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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation based in West Bengal, India regarding two cases where the local police in ...

Indonesia, which received the second highest number of votes in elections to the United Nations Human Rights Council earlier this year, will celebrate its sixty second Independence Day on August 17, 2...

A common feature in several Asian countries is that the police, who are supposed to carry out investigations into crimes and abuses of human rights, do not have the necessary competence to carry out s...

In recent months spokesmen for the Sri Lankan government have become quite aggressive towards the country’s critics. The Attorney General severely attacked the International Independent Group of Emin...

In recent days a spate of public assaults by the police and deaths in custody has been reported by independent media monitoring conditions in Burma.  According to the Oslo-based Democratic Voice of B...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that false charges of rape and murder against the eight torture victims have been dropped. However, they are sti...

Sixty years before India took a quantum leap in its history from being a colony to that of an independent nation. Soon it was a declared to be a democratic, socialist republic. Wheels of administratio...

Today, August 14, 2007 the Islamic Republic of Pakistan celebrates the 60th anniversary of its independence from the British empire and separation from India. For more than half of Pakistan’s existen...

(The following is a reply to the Daily Mirror Newspaper in response to an article entitled “Whose human rights are we talking about?” These articles may be found at the following links: http://www....

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the enforced disappearance of three farmers who are also members of the Anakpawis’ party list in Guipos, Zamb...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the alleged torture of Mr. Kalam Miya, a 27-year-old manual worker and permanent resident of Pakali VDC-3, Sunsari distri...

The Asian Human Rights Commission pays tribute to the former Attorney General, Mr. K. C. Kamalasabeyson, PC whose passing away in India was reported in the newspapers today. Mr. Kamalasabeyson, during...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged assault of a journalist by a military police officer in Toul Kroh village, Posat province on 4 Aug...

Dear friends, This is the latest update by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on the protests against fuel price increases in Burma: a leader of the protests has reportedly been tortured to deat...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation based in West Bengal, India regarding the case of Mr. Santhosh Mondal who ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by allegations of the rape of a 15-year-old girl by a member of the Nepal Army, Ram Narayan Bhattari, and a civilian, Yadav ...

(Hong Kong, August 10, 2007) Thailand is set to join a global anti-torture law, according to a government announcement issued this week. A notice on the government website dated Tuesday indicated that...

An attempt by the military regime in Pakistan to impose an emergency is generating considerable fear in the country. The military regime seems to be nervous about the serious changes that have resulte...

August 9 is the international day of the indigenous people.  Several indigenous communities might not be even aware of such a day being celebrated to acknowledge, respect and protect their culture an...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you with regards to the recent arrest and charging of six workers’ rights advocates in Myanmar, with which you are already familiar. The si...