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The Government of India continues to defy commonsense by refusing to accept caste based discrimination is discrimination defined in the International Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination...

”  Representatives of the four religions and civil society groups spoke of the need for a political solution rather than a military solution.  In addition, Ambassadors from Norway, the United ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your immediate intervention to ensure the security of torture victim Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband Mr. Atinur Rahrman, who ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of 23 year-old Mr. Gareesh Kumar who is from the Hindu minority in Pakistan and was kidnapped...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the extra-judicial killing of a 23 year-old business administration student named Farly Alcantara in front of his college in Daet ...

The case of Mr. Hazoor Buksh Malik, a young man of 24 years of age whose penis was severed at the Market Police Station in Larkana district, Sindh province, Pakistan on January 25, 2007 should raise g...

I am given to understand that the International Bar Association (IBA) will hold its Annual Conference in Singapore from 14-19 October this year. While I would very much like to welcome you to my count...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press statement by Professor Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement from PREDA, PHILIPPINES: Harvesting the body parts of the poor is sinful exploitation. Asian Hum...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding an alleged brutal torture of a man by the Kotwali police in Bogra district on 25-26 J...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that on 11 February 2007 at 11:20 am, two military officers named Vy and Thol allegedly demolished the home of a villager named Keo S...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of the Bangladesh authoriti...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner MASUM in West Bengal regarding the alleged arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and brutal torture...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received yet another brutal assault of an innocent young man by the Sri Lankan police. We were informed that without any reason, Mr. A.A. Pri...

Despite of the speculation created through some statements by the Sri Lankan government that the Saudi Arabian authorities were considering commuting the death sentences of three Sri Lankan citizens h...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement issued by Reporters without Borders (RSF ASIA) – Tamil newspapers correspondent goes missi...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about a villager who has been jailed for one year in Burma after complaining about the illegal activities of local autho...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you a report: CPA on Commission of Inquiry and IIGEP which appeared in the Nation, February 11, 2007. Asian Human Rights Com...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of Mr. Hazoor Buksh Malik (24), whose penis was cut while being tortured by the Market police...