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PAKISTAN: The courts were complicit in the forced conversion to Islam of a young Hindu woman

The forced conversion of women from the Hindu community to Islam in Sindh province has become very common. The malicious campaign is in full swing by the religious seminaries, the Madressa and their m...

PAKISTAN: The bullet riddled bodies of nine more missing persons including one journalist were found

The disappearances and extrajudicial killings continue and not a single day goes by without the abduction and murder of activists. The family members of disappeared persons who were holding a protest ...

SRI LANKA: Epilogue to the CAT Committee proceedings on Sri Lanka

The meeting of the Sri Lankan delegation with the CAT Committee took place earlier. Kindly see our comments on those meeting of the 8th and 9th November. It is now a suitable moment to take an ove...

NEPAL: Amnesty for human rights violations is unacceptable in a democracy

The Asian Human Rights Commission strongly condemns the government cabinet’s decision to recommend that the President grants amnesty to Balkrishna Dhungel and wishes to add its voice to that of ...

SRI LANKA: Censorship is an integral part of the contemporary political system

The government decision to call for registration of websites that publish any material relating to Sri Lanka has come under severe criticism from local journalists and other concerned persons and grou...

SRI LANKA: ‘In reality there may be torture but our law against torture is fine’

The second day of the 47th Session on Sri Lanka at the CAT took place yesterday (November 9, 2011). For our comments on the first day please see here. At this session the Sri Lankan delegation was re...

PAKISTAN: A single mother’s battle with her unborn child

Baseer Naweed Miss Uzma Ayub, a single mother, who was repeatedly raped whilst being held captive by an army soldier and three police officials during an entire year, is currently seven months pregnan...

SRI LANKA: The 47th Session of CAT — the government makes empty statements without firm commitments to halt violations

Yesterday (November 8, 2011) the government delegation gave the state report relating to the questions raised by the Committee against Torture (CAT) at the 47th Session of the CAT Committee. Mr. Mohan...

SRI LANKA: The truth at Nandikadal needs to be part of a wider process of justice

Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena  Central to any discussion on accountability in Sri Lanka is recognition of the fact that what happened in Nandikadal in May 2009 during the last stages of the fighting betw...

SRI LANKA: The absence of justice hurts even more than murder

We have received a rather strange comment on our previous statement Duminda Silva is above the law by a Mr. Rohan Salgadoe which we quote below: Please note. This picture might hurt and make the fam...

PAKISTAN: Army and government officials remain silent to the demands for action against the alleged rapists of 16 year old girl

The Ansar Burney Trust announces that it will take responsibility for providing medical treatment to the victim for the safe delivery of the child and their protection In the case of 16-year-old Uzma ...

PAKISTAN: A senior surgeon belonging to the Ahmadi sect is abducted with his son and remains missing

A senior surgeon belonging to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam has been missing since October 30, 2011. He was traveling in a car with his son of eleven years. The car was found abandoned far away from his...

INDIA: POSCO project is not more important than public opinion

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Minister of Orissa Chief Minister Mr. Naveen Patnaik Through the office of the Principal Secretary Home Department, Government of Ori...

INDIA: POSCO project is not more important than public opinion

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Minister of Orissa Chief Minister Mr. Naveen Patnaik Through the office of the Principal Secretary Home Department, Government of Ori...

SRI LANKA: Duminda Silva is above the law

Duminda Silva is above the law. This is not due to any constitutional status that he has, as for example, the President of Sri Lanka who is by virtue of article 35 of the Constitution, above the law. ...

PAKISTAN: The civil society must come forward in support of a 16 year old gang raped girl for the safe delivery of her child

Miss Uzma Ayub, the 16 year old girl who was repeatedly raped by more than a dozen persons in the captivity of a soldier and police officials for almost one year, has shown her courage and strength. M...

BURMA: Draft land law denies basic rights to farmers

During the second sitting of the new semi-elected parliament in Burma this year, the government submitted a draft land law. The government gazette published the draft on September 16, and it is curren...

PAKISTAN: Taliban threaten the family of a gang rape victim, her lawyers are illegally detained and tortured by the perpetrators

Police officials accused of having, along with a soldier, gang-raped a 16 year-old girl for one year are now targeting the lawyers working with the victim. At the time of writing, four of her lawyers ...

SRI LANKA: The commemoration of the disappeared in Sri Lanka

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to His Eminence, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith Archbishop’s House, Borella, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka. Fax: 0094-11-2692009 ...

SRI LANKA: The Monument for the Disappeared and the commemoration in Sri Lanka

Large numbers of persons will gather at the Monument for the Disappeared at Raddoluwa Junction, Seeduwa today (October 27, 2011) to pay their respects to the disappeared persons in Sri Lanka and to de...