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Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Narmada Bachao Andolan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——̵...

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to urge your government to support recommendations in the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone...

The religious minorities especially the Christians in Pakistan are caught up in a serious situation where in their life, property, honor, freedom, and way of living is in danger. The State is seriousl...

Reporters Without Borders was extremely concerned about two rulings clamping down on electronic media that represent a very serious backward step. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA...

A situation akin to 1971 is brewing in Balochistan. Radical nationalists advocating a separate state of Balochistan are steadily gaining popularity at the expense of those who continue to look for a s...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Paikgachha police have compiled at least four fake cases against a businessman after he complained about them to higher offi...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Dr. Mubashir Hasan, former finance minister of Pakistan, published in the Daily Times. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

Fiji falls furthest, but big advance by Maldives Check your country ranking on: http://www.rsf.org/en-classement1003-2009.html Political power grabs dealt press freedom a great disservice again this ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a team from the Rapid Action Battalion-10, a paramilitary force involved in maintaining law and order in Bangladesh, tortured a ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has discovered that Koyra police are working to support a man who threw acid at a teenage girl, and have pressured her to marry him. The police i...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that senior police officials are preventing an investigation into the alleged gang rapes of female students by a group of tea...

Pakistan is among the countries which will be hit hardest in near future by effects of climate change even though it contributes only a fraction to global warming. The country is witnessing severe pre...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned that Sargodha city police have made no moves to arrest the men accused of gang raping a 16-year-old girl, and are instead supporting an il...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned that on 22 October 2009 Mr. F. M. Masum, a journalist of an English language national daily newspaper in Bangladesh, was tortured by members of the Rapid ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a woman in Sindh has been arbitrarily denied her job in the civil service for nineteen years. Though officially appointed as a S...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that officers at Kochchikade officers have arrested and detained a woman without cause or complaint, only releasing her due to pres...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that Paikgachha police have created a fake case against six men; all of whom were trying to take a case against a local con man. Tw...

Islamabad/Brussels, 21 October 2009: The military operation in South Waziristan is unlikely to succeed in curbing the spread of religious militancy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), u...

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM RANKING ASIA-PACIFIC Authoritarianism prevents press freedom progress in much of Asia Fiji falls furthest, but big advance by Maldives Check your country ranking on: http://www.rs...

SRI LANKA: Journalist complains of death threats and unknown persons pursuing him (Hong Kong, October 21, 2009) Mr. Senaka Ekanayake, the editor of SATANA, a local newspaper, complained of constant de...