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NEPAL: Truth without justice will not be acceptable

1. The families of conflict victims have been struggling for justice and truth for incidents of human rights violations committed during the armed conflict. Their organisations and the human rights co...

SRI LANKA: TISL recognizes human rights activist

The citation read at the NIA presentation recognizing the unyielding integrity, personal commitment and courage of J C Weliamuna, former Executive Director – TISL & Director – Transparency Int...

INDONESIA: Massive Indonesian Offensive Displaces Thousands In Paniai As Helicopters Attack And Raze Villages

Thousands of people have reportedly fled in terror from a large area in Paniai, West Papua as a massive combined Police and military offensive attacked villages on December 13, attempting to break arm...

NEPAL : An Appeal from the Center for Victims of Torture to the government of Nepal on the occasion of the international Human Rights Day

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Center for Victims of Torture-Nepal (CVICT). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kon...

SOUTH KOREA: We urge Hyundai to provide immediate relief to a female victim of sexual harassment

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Korean Public Interest Lawyers’ Group, GONG-GAM in South Korea. For more information, please contact GONG-GAM through email: ...

INDIA: Roadies in reverse gear: Advani’s rathyatra to nowhere

Avinash Pandey L K Adavani is a toughie. I know, I could have added a ‘ji’ to his name, as the mainstream media does, but I cannot. The reason is simple. Whenever I think of him, what come to my m...

SRI LANKA: Prageeth’s wife writes to UN-CAT over Mohan Peiris claim

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Mrs. Sandya Eknaligoda to Mr. Joao Nataf, Secretary to the United Nations Committee again...

WORLD: Recommendations on good practice and strategies to eliminate caste-based discrimination

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the International Dalit Solidarity Network. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from ...

WORLD: Joint declaration and global call for action to eliminate caste-based discrimination

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the International Dalit Solidarity Network. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from ...

WORLD: Politically-motivated murders are not effectively investigated — this feeds a culture of impunity

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Council of Europe. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...

INDIA: Call for withdrawal of all false charges against human rights activists and the villagers who are opposed to the POSCO project

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression to the Governor of Odisha state govern...

SRI LANKA: Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Committee against Torture at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Asian Human Rights Commission...

SRI LANKA: Tissa denies Mohan’s claims

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Leader, written by Raisa Wickrematunge. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article f...

PAKISTAN: The issue of foreigner juveniles must be solved immediately

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), written by Abdullah Khoso. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ...

PAKISTAN: Baloch blood on our hands

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by the editor of Daily Times, Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Dail...

PAKISTAN: Open letter and press release to National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Human Rights & Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Turi Bangash tribes of Parachinar, writing to the National Assembly’s Standing ...

INDONESIA: Save Tuti Tursilawati and other Indonesian migrant workers from the death penalty in Saudi Arabia

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, through his spokesperson Rupert Colville, issued a position statement in Geneva today, (October 12, 2011) concerning the death penalty in Saudi A...

SRI LANKA: Destroying monuments for those killed & disappeared — The Catholic Church and the Sri Lankan Government

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Groundviews.org. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Groundviews.org forwarded b...

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Missing prisoners of war-a letter to the Presidents and Chiefs of army staff of both the countries

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Aman ki Asha, written by Brian McMahon. For more information on this situation, please see this supplementary information. Asian Hum...

SRI LANKA: Death threats against newspaper editor

President Mahinda Rajapaksa Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Temple Trees Colombo 3, Sri Lanka 31 October 2011 Dear President Rajapaksa, Reporters Without Borders, an international organizat...