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I have been visiting, quite frequently, in flood affected areas of Pakistan’s Southern Sindh province and realized that government, non-government and private organizations are trying to provide food and relief to affected population. One can argue the quality and appropriateness of relief efforts but it is quite encouraging that relief efforts are underway to provide […]

An article by Sohaib Mengal published by the Asian Human Rights Commission The media and the judiciary keep concentrating on non-issues but turn a blind eye to brutalities and human rights violations by state-run agencies Prime Minister Gilani, on his recent visit to Quetta, asked the militants to shun violence and urged them to choose […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Last August, my column in this space examined the future of Cambodia’s youth and education. Immediately after it appeared, an American friend e-mailed to ask if I was perhaps too pessimistic. Cambodia has the youngest population among the 10 members of the […]

The death of a four-year-old girl, due to lack of proper medical treatment, in a densely populated slum in Karachi, has neither noticed nor raised any concern either among public or policy makers on essentially preventable deaths of girl child in this part of the world. It is a clear fact that despite the introduction […]

An article by Amir Murtaza published by the Asian Human Rights Commission During past week, I have traveled in interior parts of Sindh province and collected information about extraordinary human and financial losses, caused by heavy monsoon rains. While talking to local media, they had confirmed the death of at least 220 people, including children, […]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is urging the complete demilitarisation of occupied Balochistan, as a precondition for a negotiated political settlement to end six decades of economic neglect, ethnic persecution and military repression by Islamabad. Echoing the criticisms of Baloch national leaders, the HRCP says the Pakistan government’s current peace and reconciliation package […]

An article by Fizza Hassan published by the Asian Human Rights Commission As Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts more monsoon rains in the coming days, the worst victims of rains and breaches in a monsoon-swollen Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD) in Badin district — the Pakistani low caste Hindus (Dalits) of the districts were denied […]

In this discussion on youth, education, and Cambodia’s future, topics in vogue today, I would like to introduce some brief theoretical concepts about perceptions and reality; follow with what some regular Cambodians (whom I have not met) write; and examine some observations and survey results by several organizations. My purpose is to provoke discussion about […]

Contributors: Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission In my column in this space in August, “A look at the future of Cambodia’s youth and education,” I posited that, “If youth is the future of the country and education is a sine qua […]

Contributors: Mr. J.C. Welliamuna Mr. J.C. Welliamuna An article by Mr. J.C. Welliamuna published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Discussion on the validity of the Non-military Engagement of the Military War or internal armed conflict in the North and East was over; Emergency is no more; but still the military is everywhere. The military […]

An article by Amir Murtaza published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Amir Murtaza International and national legislation have unanimously recognized that all children have several inherent rights and government as well as society has obligations to protect and promote those rights. However, it is highly unfortunate that protection and promotion of the rights of […]

In recent two e-mails I received from the parents of two teenage girls who were forcefully married to wealthy and powerful Tajik war criminals in Northern Afghanistan, they have painted heart-broken stories of their innocent daughters’ torture, humiliation and imprisonment by their ignorant husbands. Sajida and Rashida were barely 12 years old at the time […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission We live in interesting times – times of great challenges, opportunities, and of creativity and hopeful changes. This year, the 20th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords falls on October 23. Some people celebrate and commemorate its achievement. Others reflect on its […]

For nearly a-decade-long armed conflict, internal unrest and violence in Balochistan have resulted split up of families which left children alone without any parental look after; hundreds of their parents mainly men who were either imprisoned or dead or whose fate still is unknown. In this grim situation, besides parents, young children too are reported […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission Jean Monnet, regarded by most as the founding father of the 27 member European Union, once said, “Nothing is possible without men; nothing is lasting without institutions.” That statement has influenced my political thinking over time. I have reflected on Monnet’s inferences […]

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission In a little more than two weeks, the United States will celebrate its 235th anniversary of independence from England. Compared to Cambodia whose history dates back more than 2,000 years, the US is a toddler, but this toddler remains the world’s political, […]

An article by Wensislaus Fatubun published by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDONESIA: Kimaam Island — Rich but Poor Kimaam Island, also called Frederik Hendrik Island, Dolok island, Yosudarso and Kolepom, covers an area of 14,357 km. Most of the area is swampy. This island is separated from southwest Irian Jaya by the Muli strait […]

An article by Ali Baloch published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Dirty war from Bangladesh to Balochistan Ali Baloch The Pakistani state is violating the international laws since her creation on 14th august 1947.The Pakistan first started violating the international norms by the military aggression and forceful occupation of the sovereign state of […]

An article by Jameel Junejo published by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Destruction of the Indus Delta: A case of human rights Jamil Junejo Once the Indus Delta, a magnificent creation of the mighty Indus river, was the most prosperous, fertile and beautiful piece of land characterized by prosperity, agricultural productivity and soil fertility. […]

An article by Sharafat Ali published by the Asian Human Rights Commission The 2-day National Conference Labour Rights as Citizen Rights: Realising Constitutional Reforms was organised by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, Sungi Development Foundation and Muttahida Labour Federation in Islamabad. The conference shared stakeholders’ concerns on the current status of labour rights, identified […]