Statement

While the daughter of the chief minister of Punjab remains at large her husband, Ali Imran Yousuf, has been arrested in an effort to show that the chief minister is willing to respect the rule of law. The entire provincial machinery is attempting to influence the witnesses and manipulate the case in favour of chief […]

The proposed Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions Act) will lead to an increase in the abuse of power, extortion, torture and custodial deaths. A bill placed before parliament as the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions Act) of 2012 is dangerous in the present context and is very much likely to complicate the already […]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission and Odhikar The entire governmental machinery of Bangladesh, with its retinue of law-enforcement units, intelligence agencies, and security forces, have totally and abysmally failed to protect minority communities in the South Eastern region of the country.  A large number of monasteries, temples, houses and establishments of the […]

A malnourished Dalit girl in Aiyer Tolla of Varansi District, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Having to repeat oneself year after year and keeping hope alive against all odds, what can be more melancholic than this? Only the fact that one does it counting the bodies of those who perished because of our failure in keeping […]

There was an attempted abduction of the Secretary to the Judicial Service Commission on October 7, near the St. Thomas College gymnasium. Had the attempted abduction of Manjula Tilakaratne succeeded, what might have happened is hard to guess. However, judging from previous abductions it is quite possible that he may have ended up in one […]

English ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 07 දින ශාන්ත තෝමස් විද්යාරලයේ ක්රීnඩාපිටිය ආසන්නයේ දී සිදු වූ අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂමේ ලේඛම් වරයා පැහැර ගෙන යෑමට තැත් කිරීමේ උත්සාහය සාර්ථක වූයේනම් ඔහුට සිදු වියහැකිව තිබුනේ කුමක්ද යන්න උපකල්පනය කිරීම ඉතාම අසීරු වනු ඇත. කෙසේ වුවත් මීට පෙර සිදු වූ පැහැරගැනීම් සමඟ සංසන්දනය කිරීමේදී ඔහුට පහත ආකාරයේ […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the brutal and cowardly attack on the brilliant 14-year-old student, Malala Yousufzai. The Talibani attackers stopped the school van in which she was traveling and asked the other students to identify her. They then sprayed bullets at her in an attempt to kill her for promoting education […]

The former Railway Minister of Bangladesh, Mr. Suranjit Sengupta, has claimed that he was proven “clean and innocent in the investigation” of an alleged act of corruption. The driver of the former minister’s assistant personal secretary, exposed the corruption accused against Sengupta when the driver instead of driving his car to the minister’s house took […]

The Ahmadis, a sect that believes in Islam and claims to be an ardent follower of it, has been declared as non-Muslim under the Pakistani legislation. Evidently, the Government of Pakistan has not only confiscated their freedom to faith, belief and practice, but also proactively victimises them socially, economically and educationally. The declaration goes against […]

The Prime Minister, who yesterday said that “[m]indless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism that is sought to be created over the issue of corruption can do us no good”, has attacked and insulted the collective aspiration of the nation that longs for the government to setup an effective machinery to end all forms of corruption in India. […]

On 7 October 2012 four persons attacked the Secretary to the Judicial Services Commission of Sri Lanka (JSC), Mr. Manjula Thilakaratne.  Thilakaratne is a senior high court judge. The Secretary, accompanied by his wife, had taken their son to drop him at the St. Thomas’ College gymnasium. After dropping his wife and son at the […]

ඔක්තොම්බර් 10, 2012 ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 07 වැනි දින, මහා අධිකරණයේ හිටපු  විනිශ්චකාරවරයෙකු මෙන්ම  අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිසමේ ලේඛම් ධූරය දරණ  මංජුල තිලකරත්න මහතා පුද්ගලයින් සිව් දෙනෙකුගේ ප්රාහාරයට ලක් විය. ශාන්ත තෝමස් විදුලේ ගෘහස්ථක්රීතඩාංගණය වෙත තම පුතනුවන් සහ බ්රිඳ ගොඩ බැස්සීම සඳහා ලේඛම් වරයා එදින ගමන් කළේය. ඔහුගේ බ්රිඳ සහ පුතනුවන් එහි බැස්සවීමෙන් […]

A Joint Statement by KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi and the Asian Human Rights Commission Commemorating the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2012, the Indonesian Coalition of Civil Society against Death Penalty is pleased to welcome the significant trend on the abolition of death penalty. A report […]

Pernyataan bersama KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi dan Asian Human Rights Commission Menyambut satu dekade Peringatan Hari Anti Hukuman Mati Sedunia yang jatuh pada 10 Oktober 2012 Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Menolak Hukuman Mati Indonesia menyambut baik adanya tren global penghapusan hukuman mati yang berkembang secara signifikan. Dalam catatan yang dikeluarkan Hands […]

The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI Act) is a watershed legislation in India. This law is perceived of having the potential to expose corruption, and ideally contribute to prevent it. However, the exposé today from the state of Kerala, involving the State Information Commissioner, Mr. Natarajan, sheds light into methods with which the very […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the attack upon the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) of Sri Lanka, Mr. Manjula Thilakarathne. It is reported that Thilakarathne, a senior High Court judge who was openly critical about the executive’s unwarranted control over the country’s judiciary. Unidentified persons have reportedly attacked Thilakarathne, stabbing him […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) adds its voice to the chorus of concern over the promotion of Colonel Raju Basnet to the rank of Brigadier General of the Nepal Army, in spite of the seriousness of the allegations of human rights violations brought against him. Colonel Raju Basnet, then Lieutenant Colonel, was in charge […]

None can find fault with the villagers protesting against corruption in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh state. A large number of villagers, representing mostly the tribal community, and of the poorest of the poor living in the district, have, for the past two days, gathered at a place named Court Chauraha of the district head […]

A protest rally organised today by the Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan (JADS) against corruption and non-distribution of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Badwani, Madhya Pradesh state is on the verge of being forcibly disbursed by the state police with the support of local politicians associated with the ruling […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disturbed with the recent rejection of the Indonesian government to the findings by the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) claiming the 1965 massacre constituted a gross human rights violation. As reported by national media, the Coordinator Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto insisted that the […]