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ASIA: A general view of the conditions of women in Asian countries 

International Women’s Day–2010 Today the world is looking to women for change in what remains a situation that offends human rights on a daily basis. In its work as a listener and voice to clai...

ASIA: High Commissioner speaks out against domestic violence and “honour killing” on occasion of International Women’s Day 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Ho...

BANGLADESH: Man arbitrarily detained and tortured to death by paramilitary force and police in Dhaka

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a man named Md. Mohiuddin Arif from his house. Arif was arbitrarily det...

BANGLADESH: Journalist tortured in police vehicle in Rangpur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the health and security of a journalist who was extensively tortured by the Kotowali police in Rangpur, and is now in hiding. ...

ASIA: Making Justice Happen: IBJ Fellowship for Innovative Criminal Justice Projects 

GENEVA/ SINGAPORE (January 27, 2010) – In support of efforts to curb legal abuse across Asia, International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) this week launches its second JusticeMakers Fellowship Compet...

BANGLADESH: Ensuring human rights for ordinary citizens is an urgent need 

The AHRC is publishing its 2009 annual human rights report on Bangladesh. A pre-publication version of the report can be downloaded at: http://material.ahrchk.net/hrreport/2009/AHRC-SPR-001-2009-Bang...

ASIA: Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay 

A Statement by the UN High Commissioner from the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of Human Rights Day 2009 ASIA: Statement by the UN High Commissioner The concept of non-discrimination li...

ASIA: Crisis in Human Rights Protection in Asia — Bad Policing Systems as a Major Threat to Human Rights 

On the 10th of December Human Rights Day is celebrated the world over. It reminds us of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, which symbolized the start of an era based on...

BANGLADESH: Around 30 lower caste families in the Hindu community face eviction in Chittagong

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the eviction risk faced by around 300 people of a lower caste Hindu community in Chittagong, without adequate compensation o...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): A woman tortured by police while pregnant gets help from the courts after three years; police harassment continues

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has issued regular updates on the case of Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa, a pregnant woman who was brutally tortured and whose unborn child was killed...

WORLD: WTO: “Trade negotiations need to reflect the new global consensus on hunger,” warns UN expert on right to food 

(2 December 2009) GENEVA – Just days after the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food reviews the stakes of the ongoing WTO Ministerial for global food ...

BANGLADESH: A former liberation fighter gets state honours at his funeral, but no investigation into his murder in custody

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Khulna police have killed a man in a so-called ‘encounter’. The victim was known as a freedom-fighter for his ro...

WORLD: UN Expert: human rights defenders face more restrictions on freedom of association in all regions 

On 23 October 2009, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights defenders, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda), called on States in the Third Committee of the General Assembly to do away with laws that requ...

SOUTH ASIA: Child slavery in Jaintia Hills indicates poor human rights standards in the region

Today the world celebrates International Child Rights Day. While declarations and promises are made to guarantee safe living conditions for children, little is known about an estimated 70,000 bonded c...

BANGLADESH: Police allow three women to be beaten by a mob during a land dispute

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that police officers allowed a lawyer, her mother and domestic helper to be beaten by a group armed with sticks. The women and thei...

WORLD: No new alternative for facing hunger 

Heidelberg, (17 November, 2009) – The human rights organization FIAN criticized the final declaration of the World Summit on Food Security as a document that presents no and promoting the right ...

BANGLADESH: Government should probe extrajudicial killings and reform the system instead of making denials — Asian Human Rights Commission

Bangladesh’s Minister for Home Affairs Ms. Sahara Khatun has reportedly said that “no ‘crossfire’ killing [has] occurred since her party has assumed office” in January th...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): A torture victim is missing after being picked up by police

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Paikgachha police have arrested Mr. Muzibur Rahman, a man who was previously arbitrarily arrested, de...

WORLD: NGOs urge UN General Assembly to adopt strong resolution on Goldstone Report concerning Gaza

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to urge your government to support recommendations in the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone...

BANGLADESH: Police detain and torture a man after fabricating four successive cases against him due to a grudge

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Paikgachha police have compiled at least four fake cases against a businessman after he complained about them to higher offi...