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Dear friends, According to information that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received from Protection of People’s Rights, Nepal (PPR Nepal) that a 43-year-old man arrested under alle...
Dear friends, According to information that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received, a 26-year old man has disappeared following his arrest by a joint police team dispatched from the Cen...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Jagaran Media Center that a 21-year-old man from the Dalit community of Pansera VDC, Siraha District was allege...
Life like hell in the place like heaven — Mountainous region As a right to food activist for the last five years, I had a dream to travel to the Karnali region, a mountainous area while doing fi...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the situation of the community living on the banks of the Bagmati River, in Thapathali, Kathmandu. On ...
The following is a comment from a reader to an AHRC Urgent Appeal on the issue of dowry deaths in India. We reproduce this short comment by the reader because it represents the general perception abou...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 29-year-old Bhutanese refugee, Jit Bahadur Subba, having applied for third country resettlement was arrested from...
The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the squatter settlements in Thapathali, Kathmandu on the ba...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to express its deep concern at the latest developments in the establishment of transitional justice institutions in Nepal. On 19 April 2012, the major p...
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express its concern toward the scrapping of the provision prohibiting amnesty for human rights violations in the Bills establishing the Truth and Reconcilia...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Asia Foundation, written by Pema Abrahams on the shortcomings of the newly adopted NHRC Act. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong K...
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to condemn in the strongest possible terms the decision of the government, made on February 27, 2012, to recommend the withdrawal of nearly 425 criminal cases....
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the threat of forced eviction faced by thousands of slum dwellers. According to the information we received fr...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) a human rights group working for the rights of Dalit women and the Dalit Nat...
On 18 February, a 40-year-old woman, Dhegani Mahato was accused of having made one of her family members sick by casting a spell by a local shaman. She was set on fire and killed by her family members...
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the International Women’s Day Today marks the International Women’s Day, a day to reflect on the gains achieved by women...
In three separate open letters issued today, the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum have urged the leaders of the Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the United Commu...
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum to the Chairman of (UML) Communist Party of Nepal Mr. Jhalanath Khanal Chairman Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Central Office M...
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum to the President of Nepali Congress Party Mr. Sushil Koirala Nepali Congress President Central Office B.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P. ...
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