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INDIA: Two persons shot dead in Manipur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Human Rights Initiative (HRI), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur regarding the murder of two...

INDIA: Police refuses to investigate a case of rape

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the QIC-AC Uttar Pradesh, a human rights association based in Uttar Pradesh state, India that police refused to reg...

INDIA: Five Day Workshop ‘Towards Restoring Lives’ & Observation of UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 

A BRIEF REPORT Human Rights Alert (HRA) and the Department of Clinical Psychology and the Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) observed the UN International Day in on 26 June 2009...

INDIA: Media’s ignorance is suicidal 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-150-2009 June 26, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Media’s ignorance is suicidal The world today observes the International Day in Su...

INDIA: No to torture, establish rule of law! 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a human rights organisa...

INDIA: Proposed Bill on torture is too weak 

On 2 February 2009, India’s electronic media aired a short video displaying the shocking brutality practiced by the country’s law enforcement agencies. The video showed eight-year-old Koma...

ASIA: The fight to criminalise torture in Asia: AHRC broadcasting live on June 26

(Hong Kong, June 23, 2009) With the practice of torture rampant across Asia, it remains one of the most serious obstacles to social health. To battle this injustice, the Asian Human Rights Commission ...

UPDATE (India): Home-based treatment for the malnourished children living in remote rural area needs to be encouraged 

[RE: AHRC-HAU-003-2009: UPDATE (India): Two children suffer from malnutrition in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated informa...

INDIA (Manipur): Week long workshop “Towards Restoring Lives” Kicked off at RIMS 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Human Rights Alert (HRA), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur, Ind...

WORLD: World Food Summit to focus on the Human Right to Food 

FIAN demands profound changes to address the dramatic increase of hunger Rome/Heidelberg (22.June.2009) – FIAN, the international Human Rights organization for the Right to Food, calls for profo...

ASIA: Working against torture fundamental to human rights work 

The practice of torture is endemic in Asia, and the region’s governments show no political will to eliminate it. In fact, states treat torture as a necessary aspect of social control, directly or ind...

INDIA: Neglect will convert the country into a police state 

The Indian state of West Bengal is once again in the news for condemnable reasons. In a short span, the conflict in Lalgarh of West Midnapore district has increased in intensity, costing life and prop...

INDIA: Two persons killed by the Assam Rifles in Manipur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Human Rights Initiative (HRI), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur state, concerning the murde...

INDIA: A social boycott and mob violence is waged against Dalits in Becharpura

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation based in Gujarat, that an entire Dalit community is being punished for the...

INDIA: The treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) children in Madhya Pradesh — Suggestions for the policy 

Greetings from Right to Food Campaign Madhya Pradesh Group! Right to Food Campaign Madhya Pradesh Support Group is an alliance of civil society organizations and people’s organizations working across...

INDIA: The treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) children in Madhya Pradesh — Suggestions for the policy 

Greetings from Right to Food Campaign Madhya Pradesh Group! Right to Food Campaign Madhya Pradesh Support Group is an alliance of civil society organizations and people’s organizations working across...

INDIA: Tribes, living in stigma and starvation 

Sixty-two children have died of malnutrition in Khalwa Block of Khandwa district since May 2008. They were all from the Korku community, a tribe about which the outside world knows very little. There ...

INDIA: A witness to murder by the Assam Rifles is under threat in Manipur

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Human Rights Alert (HRA), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur state, concerning the threats ...

INDIA: Hard-won ration cards for bereaved parents: a sign of change or pure political posturing? — Asian Human Rights Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-123-2009 May 29, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Hard-won ration cards for bereaved parents: a sign of change or pure political posturing? O...

UPDATE (India): Human rights defender assaulted for pursuing a case

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received additional information concerning the case of Ms. Hasina Kharbhih, a human rights defender working against human trafficking in In...