Hunger Alert Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation in Uttar Pradesh state, that several families in Alhadapur village in Amedkar Nagar district are facing acute food shortage. It is reported that the food shortage is due to the failure of the administration […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR) in Uttar Pradesh that the 18 Musahar families in Sarai village, Pindra block in Varanasi district have been deprived of Antyodaya (red colored cards issued for distribution of rationed articles) cards. It […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR) in Uttar Pradesh that the Musahar community in Dallipur-Fattepur village, Pindra Tehsil, Badagaon block in Varanasi district has been denied possession of their lands which had been allotted to them in their […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that the livelihoods of about 500,000 fishermen will be directly and severely affected and approximately 100,000 persons will be displaced as the Pakistan government has signed a 99 year lease contract on twin Islands, namely Bhudal and Bhuddo in Karachi, Sindh province to a Dubai […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was informed by the Gram Swarajya Samithi, a local human rights organisation in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh state in India, that thousands of children and adults are facing the risk of becoming handicapped due to Fluorosis. A recent survey conducted by this local group reveals that at […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights organisation in West Bengal regarding the tragic deaths of eight indigenous tribespeople due to prolonged starvation and severe malnutrition between the approximate period of May to July of 2006, in Barala Gram Panchayat, of the Sagardighi Block in the Murshidabad […]

Dear Friends, Staff of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) together with staff of the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR) in Uttar Pradesh, India have received news that a child died of starvation this morning, 28 July 2006 due to wanton government inaction and neglect because of caste discrimination. Nine-month-old Seema Musahar died […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the plight of several thousand villagers suffering from hunger and malnutrition due to the severe drought that has affected the Tharparkar District over the past ten months. Drought has been a common occurrence in the area, and while several welfare assistance programmes exist […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from The Asylum Seeker Project (http://asp.hothammission.org.au/), in Melbourne, Australia, detailing the plight of several asylum seekers and the denial of their right to health, as a result of the Australian Government’s current refugee policy. The right to health is a fundamental human right, however […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and Aim, Lucknow regarding the acute situation of hunger and failure of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in Nindura Block, Barabanki District, Uttar Pradesh. On May 5, 2006, a group of nearly 200 villagers gathered […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local organization, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) (www.asrc.org.au), of the Australian Government’s current refugee policies, which deny asylum seekers the right to food and right to health. The right to food is a fundamental human right, however thousands of asylum seekers […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) regarding the acute hunger and exploitation of villagers belonging to the Musahar community in Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh. A fact finding team, consisting of members from PVCHR and the Right to Food Campaign, visited the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of thousands of households in Rehmatya colony by Karachi City Government officials. The colony, which also houses one Hindu community, was destroyed without warning to make way for the construction of the Lyari Expressway. Only a small number of families […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information concerning hunger and the loss of several lives due to starvation in the Yahukimo District, Papua Province, Indonesia. Between November 11, 2005 and December 10, 2005, at least 55 people have died due to starvation, while 112 people have become critically ill from […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information from the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR) and other sources regarding the hunger situation of one family who has already lost a member to starvation in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Chirauji Devi died on July 10, 2005 due to the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that an 11-month-old baby, John Paul Mahinay, died of severe malnutrition and a hunger related disease in General Santos City, Mindanao on 19 September 2005. The victim’s parents, Darwin (22) and Maricel (22) Mahinay, belong to a poor family suffering from abject poverty. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information that at least seven out of 16 families of farmers who were unfairly dismissed from work at a banana plantation company in Alabel, Sarangani province, Mindanao in 2003 have had to eat poisonous frogs in order to survive. The frogs must be carefully […]

Dear friends, The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Burma has stated that his organization is struggling to deliver food supplies to areas that are seriously affected by hunger and possible starvation, because of government delays. Although the WFP has been working in Burma since 1994, supporting the food needs of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information through the Peoples Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), a human rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh, India, about the exploitation and inhumane labour of an entire tribal community in the Chunar and Kodwari villages in the Mirzapur District. The workers are paid […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the starvation and hunger three displaced families are experiencing in Barangay Bawing, General Santos City, Mindanao. One family, in particular, lives in such desperate conditions that they struggle to eat even once daily. Most of the displaced victims, who are from indigenous communities, […]