Columns

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: The Lotus Movement — If we have our political or personal differences, let’s not tear each other apart Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth I write often that our future and what we do are not dictated by what we know. Its how we […]

An article by Abdul Jabbar Bhatti published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The cases of extrajudicial killing has got nonstop in Sindh & Balochistan The cases of extrajudicial killing has got nonstop in Sindh. Every day, newspapers and TV channels are filled with deceased bodies, assassinated by unknown persons, police personnel and law […]

An article by Indira Shankar published by the Asian human Rights Commission On August 18, 2008, more than 35,000 villagers were displaced by a massive flood of the Koshi River in Nepal. The damage has been tremendous, and has led to increasing hunger and poverty. At the time of breaching about 168,000 Cusec diverted into […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: When actions convergence, change can’t be stopped April 15, 2011 Happy Khmer New Year of the Rabbit to all my Cambodian and non-Cambodian Buddhist readers! May you be blessed in this New Year with new thoughts and a new soul as […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: Two inspirational historical events spark young Cambodians to work for change I do have my political preferences. Like anyone else, my political socialization began in childhood. And like other Cambodians in general, I was taught to “korup, bamroer, kaowd k’lach, smoh […]

The Philippine Supreme Court exhibited chicanery in its February 8, 2011 decision denying “with finality” the appeal of the five men known as the “Abadilla 5” who were convicted of the ambush killing of Col. Rolando Abadilla on June 13, 1996. In reaching this decision, the Court had to address the issue of whether to […]

An article by George Katsiaficas published by the Asian Human Rights Commission EGYPT: The real Egyptian revolution is yet to come by George Katsiaficas Around the world, people are enthusiastically greeting the “Egyptian Revolution” — the astonishing victory won by the historic 18-day People Power Uprising. As events move more rapidly than anyone can anticipate, […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: Lessons from Tunis and Cairo that premier Hun Sen and Cambodian democrats can learn There are lessons from events in Tunisia and Egypt, useful for Cambodia’s ruler, Hun Sen, made prime minister by the Vietnamese occupation forces in January 1985; and […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: Buddhist thought for the New Year January 14, 2011 As we enter the fifteenth day of the New Year 2011, I would like begin this first article of the year for the Asian Human Rights Commission, with the words of Lord […]

The introspection, debate and outrage generated a month ago by the attacks on two villages in Gojra on July 31 and Aug 1 may be out of public sight, as happened all too often in the past, but the nine people murdered and the homes and churches gutted are not out of mind. Neither is […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: “A voice from Phnom Penh — Thinking Gray” Last year, a reader e-mailed me from Phnom Penh to say he has enjoyed reading my columns on the Internet and that he will be the first in line to sign up for […]

An article by Nick Cheesman published by the Asian Human Rights Commission WORLD: WikiLeaks and the politics of Interpol The issuance of an Interpol wanted notice for the Australian founder of Wikileaks within days after his website began releasing hundreds of thousands of classified United States government cables is blatantly political. Interpol’s charter prohibits it […]

Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth As a student of politics, I understand the usefulness of letter writing, petitioning, appealing to foreign leaders for help. I myself have used these tools. But not today, I have stood as only an observer of Khmer democrats who write, petition, appeal to outside agents to intervene as “elected” dictator Hun Sen, […]

An article by Mr. Imran Bajwa published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Forty thousand killed and more than one hundred thousand injured during war on terror By Imran Bajwa With over forty thousand Pakistanis killed and over hundred thousand injured (still counting) and the whole nation terrorised & hopeless, one may ask whose […]

An article by Professor Diane Desierto of the University of the Philippines published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PHILIPPINES: Ongoing institutional persecution of a law school faculty Dear friends and fellow legal scholars, I apologize for this long note, but I thought I should set the record straight on the maelstrom of ongoing institutional […]

An article by Mr. Imran Bajwa published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The world spends more than four billion dollars per day on its military And that does not include world’s largest army of China, six declared rogue states and a host of other non-state & undocumented actors. The total global defence spending […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: “A Khmer’s ‘one kilo of brain’ that is as good as any other brain” Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth My Sep. 22 column, “Effect of teachers is long lasting,” brought an anonymous blogger’s comments, signed “kaun khmer” (Khmer child), who thanked all educators […]

An article by Mr. Temogen Tulawie published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PHILIPPINES: “Guilty until proven innocent” “Sige ka, magiging Cocoy ka” This line has become part of the equation to scare Human Rights workers and the people in Sulu away from the very thing that is inherent to human — their rights. The […]

An article by Prof. Angana Chatterji* published by the Asian Human Rights Commission SOUTH ASIA: Kashmir, India’s historically manufactured nemesis “Freedom” represents many things across rural and urban spaces in India-ruled Kashmir. These divergent meanings are steadfastly united in that freedom always signifies an end to India’s authoritarian governance. In the administration of brutality, India, […]

An article by Avinash Pandey Samar published by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Is it some new political science you are referring to Dr Dayan! Avinash Pandey Samar “Who is the ultimate arbiter whom the citizens of Sri Lanka should follow” is the biggest question troubling Dr Dayan Jayathillake, a Sri Lankan writer. […]