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Two more Ahmadis, Dr. Najam al-Hasan and Pir Habib al-Rehman have been murdered in religiously motivated killings. Once again, no one has been arrested and the likelihood of anyone being prosecuted is...

The police spokesman announced that the Magistrate’s Court of Gangodavila has halted the proceedings of the case of abduction of Poddala Jayantha, the senior journalist, the General Secretary of...

The widely publicised video of a police torture has drawn mixed reactions and opinions from the public, including lawmakers, lawyers and human rights groups, who have all joined in the chorus condemni...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) previously issued a statement on the case of Phyo Wai Aung, whom the authorities in Burma have blamed for an attack on a festival in April. In ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been closely following the case of a young man whom the authorities in Burma have accused of involvement in a bombing during April. Phyo Wai ...

Basil Fernando The beating of an opposition Member of Parliament by officers of the Galle police raises one important question: how many times do you have to beat an MP before he learns his lesson? Th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-177-2010 August 20, 2010 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Minister tasked with saving US airbase at the cost of the displacement of thousands T...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement...

On August 17, a national television ABS CBN broadcast the graphic video of a man being tortured by a policeman inside a police station in Tondo, Metro Manila. In the video, the torture victim, whom re...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-176-2010 August 19, 2010 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: US government must allow Jacobabad air strips to be used for relief operations for 70...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to draw your attention on the case of Ram Hari Shrestha, a businessman from Kathmandou who was allegedly abducted on 27 April 2008 by members of ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-174-2010 August 19, 2010 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: A lady parliamentarian obstructs investigation into rape of a nine year old girl A ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Express Tribune. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from The Express Tribune forwar...

[RE: AHRC-HAG-001-2009: PHILIPPINES: Landless farm labourers in Davao suffer from hunger and extreme poverty] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform that an impoveris...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from NGOs and West Papua Networks worldwide regarding political prisoners in Papua and West Pa...

One of the most disturbing features of modern times is the claim of some security agencies of their right to decide on the death sentence and assertion of their right to carry it out. Such claims impl...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Nicholas Trainer published in The Epoch Times. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from ...

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has published a new book titled “Politics — Corruption Nexus in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of the Impacts on Judicial Governance“. The boo...

A military tribunal made its decision against General Fonseka finding him guilty of the charge of being engaged in politics while in military service. The Tribunal made the decision without respect to...

It is reported in the Pakistani media that intentional breaches were made in the protective embankments at Ghospur and Thorhee bands, Sukkur district, Sindh province in order to protect the agricultur...