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THAILAND: Day Three – Free speech on trial in Thailand – Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) which is report of observation on Chiranuch ...

NEPAL: Prolonged unabated harassment of a policeman torture victim for nine years require legal redress

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to share with you the latest developments in Hom Bahadur Bagale’s case. This former police officer was initially tortured and illegall...

SRI LANKA: Mentally retarded person tortured by Thalawakele Police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Alagumail Mohan (25) of Line-10, Thalawakele Estate, Thalawakele in the Nuwara Eliya District who was diagnosed...

SRI LANKA: Victim of rape and her family live in fear due to influence of the suspect

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 9-year-old girl was raped by a influential wealthy businessman. The child was admitted to the Kandy Teaching Hosp...

THAILAND: Day Two – Free speech on trial in Thailand – Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) which is report of observation on Chiranuch ...

SRI LANKA: Vision impaired child is tortured by a teacher

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 13-year-old school child, Amuwaththe Mudiyanselage Lahiru Ruwan Chamara of R/Galagama Vidyalaya in Belihul Oya in...

SRI LANKA: AG’s compromise in the Nampamunuwa murder case may undermine the authority of High Courts 

Last week, the Attorney General (AG) agreed to withdraw charges of murder and the causing of grievous hurt against four people who had been accused and charged before the Colombo High Court. The accus...

INDONESIA: Religious violence result of authorities consent in past cases 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-028-2011 February 8, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDONESIA: Religious violence result of authorities consent in past cases The Asian Human Righ...

THAILAND: Refusal to address forced disappearances continues unabated 

The phenomenon of forced disappearance is not well understood outside of the countries in which it takes place. Imagine that police take your spouse or relative without observing any protocol for arre...

PAKISTAN: State of poverty and food sovereignty in South Asia 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by Mr. Farooq Tariq. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Farooq Tariq forwar...

INDIA: Assam police harass and threatened a rape victim

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), Assam concerning the case of rape of a 20 year-old-woman by he...

PAKISTAN: Supreme Court should hear cases of extrajudicial killings of disappeared persons 

The human rights movement of Pakistan is heartened by the directives of the five-member-bench of the Supreme Court to the Inspectors General of Police (IGPs) to furnish full details of the cases of mi...

THAILAND: First hearing of alleged NorPorChorUSA administrator 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Prachatai Website. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————...

CAMBODIA: Thailand and Cambodia must put people before politics 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&...

INDIA/SOUTH KOREA: Condemn the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Forests for the clearance granted to the POSCO 

Dear friends,   We wish to share with you the following statement from the POSCO Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS).   Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   ———̵...

PAKISTAN: A young man killed in fake police encounter- police refuse court and interior minister’s orders for inquiry

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a lawyer’s son was killed in a fake police encounter after one hour of his abduction by six police officials ...

SRI LANKA: Mirihana Police brutally torture a man and fill fabricated charges

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Waharagedara Ranjith Sumangala was arrested by officers attached to the Mirihana Police Station and detained fo...

THAILAND: Day One – Free speech on trial in Thailand – Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ...

THAILAND: Rights groups to take case of Myanmar migrant work accident Victim chained to hospital bed to Labour Ministry demanding urgent systems review 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from Thai Labour Solidarity Committee (TLSC), State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC), Council of Work and Environ...

SRI LANKA: Independence without civil liberties is a farce 

Sri Lanka will be celebrating its independence from the British Empire on February 4, 2011. The lamentation that independence has not meant a great deal to the people of Sri Lanka is commonly heard. H...