Forwarded Statement

Earl Butz, US Secretary, Agriculture in 1974 said “If food can be used as a weapon  we shall be happy to use it” Bt Brinjal is part of this strategy We thank Shri Ramesh, Minister-in-Charge of Environment and Forest, Govt. of India and thank him for providing the opportunity to discuss on genetically modified crops […]

Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from IPS. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from IPS forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Marwaan Macan-Markar interviews KISHALI PINTO-JAYAWARDENA, Sri Lankan human rights advocate BANGKOK, Jan 20, 2010 (IPS) – Sri Lanka’s nearly three decades of civil war […]

The ICJ is pleased to release a new report, “Post-: Rule of Law, the Criminal Justice System and Commissions of Inquiry,” authored by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena. The full 175 page report is available on the ICJ website (www.icj.org) or by clicking on the weblink in the press release below. Roger Normand Director, Asia Pacific Programme International […]

Dear friends, We wish to share two related press statements with you from Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI). The Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- Two statements from SUARAM and Gerakan Mansuhkan forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission MALAYSIA: Stop Unacceptable Religious Violence Immediately! Press Statement 8 January 2010 […]

http://www.rsf.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=35833 Reporters without Borders and the Burma Media Association are appalled by the 20-year jail sentence that a court has just imposed on Hla Hla Win, a freelance video reporter who provided material to the Burmese exile broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma. Detained since September, she was already given a seven-year sentence in October. “People […]

Cross Culture Foundation  Immediate Released on 20 December 2000  Public Statement The disappearance of Mr. Abduloh Abukaree, a grave jeopardy   All parties must be held responsible for safety of the witnesses  It was reported that on the night of 11 December 2009, Mr. Abduloh Abukaree went missing while returning from a teashop, not far a […]

The fundamental rights were included in the constitution because they were considered essential for the development of the personality of every individual and to preserve human dignity. The writers of the constitution regarded democracy of no avail if civil liberties, like freedom of speech and religion were not recognized and protected by the State. According […]

Around 45,000 of the 1.4 million blind people in Pakistan are children aged under-15. Many more children suffer from ‘low vision’, which means a significant vision defect even with glasses. Others suffer because they do not have spectacles or the underlying error that prevents them from seeing properly has not been diagnosed. About 10,000 of […]

The heinous massacre (Maguindanao massacre) of civilians in Ampatuan, Maguindanao deserves competence of the highest order in the gathering, preserving and evaluation of evidence as well as in the subsequent arrest and prosecution of its perpetrators. It should also be the platform for a sober approach that will comprehensively address the issue of private armies […]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 20/021/2009 2 December 2009 Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa must ensure independent,credible and impartial investigation into the killings of two Adivasi (indigenous community) leaders by police and paramilitary personnel in Narayanpatna on 20 November 2009, Amnesty International said today. The deceased – Singanna and Andrew […]

As we all know that Pakistan is not a naturally grown country, rather a man-made state that came into existence through a contract between different people. And that contract, everyone knows, is the 1940 Lahore resolution; also called the Pakistan resolution. In civilized world, for different peoples to live together, a social contract happens to […]

Significant progress achieved in recent years in the international legal response to violence against women has resulted in the explicit recognition of violence against women as a human rights concern. However, the reality on the ground shows that many forms and manifestations of violence against women remain endemic around the world, cutting across national boundaries, […]

The UK government should immediately order an independent judicial inquiry into the role and complicity of British security services in the torture of terrorism suspects in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 46-page report, “Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and Ill-treatment of Terror Suspects in Pakistan,” provides accounts […]

The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal murder of scores of civilians in Datu Abdullah Sangki town in Maguindanaoin, a bloody start for the 2010 elections. Among the hapless victims were UPLM treasurer Concepcion “Connie” Brizuela and UPLM member Cynthia Oquendo. Authorities claimed the victims were […]

RESOLUTION We the civil society groups from Jammu and Kashmir and the North East affected by militarisation and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and other organisations in solidarity, having come together from 12 to 14 November 2009 at New Delhi and deliberated on the issues of AFSPA, Taking cognizance of the prolonged imposition of the […]

The World community including Pakistan is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on (CRC) on November 20, to which all member states of the UN have ratified and Pakistan ratified it in 1990. Under Article 44 of the UNCRC, it is obligatory upon ratifying states to submit periodic reports after every five […]

Civil society in Orissa is going to hold a public hearing on food security on 21 November. It is organized by Right to Food Campaign Orissa, Focus Orissa, Malkanagiri, OREGS Watch, Water Rights Orissa, KBK Round Table, Samuhik Marudi Praikar Mach, and Janata Vikas Manch. All civil organizations working for tribal rights and rural development […]

November 17, 2009 Since three special laws have been enforced in the three Southern border provinces including the Martial Law Act B.E.2457 (1914) and the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 (2005) covering the provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat and the Internal Security Act B.E. 2551 (2008)1 covering the districts […]

All aspects of corruption in rehabilitation to be inquired by Justice Jha Commission Corruption in payment of compensation to the ineligible, house plot allotment, livelihood grant to landless and back water levels: Commission to report back to High Court Jha Commission’s funds to be routed through High Court Registry A Division Bench of Justice A.K. […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Reporters Without Border. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Reporter Without Borders forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Two Pakistani journalists, Rab Nawaz Joya and Javed Kanwal Chandor, have been held since 10 November in a police station […]