Forwarded Statement

On 31 March 2010, another young worker of the Samsung semiconductors factory, Ms. Park Ji-yeon died. Ms. Park started working at the Onyang factory and was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 21. She died at the age of 23. Hers is allegedly the ninth death out of 23 workers who have been allegedly […]

A workshop on “NREGA: Recent Evidence, Unresolved Issues, Possible Innovations” was held at Allahabad University on 6-7 March 2010. About 50 researchers, administrators and activists who have closely studied NREGA from different perspectives attended this workshop. While a broad range of issues were discussed, and differences emerged in some cases, there was unanimous agreement on […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Watch regarding the trial against the Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for “consensual homosexual conduct”. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A statement from Human Rights Watch forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Proceedings Violate Basic Fair Trial Rights  […]

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights finds the recent report of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (CEACR) to the Philippines issued on February 24 a cause of serious concern. In its report, the committee stated: “The Committee once again recalls the importance it attaches to the […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of UN human rights experts. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from a group of UN human rights experts forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission “With an estimated 884 million people relying on unimproved drinking water sources, […]

BANGLADESH RATIFICATION OF THE ROME STATUTE IS BEFITTING TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF 1971 BANGLADESH MUST DEPOSIT INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION BEFORE 1 APRIL, 2010 Odhikar congratulates the government for Ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today. The Rome Statute was adopted by the international community on 17 July 1998 and Bangladesh signed […]

Jakarta/Brussels, 11 March 2010: A substantive dialogue between the Indonesian government and Papuan leaders could help stem political radicalisation in the country’s easternmost province. Indonesia: ,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, charts the radicalisation of activists from the central highlands, the province’s mountainous spine, and links a small group of them, the pro-independence […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) is one with the exploited women of […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Statement of the Revolutionary Association of the Women […]

After last year’s by and large peaceful general elections, Indonesia is internationally accepted as a democratic country that upholds fundamental human rights. Within ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Indonesia tries to position itself as a regional vanguard of human rights protection, as last witnessed by its role in the creation of an ASEAN human […]

Dear Friends, Anti POSCO struggle in the Indian state of Orissa urgently require your help! Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), the South Korea based steel giant is moving forward with its plans to build a steel mill in Jagatsingpura in the north-eastern part of Orissa, India. The mill, also involves mining at Keonjhar and […]

A Secret Trial before a Kangaroo Tribunal Why is the Sri Lankan government avoiding the country’s courts? (February 10, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The case against Sarath Fonseka, the common candidate for the opposition who was able to win, even going by the official results, over forty percent of the votes in the last presidential […]

E01/02/2010 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ATTACKS ON PEACEFUL PROTEST “…all parties that have hitherto shared in government must share in some measure the responsibility for these despicable tendencies.1 ? “We have seen men enjoying positions of responsibility conniving with hoodlums and rowdies ?The law, to be respected, must be enforced without fear or favour. There are people, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka Human Rights Watch The opposition holds a meeting to protest the rigging of the election (February […]

The Year 2009: Ten Steps Forward for Human Rights 1. Action against industrial pollution in Mab Da Phut Mab Da Phut is an industrial estate where many people have suffered detrimental health effects from heavy pollution. Legal action was taken by affected persons against the National Environmental Committee, the Minister of Resources and the Environment, […]

Sri Lanka Human Rights Watch Deconstitutionalising, deinstitutionalising and the denial of legal remedies as a modern technique of terror (February 02, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The deprivation of a sense of citizenship by a process of deconstitutionalising, accompanied by deinstitutionalising and the deprivation of legal remedies has become a more sophisticated form of terror in […]

The year 2009 was one of the worst for Ahmadis (a religious minority community) in Pakistan. Eleven Ahmadis were murdered for their faith. Since the promulgation of the anti-Ahmadiyya law in 1984, there has never been a year when less than 11 Ahmadis were killed. Apart from this, numerous attempts have been made on the […]

Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-008-2010 February 1, 2010 A Statement from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The Diary of Terror – 31st January 2010 Sri Lanka […]

Sri Lanka Human Rights Watch (January 30, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Pregeeth Ekenaliyagoda, a senior journalist, political analyst and visual designer, attached to Lanka E-News, was abducted on the 24th of January and remains missing. His family and several media groups in Sri Lanka, as well as international media organizations have published the disappearance and […]

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières From: RSF ASIA <asie@rsf.org> Date: 2010/1/25 25 January 2010 In English: http://www.rsf.org/Political-reporter-and-cartoonist.html En français : http://www.rsf.org/Un-analyste-politique-et.html Reporters Without Borders urges the security forces to assign more personnel to the search for journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, who went missing last night in Colombo. A senior police official told the press freedom organisation he was […]