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On May 12, 2009, the United Nations General Assembly will hold elections to the UN Human Rights Council. Five seats will be available to the Asian region. Only five States from the region – Banglades...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the detention and abduction of Sinnavan Stephen Sunthararaj, a human rights defender based in Jaffna...

Stephen Suntharaj, age 39, has been working for Centre for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) since March 2008 as program officer. He formerly worked for Child Protection Authority, Jaffna branch. St...

During the fourth phase of the national general elections held yesterday in India, the state government of Rajasthan has resorted to controversial security measures. On the pretext of ensuring safety,...

India is about to complete the national general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha. The fifth and the last phase of the election is expected to be completed on 13 May. The results will be declared on 16 ...

The world’s attention at the moment is fixed on about 192,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and another 50,000 – 100,000 civilians trapped within a five square-kilometer area in what...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement of the former Prime Minister of Nepal Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The statement is the abridged transcript of Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s spe...

The resignation of the Prime Minister of Nepal and its prompt acceptance by the country’s President, expose the vulnerability of the ongoing democratisation process in that country. The peace pr...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-096-2009 May 6, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Fundamental rights upheld Supreme Court holds that police authorities have not heeded ch...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-097-2009 May 06, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The dubious role of Pakistan army in dealing with Taliban thereby legitimizing the mas...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police attached to the Bulathsinhala Police Station allegedly assaulted a man and cut his hand with a knife while...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that four children were illegally arrested under the blasphemy laws on January 28, 2009. They are in dangerous health ...

The parents in Batticaloa decided to stop sending their children to school for a week as a mark of protest over the kidnapping and killing of an eight year-old girl Satheeskumar Thinuska. Earlier six-...

“We may have to take choppers and machetes, we will have to attack with choppers those who jump over the boundaries,” chanted a group of people from Hela Urumaya, (a Sinhala heritage party...

[RE: AHRC-HAC-002-2009: UPDATE (India): The government ignores deaths of forty-three children due to malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) had reported...

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to them. Fax numbers and postal ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that officers attached to the Dehiwela Police Station arrested a couple on 21 November 2007 who were allegedly torture...

A statement by 19 citizens, Kathmandu, 24 April 2009 Having gathered on the occasion of the third anniversary of Loktantra Day, we citizens from different walks of life, in making public our views on ...

You claim that although the food crisis we suffered globally in 2008 is only a cyclical phase, the serious structural problems remain. The structural problems affect much more people in developing cou...

General Assembly Members Should Not Reward Rights Abusers with Votes (New York, April 20, 2009) — Serious human rights violations in Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia undermine ...