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The government of Pakistan has entered into an unconstitutional agreement with the Islamic militants operating in the country to implement an Islamic code of practice, the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR)...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following document from the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) UTHR(J) in Sri Lanka, which is available in full online. Asian Human Rights Commis...
(London, April 14, 2009) The Commonwealth and its members should use their combined diplomatic influence to press the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to cease ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to draw your attention to the case of a Pakistani citizen who has been held in inhuman conditions inside a private cell for 34 years. Although the case is know...
Basil Fernando B.R. Ambedkar was a man whose work unraveled the unique nature of the master-servant relationship in South Asia. Today is the anniversary of Dr. Ambedkars birth. Born to the family of...
The Asian Human Rights Commission believes that the life of Balochi lawyer, Mr. Kachkol Ali is in danger, after he witnessed the abduction of three clients, shortly before they were found murdered in ...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Secretary General of the United Nations. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from...
Three Baloch nationalist leaders were killed after their abduction by plain clothes persons in mysterious vehicles that bore no registration plates. They were taken from the chambers of a prominent la...
(New York, April 8, 2009) ¡V The Sri Lankan government should stop firing heavy artillery into the ¡§no-fire zone¡¨ in the northern Vanni area where some 100,000 civilians are trapped by the sepa...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Reporters without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...
Five media organisations in Sri Lanka issuing an investigative report entitled, ‘The Resurgence of Terror and the paramilitary forces in Sri Lanka,’ stated that covert operations are carri...
The report from Nepal, where a mob led by the Maoist cadres, in the past two days, interfering and preventing the court proceedings at Surkhet district is one more incident that highlights the wrong d...
[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 ...
COLOMBO – The Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the HumanRights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin, expressed urgent concerns today for the lives of over 100,000 civilian...
The Internet-broadcasted public flogging of a young girl by Taliban members in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) has enraged sections of Pakistan society, and given a taste of the newly-brokered...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Jagaran Media Center (JMC), a human rights organisation in Nepal concerning the case of a Dalit woman who was ass...
[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. We also encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to the Pakistan authorities...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls upon the Sri Lankan government to immediately release Mr Santha Fernando, secretary for justice and peace in the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights group, Spandan Samaj Seva Samiti (Spandan) in Madhya Pradesh (MP). It appears that the state governm...
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