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WORLD: “No one shall be subjected to enforced disappearance”

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Reporters without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...

PAKISTAN: Eid and International Day of Missing Persons

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Defence of Human Rights Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Defence of...

SRI LANKA: Help find Prageeth Eknaligoda

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong &...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Reconciliation committee to take up case of Sri Lankan housemaid

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Arab News, written by Mohammed Rasooldeen. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from ...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Rizana court documents for Saudi Judiciary’s consideration

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Times. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong An article from the Sunday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commis...

PAKISTAN: Reclaiming Jinnah’s Pakistan

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Jinnah Institute, written by Shehrbano Taseer. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from ...

SRI LANKA: Concerns over Democracy, Rule of Law and Human Rights in the Northern Province

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

PAKISTAN: 18th Amendment and the rights of nations

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

SRI LANKA: Women’s prison conditions overcrowded & inhumane

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from IPS, written by Ranmali Bandarage. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from IPS forwarde...

PAKISTAN: A few questions for the Muslim brothers in Tahrir Square, Cairo, on 29 July

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Guardian.co.uk, written by Tariq Ali. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Poem published by Guard...

INDIA: The Right to Food Campaign rejects the Empowered Group of Ministers cleared draft of the Food Security Bill and appeals to you to sincerely respond to the needs of hunger and malnutrition of women, children and excluded groups

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign to the Prime Minister of India and his C...

PAKISTAN: The government should implement the decisions of ILO convention for home-based workers

A Press Release from HomeNet Pakistan and Labour Education Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) LAHORE, Aug 1: The government should recognise informal sector as a major co...

INDIA: The cash mantra

Conditional cash transfer (CCTs) are a new buzzword in policy circles. The idea is simple: give poor people cash conditional on good behaviour such as sending children to school. This helps to score t...

SRI LANKA: Senior Tamil journalist brutally attacked by armed men in Jaffna – JDS News

A Press Release from Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) A top editor of the Jaffna-based ‘Uthayan’ newspaper has been brutally att...

THAILAND: Are secret trials compatible with Liberties and Rights?

Mon, 25/07/2011 – 10:23 | by prachatai Elizabeth Fitzgerald According to the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court in relation to the case of Daranee Charnchoengsilpakul, the answer to this ...

PAKISTAN: Release Manzoor Hussain Parwana who has been transferred to an ISI torture cell

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Balawaristan National Front (BNF) to the President of Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Co...

PAKISTAN: Vigil on the eve of dialogue between India and Pakistan

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

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Telephone Conversation with the Ministry of External Affairs Rizana Nafeek Director Middle East

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following video from YouTube user Rohanlanka regarding updates in Rizana Nafeek’s. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————...

INDIA: Reject the government draft of the National Food Security Bill

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering Committee of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- The Ste...

JAPAN: Request of a country visit to Japan by UN Special Rapporteurs with the aim of fact-finding missions on the human rights situations affected by the East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima First Nuclear Plants accidents

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from a coalition of Japanese NGOs to UN Special Rapporteurs regarding the human rights situati...