Statement

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned to have learned that Professor Worachet Pakeerut, an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Thammasat University, leader of the Khana Nitirat, and human rights defender (HRD), has been charged in the Bangkok Military Court with violating an order of the National Council for Peace […]

A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Asian Legal Resources Centre (ALRC) has on numerous previous occasions alerted the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the large numbers of missing persons in Pakistan. The country is continuously beset by widespread, grave human rights violations perpetrated by the various State-agencies and institutions, notably more so […]

Violence has spread in Aluthgama. According to reports, it has so far caused three deaths, as well as injuries to many persons and damage to some Muslim places of worship and gathering. The violence has driven many women and children out of their homes into places of refuge. The man leading this mayhem is a […]

Three television channels of Pakistan’s most watched and most influential media network  Geo TV, was ordered to be taken off air and shut down for a period of 15 days on the  instruction of the country’s intelligence agency the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate  (ISI). Continuing the attack Geo TV was also baselessly fined a sum of […]

A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre The Bangladesh government wants to quash human rights activism. The cabinet has approved the “Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulations Bill, 2014”, which will likely become law soon. The Bill empowers bureaucrats to decide the fate of NGOs and voluntary activities. All individuals or collectives, from NGO’s to […]

Since India’s general election, Uttar Pradesh has witnessed sharp escalation of sexual violence and lawlessness. The rape of a session court judge in her official residence, guarded by the Provincial Armed Constabulary round the clock, highlights the extent of violence and lawlessness in the state. There is no indication that the Uttar Pradesh state government, […]

On the night of June 11, officers attached to the Nittambuwa police station gunned down Subash Indika Jayasinghe, a 24-year-old man, for no reason. A friend named Saveen Chathuranga, 18-years-old, was accompanying Indika. Saveen describes the incident as follows: Indika and Saveen were travelling on Indika’s motorcycle. As there was significant traffic, they were moving […]

The rape of a judge in her residence, located in a high-security area in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, speaks volumes about both the epidemic of sexual violence and the respect for law in India. Such an incident cannot occur in a jurisdiction where a citizen is convinced that the law will play its […]

A young student of 22 year has entered into 46 days of his hunger strike unto death today. His condition is very critical and there are fears of his slipping into coma as he faints most of the time. The government has completely ignored his hunger strike and forget providing medical help has not even […]

The Kathmandu District Court has given a clean chit to Mrs. Surakshya Singh, a.k.a Nikki, on 2 June 2014. Nikki has been the principle suspect in the case of disappearance of Mrs. Chhori Maiya Maharjan, missing for the past two years. In following this case, and the functioning of the criminal justice mechanisms, right up to […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to express grave concern about the repeated denial of bail in the case of Apichat Pongsawat, who is currently being held in the Bangkok Remand Prison. The proceedings against Apichat are a clear instance of the abuse of power by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), […]

The parliament passed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Act on 25 April 2014, and the President approved it on 11 May 2014. This promulgation, however, suffers from a slight problem. The TRC law violates the 2 January 2014 Supreme Court decision, the Interim Constitution of Nepal, and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of Nepal. […]

The following statement based on the speech delivered by Mr. John Joseph Clancey (Jack), a lifelong human rights activist and the Chairperson of the Asian Human Rights Commission in Gwangju, South Korea on June 2, 2014 The AHRC has a policy of remaining neutral in regard to party politics. Therefore, the AHRC is not as […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express grave concern about the filing of charges against Apichat Pongsawat under Martial Law, the Criminal Code, the 2007 Computer Crimes Act (CCA), and the orders of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the military junta that carried out a coup in Thailand on 22 May […]

At approximately 9 pm on 1 June 2014, the National Council on Peace and Order Maintenance Council (NPCO) issued Orders No. 42-44/2014 broadcast on the radio and television demanding that 38 persons report themselves to the Jamjuree Room at the Army Club on Thewet Road between 10 am and noon on 1 June 2014. Similar […]

The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) has endorsed the eight nominees for judges to the Supreme Court on 27 May 2014. Six judges, namely Gopal Parajuli, Deepak Raj Joshi, Govinda Upadhyay, Devendra Gopal Shrestha, Cholendra Shumsher Rana, and Jagdish Sharma Poudel, have been elected through voting. Two others, Om Prakash Mishra and Baidya Nath Upadhyay, […]

Thanks to promising monsoons, India is all set for a bumper harvest. This seemingly good news, however, has a caveat to it. To begin with, an open procurement policy based on government announced minimum support price the government is duty bound to buy all foodgrain that reaches its Krishak Mandis (farmers’ markets). The Food Corporation […]

On 27 May 2014 the state media in Burma (Myanmar) published the latest in a series of anti-democratic laws for the national legislature to consider: the Law Relating to Religious Conversion (Draft). Like other anti-democratic draft laws brought through the legislature since the country’s shift from overt to covert military rule, this new draft law […]

ในเวลา ๓ นาฬิกา ของวันที่ ๒๐ พฤษภาคม ๒๕๕๗ พล.อ.ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา ผู้บัญชาการทหารบก ประกาศใช้กฎอัยการศึก และสองวันถัดมา พล.อ.ประยุทธ์ก็เป็นผู้นำก่อรัฐประหารท่ามกลางสถานการ์อันไม่แน่นอน ซึ่งมีกฎอัยการศึกและรัฐบาลรักษาการแต่ในนาม ในเวลา ๕ นาฬิกา ของวันที่ ๒๒ คณะยึดอำนาจเรียกตัวเองว่า คณะรักษาความสงบแห่งชาติ (คสช.) ยกเลิกรัฐธรรมนูญ พ.ศ.๒๕๕๐ และตั้งตนเองเป็นผู้ปกครองอันที่จริง ความเข้มงวดเรื่องการห้ามแสดงความคิดเห็นและเสรีภาพทางการเมืองมีมาตั้งแต่ใต้กฎอัยการศึกแล้ว กองทัพอ้างอำนาจล้นฟ้าในการจับกุมและคุมขังตามอำเภอใจ ก่อนหน้าการยึดอำนาจนั้น มีความเข้มงวดต่อการแสดงออกทางการเมือง และหลังการยึดอำนาจแล้วคณะยึดอำนาจจึงห้ามการชุมนุมทางการเมืองทั้งหมด การรัฐประหารได้เพิ่มอำนาจให้กับกองทัพ ในช่วงความขัดแย้งทางการเมืองล่าสุดที่ดำเนินมามากกว่า 6 เดือน กองทัพเงียบมาโดยตลอด จนกระทั่งมาทำลายความเงียบด้วยการยึดอำนาจครั้งนี้ หนึ่งวันหลังจากการรัฐประหาร พลเมืองเริ่มการประท้วงต่อต้านรัฐประหารอย่างสันติ แสดงความไม่เห็นด้วยต่อกฎอัยการศึกและคำสั่งของคณะรัฐประหาร การประท้วงเริ่มมาตั้งแต่ ๑๗ นาฬิกา ของวันที่ ๒๓ พฤษภาคม ๒๕๕๗ โดยประชาชนมารวมตัวกันต่อต้านอย่างสงบ ณ หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร บริเวณสยามแสควร์ ซึ่งเป็นใจกลางกรุงเทพฯ ประชาชนผู้มาต่อต้านต่างก็จุดเทียนยืนรวมกันเป็นกลุ่ม และชูป้ายวิพาษ์วิจารณ์การยึดอำนาจและการใช้อำนาจของกองทัพ นอกจากนี้ การต่อต้านรัฐประหารยังเกิดขึ้นตามจังหวัดต่างๆทั่วประเทศ […]

The Rajasthan board of secondary education has recently announced its intent to include a chapter on the life and achievements of Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in its school textbooks. Following this, the Madhya Pradesh state government has announced the same. The announcements have no shock value […]