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Honour killings locally known as karo-kari are completely against the concept of Islam. The root of honour killings is centuries old and it is a practice followed before the Islamic era called Jahiliyah, the time of ignorance before the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Although such kind of practices are strictly forbidden in Islam it has still […]

An article by Stewart Sloan published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Racial discrimination is alive and well and living in Hong Kong, thank you very much. Although westerners might find this hard to believe, ask any Filipino, Thai, Indonesian or any other member of a minority group. Any one of these people will tell […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission My grandson, 12, a seventh grader, read “The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror” (2004), a bestseller by a former Soviet prisoner, Natan Sharansky. He passed the book to me, saying I might be interested in […]

An article by Muhammad Boota Sarwar published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Food for All is the main theme of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) but the people living below poverty line are increasing day by day due to price hike and rising un-employment and estimated to cross 40% of the population, majority living […]

An article by Ruwandi Silva published by the Asian Human Rights Commission It was the late eighties. Sri Lanka was heading towards more and more turbulent times dragging along the disillusioned and frustrated generations with her to a bottomless abyss. Widespread social inequality, rising unemployment, brutal state repression and sharpening ethnic divide provided an ideal […]

Contributors: JC Weliamuna JC Weliamuna An article by Mr. JC Weliamuna published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Brief analysis of Corrupt Public Expenditure in Sri Lanka JC Weliamuna Lessons from China or Tunisia? Just few months ago, in response to a public outcry for more accountability and transparency in the use of public funds, […]

An article by Sujata Paudel published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Sujata Paudel Famous Nepali saying states that “the heaven exist there where the women are respected”. This saying underlines the strength of women. The woman is also considered the first teacher in any family who can guide her children and family in the […]

Contributors: Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission The end of 2011 is filled with less than happy news on Cambodia and her people that dampens the holiday mood. On the first of December, Radio Free Asia presented a somber broadcast on the […]

An article by Abbas Kassar published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Incidence of violation against women are on rise in Pakistan especially in its Sindh province where they are subjected to various forms of violence including murders under pretext of “family honor” that is called in Sindhi language as Karo Kari( honor killing) kidnapping, […]

An article by Rod Nordland of Asia News published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Massoud Hossaini/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Afghan Shiites who were taking part in a religious ceremony at a shrine in Kabul on Tuesday were attacked by a suicide bomber. Rod Nordland KABUL, Afghanistan — A Pakistan-based extremist group claimed responsibility for […]

I have been visiting, quite frequently, in flood affected areas of Pakistan’s Southern Sindh province and realized that government, non-government and private organizations are trying to provide food and relief to affected population. One can argue the quality and appropriateness of relief efforts but it is quite encouraging that relief efforts are underway to provide […]

An article by Sohaib Mengal published by the Asian Human Rights Commission The media and the judiciary keep concentrating on non-issues but turn a blind eye to brutalities and human rights violations by state-run agencies Prime Minister Gilani, on his recent visit to Quetta, asked the militants to shun violence and urged them to choose […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Last August, my column in this space examined the future of Cambodia’s youth and education. Immediately after it appeared, an American friend e-mailed to ask if I was perhaps too pessimistic. Cambodia has the youngest population among the 10 members of the […]

The death of a four-year-old girl, due to lack of proper medical treatment, in a densely populated slum in Karachi, has neither noticed nor raised any concern either among public or policy makers on essentially preventable deaths of girl child in this part of the world. It is a clear fact that despite the introduction […]

An article by Amir Murtaza published by the Asian Human Rights Commission During past week, I have traveled in interior parts of Sindh province and collected information about extraordinary human and financial losses, caused by heavy monsoon rains. While talking to local media, they had confirmed the death of at least 220 people, including children, […]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is urging the complete demilitarisation of occupied Balochistan, as a precondition for a negotiated political settlement to end six decades of economic neglect, ethnic persecution and military repression by Islamabad. Echoing the criticisms of Baloch national leaders, the HRCP says the Pakistan government’s current peace and reconciliation package […]

An article by Fizza Hassan published by the Asian Human Rights Commission As Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts more monsoon rains in the coming days, the worst victims of rains and breaches in a monsoon-swollen Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) in Badin district — the Pakistani low caste Hindus (Dalits) of the districts were denied […]

Contributors: Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission In my column in this space in August, “A look at the future of Cambodia’s youth and education,” I posited that, “If youth is the future of the country and education is a sine qua […]

In this discussion on youth, education, and Cambodia’s future, topics in vogue today, I would like to introduce some brief theoretical concepts about perceptions and reality; follow with what some regular Cambodians (whom I have not met) write; and examine some observations and survey results by several organizations. My purpose is to provoke discussion about […]

Contributors: Mr. J.C. Welliamuna Mr. J.C. Welliamuna An article by Mr. J.C. Welliamuna published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Discussion on the validity of the Non-military Engagement of the Military War or internal armed conflict in the North and East was over; Emergency is no more; but still the military is everywhere. The military […]