Corruption

A group of 23 legal professionals and human rights activists from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Bangladesh, China and Thailand gathered in Hong Kong from May 14 to 18, 2007 for the second consultation on the Asian Charter on the Rule of Law, on the topic, Executive Control & Corruption in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) that four females were beaten by armed military police and civilian police in Dey Krahorm area on 29 August 2007. The group was allegedly hired by a company and attempted to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights [PVCHR] in Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of 18-month-old Alina Shain who is suffering from acute malnourishment of Mahmoodpur ghetto in Lohta Panchayath of Kashi Vidhya Peed Block in Varanasi district of Uttar […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights [PVCHR], a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh that Tinni Musahar, a three-year-old boy and Sushila Musahar, a one-year-old girl may die soon from acute malnourishment in Raitara Musahar ghetto of […]

[HU-002-2007: INDIA: District administration responds to Hunger Alerts in Uttar Pradesh; RE: HA-006-2007: INDIA: Five-year-old Musahar boy may die from starvation in Raitara of Pindra village in Varanasi in the coming days; HA-007-2007: INDIA: Five-year-old Dalit girl facing imminent death from starvation in Raitara village of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh; HA-008-2007: INDIA: Two-year-old girl facing […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation based in West Bengal, India regarding the case of Ms. Ruksana Sardar and her son Warish who have been denied justice by the local police. It is alleged that Ruksana and her son were assaulted by the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and Savitri Bai Phule Women Forum (SWF), regarding the case of caste based discrimination practiced at the Government Primary School at Shivrampur in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh state. It is reported […]

[RE: HA-006-2007: INDIA: Five-year-old Musahar boy may die from starvation in Raitara of Pindra village in Varanasi in the coming days; HA-007-2007: INDIA: Five-year-old Dalit girl facing imminent death from starvation in Raitara village of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh; HA-008-2007: INDIA: Two-year-old girl facing imminent death from starvation in Raitara village of Varanasi in Uttar […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation based in West Bengal, India that one of MASUM’s staff has been charge sheeted by the local police on allegedly fabricated charges. Mr. Gopen Sharma works with MASUM from Murshidabad district. It is alleged that Gopen is continuously […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights [PVCHR], a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of Rema Musahar, a two-year-old girl who is suffering from Grade IV malnutrition in Raitara Musahar ghetto in Pindra village. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of Maya Musahar, a five-year-old girl who is suffering from Grade IV malnutrition in Raitara Musahar ghetto in Pindra village. Raitara is in Varanasi district of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, human rights organisation based in West Bengal regarding the alleged case of rape of a Bangladeshi woman by the Border Security Force (BSF) stationed at the Indo-Bangladesh border. It is alleged that the woman who was taken into custody by the BSF […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Parivartan, a human rights organisation based in Delhi regarding the deliberate victimisation of a student, Mr. Djhananjay Tripathi by the Banaras Hindu University [BHU] for seeking information under Right to Information Act, 2005 [RTI Act]. It is alleged that Tripathi is denied admission […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by its local partner in Nepal, the Advocacy Forum, of the alleged brutal attack on the villagers in Laxmipur Bagewa VDC, Dhanusha district by a group of the police personnel on 27 May 2007. At least 13 persons were reported to have been seriously […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that on 8 June 2007 the Minister of Information, Mr. Khieu Kanharith, reportedly issued a warning letter to the Sralanh Khmer newspaper to stop its publication of the Global Witness report on illegal logging. The GW report, released on 1 June 2007, reportedly exposed the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partners in Uttar Pradesh – The Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties [Uttar Pradesh Chapter] and Guria Sansthan – regarding the forceful and illegal eviction of poor and helpless families in Mau city of Uttar Pradesh. It is alleged that the families […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that on 22 May 2007, 74 families in the Prey Nop district in Sihanoukville received an eviction notice issued by the district governor Ban Sarom, notifying them to leave their land within 10 days. The villagers had previously received a similar notice from the Sihanoukville […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Kampot Provincial Court freed two villagers representing 30 families fighting for their right to land in Kep municipality, Kampot province on 25 May 2007. The two men were allegedly forced to give confessions that they have illegally lived on the land […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that 92 families were forcibly evicted from their 120 hectares of land in Sangkat (commune) O’ Tress, Khan (district) Stung Hav, Sihanoukville by more than 100 armed police, military police and 20 gangsters on 23 May 2007. They were allegedly led by Khann Stung […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), regarding the bonded labour of three persons from the Musahar community in Asbaranpur village of Varanasi district. Musahar is a scheduled caste and considered untouchable by the caste Hindus. It is alleged […]