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Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Article 2. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Article 2 forwarded by the Asian Hum...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna forwarde...

To, The Legislature Secretary, Kerala Legislature Secretariat, Legislative Assembly Complex, Palayam, Trivandrum. Sir, Sub: Kerala Police Bill, 2010 – Notes and Comments for consideration by the Sel...

2nd July 2010, court appoints inquest on motion to release activist Mr. Sombat Boonngamanong from emergency decree detention On 2nd July 2010 at 9.00 am, Criminal Court will hear inquest on motion to ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the HR and Legal Assistance Centre for those affected from by Political Turmoil (HLAC) ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police kidnapped a businessman and forced his family to pay ransom after tortur...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Jagaran Media Center (JMC) in Nepal regarding the custodial torture and death of Mr. Sanu Sunar, aged 46 year...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a man in his late forties was beaten by a policeman with a pole after he witnessed a group of officers assaulting handcuffed m...

Sihasak Phuangketkeow President, UN Human Rights Council c/o Permanent Mission of Thailand 5 Rue Gustave-Moynier 1202 Geneva SWITZERLAND Fax: +41 22 715-1000, 715-1002 Tel: +41 22 715-1010 E-mail: mi...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna forwarded...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following extended version of an editorial that was published in the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ̵...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission would like to report that the case of a three-wheeler taxi driver charged with carrying drugs – which he claims were found in the possession of ...

In Philippine society where people often know everyone in their communities, torture is known to be a common practice. People know who the torturers in their locality are, and where victims are taken ...

Basil Fernando For many decades now, international journalists have interpreted every story that has emerged from Sri Lanka to be some kind of war story. Some journalists have proposed that Sri Lankaâ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that the body of a young man has been found three months after his arrest in the midst of a campaign for legal redress for hi...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that an investigation has not been conducted into the knocking over of a cyclist by police in a vehicle in November. The man was ba...

On the eve of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, established by the United Nations on June 26, a bleak statement is to be made on the state of torture in Pakistan. More cases of t...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Common...

Dear Friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from MEDIAFREEDOMINSRILANKA.   Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   &#...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Ahmar Masti Khan Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Ahmar Masti Khan forwarded by ...