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BANGLADESH: UN should act immediately to save Bangladeshi lives 

Mr. Ban Ki Moon Secretary General of the United Nations Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General United Nations S-378, New York, NY 10017 USA Fax: +1 212 963 7055 or 2155 An Open Letter to th...

INDIA: Middlemen chop the hands of two bonded labourers in Odisha 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information from  local media KBK Samachar and CGNET Swara regarding two bonded labourers in Kalahandi district of Odish...

SRI LANKA: Catholic Bishops on independence of judiciary and independent Commissions 

Following is an extract from the Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka, entitled ‘Towards Reconciliation and Rebuilding of the Nation’. In this exercise th...

INDIA: Two children executed and one critically injured in Assam

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from North East Dialogue Forum, a coalition of human rights organisations, and North East Research & Social Work Net...

INDIA: Press statement from Independent People’s Tribunal on the Functioning of National Human Rights Commission, 16 December, 2013

An Independent Peoples’ Tribunal was jointly organised by Human Rights Law Network, All India Network of NGOs and Individuals working with National / State  Human Rights Institutions [AiNNI], ...

SRI LANKA: Church leaders draw attention to the problem of malnutrition 

Following is an extract from the Pastoral Letter of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka, entitled ‘Towards Reconciliation and Rebuilding of the Nation’. Even though exact s...

PAKISTAN: The second phase of the 1,400 km Long March has started 

From Karachi to Islamabad a long march has started for the recovery of missing persons from Balochistan The Voice of Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has started the second phase of the Long March, this ...

NEPAL: Adhikari Couple in Critical Condition 

The health of Mr. Nanda Prasad Adhikari and Mrs. Ganga Maya Adhikari, parents to a murdered son, Krishna Prasad Adhikari, is deteriorating rapidly. According to doctors at Bir Hospital, having  resum...

PAKISTAN: Whereabouts of 9,120 arrestees from Karachi remain unknown 

The suspects are missing after arrest and 150 have been extrajudicially killed during the last three months of the “Karachi operation” The federal government has started an operation in Ka...

BANGLADESH: Human Dignity Denied 

The full report is available for download at: http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2013/AHRC-SPR-008-2013.pdf/view Human Rights Day is being observed in Bangladesh, amidst extreme forms of ...

PAKISTAN: Freedom from Hunger-privilege granted or acknowledged right? 

“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food.” Aly Ercelan and Muhammad Ali Shah A recent publicat...

SRI LANKA: ‘We must put a Stop to Torture’ says Eran Wickramaratne, MP 

The following is a translation of a statement made by Eran Wickramaratne, MP, in Parliament on December 3, 2013. Today, I am going to take the opportunity of the short time accorded to me, to speak o...

SRI LANKA: Will international treaties protect human rights in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s ratifications of United Nations human rights conventions signal a certain willingness to adhere to the UN treaties and to be guided by international law. But the record of actual com...

INDIA: Challenge the Draconian Black Laws in Meghalaya

PRESS RELEASE, December 10, 2013 Thma-U-Rangli-Juki (TUR), a progressive people’s organisation, will hold a street corner meeting on the draconian Meghalaya Preventive Detention Act (MPDA), 1995...

INDIA: अतिकुपोषित है मध्य प्रदेश का शहरी क्षेत्र 

म.प्र के ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में तो मातृत्व/बाल स्वास्थ एवं पोषण की स्थिति जगज...

SRI LANKA: Indebtedness, militarization, & the threat against all human rights 

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on Human Rights Day Sinhalese The full report is available for download at: http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2013/AHRC-SPR-006-2013.pdf/...

INDIA: मानवाधिकार विमर्श में कहाँ खो जाती है तीसरे लिंग की आवाज़ 

माननीय उच्चतम न्यायालय के न्यायमूर्ति के.एस. राधाकृष्णन और ए.के. सिकरी की यु...

ශරී ලංකාව: ණයගැතිබව, හමුදාකරණය, සහ සකල මානව හිමිකම්වලට එරෙහි තර්ජනය 

English The full report is available for download at: http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2013/AHRC-SPR-006-2013.pdf/view අන්තර්ජාතික මානව හිමිකම...

INDIA: Violent Attack, Arbitrary Detention, Death Threats to activists of Meyor Community, Arunachal Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from civil society groups regarding death threats, arbitrary detention and harassment of members of the Meyor community,...

INDIA: Where freedom & dignity remains a mirage 

The full report is available for download at: http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2013/AHRC-SPR-003-2013.pdf/view Human Rights Day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of...