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[RE: UA-339-2006 PAKISTAN: A man deprived of a fair trial faces imminent execution; UP-200-2006: PAKISTAN: Execution of Mirza Tahir Hussian delayed for another two months] ————...

(An advanced study on human rights was held at the Asian Human Rights Commission premises from 6-11 November, 2006) A group of human rights activists met in Hong Kong for an advanced human rights stud...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the arbitrary and illegal detention and use of death threats and torture against a 15-year-old boy, Chamara Nuwans...

Dear Friends, Please find below a self-explanatory call for action from Geneva-based NGO the International Service for Human Rights concerning the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rig...

The author whose name appears below take full responsibility for the views expressed in this paper.  They are not necessarily the views of the AHRC.  However, the AHRC considers that the point of vi...

[RE: UP-122-2006: INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender for the second time; UA-156-2006: INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender; ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its parter MASUM in West Bengal that ruling party leaders in Rojipur village, Hooghly district, have been repeatedl...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-284-2006 November 11, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission  SRI LANKA:  Only international human rights monitoring can ensure credible inquiries into the ...

The AHRC notes with shock the further intensification of violence in Sri Lanka with the assassination of a Member of Parliament, Nadarajah Raviraj, belonging to the TNA and the killings of the civilia...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 37/033/2006 (Public) News Service No: 290 8 November 2006 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by reports of the killing today of as many as 6...

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and detention; poor practice of verifying identify of suspect in court; un-rule of law ————————————- D...

[RE: UP-183-2006: BANGLADESH: Santa’s life is under extreme threat of death now; UP-181-2006:Santa’s family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal; UP-114-2006: Safety measures mus...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the arbitrary arrest of a businessman by the Detective Branch (DB) Police of Khulna district from his house at Paikgachha to...

We are writing to you today to express our outrage at the total failure of the authorities in Pakistan to investigate, prosecute, try and punish the perpetrators of the brutal revenge killing of a soc...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal detention of 53 year-old Mr. Ashok Kumar Basu Roy at Dum-Dum police station, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 2...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara,...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the forced disappearance of Des Raj Chauhan (also known as Lala), a 24-year-old labourer and resident of Gana...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the agreement reached between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) political parties and the Maoist insurgents, which paves the way for an end to the decade...

The AHRC today to the editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper protesting against an unfair and biased report written by Sushita R. Fernando on a well known torture case.  The writer quotes the police of...

Ms. Jayanthi Dandeniya, the coordinator of Families of the Disappeared based at Raddoluwa, Seduwa, has announced the launching of a signature campaign by the victims of past disappearances to demand a...