Forwarded Press Release

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Janata Vikas Manch and Agragamee. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from Janata Vikas Manch and Agragamee forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) INDIA: Farmers’ Suicides & Mining Scam in Odisha […]

On 23 October 2009, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights defenders, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda), called on States in the Third Committee of the General Assembly to do away with laws that required NGOs to register before they could operate. She was concerned that States were increasingly using security and counter-terrorism laws or more […]

Heidelberg, (17 November, 2009) – The human rights organization FIAN criticized the final declaration of the World Summit on Food Security as a document that presents no and promoting the right to food. “Neither the recognition of the right to food nor the finding that agriculture in countries of the Global South must be promoted […]

Independent Citizens Fact Finding Mission to Manipur, Imphal, November 7, 2009 PRESS RELEASE A team of concerned citizens comprising of Dr. K. S. Subramanian IPS, formerly of the Manipur-Tripura cadre and currently visiting professor, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi; Mr. Sumit Chakravartty, Editor, Mainstream; Ms. Kavita Srivastava, National Secretary PUCL; and Ms. Vasundhara Jairath of […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Narmada Bachao Andolan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from Narmada Bachao Andolan forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) For Immediate Release: 1 November 2009 While the Madhya Pradesh State […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Advocacy Forum, Nepal. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from the Advocacy Forum, Nepal forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) We are deeply saddened at the suspicious death of Mr. […]

New Delhi, October 15, 2009: On the eve of the World Food Day on October 16th and a day after the apex regulatory body in India gave its clearance for Bt Brinjal as India’s first Genetically Modified (GM) food crop, consumer rights groups and Resident Welfare Associations put out a message urging Delhi’ites to reject […]

Quetta (11 October 2009): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) calls as the first confidence-building measure to start a political dialogue in the province and warns if corrective actions are not taken immediately with the concurrence of Balochistan’s people, the country may dearly regret the consequences. The full statement reads as follows: After a […]

Monday 28 September 2009 at 9.00 am, the court in Yala spoke with the public prosecutor and the lawyer for the first trial in the death inquest of Mr. Usharee Samaae (26) according to Criminal Procedure Article 150. Prior to this, investigative officers submitted the case file to the Yala public prosecutor and was recorded […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the INQUIRER.net containing the list of private and business groups and institutions accepting donations for typhoon victims. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from the INQUIRER.net forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission […]

Dear all, I have narrated below a story from Bihar where RTI advocators succeeded in prevailing upon the State Information Commission to impose maximum penalty on erring officers of the district administration. Please feel free to circulate this story amongst your networks. In order to access our previous email alerts please click on: http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/programs/ai/rti/india/national.htm. You will […]

(18 September 2009) GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Mr. Olivier De Schutter, argued that “there has not been enough structural change in response to the world food crisis,” as he presented his second report on the emergency to the UN Human Rights Council. Greater emphasis on right to […]

GENEVA, 17 September 2009 — A new UN framework to eliminate caste discrimination, one of the world’s most serious human rights challenges, yesterday received backing from a number of international actors, including the government of Nepal, the EU presidency and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Speaking at a side event during the 12th session […]

Ms Sherry Rehman, former federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting has called for an immediate inquiry into the death of Fanish Masih, who was found dead three days after he was arrested on charges of desecration of the Holy Quran in Sambarial last week. “Fanish Masih’s death, whether it was a suicide or a murder […]

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the “shameful” 20-year jail sentence which a Colombo high court passed today on journalist J.S. Tissainayagam on charges of supporting terrorism and inciting racial hatred in his articles. “The imposition of this extremely severe sentence on Tissainayagam suggests that some Sri Lanka judges confuse justice with revenge,” Reporters Without […]

INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION the global voice of the legal profession [For immediate release: Thursday, 27 August 2009] TheInternational Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemns the death threat made to one of Sri Lanka’s leading human rights activists Mr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, the Executive Director of the Colombo-based think tank Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA). Concerned […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from Human Rights Watch forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) President Karzai Makes Shia Women Second-Class Citizens for Electoral Gain (New York, […]

Posted: 10 August 2009 Equivalent of Bournemouth’s population live, eat and sleep in area size of Wembley Stadium Amnesty International today called for the immediate release of 285,000 innocent civilians – including an estimated 50,000 children – being held in cramped and squalid camps in the north of Sri Lanka. The camps – each surrounded […]

Date: 2009/8/4 For Immediate Release Sri Lanka: Adopt International Third Anniversary of ACF Murders Marked by Government Inaction, Intimidation (New York, August 3, 2009) – The Sri Lankan government’s gross mishandling of the investigation into the execution-style slaying of 17 aid workers in the northeastern town of Mutur three years ago demonstrates the need for […]

The case of Rizana Nafeek, the underaged Sri Lankan housemaid who was found guilty of the death of a Saudi infant in May 2005, has taken a new turn. The court in Dawadmi where Nafeek was initially tried has referred the case once again to the Supreme Judicial Council in Riyadh. The referral is accompanied […]