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Amir Murtaza Neglect and discrimination on the bases of gender has been quite common in traditional societies. Such phenomenon is present in all classes of the society and exhibits in several forms. A...
මැග්නා කාර්ටා යනු කුමක්ද? එය සෑදුවේ කුමක් සඳහාද? එයින් පවසන්නේ කුමක්ද සහ ඉත...
Aftab Alexander Mughal In a landmark judgment on 7 October the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) upheld the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, 30, who murdered the former Governor of Punjab, Salmaan...
This year’s ‘Alternative Nobels’ announced 2015 Right Livelihood Awards honour courageous and effective solutions to secure human rights and respond to global crises A Pacific island state forei...
A Press Release from Martin Ennals Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Call For Nominations – 2016 MARTIN ENNALS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS Deadline: 9 Novem...
An Open Letter from Janasansadaya to the President,Prime Minister, the Speaker and all Members of the Constitutional Council, Sri Lanka, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 2015.09.15 1. ...
An article from The Hindu forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission No other term but ‘dismay’ can describe one’s response to New Delhi’s ungenerous reply toNepal’s democratic drafting ...
An article from the Kathmandu Post forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission I am a Chhetri man, born and raised in Kathmandu. Today, the new constitution of the Federal Republic of Nepal will be...
An Article published in the Hong Kong Free Press, on 11th September 2015, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Basil Fernando Perhaps the most touching moment broadcast through internati...
A Statement from Hong Kong Campaign for the Advancement of Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (HKCAHRPP) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission As human rights and peace advocates in Ho...
An Article published in the ‘Ceylon Today’, on 9th September 2015, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody The available statistics show that almost 80% of the vi...
An Article published in the Ceylon Today, on 9th September 2015, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission BY Ruwan Laknath Jayakody All observers agree that policemen in Sri Lanka are poorly pa...
Iqbal Ahmed Detho The debate around legislating child protection laws and creating institutional mechanisms has got sympathetic constituency both among public and policy makers after the gory incident...
Kishali Pinto Jayawardena One might easily be lulled into a sense of complacency for having kept the barbarians at bay, first in Sri Lanka’s presidential polls in January this year and then most dec...
An interview conducted by ‘MayZine’, The May 18 Memorial Foundation, Gwangju, South Korea, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 1. You have been active in human rights and social action ...
An article from The Nation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission R Umaima Ahmed In August 2009, following the efforts of Clement Shahbaz Bhatti Federal Minister for Minorities who had earlier...
An article from Dawn forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission by Asma Jahangir Pakistanis live from crisis to crisis, hardly learning any lessons. They remain in denial of challenges recognised ...
The weekly Times column, “Focus on Rights” by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, in the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, on 30 August 2015, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Kishali Pinto Jayawardena...
The undersigned Rohingya Organizations in Europe have strongly denounced the undemocratic actions of the Election Commission against Rohingya parliamentary candidates under the government’s ‘polic...
An article from Hong Kong Free Press forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission In the past year I have met him a few times, both in Yangon, Myanmar, as well as in Hong Kong. In these meetings and...
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