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INDIA: India should follow Britain in treating caste as an aspect of race! 

*Avinash Pandey     Britain, in a major victory for the movement against caste based discrimination and atrocities, can soon declare caste prejudice unlawful under laws against racial discri...

INDIA: A Mother and her six month old child face food and health insecurity under bonded labour 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a mother and her six month old child are currently facing food and health insecurity caused by bonded labour. The f...

SRI LANKA: Civil Rights Movement Statement on 18th Amendment to the Constitution 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Suriya Wickremasinghe. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Suriya Wickremasinghe...

SRI LANKA: Ganemulla police illegally arrested, detained, tortured and filed fabricated charges against a civilian

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to the Ganemulla Police Station have illegally arrested, detained and tortured a civilian....

PHILIPPINES: Three brothers killed in another ‘legitimate encounter’

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the killing of three brothers, one of whom was a minor, on the pretext of a ‘legitimate encounter’. The po...

SRI LANKA: Video presentation on long term impact of 18th Amendment (In Sinhala)

(Hong Kong, September 8, 2010) YouTube video (in Sinhala): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMnIfBLiSGM   What are the philosophical legal fallacies involved in the 18th Amendment? What will be the n...

SRI LANKA: September 8–Black Wednesday to mark end of liberal democracy 

On September 8 (tomorrow) the government will move 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which is to be voted on that day itself to remove the constitutional limitation of two terms on the president and...

PAKISTAN: Flood-stricken children’s vulnerability increases because of politics and negligence of authorities 

Darja Merkina   The current floods are having a detrimental effect on children’s health due to the potential outbreak of endemic waterborne diseases. The UN Office for the Co-Ordination of Huma...

INDONESIA: Key perpetrator of student crackdown and riots in 1997/98 promoted to vice minister of defense 

A Joint Statement by the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and the Asian Human Rights Commission The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and...

PAKISTAN: Flood Disaster-Rupees 249 billion losses to agriculture sector 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Shoaib Habib Memon. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Shoaib Habib Memon ...

SRI LANKA: An appeal made to all members of parliament of Sri Lanka by a group of Sri Lankan citizens to vote against the 18th Amendment to the Constitution 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of Sri Lankan citizens. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from a group of S...

SRI LANKA: Pussellawa Police illegally arrested, detained, tortured, and filed fabricated charges against an estate labourer

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an estate labourer was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Pussellawa Police Station and arbitrar...

INDIA: Campaign urges Supreme Court to expand the public food distribution system 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement...

PAKISTAN: Frontier Crimes Regulation — Infringing Human and Child Rights 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Abdullah Khoso. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from abdulhumanrights.blogspot.c...

PAKISTAN: Balochis are treated as aliens in their own homeland 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin for...

PAKISTAN: Flood-hit women take up the challenge to reconstruct their devastated dwellings

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Women Workers Help Line. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Women Workers Help ...

PHILIPPINES: Suspicious death of a man last seen in NBI custody

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man, who was last seen alive in custody of a unit of investigators, had been found dead. When his decomposing body ...

SRI LANKA: The 18th Amendment destroying democracy by manipulation of the democratic process itself 

A simple way of understanding the 18th Amendment is to compare it to the situation in the United States of America. The president of the United States is elected for a term of four years and is entitl...

SRI LANKA: Media organizations oppose 18th Amendment to the Constitution as an Emergency Bill 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&#...

PAKISTAN: Murder attempt on journalist over TV report of lynching 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Reporters Without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Reporters Without...