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ASIA/PAKISTAN: Reinstate the ousted Supreme Court and prevent the plunge into lawlessness

Every move that General Musharraf has taken for the singular purpose of his own survival has plunged Pakistan into a greater state of lawlessness. Strangely, General Musharraf seems to believe that th...

PAKISTAN: Prominent lawyer tortured, poisoned in detention; two others held incommunicado

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INDIA: Three-year-old Dalit boy may die soon from acute starvation in Jaunpur 

INDIA: Government neglect; caste based discrimination; corruption; right to food; failing public health system ————————————̵...

SRI LANKA: Free Media Essential for Democracy 

National Peace Council of Sri Lanka 12/14 Purana Vihara Road Colombo 6 Tel:  2818344, 2854127, 2819064 Tel/Fax:2819064 E Mail:  npc@sltnet.lk Internet:  www.peace-srilanka.org 22.11.07 Media Rele...

UPDATE (India): Three cases of assault in Nandigram, West Bengal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from MASUM, a local human rights organization in West Bengal, India, regarding the brutal attack by armed carder...

SRI LANKA: Kalutara North police illegally arrested and detained a man

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the illegal arrest and detention of a man by Kalutara North police on 12 November 2007. He lodged a complaint ...

SRI LANKA: One law for the judge and another for the witness — third anniversary of Gerald Perera’s assasination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AS-274-2007 November 22, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: One law for the judge and another for the witness – third anniversary of Gerald Perera&...

INDIA: Yet another person dies from starvation in Uttar Pradesh 

INDIA: Government neglect; caste based discrimination; corruption; right to food; failing public health system ————————————̵...

SRI LANKA: Security forces accused of complicity in arson attack on leader publications 

Reporters Without Borders condemns an arson attack early today on the printing press of the Sunday Leader media group, which is located in a high security area outside Colombo. About 15 gunmen that st...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): List of 53 disappearances reported for the month of October

Dear friends, Further to our recent update on the list of extrajudicial killings, another list of disappearances of 53 persons for the month of October 2007 has been reported in Sri Lanka. Despite rep...

SRI LANKA: Medical negligence results in woman in intensive care

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding medical negligence in regard of a woman who has now been in intensive care after caesarian operation on 26 Jul...

PAKISTAN: Sectarian killings in tribal areas and arrests of journalists aimed at continuing dictatorship

The situation in Parachinar, an Afghan city bordering the Khurram Agency of the North Western Frontier Province, and its outskirts came to a head when Pakistan Army Gunship helicopters started shellin...

SRI LANKA: Reflections from Trincomalee town and Mutur 

General situation Trincomalee remains heavily militarized and tense.  In the short stretch of around 85km between Habarana and Trincomalee, the bus I traveled was stopped at five checkpoints, where w...

SRI LANKA: Leader Publications printing house set on fire, printing machines destroyed 

Leader Publications printing house set FMM reports with outrage that unidentified gang set fire to one of the major newspaper printing houses early this morning (21st Nov 2007). Printing press of the ...

PAKISTAN: At least 160 journalists arrested during press freedom rallies in Singh province 

Reporters Without Borders today called for the immediate release of at least 160 journalists arrested by police in Karachi and Hyderabad as they demonstrated peacefully for press freedom. The worldwid...

PAKISTAN: AHRC demands to disclose the names of persons still in detention

(Hong Kong, November 21, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urges upon the government of Pakistan to disclose the names of judges, lawyers, journalists, human rights activists and politica...

INDIA: Human rights activist facing death threats in Varanasi

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) regarding the case of Mr. Prem Kumar Nut, a human ri...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Human rights activist likely to be shot dead by the Rapid Action Battalion

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that Mr. Jahangir Alam Akash, a journalist and human rights defender based in Rajshahi city is once again threatened by the Rap...

SRI LANKA: UN Human Rights Committee publishes its decision in favour of Lieutenant Dingiri Banda’s application regarding torture by two Army Captains

The Asian Human Rights Commission is pleased that the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has published its view in the case of Lieutenant Dingiri Banda after he claimed that he was tortured...

WORLD: Arrested Lawyers of Pakistan’s democratic movement need international support now

The AHRC is sharing with you a list of the judges and lawyers that have been arrested, tortured or brought under house arrest since the enactment of emergency law in Pakistan by General Pervez Musharr...