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Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a Joint Working Group of the Right to Food Campaign and Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Human Rights Alert (HRA) concerning the case of arrest and subsequent disappearance of yet another person in Manipu...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Kerala State Police has illegally arrested and tortured two persons on 11 February 2011 in Anthikadu Police Sta...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), Assam concerning the case of rape of a 20 year-old-woman by he...

Dear friends,   We wish to share with you the following statement from the POSCO Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS).   Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   ———̵...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC), Assam concerning the case of assault of a 24 year-old-girl and...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Korean Civil Society Alliance to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Asian Human...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information concerning the case of human rights defenders working with Guria receiving threats for their work against human ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-017-2011 January 27, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: US can help Indians in seeking justice A ‘default order’ issued by a Distri...

The integrity of a republic and the determination of its people depend upon the legitimacy of their government. Since declaring the Union of India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic rep...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) concerning the case of Ms. Lara (name changed) a victim of sexu...

The Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association, in an extraordinary general body meeting held yesterday, resolved to request the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to undertake an in...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Supreme Court Commissioners on the question of the Right to Food in India concerning the homeless persons living in the nationa...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local human rights organization based in Manipur, the Human Rights Alert (HRA), concerning the case of a journali...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning a concocted criminal case registered against a journalist in India, Mr. Rahul Singh, for reporting a mass gra...

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. In all countries of Asia, this Christmas and new year will be celebrated in very difficult conditions. We exte...

The ghoulish killings of two Dalit girls in Moradabad, an industrial town not far away from the national capital Delhi, is yet another reminder of almost everyday recurrence of attacks on Dalit commun...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning a case where the officers from the 117/36 Artillery Field Regiment/DTY COB stationed in Hailakandi, Assam ass...

The 83rd Plenary Session of the Indian National Congress (INC), held in New Delhi has declared that eradicating corruption would be a priority for the INC and thus for the national government, formed ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation based in Gujarat, concerning the case of a rape victim, who has been repeate...