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The latest news by the WikiLeaks claims that India has systematically used torture to extract confessions and has allowed its armed forces to resort to brutal human rights abuses like extrajudicial ex...

The simmering debate between three senior judges in India, involving the suspect in a criminal case and a former Union Minister from Tamilnadu state, Mr. A. Raja, and his alleged attempt to influence ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appreciates the effort taken by the Home Minister of India in undertaking a visit to Manipur. Manipur is one of the states in India with a poor human rights re...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from International Dalit Solidarity Network. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Inte...

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the Human Rights Day 2010 The allegations of corruption involving a former Union Minister, some corporate entities, the judges of th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that children of the Sahariya tribe in Madhya Pradesh are continuously dying of malnutrition. According to a fact-findin...

It is a reality today that opinions, expressions, understandings and assessments of regimes, and of those who lead and shape them and their subsequent conduct that has affected and continues to influe...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Samaj Chetna Adhikar Manch regarding eight malnourished children of the Kol tribe in the Rewa district. Since 2009 ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Korean civil society groups. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Korean ...

(Hong Kong, November 10, 2010) Korean civil society groups have published their official report on fact-finding research for the POSCO project launched by the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed from the villagers that the administration neglects the fact that the children in Kirahaipukhri village belonging to Mawasi tri...

An Open Letter to the President of India For further information about AFSPA please read INDIA: AFSPA promotes armed insurgency in Manipur   Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil President of India Rash...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the People of Narmada Valley and the National Alliance of People’s Movement, to the...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Professor Angana Chatterji on Kashmir. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Professo...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samthi and the Environment Support Group. Asian Human Right...

*Avinash Pandey  Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka was the guest of honour at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2010, New Delhi. He presided over the extravagant ceremony that wo...

Numbness was the first response to the verdict on Ayodhya dispute. Everything and everyone went numb. And then, an eerie silence settled in the room where we were anxiously watching the live streaming...

The elaborate security and precautionary arrangements made by the state and central governments expecting a communal violence in response to the anticipated judgment of the Allahabad High Court is pro...

The argument between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan concerning Kashmir during the UN General Assembly debate exposes the lack of respect both these governments entertain for their people,...