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Citizens for Justice and Peace Gujarat Genocide 2002 Long wait for justice Major Trials Lend your Voice to Our Struggle! Eighth Anniversary of the Gujarat Genocide 2002 FEBRUARY 27-28, 2010 Dear Frien...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the case of a human rights defender tortured by the police in Imphal, Manipur state. It is reported that the pol...

Basil Fernando Peter Mountford who returned from a visit to Sri Lanka writes in an article ‘Sri Lanka’s hr and free speech problems need international attention? (Seattle Times Editorial 27th Februa...

[Re: INDONESIA: 113 villagers’ hunger deaths caused by government neglect as well as harvest failure in Yahukimo, Papua] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updat...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-035-2010 February 27, 2010 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: The government claims that the country has the world’s least corrupt police forc...

SRI LANKA: Diary of Terror — Part 14, February 23, 2010  Sri Lankan Human Rights Watch Amy officers raping a nine year old girl; can the new army commander maintain army discipline? (February ...

In the Bar Council elections held this week the lawyers voted overwhelmingly against a candidate who was openly promoted by the government. Shibly Aziz won the election with a majority of 450 votes ag...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from JURIST — Legal News and Research of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked and disturbed by a wave in Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has registered a total of 13 cases of abusive treatment and physical ...

Dear friends, Even as the military government in Burma is preparing for a general election, it is imprisoning more and more groups of people for allegedly setting up illegal organisations. In this app...

Dear Friends, Anti POSCO struggle in the Indian state of Orissa urgently require your help! Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), the South Korea based steel giant is moving forward with its plans to...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a lawyer in Manipur is in a severe condition following torture in custody. So far no proper investigation has been conducted a...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned that the prosecution of the four policemen who arbitrarily arrested and tortured a man on December 2009 will not be carried...

U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Indonesia, the place of his childhood, in March. It is important that the President does not waste this opportunity and uses his good relations with I...

Sebuah pernyataan dari Asian Human Rights Commission Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Obama dijadwalkan akan mengunjungi Indonesia, tempat di mana ia menghabiskan masa kecilnya, pada bulan Maret tahun ...

Min Myat Kyaw [Member, Asian Human Rights Commission]: “The sentencing of four supporters of democracy party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to two years’ imprisonment last week is the latest ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young member of an armed group was killed by Nepali police officers in an alleged encounter last December in Ba...

Dear friends, On 2 March 2010 the main hearing will begin in the case of Kiettisak Thitboonkrong, who was one of the 28 victims of the Kalasin Killings. It will take place at the Criminal Court in Ban...

At a press conference held on behalf of the Sanga Convention monks of the three leading Buddhist chapters explained the reasons for postponing the National Convention of Buddhist Monks which was to be...

The case of police torture reported from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh state on 17 February must be a shame for the entire country. The video of sexual harassment and torture of a Dalit woman by Police S...