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24 March 2009, WASHINGTON/HEIDELBERG — Today, a coalition of faith, hunger, international development, human rights, farm and food organizations including FIAN International sent a letter to Pr...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  March 18, 2009  ALRC-STM-002-2009 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre ASIA: The region to benefit from the High Commissioner’s visit The Asian Legal Resource ...

(Hong Kong, March 16, 2009) The Asian Legal Resource Centre has produced a new report in the latest volume of article 2 (volume 8, No. 1) on the abuse of police powers of arrest and detention for mone...

Greetings with music of the sacred breath my dear brothers and sisters, My ancestral name is Dom-an. I am also Florence Macagne-Manegdeg, 36 yrs old, widow of Jose (Pepe) Riveral Manegdeg III and duly...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that two persons, one of whom was a woman, were killed under the pretext of a “legitimate encounter” that took...

A core element in any judicial function is impartiality. The common saying is that judges need not only to be impartial but need to be seen to be impartial. Over the centuries codes of conduct have be...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that seven construction workers were illegally arrested and held by soldiers over allegations that they were constructing ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-053-2009  March 9, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PHILIPPINES: “Guilt by relation” renders due process meaningless On March 4, 20-y...

Several events which have taken place in recent weeks remind us of the deepening of the crises in the region. In Bangladesh, in The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) 55 officers, Seven civilians including two o...

(Hong Kong, March 3, 2009) In response to a newspaper report that Filipinos are reportedly more liable to contract community-based infectious diseases (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or ...

(Hong Kong, February 26, 2009) After his case was exposed it has been learned that claims for payment of accident compensation are possible.  When Tibio Melvin Delos Reyes, a 20-year-old Filipino wor...

Dr. Thomas Tsang, JP Controller Centre for Health Protection Department of Health 3/F 147C Argyle Street, Kowloon Hong Kong Fax No.: 2573 0585 Dear Dr. Tsang, Re: Report  My name is Danilo Reyes, a F...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern that a labour lawyer and several other activists, who had already been released after they were exonerated from question...

(Hong Kong, February 18, 2009) A twenty-year-old Filipino waiter, who suffered second degree burns to his face and chest caught fire in a work related accident has now sought compensation for the inju...

Background The Human Rights Council will be addressing human rights education in its upcoming 10th session (Geneva, 2?7 March 2009). It will discuss specifically a Declaration on Human Rights Educatio...

The interview can be viewed on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7lza-rVu9k On February 5, 2009, Fr. Frank Nally, former Columban priest missionary in the Phillippines and human Rights acti...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you that the villagers in Kamuhkaan village suffer from hunger and illness aggravated by flood. The local government temporarily...

Government Should Not Appoint Palparan to Drugs Board (New York, February 3, 2009) – The Philippine government should investigate retired Major General Jovito Palparan for widespread rights violation...

PHILIPPINES: former action star talks about gay rights online (Hong Kong, January 23, 2009) Many years ago he was famous as Rustom Padilla.  He was one of a brood of actor brothers, famous in his own...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you about the situation of the villagers in Davao Del Sur, who suffer from hunger and extreme poverty. Many of the villagers are...