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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the case of Orsonjit, aged 19 years, who was illegally arrested and reportedly murdered by the Manipur Police...

Mr. Anoop Mishra, Madhya Pradesh state Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare said in the state legislative assembly on 8 March that 30,000 children under the age of five die of malnutrition eve...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the illegal arrest and alleged murder of another person by state police. It is widely suspected that his ki...

Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Government of India Your Excellency, We, the members of the Right to Food Campaign are writing to you to express our deep distress at the proposed draft bill of the N...

[RE: AHRC-HAC-005-2010: INDIA: A corrupt supervisor misappropriated the wages of 16 illiterate workers depriving them of their food security] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wis...

The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to inform you about the side event of the 13th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances and t...

Mr. Debiprasad Jena, Supervisor of the Soil Conservation Department (Machhkund) allegedly misappropriated INR 49,490 (USD 1000) from 16 workers under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NR...

(Hong Kong, March 15, 2010) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Human Rights Alert (HRA) organised a protest rally today in Hong Kong calling upon the Government of India to initiate step...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the A...

(Hong Kong, 10 March, 2010) Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that Ms. Irom Chanu Sharmila alias Menghaobi, popularly known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, was released from the secu...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received information from SPREAD, a human rights organization based in Orissa, that the wages of 16 illiterate workers employed under the Nationa...

International Women’s Day–2010 Today the world is looking to women for change in what remains a situation that offends human rights on a daily basis. In its work as a listener and voice to clai...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Ho...

Concerning the case of Ms. Bhuje Naik who died of starvation and sickness on 31 December 2009, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a letter dated 25 February from the Department of R...

Dear friends, The Asia Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that extreme poverty and long-term starvation lead to the death of five members including two children under age of six of t...

Citizens for Justice and Peace Gujarat Genocide 2002 Long wait for justice Major Trials Lend your Voice to Our Struggle! Eighth Anniversary of the Gujarat Genocide 2002 FEBRUARY 27-28, 2010 Dear Frien...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the case of a human rights defender tortured by the police in Imphal, Manipur state. It is reported that the pol...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-035-2010 February 27, 2010 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: The government claims that the country has the world’s least corrupt police forc...

Reporters Without Borders is extremely shocked and disturbed by a wave in Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It has registered a total of 13 cases of abusive treatment and physical ...

Dear Friends, Anti POSCO struggle in the Indian state of Orissa urgently require your help! Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO), the South Korea based steel giant is moving forward with its plans to...