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PAKISTAN: Flood Disaster-Rupees 249 billion losses to agriculture sector

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Shoaib Habib Memon. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Shoaib Habib Memon forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Flood Disaster-Rupees 249 billion losses to agriculture sector The losses to agriculture sector of the country from […]

PAKISTAN: Frontier Crimes Regulation — Infringing Human and Child Rights

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Abdullah Khoso. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from abdulhumanrights.blogspot.com forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Frontier Crimes Regulation — Infringing Human and Child Rights By Abdullah Khoso Introduction During the time of the British Raj in […]

PAKISTAN: Balochis are treated as aliens in their own homeland

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Balochis are treated as aliens in their own homeland By Khalid Hayat Jamaldin Torture and kidnapping of Balochs in […]

THAILAND: Power of Walking, Power of Minds: Why Are We Walking to Pattani?

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Ms.Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Coordinator of Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Ms. Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Coordinator of Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission THAILAND: Power of Walking, Power of Minds: Why Are […]

PAKISTAN: Ahmedi families are denied shelter in relief camps

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Express Tribune. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from The Express Tribune forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The government and local clerics refused to shelter around 500 flood-affected families belonging to the Ahmadiya community in South Punjab’s […]

PAKISTAN: Flood unleashes wave of human trafficking

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Nicholas Trainer published in The Epoch Times. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Epoch Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Article by Nicholas Trainor Flooding in Pakistan has already created a humanitarian crisis of extreme proportions, but […]

PAKISTAN: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Ordinance 2010: Two Steps Forward- One Step Back

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Qindeel Shujaat, pakistan.childrightsdesk.com. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Qindeel Shujaat, pakistan.childrightsdesk.com, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Ordinance 2010: Two Steps Forward- One Step Back An Ordinance, titled “The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

PAKISTAN: Blasphemy law revisited

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. I.A. Rehman. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from I.A. Rehman, published in Daily Dawn, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Is it not time for the Ulema to re-examine their thesis that the blasphemy law can stop […]

PAKISTAN: The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance has completed its 10 years but yet to be implemented

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Anees Jillani advocate. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Anees Jillani advocate forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Article by Anees Jillani, Advocate Supreme Court The PPC (Pakistan Penal Code 1860) remained the major law governing […]

IRAN: Son pleads for help as mother awaits stoning

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from CNN. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from CNN forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission IRAN: Son pleads for help as mother awaits stoning (CNN) — Sajjad Mohammedie Ashtiani travels to a Tabriz jail in Iran every Monday to […]

WORLD: A three-part study on the crisis in institutions for administration of justice in Sri Lanka and its consequences for the realisation of human rights in Asia

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Article 2. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Article 2 forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Basil Fernando, Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong This year I was able to complete my […]

SRI LANKA: Authoritarian Regimes Vs. NGOs

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Learning Bitter Lessons from Contemporary Persecutions JC Weliamuna This article is a continuation of the previous article Breaking the Backbone […]

SRI LANKA: Breaking the Backbone of Civil Society in Sri Lanka

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. J.C. Weliamuna forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Breaking the Backbone of Civil Society in Sri Lanka Time to challenge the anti NGO propaganda JC Weliamuna […]

THAILAND: Diplomacy trumps human rights at U.N. rights council

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following extended version of an editorial that was published in the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An editorial from the South China Morning Post forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission THAILAND: Diplomacy trumps human rights at […]

INDIA: The Police – Politician Paradigm

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: The Police – Politician Paradigm THE POLICE — POLITICIAN PARADIGM The Executive – Police Relationship The […]

PAKISTAN: Authorities refusing visa to Asian team who want to meet victim families

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Ahmar Masti Khan Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Ahmar Masti Khan forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Authorities refusing visa to Asian team who want to meet victim families WASHINGTON, DC: Pakistan is dragging its feet […]

ASIA: UNJUST—A thought provoking documentary

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA: UNJUST—A thought provoking documentary UNJUST- A thought provoking documentary The story of these three women is not […]

INDONESIA: Where questions can lead to convictions

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Jakarta Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Elaine Pearson (HRW) published in The Jakarta Post forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDONESIA: Where questions can lead to convictions Elaine Pearson, The Jakarta Post, June 5, 2010 […]

SRI LANKA: Caste origins of Sri Lankan Authoritarianism- Part 6

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Caste origins of Sri Lankan Authoritarianism- Part 6 SUDRA ORIGIN OF ALL SRI LANKANS (Editor’s Note: An interview […]

SRI LANKA: AG’s ‘Chandi’ attack on UN Rapporteur Philip Alston

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: AG’s ‘Chandi’ attack on UN Rapporteur Philip Alston “The Attorney General’s attack on this matter also brings many […]