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Qurat Mirza “We are the prisoners of war… Our dreams have been doctored. We belong nowhere. We sail unanchored on trouble seas. We may never be allowed ashore. Our sorrows will never be sa...

The Ahamadiyya community, a minority religious community, is again facing systematic genocide from the militant religious groups in coming days particularly from the banned terrorist organizations tha...

By Baseer Naveed The disappearances, killings in military detention centers and dumping of bullet-riddled bodies including torture marks on the bodies of the victims, by the spy agencies particularly ...

A Pakistani Christian from HK To, The International Christian community, churches and Organizations, Subject: – The Future of Pakistani Christians. Dear Brothers and Sisters, I, a Pakistani Chri...

56 more bullet riddled bodies of disappeared persons were found in Balochistan during the last six months The disappearances and extrajudicial killings of Baloch activists continue despite claims from...

Government has to Take on Military and Intelligence Services and end Impunity  (New York, January 30, 2012) – The Pakistani government should redouble efforts to find the killers of the journalist ...

”Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (Who will guard the guardians themselves), said the Roman poet Juvenal in his “Satires” [i]. The phrase has lasted through centuries and cited in dif...

Four men were killed in military detention centres while their cases were being heard in the higher courts and particularly one case was in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, which claims to be the...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a fisher folk activist and human rights defender was attacked and killed by land grabbers in December 2011. Three p...

The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the safety of two investigative journalists who are facing death threats from militant religious groups for making an exclusive video clip. ...

By Qurat Mirza Mangrove tree is a specialized marine ecosystem consisting of a group of plants growing in muddy, loose and wet soils in tropical and sub-tropical areas, comprising of shallow, coastal ...

Another challenge to the conscience of humanity Uzma Ayub, a rape victim from Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkha province, gave birth to a baby girl at a local hospital in Peshawar at 11:45pm on January 20.  B...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding various threats, including death threats, to the former ambassador of Pakistan to the United States of America...

An organization claiming to work for the restoration of peace in Balochistan province has confessed to the killings of many activists, and has announced its intention to kill 35 more activists on its ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding threats to the lives of two producers-cum-investigative journalists of a private electronic media house for un...

The car owned by Mahesh Kumar, the former President of Press Club Hyderabad was attacked by three motor-cyclists while Mahesh was inside the club building on New Year’s Eve around 11:30 p.m. Securit...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding that a lawyer belonging to the Dalit caste of Hindu minority community has been missing since December 23 when...

The Prime Minister has accused the Pakistan army of hatching conspiracies against the elected parliament and government. The PM, in an address to the National Assembly session, has hinted that conspir...

Danilo Andres-Reyes1 Obstacles in the implementation of norms & standards of rights in developing countries2 Reading from the abstracts of papers from other participants and guest speakers for thi...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an army officer of the rank of Captain was sent on a secret mission to Kashmir in 1979 and since then his whereabou...