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/press-releases/images Wed, 26 May 2010 09:15:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/images http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/pdf Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:57:39 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/pdf http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-001-2007 (Hong Kong, January 11, 2007) A new order by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh that the country's judges be set free from government control has been cautiously welcomed by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), which has called for a clear plan to implement it. On Wednesday the full bench of the Appellate Division, presided by Chief Justice Seyed J R Mudassir Hossain, ordered the government to ... Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-001-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-002-2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRESS RELEASEAHRC-PL-002-2007THAILAND: AHRC condemns renewal of emergency rule in south, revival of cold war "death squad" command(Hong Kong, January 12, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Friday condemned the announcement that Thailand's military regime will again renew emergency rule over the southern provinces on January 20. "The worsening ... Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-002-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-003-2007 (Hong Kong, January 16, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Monday welcomed the submitting of a letter requesting the Japanese government to take up extrajudicial killings in the Philippines more forcefully with the government there. A coalition of fourteen Japanese civil society groups submitted the letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on January 9. They recalled that the ... Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-003-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-004-2007 (Hong Kong, January 17, 2007) A coalition of anti-coup groups has announced new protests against the military junta in Thailand, while another concerned about media freedom has reported a sharp increase in censorship there. The 19 September Anti-Coup Network announced on Wednesday that it will call for street protests on January 19 and 21. "We will not accept the interim constitution and the ... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-004-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-005-2007 (Hong Kong, January 19, 2007) Martial law and emergency regulations should be lifted from Thailand without further delay, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) said in an appeal issued on Friday.In the appeal, marking the fourth month after the army seized power Hong Kong-based regional rights group said that the extension of martial law and emergency regulations over the south "do ... Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-005-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-006-2007 (Hong Kong, January 26, 2007) Five Indian men are facing charges of murder despite the "dead" man having appeared in court and told the judge that the case was fabricated, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) revealed on Friday.The five--Bal Govind, Kashinath, Rajnath, Ramesh and Harishchand--were arrested in 2004 and detained for about a month before being released on bail over the ... Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-006-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-007-2007 (Hong Kong, January 31, 2007) A rights defender in Burma on Friday sued 30 news journals for slander after they all published an article portraying her as a prostitute. Naw Ohn Hla, a 43-year-old from Hmawbi, near Rangoon, lodged a complaint in the Sanchaung court over an article published in the periodicals throughout January in which she was said to hang out in a place known to be frequented by ... Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-007-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-008-2007 (Hong Kong, March 1, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday launched a new webpage calling for an end to the emergency regulations in force across the country's southernmost provinces. "The emergency decree over the southern provinces ... Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-008-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-009-2007 (Hong Kong, March 1, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday sent a detailed report on the illegal and arbitrary detention of seven persons in Burma to a United Nations specialist group.  The Hong Kong-based regional organisation submitted the 22-page document to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on the case of Hkun Htun Oo and six others who were convicted of ... Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-009-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-010-2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRESS RELEASEAHRC-PL-010-2007BURMA: Lawyers' group appeals for "reactivation" of bar council(Hong Kong, March 1, 2007) A lawyers' group on Thursday made an appeal for the "reactivation" of the Bar Council and for reform of the judiciary in Burma. The Thailand-based Burma Lawyer's Council (BLC) said in a statement that corruption was destroying the ... Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-010-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-011-2007 (Hong Kong, March 12, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission congratulates Kishali Pinto-Jayawardene of Sri Lanka for being recognized as Sri Lanka's Woman of Courage for the year 2007.  Ms. Pinto-Jayawardene has been given the International Woman of Courage award by the United States. A communiqu?announcing the award states as follows:Ms. Pinto-Jayawardena has been an unstinting advocate for ... Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-011-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-012-2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRESS RELEASEAHRC-PL-012-2007INDIA: AHRC calls for international protest over massacre, questions Indian "democracy"(Hong Kong, March 15, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday called for widespread protest to a massacre on Wednesday at an Indian village in which dozens of persons, including women and children, are reported to have been killed, ... Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-012-2007 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-013-2007 (Hong Kong, March 28, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday launched a new webpage to host a petition against censorship of the internet in Thailand.The petition, by Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT), calls for an end to illegal and unmonitored censorship of websites in Thailand. "Internet censorship curtails public access to information, academic research, ... Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.humanrights.asia/news/press-releases/AHRC-PL-013-2007