AHRC News

The political parties who won in the February 18th elections have informed the Chief Executive, Presidnet Musharraf that have the two thirds majority to form the new government. This is now quite well...

The only long lasting achievement that can come out of the recent electoral victories of the people against the military lead regime of President Musharraf would be the restoration of the chief justic...

In January 2008, the Cambodian government set up a “quick response team” to counter opposition news media and foreign radio stations that publish information attacking it. The announcement...

Four human rights defenders associated with a human rights organisation, Right to Life, based in Sri Lanka, have been deprived of their right to engage in peaceful activities by a permanent injunction...

Pakistan is seeing the greatest political upheaval it has witnessed in its history as the people have given a clear verdict in defence of the judiciary. The position of the chief justice, ousted judge...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-044-2008 February 21, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: A fatal blow to Sri Lanka’s Bribery Commission While the 17th Amendment to t...

In media reports of 20 February 2008 the commanding officer of a unit of Border Patrol Police officers accused of abducting and torturing dozens–possibly hundreds–of persons in Thailand ha...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you today to express grave concern regarding information it has received that witnesses and victims in cases where the police are the alleged per...

The voting for the general elections for the National and Provincial assemblies has been completed and the unofficial results show that the political parties who were against the Musharraf regime are ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-041-2008 February 19, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Lessons to be learned from Pakistan’s secular forces The authoritarianism of...

In a flurry of mudslinging just days before the general elections President Pervez Musharraf has called former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry “the scum of the earth — a third-ra...

Concerning the forthcoming eighth general election in Pakistan two questions remain unanswered — whether the election will be held on February 18, 2008 and whether it will be free and fair? The ...

On February 9, the new prime minister of Thailand made a number of startling statements before international television audiences that expose the huge impediments to protecting human rights in his cou...

In July 1996, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) concluded that it had found sufficient evidence to prosecute the 21 individuals, 15 of whom were police officers, involved in arresting and subsequen...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing this special appeal to you out of grave concern that a person currently being detained in Myanmar is going blind as a result of being denied urgentl...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates you on your appointment as Minister of Justice of Thailand. You will be aware that in recent days a number of cases have surfaced that have again...

The detention of Mr. Iftekhar Choudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, has now run into its 100th day and during his detention all the members of his family, including his school-going childre...

From all around Sri Lanka there are constant reports of widespread thieving in the country, particularly around suburban town centres. This has gone so far as to affect even the dressing habits of wom...

Although the Independence Day has passed all the people of Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and others alike are more worried than ever about the future of independence, meaning the future of dem...

On January 29, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was quoted by Davao Today, a local online news blog, saying he “does not care” about the report of Professor Philip Alston, special rapporte...