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INDIA: Government of West Bengal must act to prevent further starvation deaths — Asian Human Rights Commission

E.M. Parvati died yesterday. Parvati was a resident of Belgachhia Bhagar, a municipal dumping ground of Howrah in West Bengal. The doctor who examined Parvati’s body certified that the cause of ...

BANGLADESH: Government should probe extrajudicial killings and reform the system instead of making denials — Asian Human Rights Commission

Bangladesh’s Minister for Home Affairs Ms. Sahara Khatun has reportedly said that “no ‘crossfire’ killing [has] occurred since her party has assumed office” in January th...

INDONESIA: The Attorney General should conduct investigations in the cases of Trisakti, Semanggi student killings — Asian Human Rights Commission

Dear Mr. Supandji, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to urge you to conduct an investigation to follow up the recommendation of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM)....

INDIA: Civil society demands “food security to all” — Asian Human Rights Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-224-2009 November 16, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Civil society demands “food security to all” On November 9 2009, a number ...

SRI LANKA: Demands for economic and social rights outlawed in the country — Asian Human Rights Commission

The Sri Lankan government today issued emergency regulations to be operative from midnight tonight (November 16, 2009) which makes the services relating to oil, electricity, harbor and water resources...

IRAN: 109 NGOs denounce abuses in Iran and call for UN General Assembly resolution

Your Excellency, We, the undersigned independent human rights and civil society organizations from diverse regions and societies around the world, respectfully urge your support for a United Nations G...

SRI LANKA: Death threats to employees at the Port Authority — Asian Human Rights Commission

The employees in the Sri Lanka Ports Development Authority complained of death threats while engaged in a work-to-rule action for the improvement of wages. These employees have complained that for fou...

PAKISTAN: Human rights defender names his alleged murderers shortly before his death; government fails to provide protection

Mr. Nisar Baloch, aged 46, was shot dead on November 7, by motorbike riders. Police have refused to mention the names of the murderers in the First Investigation Report (FIR), owing to the fact that t...

SRI LANKA: Dealing with lawlessness as the key issue for the coming elections — Asian Human Rights Commission

Basil Fernando There is the expectation of imminent presidential as well as parliamentary elections in the coming months. The government approaches this with a view to take advantage of the victory ov...

PAKISTAN: Restrictions on the media in military operations in South Waziristan

The Pakistan army has imposed censorship by various means on the independent news coming out of the areas where the army is conducting operations against militants. Officers of the Inter Services Publ...

WORLD: NGOs urge UN General Assembly to adopt strong resolution on Goldstone Report concerning Gaza

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to urge your government to support recommendations in the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone...

BURMA: Use of torture in ordinary criminal cases — Asian Human Rights Commission

Much of the human rights advocacy concerning the use of torture in Burma is centred on cases of political detainees. These cases rightly deserve close attention and study. However, the Asian Human Rig...

INDONESIA: UN Working Group urged to intervene into disappearances from 1997-98, as impunity continues

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is seeking the intervention of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concerning the many disappearances committed by the State in Indones...

BURMA: Key problems for the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers to consider ahead of visit — Asian Human Rights Commission

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the news of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, in his press conference of 22 October 2009 that the Chief Just...

WORLD: NGOs denounce international efforts to undermine the protection of the freedoms of expression and equality

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2009 ALRC-OLT-002-2009 A Joint Open Letter to the UN Ad Hoc Committee for the Elaboration of Complementary Standards from a coalition of international human rights or...

BANGLADESH: Torture of journalist reiterates the necessity for a law to punish the perpetrators

The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned that on 22 October 2009 Mr. F. M. Masum, a journalist of an English language national daily newspaper in Bangladesh, was tortured by members of the Rapid ...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Rizana Nafeek stated to court that her confession had been taken under duress

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-216-2009 17 October, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Do not give food, ...

INDIA: World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Do not give food, give the ‘right to food’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-216-2009 17 October, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Do not give food, ...

PAKISTAN: Police illegally remove the court-ordered protection of a torture victim — Asian Human Rights Commission

The state has been illegally interrupted in Sarghoda district, with the victim informed that he is now not allowed to leave his house, and liable to be arrested if he does so. The order, he reports, c...

SOUTH KOREA: What can be done when National Institution itself tries to subordinate to administration? — Asian Human Rights Commission

In addition to our previous communication requesting an immediate review of the status of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) based on its non-compliance with the Paris Principles, t...