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The following is an oral submission made by Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) at the 4th Session of the Human Rights Council on March 26, 2007: Interactive dialogue – Special Rapporteur on Tor...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and human rights activists in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir are a...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a torture victim, who had his penis severed by the Station Head Officer (SHO) of the Market police station in Larkana District, ...
(Hong Kong, March 28, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on Wednesday launched a new webpage to host a petition against censorship of the internet in Thailand. The petition, by Freedom Aga...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned that over two weeks after the police chief in Thailand made an unwarranted verbal attack on human rights defender Angkhana Neelaphai...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a Chinese investment company that has allegedly set up an illegal toll booth to extort money from travelers in...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) based in Uttar Pradesh, India, reg...
On March 26, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) spokesman Ed Diansuy was reported to have cautioned civil society groups inside and outside of the country from taking the matter of extrajudicial exe...
From: RSF ASIA <asie@rsf.org> Subject: SRI LANKA: Army said to be holding Tamil journalist who 23 March 2007 Following the police chief’s recent admission that the security forces have bee...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a 16 year-old female gang-rape survivor has been allegedly ordered by the police to leave the safe-house where she and her famil...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged torture and illegal detention of two civilians namely Mr. Jonson Gurung and Mr. Raju Rai by the police...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that one renowned trade union activist and human rights defender namely Mr. Phani Gopal Bhattacharya, has allegedly been...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner in West Bengal, MASUM, regarding the alleged illegal detention and brutal torture of a man by the...
Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you the illegal arrest and torture of a mentally retarded young man in Akmeemana, Sri Lanka. The victim, P.K. Dammika, was il...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) today issued an appeal on a case that has been heard in the Bangkok South Criminal Court since 1993. The four defendants are accused of having plotted to kill ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received details of yet another murderous assault in Burma which officials are trying to cover up. Ko Naing Oo was taken into custody by subu...
Dear friends, Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged brutal assault of a 15 year-old student by his teacher at the school on 15 March 2007. The victim was seve...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an announcement about a programme to be held at the National Human Rights Commission in Bangkok this Wednesday, March 28, on forced...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has obtained detailed information about a trial in Thailand that has been going on for 14 years. The trial of four men for allegedly planning to ...
On March 20, Commissioner Eligio Mallari of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) announced it had submitted the results of its investigation that recommend the dismissal of complaints against Maj. Gen...
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