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WORLD: “Joined forces for the fight against hunger”

More than one billion people suffer from hunger. To tackle this problem, global governance for food security and nutrition needs to be improved. Access to land is a crucial factor in this context. The...

KYRGYZSTAN: Kyrgyz Provisional Government Must Intensify Stabilisation Efforts in South

A Statement from International Crisis Group forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission —————————————— KYRGYZSTAN...

THAILAND: Support the Amnesty Law for demonstrators with offenses related to the breach of the Emergency Decree

A Statement from the Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) in conjunction with Union of Civil Liberties (UCL) and Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission R...

PAKISTAN: “Tell us who killed our father,” say reporter Hayatullah Khan’s orphaned children

“The government must tell us who killed our father; it must arrest the murderers,” says Kamran Hayat, the 8-year-old son of journalist Hayatullah Khan, whose handcuffed body was found four years a...

SOUTH KOREA / INDIA: POSCO should take responsibility for the violent and bloody suppression of villagers protesting their steel plant project in Orissa, India

On May 15, 2010, all but 2 out of one hundred villagers were seriously injured while police were dispersing them. They had been peacefully protesting against the POSCO steel plant project in Orissa, I...

INDONESIA: Where questions can lead to convictions

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Jakarta Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Elaine Pearson (HRW) publishe...

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] THAILAND: Complaint of arbitrary detention under Emergency Decree

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter to the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand from Mr. Somyot Pruksakasemsuk regarding r...

SRI LANKA: Caste origins of Sri Lankan Authoritarianism- Part 6

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarde...

HONG KONG/CAMBODIA: Seminar: The International Dimensions off the Cambodian Tragedy 1969 — 1997

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you an announcement for a seminar relating to human rights in Cambodia at the City University of Hong Kong this Friday. Asia...

SRI LANKA: AG’s ‘Chandi’ attack on UN Rapporteur Philip Alston

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarde...

SRI LANKA: Caste Origins of Sri Lankan Authoritarianism — Part 5

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarde...

PAKISTAN: Women Advocate for Law against Acid Attacks

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from WUNRN. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- PAKISTAN: Women Advocate for Law against Acid Attacks...

PAKISTAN: International community should intervene in Makuran Balochistan, against the new wave of violence by Pakistan Army

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

INDIA: Independent People’s Tribunal led by Justice A.P. Shah concludes visit and mass-hearing in Narmada Valley

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release issued by the People’s Tribunal in Narmada Valley. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong...

GAZA: Call for International Inquiry into Activist Killings

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

SRI LANKA: The nattami who fought against police brutality

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarde...

INDIA/SOUTH KOREA: Call for an immediate withdrawal of the proposed POSCO project

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release issued by a fact-finding team who visited Balitutha where the police fired against villagers...

INDONESIA: CAVEAT 12/11 out — Racial profiling rampant in Indonesian courts, unhealed wounds and May 1998 riots, open letter to Chief of Indonesian National Police

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following announcement for the release of Vol. 12/II of the Indonesian publication CAVEAT produced by the Community Legal Aid Institute (LBHM) in Jakarta in...

THAILAND: Hunger strike of Suthachai Yimprasert while under arbitrary detention

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement release by Mr. Bonsong Chaisingkananont, academy of Department of Philosophy, Silpakorn Universi...

PAKISTAN: Why does a miserable, starving country continue spending its last penny on the bomb?

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Dawn. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from The Dawn forwarded by the Asian Human...