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Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is continuing its series of appeals on the alleged torture, abductions and killings committed by police officers in Kalasin province in North-e...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian, a news portal in Sri Lanka. The article is the compilation of two separate articles from the column, Freedom of...

Dear friends,  Last year the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) issued an urgent appeal in the case of U Myint Aye, the leader of the Human Rights Defenders and Promoters group in Burma whom police...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that police officers have arrested the driver of a three-wheel taxi in Wattala and tortured him severely to force a confession. Dur...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-164-2009 August 04, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: Bangladesh should be careful about the Judiciary’s independence The Governmen...

Date: 2009/8/4 For Immediate Release Sri Lanka: Adopt International Third Anniversary of ACF Murders Marked by Government Inaction, Intimidation (New York, August 3, 2009) – The Sri Lankan government...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed that a peasant activist, who lives in Sindh Province, has received no protection or help from police despite being subjected to tortur...

Mu Sochua, a Member of Parliament from the opposition Sam Rainsy party, was tried on 24 July 2009. She was charged with defamation against Prime Minister Hun Sen following her announcement of her own ...

Korean On 31 July 2009, fourteen judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, led by Chief Justice Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, added a golden page to the global history of the judiciary by protecting ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Guria, a local human rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh, regarding the alleged kidnapping and physical hara...

In the Pakistani part of Kashmir several political activists and students have been arrested for observing the demands for an independent Kashmir, free from India and Pakistan. Mr. Sardar Liaquat Haya...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you to request an immediate review of the status of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK). We request this on the basis that the ...

The article: My visit to Kashmir by Mumtaz Khan I have returned to Kashmir after one year. During this period many political developments and changes have taken place which was seen with cynicism and ...

The case of Rizana Nafeek, the underaged Sri Lankan housemaid who was found guilty of the death of a Saudi infant in May 2005, has taken a new turn. The court in Dawadmi where Nafeek was initially tri...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a father of three was arbitrarily picked up and tortured by police, first in a wood then at a police station, to fo...

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the release of the Human Rights lawyer, Shadi Sadr, who was released from jail on July 28, 2009. Please also see AHRC’s forwarded urgent a...

Some multinational companies in Egypt violate workers’ rights after the industrial areas law has been issued to relieve industrial foundations from their legal obligations related to work organi...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a young Christian grocer has been wrongly arrested under the blasphemy law after another shopkeeper advised him to burn ...

Pakistan’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf (Retd.) has refused to appear before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Supreme Court issued notice on him to appear before the court in the...

The organizations of migrant workers and advocates for the rights and wellbeing of migrants around the world, urge the Israeli government to reverse its decision to order another massive crackdown on ...