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(3 March 2010) Reporters Without Borders is saddened and outraged by regional media owner Arun Singhaniya’s murder in Janakpur, a city in southern Nepal’s troubled Terai region, on 1 March. Claimed ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the A...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———R...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Working Women Organization. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Working Women O...

(New York, March 8, 2010) – Philippine authorities should act swiftly to protect eyewitnesses to the November 2009 massacre of at least 57 people in Maguindanao province on Mindanao, and to protect t...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Ho...

After last year’s by and large peaceful general elections, Indonesia is internationally accepted as a democratic country that upholds fundamental human rights. Within ASEAN (Association of Southeast ...

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

The poor fishermen community appealed to the government to ensure a strict action against the use of prohibited nets in Sindh marine water which has put juvenile fish stock at the verge of extinct. Se...

On behalf of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), we would like to invite you to attend an “Art Exhibition on The Disappeared and Their Fam...

Citizens for Justice and Peace Gujarat Genocide 2002 Long wait for justice Major Trials Lend your Voice to Our Struggle! Eighth Anniversary of the Gujarat Genocide 2002 FEBRUARY 27-28, 2010 Dear Frien...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from JURIST — Legal News and Research of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked and disturbed by a wave in Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has registered a total of 13 cases of abusive treatment and physical ...

Dear Friends, Anti POSCO struggle in the Indian state of Orissa urgently require your help! Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), the South Korea based steel giant is moving forward with its plans to...

Min Myat Kyaw [Member, Asian Human Rights Commission]: “The sentencing of four supporters of democracy party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to two years’ imprisonment last week is the latest ...

Press Release issued by the Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) Lawyers for Democracy (LfD), a body of lawyers representing over 300 lawyers around the country, committed to democratic values, are deeply conc...

For immediate release: Kolkata, February 16, 2010 The Eighth Kolkata Group Workshop, chaired by Professor Amartya Sen, was held in Kolkata, India on February 15-16, 2010. The theme this year was Elimi...

For Immediate Release Bhopal 13 February, 2010 Can the Centre grant 11,000 crores more to Sardar Sarovar Project in violation of law, justice and environmental sustainability measures? Conspiracy to b...

Working Group on Justice for Peace 002/2010 16 February 2010 Public Statement A call for a halt in the use of GT200  The Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP) has been calling for the Thai govern...

Ostensibly the crisis is the elevation of chief justice for the Lahore High Court in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the elevation of the next senior most judge Justice Saquib Nasir, as acting Chief Ju...