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US Re-Engagement and Defeat of Azerbaijan Are Positive Results (New York, May 12, 2009) The United Nations General Assembly’s election of Human Rights Council members today was marred by lack...
General Assembly Members Should Not Reward Rights Abusers with Votes (New York, April 20, 2009) — Serious human rights violations in Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia undermine ...
To: African Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to welcome reports that African states plan to present...
To: Latin American and Caribbean Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to urge Latin American and Caribb...
Regional Groups Should Honor the Spirit of Council Membership Standards on Human Rights (New York, March 25, 2009) — More than 30 human rights organizations from around the world today wrote ...
(Hong Kong, September 20, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday urged the Buddhist community worldwide to join with monks in Burma and boycott anybody from or associated with its ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns as an act that demonstrates the failure of the international community to deal with dictators within the framework of law, while not deviating from internati...
A Joint NGO Statement WORLD: Prohibitions against torture under attack As we observe the annual U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, we would like to celeb...
As the government and combined military forces of the United States were cranking up and talking up the global “war on terror” in 2003, the Asian Human Rights Commission warned that delibe...
2015 New Year’s message from Kofi Annan, Chair of The Elders As Chair of The Elders, Kofi Annan has released a New Year’s message on behalf of The Elders. He reflects on the events of 2014 and l...
Dear Friends We are forwarding information from the International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) on the torture and custodial deaths of two men in Turkmenistan. If you ha...
Dear Friends, On 26 February 2002, AHRC issued an urgent appeal drawing attention to the case of Stephen Khan, a Kashmiri asylum seeker who has been in detention in Australia since 1998. At the time...
24 July 2001 Gen. Colin Powell US Secretary of State Dear General Powell, Every minute, one human life is snuffed out because of small arms. At the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Tra...
Secretary of State US Department of State Washington, DC 20520 Sir, Due to these Small Arms one life per minute has been stamped out because of small arms, resulting in destroyed families, des...
"In the course of this speech which has lasted for only a few minutes, one life per minute has been stamped out because of small arms, resulting in destroyed families, destabilized societies, weakened...
Three political and social activists which were held under the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), namely, Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor (national youth chief of the National Justice Party or Parti Keadila...
The UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) is to be held in South Africa in 2001. It is vital that this conference addresses the entrenche...
URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM AHRC UA Index: 000809 20 July 2000 We wish to encourage you to take part in th...
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