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SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Justice for Rizana Nafeek 

www.countercurrents.org 30 September, 2012 I want to tell you, and from your mouth to God’s ear, the tragic tale of Rizana Nafeek, an inconsequential and faceless housemaid from Sri Lankawho is ...

ASIA: Torture — Asian and Global Perspectives, issue No. 3 of Volume 1 is now available 

The third issue of volume one of Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives is now available and is being distributed at the time of writing. Published jointly by the AHRC and the Rehabilitation and Resea...

ASIA: Speeches of the Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-Treatment – the meeting of the parliamentarians 

(Hong Kong, September 7, 2012) We are glad to present several of the speeches made at the meeting held in Hong Kong from July 21-24 organised by the Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-Treatment (A...

ASIA: Three great protests – In Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and the Omkareshwar Dam in India 

When people are hurt by the actions of authorities, they protest. When the hurt is deep and widespread it could give rise to collective modes of protest. Three such protest movements are now taking pl...

ASIA: The need to criminalise enforced disappearances 

Photos depict the Monument for the Disappeared at Raddoluwa Junction, Seeduwa Today, August 30th, is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The International Convention for t...

ASIA: ABC Kimberley radio interview on the meeting of the parliamentarians 

We are pleased to forward the full text and the audio of an interview with Mr. Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and ABC Kimberley about the meeting of the parliamentarians held in H...

ASIA: Decisive state action key to end torture and ill-treatment

(Hong Kong, July 25, 2012) Parliamentarians from eight Asian states and civil society representatives, who met at Hong Kong for the first Asian parliamentarians’ meeting organised by the Asian A...

ASIA: Democracy is the best revenge 

Speech delivered by Pakistani Senator Saeed Ghani as part of the deliberations in the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians in the Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-treatment. On Sunday afternoon, th...

[Nepali] नेपाल: यातना रोकथामकालागी एसियाली मुलुकका सासदहरु हङकङ छलफल गर्दै

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

ASIA: Basic argument for the elimination of police torture 

The following is a speech by Basil Fernando, Director for Policy and Programme Development at the Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong. The speech was delivered at the Meeting of Asian Parliamenta...

[Hindi] ASIA: एशिया में पुलिसिया यातना के अंत के लिए कुछ बुनियादी तर्क 

यह बासिल फर्नान्डो, निदेशक नीति एवं कार्यक्रम विकास, एशियन ह्योमन राइट्स कम...

ASIA: Welcoming speech by Jan Ole Haagensen, Director RCT at the AAATI Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians 

Speech by Jan Ole Haagensen, Director of International Department of Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, Denmark. The speech was delivered at the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians ...

[French] ASIE: Un argument fondamental pour l’élimination de la torture 

POUR PUBLICATION IMMEDIATE COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE AHRC-STM-148-2012-FR Communiqué de presse de la Commission asiatique des droits humains Nous partageons ci-dessous le discours suivant de Basil Fernand...

ASIA: The opening speech for the AAATI Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians 

This morning, Mr. John Clancey, the chairperson of the Asian Legal Resource Centre, delivered this speech inaugurating the deliberation of the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians against Torture and Ill...

[Hindi] भारत: यातना के खात्मे के लिए हांगकांग में मिलकर विचार करेंगे एशियाई सांसद

(हांगकांग, 19 जुलाई, 2012) एशियाई देशों में फैली व्यापक यातना और अनुचित व्यवहार को...

[Korean] 아시아: 아시아 의원들, 고문 근절을 위한 방법에 대해 논의하다

아시아: 아시아 의원들, 고문 근절을 위한 방법에 대해 논의하다 (홍콩, 7월 19일, 2012) 여러 아시아국가에서 온 국회의원들이 자국에 만연한 고문 및 가...

[Burmese] ASIA: Asian Parliamentarians to discuss ways for eliminating torture

အာရွ ပါလီမန္ပုဂိၢဳလ္မ်ားႏွင့္ ပက္သက္ၿပီး ညွင္းပန္းႏိွပ္စက္မႈမ်ား အဆံု...

[Sinhalese] ASIA: Asian Parliamentarians to discuss ways for eliminating torture

ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ නිවේදනයයි ආසියාව: වධ හිංසාව මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම ...

[French] ASIE: Des parlementaires asiatiques à la recherche de stratégies pour éliminer la torture

POUR PUBLICATION IMMEDIATE COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE AHRC-PRL-027-2012-FR Communiqué de presse de la Commission asiatique des droits humains (Hong Kong, 19 Juillet 2012) Des parlementaires de différents ...

[Filipino] ASYA: Mga mambabatas sa Asya pag-uusapan ang mga paraan para magtigil ang tortyur

(Hong Kong, Hulyo 20, 2012) Nakatakdang mag-usap sa isang pulong ang mga mambabatas mula sa iba’t ibang bansa sa Asya para pag-usapan ang mga paraan paano matigil ang malawakang praktis ng torty...