Labour rights

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about several elderly people being pushed into starvation in the Palash Bari area of the Gaibandha district of Rangpur division. Most of these elderly people are living in penury with no family to look after them and are forced into begging or living on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received worrying information regarding the imminent inundation and subsequent loss of livelihood for the inhabitants of Balapur Village, Mahadevpuri VDC, ward no. 6, Banke district. This follows a recent field visit undertaken with colleagues from FIAN Nepal. The inundation, caused by the completion of a canal […]

(Hong Kong, May 06, 2013) The Asian Human Rights Commission endorses the following Press Note issued by the Right to Food Campaign. The AHRC urges the government of India to amend the food security bill and accommodate the changes if it is serious about tackling large-scale hunger and malnutrition plaguing the country. Following is the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding chronic water shortage plaguing the lives of Dalit residents of Duma village in Mugu district of Nepal during a field visit undertaken together with colleagues from FIAN Nepal. In absence of tapper water supply to their village, they have to fetch their water […]

Nasir Mansoor This year the 127th May Day is being observed amid a deepening capitalist crisis and social turmoil all over globe. The struggle aimed at improving the working hours of labors has now become a drive to slay the dragon of capitalism for good. This struggle of working class is becoming the only option […]

The Law Society of Hong Kong notes the Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) published its judgment (“Judgment”) in the case of Vallejos Evangeline Banao and Domingo Daniel L. v. Commissioner of Registration and Registration of Persons Tribunal (“Vallejos”) and has the following observations: 1.  Foreign Domestic Workers – Right of Abode We note the CFA […]

बेरोज़गारी भत्ता – न्याय का तकाजा यह है कि जब राज्य नागरिकों को उनके हक़ उपलब्ध न करवा पाए तब इसके अंगों (न्यायपालिका, कार्यपालिका और विधायिका) की जवाबदेहिता तय होना चाहिए. एक तरफ तो जिम्मेदार को दंड मिले और दूसरी तरफ प्रभावित व्यक्ति तो उसका मुआवजा मिलना चाहिए. आठ साल पहले लागू हुए राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण […]

Dear friends,             The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an indefinite hunger strike (fast unto death) undertaken by the people affected by the steep hike in user fee in the Sanjeevani Hospital run in Shaktinagar by the National Thermal Power Corporation. The AHRC has learnt that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the workers who were illegally dismissed whom the Department of Labour and Employment (DoLE) allowed to return to work are now being subjected to repressive and inhumane policies by the employing company. The policies are a clear violation of the DoLE order; however, […]

Ms. Perveen Rehman (56), worked for the betterment of the poor and neglected When a small lady weighing hardly 60 kilograms working for the betterment of poor slum-dwellers, and amongst the under-privileged in poorer residential areas, is viewed as a dire threat to the Taliban and the local administration, the sanity of these institutions, and […]

नियमों के प्रभाव – 2 फरवरी 2006 को जब राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोज़गार गारंटी क़ानून लागू किया गया था, तब यह अहसास तो था कि इस क़ानून को लागू करना आसान न होगा. कारण था एक बहुत बुनियादी किन्तु जवाबदेय व्यवस्था की गैर-मौजूदगी. सोच बहुत महत्वाकांक्षी थी. कुछ लोग इस क्रांतिकारी भी मानते थे, क्योंकि इस दौर […]

A group of hundreds of relatives of the disappeared from Mannar and Vavuniya were to arrive on the 5th night in Colombo by buses to share with the people in the South their pathetic stories about the disappearances of their loved ones during and after the war, and then to present a petition to the […]

केवल अपेक्षा ही नहीं थी बल्कि उम्मीद भी थी कि राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोज़गार गारंटी योजना न केवल गाँव के लोगों को रोज़गार का अधिकार देगी, बल्कि हमारी चरमराती शासन व्यवस्था (गवर्नेंस) को भी एक ठोस आधार देगी. यही वह क़ानून भी है, जिसने गाँव को यह अधिकार दिया कि वे अपनी योजना और बजट बनाएंगे, […]

[RE: AHRC-HAC-004-2013: PHILIPPINES: Vendors face forced eviction and food insecurity] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information Defend Job Philippines about the eviction of vendors of the Luneta Park. The National Parks Development Committee evicted the vendors from their livelihood places inside Luneta Park on 27 February, 2013 despite the protest […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Defend Job Philippines about an eviction notice served on the vendors of Luneta Park (also called Rizal Park) in Manila. The proposed eviction will not merely leave the vendors jobless but also jeopardize their food security. It would also render many of them […]

ศาลอาญานัดสืบพยานจำเลยนัดแรก ในคดีที่นักเคลื่อนไหว 10 คน เป็นจำเลยจากการปีนรั้วรัฐสภาเมื่อปี 2550 เพื่อคัดค้านการออกกฎหมายของสภานิติบัญญัติแห่งชาติ (สนช.) โดยในวันที่ 19 กุมภาพันธ์ 2556 เวลา 9.00 น. ณ ห้อง 801 ศาลอาญา ถนนรัชดาภิเษก นายจอน อึ๊งภากรณ์ จำเลยที่ 1 และนายไพโรจน์ พลเพชร จำเลยที่ 8 จะขึ้นเบิกความ เพื่ออธิบายข้อเท็จจริงพร้อมชี้แจงเจตนา ทั้งนี้ นับแต่วันที่ 19 กุมภาพันธ์ ถึง 14 มีนาคม 2556 ทุกวัน เว้นวันจันทร์ เป็นกำหนดการสืบพยานจำเลย ซึ่งคดีนี้มีจำเลยทั้งหมด 10 คน ส่วนใหญ่เป็นนักเคลื่อนไหวในประเด็นสิทธิด้านต่างๆ เช่น นายจอน อึ๊งภากรณ์ อดีตประธานคณะกรรมการประสานงานองค์กรพัฒนาเอกชน และเคยได้รับรางวัลแมกไซไซ สาขาบริการภาครัฐ นายสาวิทย์ แก้วหวาน ประธานสหภาพพนักงานรัฐวิสาหกิจการรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย(รฟท.) นายศิริชัย […]

Since 21 February 2012, ten prominent Thai NGO/ labour union/ human rights activists have been on trial at the Criminal Court, Rachadapisek Road, Bangkok on serious criminal charges relating to national security, public peace, and trespass with use of force arising from a mass sit-in staged in the lobby in front of the meeting chamber […]

2 फरवरी 2013 को राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोज़गार गारंटी क़ानून को भारत में लागू हुए आठ साल हो जा रहे हैं. अनुभव यह बताते हैं कि जब हम अपनी व्यवस्था को बेहतर बनाने के लिये नियम और प्रक्रियाएं बना रहे होते हैं तब समुदाय के सामने खडे होने वाले संकटों को पूरी तरह से नज़र अंदाज़ […]

Joe’s Fashion’ is likely to render another 4,000 more workers jobless by closing anither factory  i A garment factory, Joe’s Fashion Export situated in Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) has shut down business and rendered around 1,000 employees jobless without taking labour department functionaries on board which was mandatory formality to be fulfilled. Most of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt about 78 families belonging to fisherfolk community facing threats of imminent eviction during a field visit undertaken by its Programme Coordinator for Right to Food Programme together with a representative of Defend Job Philippines. The local authorities had served the notice of eviction to these […]