings in military torture cells 

By Baseer Naveed The disappearances, killings in military detention centers and dumping of bullet-riddled bodies including torture marks on the bodies of the victims, by the spy agencies particularly ...

SRI LANKA: Police refuse to investigate the case of a girl who disappeared after torture by a school principal 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mohamad Rasul (11) is a resident of No: 33/05, Palliyawatte, Poruthota, Koshshikade. Rasul was a student of Palangu...

PHILIPPINES: Podcast – Unsolved killings of judges and lawyers

(Hong Kong, February 1, 2012) In this episode of cast, the AHRC comments on how the policemen who are investigating the killing of court judges and lawyers have been using the “lack of witnesses...

NEPAL: Delays in the implementation of UPR recommendations highlight the absence of a functioning democratic State 

On January 25, 2011, Nepal’s human rights record was reviewed for the first time under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism. That mechanism was established by the UN General Assembly on 15 Ma...