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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern that Gilbert Rey Cardiño (a.k.a. Jing), an activist who was abducted, tortured and subsequently released on June 8 (For...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the continued attacks and threats to the minority Islamic sect Ahmadiyah in Tasikmalaya, West Java, from 19-26...

A memorial service was held in Colombo on July 4, to remember the Red Cross Workers who were abducted from Colombo and killed just a month ago. One of the topics discussed by the participants at this ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has denied voting rights to 38 million people for the upcoming November 2007 elections. Most of the persons who have been are women.  In the previous electio...

On June 16, 2007, Venerable Buddhist Clergy Director Nun Nget wrote a letter to Supreme Buddhist Patirarch Tep Vong to seek his approval for the defrocking of Venerable Tim Sakhorn, who was officially...

The Government of Kerala has initiated actions to setup a Police Complaints Authority in the state. The authority is expected to deal with complaints by and against the state police. The authority has...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by reports that a torture and sexual molestation victim, 30 year-old widow Ms. Kalpana Bhandari, has received serious threat...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the case of a 15-year-old girl who was gang-raped by more than a dozen attackers from Town Layyah in Punjab p...

(Hong Kong, July 4, 2007) “The government of Sri Lanka must clearly state its position regarding providing legal assistance to young Nasik who is facing death sentence by beheading in Saudi Arabia” ...

Dr. Palitha T.B. Kohona,  Secretary / Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic Building,  Colombo 01, Sri Lanka. Dear Dr. Kohona, Re Rizana Nasik of Mutur—the young girl f...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, human rights organisation based in West Bengal regarding the alleged case of rape of a Bangladeshi woman by ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urgently requests you to write to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to save one Sri Lankan girl Nafeek Rizana, who is facing the death s...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged torture of a man in Dhaka. He was arrested by army personnel and taken to an army camp where he wa...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from KontraS regarding the continued violation of religious freedom in Indonesia by alleged “extremist” elem...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Nandail police allegedly assaulted unarmed peasants who were peacefully queuing in line, waiting to purchase fe...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the decision taken by the Government of Nepal on June 21, 2007 to form a ‘High Level Probe Commission on Disappeared Persons’...

Third session on the Charter on the rule of law: The elimination of court delays to enable effective prevention of gross human This meeting will be held in Hong Kong from 16 to 22 September, 2007 The ...

Mr. A. K. Antony, the Defense Minister of India is an exception as a politician. Antony has an impeccable record of being honest. Antony is from the state of Kerala where he is often referred to as th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AS-147-2007 June 28, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: AG’s reply to IIGEP; Kafkan metamorphosis of the Attorney General’s role – Part...

Ever conscious of the fact the entire world is watching Sri Lanka’s ongoing human rights crisis President Mahinda Rajapakse and his government are making comments and promises they do not appear to b...