Forwarded Statement

Lahore, April 02: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has highlighted the difficulties in verifying cases of enforced disappearance in Balochistan and urged all concerned to play their role in documenting these cases to ensure that those in unlawful detention are freed, the illegal practice is brought to an end, and no enforced disappearance […]

The Alliance of Media Organizations is disturbed by the recent wave of hate speeches and slanderous personal attacks directed against media personnel and human rights activists in the country, in the aftermath of the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Sri Lanka. Last week, Minister Mervyn Silva, addressing a public rally, threatened to ‘break […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of Sri Lankan human rights defenders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from a group of Sri Lankan human rights defenders forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Civil society urges government to stop hate campaigns […]

We Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Laureates remember Jeju Island in Korea as a peaceful island with beautiful scenery and tragic history. These days, however, the tearful crying of Jeju is echoing in our ears caused by explosive blasting for construction of a navy base at Gangjeong village. In the last few days, explosive blasting […]

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply disturbed by the threats faced by Mr. Herman Kumara of NAFSO and Mr. Aruna Nishantha Fernando of All Ceylon Fisher Folk Federation (ACFFF), including an attempt to abduct him, and condemn these attempts to stifle democratic rights and silence activists. According to an affidavit signed by Herman […]

A Statement from the Cambodia Civil Society forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission March 15, 2012 – We, the undersigned groups and individual members of civil society, are calling for justice to be served in accordance with the rule of law, with regard to the brutal shootings of three young Cambodian female workers – […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement written by a group of human rights activists published in Bintang Papua. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- 7 March 2012 Following a statement that has just been made by Amir Syamsuddin, the Minister for Law and Human Rights claiming that there are […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following report published in Prothom Alo, a national Bangla language daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 1 March 2012. The original story can be read at: http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-03-01/news/228930 . Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Prothom Alo, a national Bangla language daily newspaper of Bangladesh, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following report published in New Age, a national English language daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 1 March 2012. The original story can be read at: http://newagebd.com/newspaper/detail.php?date=2012-03-01&nid=2466. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the New Age, a national English language daily newspaper of Bangladesh, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following report published in The Daily Star, a national English language daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 1 March 2012. The original story can be read at: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=224539 . Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Daily Star, a national English language daily newspaper of […]

Jakarta/Brussels, 16 February 2012: Despite years of investment in community policing, the Indonesian police remain deeply distrusted by the people they are supposed to serve. Indonesia: The Deadly Cost of Poor Policing, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, says that the high frequency of angry crowd attacks on police and police stations is […]

เรียน ทุกท่าน เราปรารถนาที่จะแบ่งปันแถลงการณ์ร่วมโดยองค์กรสิทธิมนุษยชนในประเทศไทย ต่อกรณีการเรียกร้องให้มีการปล่อยตัวชั่วคราว นายสมยศ  พฤกษาเกษมสุข และจำเลยในคดีอาญาอื่น ระหว่างการพิจารณาคดี คณะกรรมาธิการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งเอเชีย (Asian Human Rights Commission) ฮ่องกง ————- เพื่อการเผยแพร่ทันที AHRC-FST-008-2012-TH 16 กุมภาพันธ์ 2555 แถลงการณ์ร่วมจากองค์กรสิทธิมนุษชนในประเทศไทย ส่งต่อโดยคณะกรรมาธิการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งเอเชีย (Asian Human Rights Commission: AHRC) ประเทศไทย: องค์กรสิทธิเรียกร้องให้มีการปล่อยตัวชั่วคราว นายสมยศ พฤกษาเกษมสุข และจำเลยในคดีอาญาอื่น ระหว่างการพิจารณาคดี   สำหรับเผยแพร่ทันที วันที่  15  กุมภาพันธ์   2555 แถลงการณ์ การปล่อยตัวชั่วคราว นายสมยศ  พฤกษาเกษมสุข และจำเลยในคดีอาญาอื่น ที่ไม่ได้รับการปล่อยตัวชั่วคราว สืบเนื่องจากกรณีที่ นายสมยศ  พฤกษาเกษมสุข นักกิจกรรมด้านแรงงาน แกนนำกลุ่ม 24 มิถุนาประชาธิปไตย และบรรณาธิการบริหาร นิตยสาร วอยซ์ […]

Contributors: Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA), Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF), Union for Civil Liberty (UCL), Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Wants (EnLAW), Foundation of Muslim Attorney Centre (MAC), Asian Institute for Human Rights (AIHR), Community Resource Centre (CRC), Thai Netizen Network, Center for Child Development and Community Network, Stateless Watch Dear friends, We wish […]

Contributors: Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF), Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF), Campaign Committee for Human Rights (CCHR), Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Want Project (EnLaw) Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from Human Rights and Development Foundation (HRDF), Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF), Campaign Committee […]

Government has to Take on Military and Intelligence Services and end Impunity  (New York, January 30, 2012) – The Pakistani government should redouble efforts to find the killers of the journalist Saleem Shahzad, following the failure of the judicial inquiry commission to identify those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. The commission concluded in its […]

On January 26, 2012, the former OIC of Polpithigama Police was convicted under the torture Act by the High Court of Kurunegala. Wijeratne, the former OIC of Polpithigama Police Station, was sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment and was ordered to pay Rs. 25,000/- as compensation to Sujith Priyantha, torture victim. On July 29, 2003, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following editorial published by the Daily Star, an English-speaking national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 17 January 2012. The original editorial can be available for the readers at: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=218604. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An Editorial from the Daily Star forwarded by the Asian Human […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following editorial published by the Daily Star, an English-speaking national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 15 January 2012. The original editorial can be available for the readers at: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=218339#comments. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An Editorial from the Daily Star forwarded by the Asian […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement published by the Daily Star, an English-speaking national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 14 January 2012. The statement can be available for the readers at: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=218321. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Daily Star forwarded by the Asian Human […]

On 29 December 2011, Mr Choung Chou-Ngy was charged under Article 565 of the 2009 Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the “Penal Code”) — “Provision of Means for Escape”.  This charge has been brought in response to the release of Mr Choung Chou-Ngy’s client, Mr Meas Peng, deputy chief of Banteay Dek commune […]