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Bhagalpur, a district in Bihar state, has once again shot into notoriety for public violence. Yesterday, a mob lynched three persons at Ratanpur Bazar area of Bhagalpur. The victims of this violence b...

A fundamental rights petition has been filed by two lawyers against the Inspector General of Police and 12 other police officers. This petition will be argued before the Supreme Court today (5th March...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of Ms. Victory-hamy, who was illegally taken into custody, forced to sign a document, put h...

Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from BBC Sinhala Service. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from BBC Sinhala Service for...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-048-2009  March 04, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Order an honour killing – become a minister The Asian Human Rights Commissi...

In 1991 two accords were concluded to end the war that had ravaged Cambodia for so many years. These accords assigned the UN to keep the peace, organize the election of a new government and administer...

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 ...

I am writing to bring to your notice the remarks made by Ms. Ranjana Baghel, the Minister for Women and Child Development Department of Madhya Pradesh, who recently visited Burhanpur and Khandwa distr...

The reports that appeared yesterday in the Indian media quoting ‘informed sources’ that the Tamil Nadu state police has decided not to produce detainees in courts exposes the extent to whi...

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared two leading politicians of the country, Mr. Nawaz Sharif and Mr. Shahbaz Sharif, as ineligible to hold parliamentary positions. Mr. N...

Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked by today’s arrest of N. Vithyatharan, the editor of Sudar Oli, a Colombo-based Tamil daily that is part of the Uthayan press group. He was forcibly ...

The world was reminded of the tragic paradoxes that take place daily in Pakistan, when a young journalist was kidnapped and executed last month while covering a march for peace. Mr. Musa Khankhel, jou...

Three prisoners were killed within the premises of the Negombo prison last week. One of the prisoners shot two others with a pistol he had in his possession. Thereafter, he climbed into a tree and ann...

Three prisoners were killed within the premises of the Negombo prison last week. One of the prisoners shot two others with a pistol he had in his possession. Thereafter, he climbed into a tree and ann...

The non-commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) have revolted against their commanding officers of the Bangladesh Army. Officers from the regular army head the BDR under deputation. The r...

(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...

The judiciary in South Korea had made some humiliating decisions under political influence during military dictatorships in the past. Some judges who collaborated with the then-government by judging i...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two young Pakistanis who chose to marry out of their tribal boundaries are currently in hiding, after the leaders...