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The AHRC has received photographs from Mr. Javed Kapoor showing the extent of the gender-based violence in Pakistan and the concrete consequences of the misogynist mindset which is spreading within th...

On the 26th January the election for the position of Executive President was held in Sri Lanka and the election commissioner declared the incumbent president, Mahinda Rajapakse, as the winner. The com...

After the presidential election of the 16th January there are continuous reports on several matters that raise concern about the security of persons from attacks and incidents of violence. The Asian H...

“My brother was picked up by the state intelligence agencies when he was returning home from office,¡¨ recalled Hani Baloch, the sister of a missing Baloch person, as she broke into tears whil...

Lawyers have stormed the Lahore Session Courts to show their solidarity with a lawyer and former president of Lahore high court bar association who was arrested in the murder case of a 12-year-old Chr...

The common candidate for several opposition parties, retired general Sarath Fonseka, has made an appeal to the President of Sri Lanka to ensure security for him through the Inspector General of Police...

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières From: RSF ASIA <asie@rsf.org> Date: 2010/1/25 25 January 2010 In English: http://www.rsf.org/Political-reporter-and-cartoonist.html En franÃ...

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...

The conduct of Justice P.G. Agarwal Commission of Inquiry so far appears to be a threat to media freedom in India. The single-member Commission, appointed on August 27 is the state government’s ...

Earl Butz, US Secretary, Agriculture in 1974 said “If food can be used as a weapon  we shall be happy to use it” Bt Brinjal is part of this strategy We thank Shri Ramesh, Minister-in-Charge of Envi...

There are reports that dozens of people are missing after their arrest by the intelligence agencies, operating in Pakistani held Kashmir, the Azad Kashmir. It is reported that the people were arrested...

FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ART-010-2010 January 25, 2010 The Transcript of a Speech by Mr. Mrinal Talukdar delivered at the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Rule of law is a phantom limb in India’...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Front Line are pleased to inform you of the release of Mr. Jiten Yumnam and seven other persons from custody in Manipur state, India. The administratio...

Basil Fernando The election for the Executive President will take place on the 26th January. This election will test the sovereignty of the people as enshrined in the Constitution and the possibility ...

Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from IPS. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from IPS forwarded by the Asian Human Rights...

(New York, January 21, 2010) — Pakistan’s military actively undermined the civilian government’s human rights agenda in 2009, Human Rights Watch said today in its new World Report 2...

The ICJ is pleased to release a new report, “Post-: Rule of Law, the Criminal Justice System and Commissions of Inquiry,” authored by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena. The full 175 page report is...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a human rights defender is under death threats from retired army men for arranging a love marriage for a girl from ...

Basil Fernando Four people have now been killed due to election violence during this presidential campaign. This campaign is for electing the highest political officer in the nation. The very fact tha...

Karachi-January 12, 2010: According to the statistics of Human Rights commission of Pakistan in the year 2009, in the city of Karachi, the largest industrial of Pakistan, 1747 were killed– among them...