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PAKISTAN: Bodies of the five women buried alive desecrated by the wild animals

The human remains of the five women who were buried alive in Balochistan province have been and the provincial government has done nothing to provide a decent burial for these victims of honour killin...

SRI LANKA: Is there a shift from fair trials to political trials?

Amongst the few great achievements of human kind, the establishment of the idea and the practice of fair trial is one of the best examples of civilisation’s struggle against barbarism. Centuries of ...

PAKISTAN: A fishing community is made hostage by landlords and police

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INDIA: Pathetic state of rule of law is the result of caste based discrimination

A resolution, recently passed by the Naloor panchayat in Narikudi block of Virudunagar district in Tamil Nadu state is the quintessence of caste based discrimination in India. The panchayat convened a...

INDIA: BSF torture a man to death and then bribe the victim’s family to ensure their silence

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by MASUM, a local human rights organisation in West Bengal that the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of Battalion No.90, E...

SRI LANKA: FMM appalled at police spokesperson’s justification of minister’s attack on journalists 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Free Media Movement. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Free Media Move...

SRI LANKA: Two cases exposing the comic nature of criminal justice in Sri Lanka

Two inquiries into crimes reported recently reveal the absurdities of policing in Sri Lanka. One is the investigation by the Bribery Commission for an alleged act of corruption by way of undeclared as...

PAKISTAN: Five women buried alive, allegedly by the brother of a minister

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SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault and fabricate charges against teachers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a Head Quarter’s Inspector allegedly assaulted a principal and a teacher on 7 July 2008. It is reported that ...

UPDATE (India): Human rights activists in Varanasi facing continuous threat from women traffickers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Guria, a local human rights organisation working on women trafficking in Uttar Pradesh regarding the death threats ...

SRI LANKA: Army commander warns newspaper to censor defence columns

IFEX – News from the international freedom of expression community ALERT – SRI LANKA 6 August 2008 Newspaper pressured to cancel defence columns by army commander SOURCE: Free Media Moveme...

INDIA: Another minor killed by the Border Security Force in West Bengal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by MASUM, a local human rights organisation in West Bengal that a young boy of 15 years of age was killed by a BSF officer in W...

UPDATE (Pakistan/USA): Dr. Afia’s health is in serious condition and two of her children remain missing

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BANGLADESH: Student political leader held in detention for 19 months without trial or specific charge

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) that Mr. Mahfuzul Haydar Chowdhury Roton was arbitrarily arrested o...

SRI LANKA: Silly and cruel at the same time

What is silly and what is cruel may be relative. However, what Sarath Kumara Naidos, his wife, Sriyani, his mother, Asilin, his sister, Mangalike, her husband, Neil and his mother, Nandawathie are goi...

WORLD: The US Congress must investigate Dr. Afia’s case

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission WORLD: The US Congress must investigate Dr. Afia’s case The United States and its security organisations including the Federal Bureau of Investig...

SRI LANKA: The apology of Prof. Rajiva Wijesinhe of the Peace Secretariat

Hong Kong: August 5, 2008 We are pleased that Prof. Wijesinhe, the Secretary-General of the Secretariat for Co-ordinating the Peace Process, has apologised for his statement dated 5th August, ‘Furthe...

SRI LANKA: A further false report from the ‘Peace Secretariat’

A Press Release from the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA: A further false report from the ‘Peace Secretariat’ We call upon all those who have received the aforementioned sta...

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 ...

INDIA: An Indian national is shot by BSF forces and falsely imprisoned as a Bangladeshi

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by MASUM, a local human rights organisation in West Bengal that a man who is an Indian national has been falsely identified as ...