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INDIA: BSF bludgeoned a boy, then shot him 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture and attempted murder of Sanjit Mondal on 15 April 2011 in yet another case of Border S...

BURMA: Plea to release Phyo Wai Aung immediately from the custody, who is critically ill and in the final stage of Liver Cancer 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following letter from the brother of imprisoned torture victim Phyo Wai Aung to the President of Myanmar (Burma) to ...

PAKISTAN: The Supreme Court must clarify the comments of the Chief Justice on the possible imposition of a State of Emergency

In a surprising move the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudhry has shown his inclination towards the imposition of Emergency Regulations in the province of Balochistan. In the cases of disappea...

INDIA: An Act to suppress democratic rights 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is informed that District Magistrate Barwani in Madhya Pradesh state has issued a “show cause” notice to human rights defender Ms. Madhuri Krishnas...

INDIA: Endemic brutality of the BSF 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the gruesome murder of 21-year-old Babu Seikh on 22 April 2012 in yet another case of Border Secu...

INDONESIA: Judgement by the Supreme Court upholding freedom of religion disregarded by police and Bekasi local authorities 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the ongoing threats and intimidation by villagers of Jejalen Jaya towards Reverend Palti Panjaitan and the co...

BURMA: Lawyers can get revoked licences back, govt says

(Hong Kong, May 25, 2012) Lawyers and other professionals who have lost their licences for prior involvement in politics can now apply to get them back, according to copies of documents obtained by th...

INDIA: Judgments cannot replace good governance 

India will be evaluated at the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland today. The three countries (Troika) involved in the review are Kuwait, Mauritius and Mexico. That ...

INDONESIA: Police tortured and denied a drug offender’s access to legal counsel and medical examination 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture, allegedly committed by the police officers of Narcotics Department of North Sumatra Provincial Po...

INDIA: Senseless police brutality 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning another case of illegal arrest, detention and police brutality against Mr Golam Kibria from Mursh...

NEPAL: No support to children, elderly and pregnant women victims of forced eviction 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the situation of the community living on the banks of the Bagmati River, in Thapathali, Kathmandu. On ...

INDONESIA: Ahmadiyah members in Batam are threatened, ill-treated and illegally arrested with the acquiescence of the police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding intimidation from the Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) towards Ahmadiyah in Batam. Short aft...

THAILAND: Relatives filing a civil lawsuit to demand justice and damage claim for the death of Private Wichean who was tortured to death in a military barrack in Narathiwat Province 

On Thursday 24 May 2012, at 10.00 am, representatives from the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT), an attorney from Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) and relatives of Private Wichean Phuaksom shall brin...

INDONESIA: Penyangkalan pemerintah di sesi UPR PBB sangat mengecewakan

(Hong Kong/Geneva/Jakarta 23 Mei 2012) Hari ini, rekam jejak penegakan hak asasi manusia (HAM) Indonesia dievaluasi oleh Dewan HAM PBB dalam sesi ke-13 Universal Periodic Review di Jenewa, Swiss. Bebe...

INDONESIA: Government’s denial at UN UPR very disappointing

(Hong Kong/Geneva/Jakarta 23 May 2012) Today, the Indonesia’s human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council in the 13th session of the Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Swit...

MYANMAR: Release critically ill Phyo Wai Aung without delay — Asian Human Rights Commission

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of Myanmar/Burma U Thein Sein President President’s Office Office No.18 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Dear President You will be aware ...

SRI LANKA: AG’s threat to file contempt of court charges against Hirunika Premachandra amounts to political manipulation of the judicial process

BBC Sinhala service reported yesterday that during Magistrate’s court proceedings relating to Bharata Lakshman Premachandra’s murder, the court was informed by counsel that his daughter Hi...

INDIA: Economic growth leaves human development in the dust 

GENEVA, May 23, 2012 (IPS) – Ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India, a coalition of NGOs denounced the gap between the country’s growth rate and the rate of poverty, malnutritio...