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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a fifteen year old boy was arrested under allegations of illegal possession of arms and robbery and was tortured th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is extremely concerned by reports that the Executive Director of the Human Rights Alliance was assaulted by six unidentified persons in retaliati...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the lack of progress in the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Chhori Maiya...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arrest and manhandling of 32 peaceful protesters who had gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s r...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) adds its voice to the protests which have been taking place in Bulatawar for several weeks now denouncing the overarching impunity stemming from ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns reports that the government of Nepal has been putting pressure on the Attorney General Office and Police Headquarters to halt investigat...

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is releasing its annual report on the state of human rig...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a man disappeared after being taken into police custody in Banke district. He was arrested on 6 September 2012 under alleg...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) adds its voice to the chorus of concern over the promotion of Colonel Raju Basnet to the rank of Brigadier General of the Nepal Army, in spite of the seriousne...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man arrested for snatching a gold chain had been severely tortured while in custody of the District Police Office...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a fifteen-year-old domestic worker, Mr Rameshwor Chhaudari, was arrested by the police on 16 August under allegations of t...

An Oral Statement to the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organization in general consultative status Thank you Madam President...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that human rights defenders working with WOREC Nepal, a leading women’s rights organization, and Mitini Nepal, an ...

On 8 August, the Nepali newspaper The Himalayan Times reported from Myagdi district that the incumbent Attorney General of Nepal, Mukti Pradhan had denounced the current police investigation process...

A group of human rights lawyers and activists gathered for a two-day seminar on the Rule of Law and Criminal Justice in Dhulikhel, Nepal. This seminar was organized by Advocacy Forum and the Asian Hum...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an 18-year old 10th grade student, Dipen Limbu, was tortured after being accused of extorting money from local shop...

(हङकङ, 19 जुलाई, 2012) एशियाली देशहरुमा व्यापकरुप्मा फैलिएको यातना र अंानवियेव्य...

On Sunday afternoon, former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Pushpa Bhusal delivered this speech as part of the deliberations in the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians against Torture and Il...

A Joint Press Release by Advocacy Forum and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) (Geneva, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, July 9, 2012) Advocacy Forum and the Asian Legal Resource Centre held a special event ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a couple is facing death threats after filing a case under the Torture Compensation Act against a police officer in...