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Around 45,000 of the 1.4 million blind people in Pakistan are children aged under-15. Many more children suffer from ‘low vision’, which means a significant vision defect even with glasses...

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...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a rape victim for whom we have been campaigning has finally won her case in court, after a judge took particular interes...

The existence of independent and strong media is a prerequisite for the working of a free and just society that governs itself by the rule of law. The role of media in establishing such a society is t...

[RE: AHRC-HAC-008-2009: UPDATE (India): Approximately 83 percent of the children in eight villages of Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh are malnourished] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (A...

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...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 20/021/2009 2 December 2009 Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa must ensure independent,credible and impartial investigation into the...

As we all know that Pakistan is not a naturally grown country, rather a man-made state that came into existence through a contract between different people. And that contract, everyone knows, is the 1...

(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 ...

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...

Dear friends, A seven-year-old girl was badly injured when members of the Frontiers Corp (FC), a para-military force fired indiscriminately at the car she was traveling in, in Hayatabad, Peshawar. One...

It is evident by recent events that the state intelligence agencies remain above the law and are spending more time and resources on monitoring freedom of expression rather than doing their profession...

The Indian media often report with contempt the killing and maiming of the citizens by non-state actors. The limited debate in the country upon the issue is centred on the illegitimacy of violence use...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) brings you case details of a farmer who, while on his way to pick up his child from school, was arbitrarily arrested, faced with fabricated cha...

A Study of Police Torture in Sri Lanka by Morten Koch Andersen and Basil Fernando The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the publication of a new book on the failing judicial sys...

(Bhubaneswar, November 30, 2009) Odisha government should bring out a White paper on the continuous farmers’ suicide and mining scam in the state. The Janata Vikash Manch along with other organizatio...

Re: Invitation to a Briefing on Armed Forces Special Powers Act for Members of Parliament Dear Madam / Sir, The Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) cordially invites you to a: B...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-233-2009 November 27, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission NEPAL: The DPKO must repatriate Major Basnet to Nepal to stand trial Major Niranjan Basnet ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-234-2009 November 27, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Another Ahmadi academic is killed by Muslim fundamentalists On November 26, 2009 ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Janata Vikas Manch and Agragamee. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...