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(Hong Kong, September 27, 2007) Protests demanding global action over the crackdown on peaceful protestors in Burma were held in Hong Kong, Korea and Thailand on Thursday, and in the Philippines on We...
(Hong Kong, September 16, 2007) Twenty one participants from nine Asian countries will meet in Hong Kong from 17th to 21st September to discuss the problems of delays in adjudication and the implicati...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to request that representatives of the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) working in Asia be given sufficient skilled people and f...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you to call special attention to the on-line petition for justice to Mr. Kazuo Ishikawa who was originally sentenced to death by ...
(Hong Kong, December 21, 2006) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) announces the release of its Human Rights Report for 2006 (345 pages), entitled “The State of Human .” The report i...
In addition to the general statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for International Human Rights Day on December 10, we are also making the brief comments below on the human righ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you on the occasion of the 2006 International Day for the Disappeared to encourage the Government of Japan to show leadership in addressing the i...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by its partner in Nepal, Advocacy Forum, about further developments to the case of 33-year old Mr. Teksu Rai, a permanent resid...
It is with great concern that we watch the rapid deterioration of perhaps it would be more accurate to say the deliberate flaunting of the rule of law and international norms in Western Asia. ...
27 June 2006 AA-004-2006 A Special Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission JAPAN: Launch of Japanese Mailing Lists 日本語でのメーリングリストをはじめました アジアン...
As it observes the annual U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes that fighting the war on terror in recent years is now ...
[RE: UP-167-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: A seasons appeal for intervention in the case of the three Sri Lankans facing death sentence; UP-43-2005: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the growing crisis that has recently beset East Timor, the world’s youngest nation. Reports indicate that tens of thousands of per...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the plight of a young woman (whose parents are Pakistani) who was raped in her country of birth, Saudi Arabia, and then s...
The first step on a new road towards the worldwide enjoyment of human rights and the protection of victims was taken yesterday, with the creation of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, fol...
[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2...
A code of conduct for non-governmental organizations is currently being discussed in Nepal. Such a code, if put in place, will serve to drastically curtail the freedom of civil groups to engage in ind...
Simon Wiesenthal, one of the most important contributors to the modern human rights movement, passed away on September 20, 2005. Although known mainly for his work in exposing perpetrators of the Nazi...
The recent assault and detention of the Maldives’ opposition party leader is indicative of the disturbing use of authoritarian powers by the government to suppress calls for democratic reform. M...
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