Latest News

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that three people were killed on March 8, 16 and 24, 2015 respectively. One of the victims was an indigenous member ...

In this week’s episode, AHRC TV covers stories from Indonesia. The programme begins with the latest in the decade-long fight for justice for slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib: the nami...

A 17-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has passed an order whereby all executions awarded by the recently established military courts are stayed until pendency of a writ petition filed by ...

คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งอาเซียน (AHRC) ได้ทราบว่าสมาชิกของสหพันธ์เกษตร...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 14th April 2015 at around 9.45 p.m., three journalists have been threatened with their lives and from continuing...

( Hong Kong SAR, April 17, 2015) Despite the court order and provision in the 2007 Interim Constitution of Nepal, no law criminalising torture has been enacted. The Nepal Government failed to provide ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a woman has been killed by her husband and brother-in-law, who claim to have been acting to defend “honour...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has gathered detailed information on the cell death of an innocent man at the Kalutara North Prison on 5th April 2015. Mr. Goniyamalimage Suraj P...

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම (UNHRC) විසින්, පොලිස් භාරයේදී සිදුවූ ම�...

by Basil Fernando A determination issued by the United Nation’s Human Rights Committee on 1st April 2015, reveals extraordinary failures on the part of Sri Lankan State agencies – the police, the...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Baswadi Meghwal Samaj and Anusuchit Jati and Samasat Jan Sangharsh Samiti, Nagaur, Rajasthan, about a brutal attack...

A Statement from The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has issued Order no. 3/2558 concerning the m...

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and KontraS to Mr. Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, the Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Mr. Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly Minister of Law and Huma...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding military intervention in academic discourse on the subject of Balochistan. A talk scheduled at the Lahore Univ...

A Press Release from Asia Press Office, Right Livelihood Award Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Over a decade having passed since the assassination of Right Livelihood ...

Since the April 2012 debut of Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives, “Torture Magazine” has been providing unparalleled reporting and analysis on torture and other human rights issues around the ...

According the information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) a mother and her 18 month old infant has died suddenly, on 6th April 2015, as a result of continued domestic violence an...

Dear Friends, On 9 March 2015, Jeevandarage Ashan Tharanga, a 17 year old young man of No: 62, Balummahara, Dekatana in the Gampaha District, was illegally arrested and severely beaten by police offic...

by Tapan Bose*  Justice Dattu’s argument that the meeting was being held to save precious working days and meant no disrespect to the sentiments of India’s Christian minority has not gone down we...

The former Chief Whip of the ruling coalition in Kerala, Mr. P. C. George, has released a letter to the media, which he has sent to the Chief Minister of the State, Mr. Oomen Chandy. In the letter, am...