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UPDATE (Burma): Supreme Court summarily rejects Su Su Nwe case 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

BURMA: Supreme Court of Burma has an historic opportunity to take a stand for criminal justice

This February 1, 2006, the case of Ma Su Su Nwe will come before the Supreme Court of Burma. The court will be asked to decide whether or not to admit an appeal against Su Su Nwe’s imprisonment ...

BURMA: Local authorities beat villager to death 

Dear friends,The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Thailand-based Yoma 3 News Service that five members of a local council in Burma, including the chairman, beat a local re...

UPDATE (Burma): Two police to go to court over alleged rape 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received news that two police officers in central Burma have been charged with rape by a local court, despite attempts by the police to bribe...

UPDATE (Burma): Ma Su Su Nwe hospitalised; Supreme Court to hear case 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by...

Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission!

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends greetings to everyone, wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year. We wish particularly to extend our greetings to those members of our network from aro...

BURMA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005

Dear Ms Arbour, RE: SUSPEND MYANMAR FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION On this international Human Rights Day, December 10, 2005, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls upon you to initiate acti...

ASIA: The Absence of the Rule of Law and the Actualisation of Human Rights: A Contradiction that Must Be Resolved

International Human Rights Day on December 10 should be a moment in Asia to reflect soberly as to why on this continent, where more than half of the world’s population live, basic human rights a...

UPDATE (Burma): Division court also summarily rejects case of ailing Ma Su Su Nwe 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

UPDATE (Burma): South Rangoon District Court summarily rejects appeals against prison terms 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police’s deliberate inaction in a labour case is in violation of court orders 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding 73 workers from the Orex Factory in Ekala, Jaela, Sri Lanka, who were unlawfully dismissed after the o...

UPDATE (Burma): Jailed human rights defender Ma Su Su Nwe reportedly denied medicines 

27 October 2005 [RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labo...

UPDATE (Burma): Villagers released from detention in forced labour case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Burma Lawyers’ Council (Thailand) and Yoma-3 news service that U Ohn Myint and Ko Khin Zaw, the two vil...

UPDATE (Burma): Latest news on jailing of human rights defender Ma Su Su Nwe 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

UPDATE (Burma): Human rights defender Ma Su Su Nwe jailed in Insein Prison 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

ASIA: Launch of discussions on drafting Asian Charter on the Rule of Law

The AHRC is holding its advanced human rights study programme from October 9-14, 2005 in Hong Kong, at which participants from 10 nationalities will participate. To mark this occasion, the AHRC is lau...

BURMA: WFP says that government of Burma blocking food distribution

Dear friends, The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Burma has stated that his organization is struggling to deliver food supplies to areas that are seriously affected by hunger a...

INDIA: Human rights defender physically assaulted, threatened and detained by government officials 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information through its local partner MASUM in West Bengal that Mr. Gopen Sharma, a human rights activist was illegally detained, th...

BURMA: Alleged rape of a woman by two police officers in Twente Township 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another rape case committed by the government or security officials in Burma. According to the information received, two p...