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It was officially announced yesterday, December 5, that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has placed Maguindanao, a province in central Mindanao where the November 23 massacre took place, under the St...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 20/021/2009 2 December 2009 Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Orissa must ensure independent,credible and impartial investigation into the...

As we all know that Pakistan is not a naturally grown country, rather a man-made state that came into existence through a contract between different people. And that contract, everyone knows, is the 1...

(2 December 2009) GENEVA – Just days after the World Summit on Food Security in Rome, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food reviews the stakes of the ongoing WTO Ministerial for global food ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Khulna police have killed a man in a so-called ‘encounter’. The victim was known as a freedom-fighter for his ro...

Dear friends, A seven-year-old girl was badly injured when members of the Frontiers Corp (FC), a para-military force fired indiscriminately at the car she was traveling in, in Hayatabad, Peshawar. One...

It is evident by recent events that the state intelligence agencies remain above the law and are spending more time and resources on monitoring freedom of expression rather than doing their profession...

The Indian media often report with contempt the killing and maiming of the citizens by non-state actors. The limited debate in the country upon the issue is centred on the illegitimacy of violence use...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) brings you case details of a farmer who, while on his way to pick up his child from school, was arbitrarily arrested, faced with fabricated cha...

One of the journalists worked for over two decades Before the advent of electronic mail, high speed internet connections, and mobile phones, all part of the technology used in transmitting information...

A Study of Police Torture in Sri Lanka by Morten Koch Andersen and Basil Fernando The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the publication of a new book on the failing judicial sys...

Significant progress achieved in recent years in the international legal response to violence against women has resulted in the explicit recognition of violence against women as a human rights concern...

(Bhubaneswar, November 30, 2009) Odisha government should bring out a White paper on the continuous farmers’ suicide and mining scam in the state. The Janata Vikash Manch along with other organizatio...

Re: Invitation to a Briefing on Armed Forces Special Powers Act for Members of Parliament Dear Madam / Sir, The Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR) cordially invites you to a: B...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is closely monitoring the investigation into the massacre in Maguindanao on November 23, which left 57 people dead, among them two human rights...

(“We don’t care about it, we don’t know about it” – the Acting Head of the Provincial Police)     As it has been widely reported, 57 people-including two human rights lawyers ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-233-2009 November 27, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission NEPAL: The DPKO must repatriate Major Basnet to Nepal to stand trial Major Niranjan Basnet ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-234-2009 November 27, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Another Ahmadi academic is killed by Muslim fundamentalists On November 26, 2009 ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Janata Vikas Manch and Agragamee. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the extrajudicial killing of two men by soldiers of the Kumaon Regiment, Assam. The men were reported to have be...