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A Statement from Human Rights Defenders and Promoters (HRDP) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Violent crackdown on the students, monks, journalists, and supporting civilians demanding ed...

A Statement from Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Today – March 13, 2015 – the...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that three months after a land rights activist was killed in Negros Occidental, there is no progress in the investigation of his case. He...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about Ms. JeyaGanesh Pakeerathy, a legal resident of France and her 14 year old daughter JeyaGanesh Pakalvia, a French citizen. Both h...

Over the last week Burma, or Myanmar, has witnessed the re-emergence of some of the most sinister methods of handling public demonstrations in its modern history. The police and civilian attack mobs h...

On December 10, 2014, we wrote about Renante Gamara, a labour activist, who was tortured and detained on fabricated charges. He was expecting a decision from the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Taguig C...

A Statement from Asia Press Office, Right Livelihood Award Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Western Ghat ecosystem supports the lives of people in six states of India. The...

Dear Friends, The Advocacy Forum Alliance in Nepal has informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) about the suspicious death of Gyani Raja Thakuri. The family of the deceased suspect direct inv...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has gathered detailed information on the custodial death in custody of an innocent man. This took place at the Dummalasuriya Police Station in Ku...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Defend Job Philippines about a blaze in Parola Compund, Binonda, Manila, which has displaced thousands of urban poor. The AHRC ur...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the alleged mastermind in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl had already been indicted. The court ordered his arrest with...

8th March is celebrated across the world as the international women’s day, yet many women in Pakistan remain oblivious to the significance of this day. In 2014, the World Economic Forum ranked Paki...

This week’s episode of Weekly Roundup includes: From Hong Kong, the sentencing of Law Wan-tung, the woman convicted of abusing Erwiana, has become a rallying point of its own as the Judiciary ente...

Mama Qadeer ( File Photo) The Asian Human Rights Commission strongly condemns the illegal and unconstitutional action of the government of Pakistan to stop the office bearers of Voice of Baloch Missin...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Udon Thani Environmental Conservation Group about the intensification of ongoing threats and surveillance of human rights def...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has detailed information on the murders of two innocent people; one who was illegally arrested, tortured and killed, and the other who was will...

Organised by: International Human Rights Committee (IHRC) UK Hosted by: Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) Hong Kong Title: Freedom of Belief in Pakistan Date: 12 March 2015 Time: 15:30 – 17:00 ...

A Press Release from Asia Press Office, Right Livelihood Award Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) India has new opportunities to lead a global initiative for a nuclear-we...

Amila Sampath, founder of the Human Rights Asia Weekly Roundup presenting its’ 64 episode ( AHRC Photo) This week’s episode of Weekly Roundup covers recent event involving human rights gro...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the arrest of reputed human rights defenders and advocates Thushar Nirmal Sarathy and Jaison C. Cooper under the draconian Unlawful Activitie...