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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two Sri Lankans and one Indian were sentenced to death by the High Court of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on 11 June 2007....

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates you on your appointment as Minister of Justice of Thailand. You will be aware that in recent days a number of cases have surfaced that have again...

The detention of Mr. Iftekhar Choudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, has now run into its 100th day and during his detention all the members of his family, including his school-going childre...

From all around Sri Lanka there are constant reports of widespread thieving in the country, particularly around suburban town centres. This has gone so far as to affect even the dressing habits of wom...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the situation of the human rights activists associated with the People’s Vigilance Committee on ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that a farmer in Burma who was jailed for complaining that his crops were destroyed due to the negligence of local offic...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the refusal of the police to register a complaint and file charges against a provincial minister and his armed...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has updated lists of some of the monks, nuns and civilians who were arrested on charges of destroying and damaging places of worship, during the ...

Although the Independence Day has passed all the people of Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and others alike are more worried than ever about the future of independence, meaning the future of dem...

On January 29, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was quoted by Davao Today, a local online news blog, saying he “does not care” about the report of Professor Philip Alston, special rapporte...

Three prominent lawyers who spearheaded the movement of lawyers, were again arrested and detained for a further month under the maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO). Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan, President...

Dear friends, As the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has previously reported that several residents in Dey Krohorm were injured or are facing criminal lawsuits in order to stop attempts by them t...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A State...

Accountability Watch Committee Kathmandu, Nepal Press Statement Thursday Jan 31, 2008 Our attention has been drawn towards the recent reports in media that a meeting of the high-level political task f...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been documenting cases of illegal arrest, detention and prosecution since the nationwide protests in Burma last September. In this appeal we ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forcible deprivation of the education of a 13-year-old student by teachers in Sri Lanka on 19 November 200...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of a man by the Tissamaharama police on 29 December 2007. The police severely assaulted him before...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Prahar, a human rights organisation based in Assam, India regarding the case of Mr. Elento Tripura. Elento was ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry, the Chief Justice of Pakistan to various heads of states ...

In recent weeks, a couple of criminal cases involving police officers in Thailand have caught the media headlines there. In the first, three men were found shot dead in Ayutthaya Province, just north ...