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AHRC’s new website launched at www.humanrights.asia

Dear Friends, Following the introduction a few months ago of the new website of the Asian Human Rights Commission we wish to inform you that the AHRC will discontinue its old website at www.ahrchk.net...

PAKISTAN: The saga of the prisoners waiting in death row

Malik Ayub Sumbal, Islamabad   More than 8000 prisoners sentenced with death by the Pakistani courts during the last two decades are still waiting to meet their fate in the Pakistani death cells....

INDIA: Guarantee justice to join the national mainstream

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates the President of India, Honourable Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, for her visit to the northeastern states of Nagaland and Manipur. The President...

INDIA: Guarantee justice to join the national mainstream

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates the President of India, Honourable Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, for her visit to the northeastern states of Nagaland and Manipur. The President...

INDIA: An apology will not end corruption

  Despite the slow crackdown on corruption in India, the two recent incidents of assault upon human rights and right to information activists in the country reiterates the fear that fighting corr...

SRI LANKA: The need for a nation-wide public hearing on rape and bad policing

As the International Day for Women is celebrated today it is only fitting to give some thought the major areas of concern regarding women’s rights in Sri Lanka. One of the most disheartening asp...

SRI LANKA: The International Women’s Day calls for denouncement, not celebration

The International Women’s Day is the opportunity to celebrate women’s rights and empowerment. However, it is also the time to reflect on how the rights on paper and the statistics comply w...

ASIA: Unabated violence against women impedes social change

A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the International Women’s Day For 100 years now, a strong struggle for equal rights between genders has been taking place in...

PAKISTAN: No law or code of conduct against the torture that terms it as illegal practice

Malik Ayub Sumbal, Islamabad The notorious Pakistani police torture and violence towards innocent people is not a concealed aspect of the country’s history and the media, civil society activists...

PAKISTAN: The brutal assassination of Minister Shahbaz Bhatti exposes the nexus between the security agencies and the Taliban

Pakistan, the Asian Human Rights Commission and the world at large has lost a great advocate in the cause of human rights in general and religious minorities in particular by the brutal assassination ...

PAKISTAN: A human rights defender shot dead in Balochistan by unknown persons

A prominent human rights defender from Balochistan province, working on the cases of disappeared persons was shot dead by unknown persons riding on a motorbike. Mr. Naeem Sabir Baloch, the district co...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Rizana Nafeek’s life is still in great danger

One of the fishermen who returned after to Sri Lanka after being captured by Somali pirates described to the BBC Sinhala Service how the Sri Lankan government had done nothing to assist or save those ...

BURMA: Supreme Court rules that judges holding trials inside prisons have no authority over their own courtrooms

In an astounding ruling that underscores the extent to which the judiciary in Burma has abdicated its authority in favour of the security services, a Supreme Court justice has ruled that permission or...

PHILIPPINES: Maguindanao massacre — questions of morality, practice of law and the legal system

Myrna Reblando’s reaction demonstrates the absence of remedy within the system of justice not a mere ‘hysteria’.   Facts of the case & details of the video   As describ...

MALAYSIA: Protest against a threat of litigation against human rights lawyer, public interest advocate and blogger Mr. Charles Hector Fernandez

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Asahi Kosei (M) Sdn. Bhd. Company Mr. Takeshi Nishitsuji — President Asahi Kosei (M) Sdn. Bhd. Lot 3377, Jalan Perusahaan Utama, Tama...

PAKISTAN: Government is silent in the wake of call for nuclear jihad by religious extremist

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has consistently reported in the recent weeks on the issue of the government’s refusal to take action on the incitement to murder and civil disobedience ...

SRI LANKA: An appeal to save the life of a young Tamil complainant in a bribery case against a police officer

Devarathnam Yogendra ( 28 ) is the complainant in a bribery case against IP Wijesuriya of the Hatton Police Station, who has been indicted on a charge of obtaining bribes. This charge has been filed o...

SRI LANKA: Fighting together against unlawful acts of lawful authorities

Basil Fernando For the last 20 years I have been living in Hong Kong. Here over 98% of the population is Chinese. I belong to the small minority which includes many other races and will try to illustr...

SRI LANKA: AG’s compromise in the Nampamunuwa murder case may undermine the authority of High Courts

Last week, the Attorney General (AG) agreed to withdraw charges of murder and the causing of grievous hurt against four people who had been accused and charged before the Colombo High Court. The accus...

INDONESIA: Religious violence result of authorities consent in past cases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-028-2011 February 8, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDONESIA: Religious violence result of authorities consent in past cases The Asian Human Righ...