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Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———&#...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that prosecutors have pleaded with the court to imposed four to five years of imprisonment on two human rights activists for organis...

After the G20 summit came to an end, violence started up again with the eviction of citizens. On November 15, 2010, three families who lived in a knockdown building located in Gwonsun 3 zone of Suwon ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following Appeal to the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for Human Rights by the NGO’s Collaborative Action to Put the Na...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following Joint Statement by Law Professors and Lawyers Urging for the Resignation of Hyun Byung Chul, Chief Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commi...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the NGO’s Collaborative Action to Put the National Human Rights Commission of Korea in its Place (NHRCK Watch), South Korea. ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement of resignation from Ms. Kyung-Ran MOON, former standing commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. Asian Human Right...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement of resignation from Mr. Nam-Young YOU, Standing Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. Asian Human Rights Commis...

Many places nationwide have been designated for redevelopment. The redevelopment plan has been made in order for the government to induce investment from companies. Once a place is designated for rede...

An Open Letter to the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for Human Rights by the Asian Human Rights Commission   Rosslyn Noonan Chairperson International Coordinating C...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the serious degradation of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK)’s internal regulations and systems, which increasingl...

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 ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the Korean government’s prohibition of entry against activists of civil society movements from other countries without reason and the r...

(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) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samthi and the Environment Support Group. Asian Human Right...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the civil groups of South Korea to the Chairperson of the Meena Gupta Committee of India....

More than 50 elderly tenants have struggled to protect their right to livelihood since being evicted on April 30, 2010. All of them were tenants of the Gocheck traditional business market and are curr...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Emergency Committee of “Gocheok” Market Tenants. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statem...

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon Secretary General Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary General United Nations S-378 New York NY 10017 USA Fax: +1 212 963 7055 or 2155 SOUTH KOREA: NGOs facing reprisals for submi...

Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickrama It was a devastating fact that the Korean navy ship ‘ROKS Cheonan’ sinking in the East China Sea around 9.22PM 26th March 2010. Cheonan was a Korean Navy Pohang Class...