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INDIA: Anti-corruption cartoonist arrested and charged with sedition

Reporters Without Borders strongly deplores the arrest of the cartoonist Aseem Trivedi by police in Uttar Pradesh state on 8 August. He has been charged with sedition for publishing cartoons on his ...

SRI LANKA: Government using ‘Hidden Agenda Theory’ to suppress legitimated demands of the University Community

In Sri Lanka the universities have remained closed since August 21, this year and university staff has been on strike since July. The point of contention is a demand for a 20% pay hike, improved facil...

THAILAND: AFAD & JPF joint statement on the International Day of the Disappeared

Bangkok, Thailand and Manila, Philippines: JPF and AFAD call on the government to ensure remedies for victims of Enforced Disappearances and ratify the UN Convention for the Protection of all Persons ...

SRI LANKA: Enforced disappearances have become a permanent weapon in the arsenal of suppression of dissent

NfR – Net working for rights in Sri Lanka -Exile network for media and human rights in Sri Lanka Press release/ 30 August 2012, International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances In 201...

PAKISTAN: Rimsha, a Christian girl with Down syndrome

To: The Member Churches and National Council of Churches in Pakistan Greetings of Peace! It is with great shock and disbelief that we received the news about Rimsha, a Christian girl with Down syndrom...

SRI LANKA: Pledge to protect state education

The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) held a historic convention at the Western Province Aesthetic Centre on 17 August 2012 on the current status and future directions of St...

PAKISTAN: Malnourishment has become too big an issue to be ignored in Pakistan

Publicly disseminated last September, the National Nutrition Survey reports mass deprivation from adequate nutrition. Along comes another dire news from Save the Children — over 90 percent of in...

INDIA: Persons ousted by the Omkareshwar Dam start Jal Satyagraha

250 persons standing in the raising waters of Omkareshwar Dam willing to be drowned should their legitimate demands are not met. It may be noted that the water level of the Omkareshwar dam has been ke...

PAKISTAN: Government must intervene and save mentally challenged girl from punishment under blasphemy laws

Asia Evangelical Alliance calls for Global Solidarity against Controversial Law The global Christian community is deeply concerned over the fate of Rifat Masih, an 11 year old Pakistani Christian girl...

ประเทศไทย: ศาลพิพากษาให้สองเยาวชนได้รับเงิน คนละหนึ่งแสนบาท เหตุโดนทหารทาร้ายระหว่างตรวจค้น

เรียน ทุกท่าน คณะกรรมาธิการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งเอเชีย (Asian Human Rights Commission: AHRC) ปรารถน...

THAILAND: Two young persons awarded 100,000 baht each for compensation as a result of being physically abused while being searched by security officer

For immediate release on 16 August 2012 On 9 August 2012, the Songkhla Administrative Court ordered the Office of Prime Minister as the agency in charge of Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) ...

ประเทศไทย: ขอเชิญร่วมเข้าฟังการพิจารณาคดี คดีการชุมนุมของคนงานไทรอัมพ์

เรียน ทุกท่าน คณะกรรมาธิการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งเอเชีย (Asian Human Rights Commission: AHRC) ปรารถน...

THAILAND: Please attend trial of the Triumph International Labour Unionists

During 23-24 and 28-30 August 2012 at the Court Room no. 809, Criminal Court, Bangkok Any interested persons are invited to attend the trial of the case stemming from the demonstration of Triumph Inte...

INDIA: Fall of the fanatic: Is Advani the new Rakhi Sawant of Indian politics?

‘You should write a political marsia for L.K. Advani’, suggested a friend of mine last Friday. ‘A political marsia’, he repeated, ‘Arabic for elegy, a dirge or a funera...

[Filipino] PHILIPPINES: Public apology hiling mula sa brodkaster na nagsabing ‘hinayupak’ ang mga maralita

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter written in Filipino from the Urban Poor Associates (UPA) to Miguel “Mike” Castro Enriquez,...

PAKISTAN: Government must provide protection to the rights of minorities, their lives and properties

The representatives of Hyderabad Hindu Panchiat, Young Hindu Association,  and other Hindu Community organizations and members of civil society and human rights organizations including (Sindh Democra...

INDIA: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar — the greatest Indian

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the diplomatic titbits blogspot, written by Mr. Ramesh Chander (IFS). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———&#...

PHILIPPINES: Supreme Court held the State of Emergency in Sulu unconstitutional

The Free Cocoy Tulawie Movement is happy to announce the Decision of the Supreme Court dated July 3, 2012 which GRANTED the Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition filed by Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie...

THAILAND: Statement on the death penalty imposed on three police officers for extrajudicial killing of Kiattisak Thitboonkrong

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and other human rights organizations in Thailand on the death penalty imposed on three ...