Right to food

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that children of the Sahariya tribe in Madhya Pradesh are continuously dying of malnutrition. According to a fact-finding report published in October 2010, five children died of malnutrition in two months and ten children are severely malnourished in the Nahargada village alone. The village […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Announcement for dharna on 25 and 26 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Samaj Chetna Adhikar Manch regarding eight malnourished children of the Kol tribe in the Rewa district. Since 2009 the AHRC has been reporting on the gravity of child malnutrition and food insecurity in the area (HAC-008-2009 and HAC-007-2009). It was reported that 80 percent of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Right to Life Foundation working in Northern Bangladesh that more than 13 elderly including widows are facing a very serious situation. In the Gaibandha district, there is increasing insecurity due to a lack of food and healthcare. The AHRC has reported this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed from the villagers that the administration neglects the fact that the children in Kirahaipukhri village belonging to Mawasi tribe have been starving since 2008. The village currently has five malnourished children whereas seven children reportedly died of malnutrition in 2008. Despite several recommendations of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding 75 bonded labourers working in a brick kiln in Bangalore who were released on 16th and 17th, September. The AHRC has released a hunger alert caseurging the administration of Balangir district as well as of Bangalore city to secure redress for the labourers […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: “GODAMO KE TALE KHOLO” unlock the gates of […]

A Statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Right to Food Campaign is shocked at the Prime Minister’s statement made to the editors’ conference on 6 September 2010, stating that the Supreme Court must not interfere with policy. We are glad that the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a mother and her six month old child are currently facing food and health insecurity caused by bonded labour. The family living in the Balangir district of Orissa regularly migrated to Bangalore for the last two years to earn their daily food by […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Campaign urges Supreme Court to expand the […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Women Workers Help Line. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Women Workers Help Line forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Flood-hit women take up the challenge to reconstruct their devastated dwellings Brief report by Bushra khaliq As […]

[RE: AHRC-HAG-001-2009: PHILIPPINES: Landless farm labourers in Davao suffer from hunger and extreme poverty] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform that an impoverished villager died on July 25, 2010. The family had been suffering from lack of food and could not afford to take the deceased to the hospital before […]

It is reported in the Pakistani media that intentional breaches were made in the protective embankments at Ghospur and Thorhee bands, Sukkur district, Sindh province in order to protect the agriculture lands of President Mr. Asif Ali Zardari Mr. Qaim Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh province, Mr. Khursheed Shah, the federal minister and […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the groups joining the fourth National Convention on Right to Food. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from the groups joining the fourth National Convention on Right to Food forwarded by the Asian […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the elderly suffering from food and health insecurity in Northern Bangladesh, which was initially reported in case (AHRC-HAG-002-2010). Four elderly have been denied their right to adequate food and health care, despite being eligible to receive benefits from the social security programs […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) […]

Basil Fernando A mother burned the mouths of two children who were crying for food. The two children were girls, one and half and five years old. The mother has been arrested and is presently in remand custody. The incident took place on the 28th July at Awissawela. A few months ago a mother threw […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the lack of due process in the eviction of fifty families, nineteen of whom were farmer beneficiaries under the land reform program in Davao City. The eviction and demolition of their homes was executed by a sheriff of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board […]

BRUSSELS (22 June 2010) – “Governments and international agencies urgently need to boost ecological farming techniques to increase food production and save the climate,” said UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, while presenting the findings at an international meeting on agroecology held in Brussels on 21 and 22 June. Along […]

More than one billion people suffer from hunger. To tackle this problem, global governance for food security and nutrition needs to be improved. Access to land is a crucial factor in this context. These issues were addressed by the international conference “Policies against Hunger VIII”, hosted by the Government of Germany from June 9-11 in […]