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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation based in Howrah, West Bengal regarding the case of a minor who is currentl...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform that a boy and his uncle have been tortured and falsely charged by the police on 12 August 2007. Fifteen-year-old Periyasami Nir...

The protests that began in Burma during August to voice public frustration and discontent over sharp price rises have in the last week fast accelerated–under the guidance of the Buddhist clergy,...

I am writing this to convey some basic concerns of a group of lawyers, judges and human rights defenders who met at Hong Kong from the 17th to the 21st September to discuss the impact of delays in the...

Dear friends, The recent dramatic and historic developments in Burma, with thousands of monks taking to the streets, have received a lot of international attention in recent days. Here the Asian Human...

It was in August of this year that Indonesia’s draft revised Penal Code Bill was to be submitted to the President for parliamentary debate. Predictably, this did not take place. No one knows  w...

At the United Nations Human Rights Council several European Union countries attempted to assist Sri Lanka out of its present serious crisis by suggesting human rights monitoring by the United Nations ...

(Hong Kong, September 20, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Thursday urged the Buddhist community worldwide to join with monks in Burma and boycott anybody from or associated with its ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the policemen involved in attacking peaceful demonstration of public school teachers in Taft Avenue, Manila on 5 Octobe...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another case regarding the brutal torture of a man and the subsequent filing of false charges by the police. The vict...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you regarding the failure by police in West Pasaman Resort Police to carry out an investigation into the death of a two-year-old...

One of the greatest legacies that Gautama Buddha left to the ascetics who followed his path was the requirement that they obtain their food and other needs in the form of alms from the people. The giv...

On 27 September 2006, eight days after the coup that has dragged Thailand back to the dark days of military intervention into all areas of political and social life, the country’s ambassador to ...

PUBLIC STATEMENT – THE IIGEP REITERATES CONCERNS OVER THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY On 18 September 2007, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (the IIGEP)’ submitted i...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that the whereabouts of a labour leader, Jaime Rosios (a.k.a. Jimmy), remains unknown following his abduction and su...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged fabrication of charges on a woman by the police reacting to her attempt to seek justice. She was p...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you of the continuing occurrence of extrajudicial killings and disappearance in the northern part of Sri Lanka. In Augus...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that a court in Thailand has dismissed an appeal against 20 persons who were arrested for demonstrating against a pipeli...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of a man in custody of the Kotwali Police 2 July 2007. He allegedly died in the hospital after four ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the continuing failure by the authorities to take adequate action against the policemen involved in torturing a school te...