http://www.humanrights.asia http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.humanrights.asia/++resource++ahrc.theme.images/AHRCLogo.jpg http://www.humanrights.asia http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/images Wed, 26 May 2010 09:15:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/images http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/pdf Wed, 11 May 2011 12:30:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/pdf http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/responses Responses to Hunger Alert cases such as from the government or other stakeholders Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:50:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/responses http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-01-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about persistent starvation and malnutrition in villages of Sonebhadra district, eastern Uttar Pradesh. The affected villagers are all Adivasis, or tribal people, who have been involved in a land dispute with the forest department. While the case has dragged on for some ten ... Mon, 13 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-01-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-02-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by reports of malnutrition among villagers of the Pang Daeng community, Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province, after security forces arrested 48 persons for alleged land encroachment, under dubious circumstances. Although the persons--who are all from minority groups--have now been released from jail, the court cases against them are ... Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-02-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-03-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), India about the case of two young children suffering serious illnesses due to starvation. The AHRC urges you to write to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh to ensure that the two children are restored to full health at state expense, and for an investigation into the ... Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-03-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-04-2004 Further to our first Hunger Alert, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received new information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about families on the verge of starvation in eastern part of Uttar Pradesh state. According to the information, the group of Dalits ('untouchables') known as Bansfors is facing imminent starvation due to loss of livelihood and the failure of ... Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-04-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HU-01-2004 Further to two earlier Hunger Alerts (HA-01-2004 and HA-03-2004) on starvation in Uttar Pradesh state, India, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Supreme Court has instructed the government of Uttar Pradesh to take steps to guarantee the right to food of the affected persons. In a letter to the Chief Secretary of the state government of September 22, the ... Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HU-01-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-05-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received new information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about a village of impoverished Dalits ('untouchables') in Uttaranchal state facing severe hunger after the local authorities have failed to implement a Supreme Court order granting them rights over land. The land, which was stolen by a local company also responsible for ... Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-05-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-06-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission has previously reported on the forced eviction of thousands of people from their rightful homes in Bellilious Park, Kolkota, India since July 2003. As of present, nothing has been done to rehabilitate or compensate these people, a number of whom have starved to death and a large number of whom are seriously affected by malnutrition. After writing numerous reports ... Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-06-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-07-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India, about the desperate conditions faced by a family that has been forced into hunger and abject poverty due to persecution by authorities conducting operations against communist militants. The authorities have hounded the family of five, headed by Dashrath and Shyama Devi, ... Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-07-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-08-2004 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the brutal actions of the Burma army, which has burnt an inordinate amount of rice in the Karen state, and caused thousands of villagers to flee their homes. The attacks have been ongoing since 14 November 2004, and are merely the latest in a long line of brutality.Under any circumstances, the most basic human right, the right to ... Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-08-2004 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-01-2005 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, of a disturbing case that will involve the eviction of several thousand families in the South 24 Paraganas district, West Bengal, India. A 21 kilometre road expansion project has been planned along the Budge-Budge Trunk Road. An estimated 20,000-30,000 families currently reside along ... Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-01-2005 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HU-01-2005 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the apparent negligence by responsible local authorities and international humanitarian agencies regarding the eviction of about 7,000 Untouchables in Bellilous Park which took place on 2 February 2003. (See further: FA-27-2003, UP-54-2003 and HA-06-2004)A staff member from the AHRC visited West Bengal and met several state ... Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HU-01-2005 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-02-2005 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) in West Bengal, India, that people in Murshidabad district are dying of starvation while the government authorities have not taken any effective action to stop the deaths. One five-year-old boy is reported to have been eating dirt before he died. According to a local doctor, "The ... Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/hunger-alerts/HA-02-2005