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2007 AHRC in News
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SRI LANKA: 3 Civilians Seek Protection with JHRC Jaffna, Sri Lanka [tamileelamnews.com] - 2007-12-31
SRI LANKA: Bhutto's death a shock, but no surprise [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-31
SRI LANKA: UN and Co-Chairs Soft Pedalling Delivery of Justice To Tamils [tamilcanadian.com] - 2007-12-28
BURMA: An excessive sense of justice [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-27
PHILIPPINES: Amparo out vs Palparan for abducted brothers [GMA news.tv] - 2007-12-27
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Tinderbox Set to Go [Inter Press Service] - 2007-12-26
PHILIPPINES: Philippines in need of ethical leadership [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-25
CAMBODIA: Analysts Say Democracy Elusive in Some Asian Nations; Quality Slipping in Others [Voice of America] - 2007-12-24
PHILIPPINES: 2 Years After, Justice Remains Elusive for Palo Massacre Victims [Bulatlat] - 2007-12-22
PAKISTAN: Aqsa Pervez: The Casualty of Patriarchy [chowk.com] - 2007-12-21
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's secret war in Baluchistan [Guardian Unlimited] - 2007-12-21
ASIA: Editorial: Year of living dangerously [Asian Pacific Post] - 2007-12-20
CAMBODIA: Cambodian Ambassador Criticizes UN Envoy [The Associated Press] - 2007-12-20
PHILIPPINES: 'Activist' priest cries foul over surveillance [GMANews.TV] - 2007-12-19
INDONESIA: Indonesia's jailed children [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-19
INDONESIA: Military Assistance & Rights In Indonesia, E Timor [Scoop.co.nz] - 2007-12-19
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's chief justice must be restored [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-18
CAMBODIA: International human rights groups back UN envoy's criticism of Cambodian government [AP/PR-inside.com] - 2007-12-18
CAMBODIA: Rights groups fault Cambodia's stance [UPI] - 2007-12-18
CAMBODIA: Human rights groups criticize Cambodia for snubbbing UN envoy [DPA/EUX.TV] - 2007-12-18
CAMBODIA: Rights groups urge Cambodian leaders to meet UN envoy [AFP] - 2007-12-18
CAMBODIA: Leading Rights Groups Support UN Envoy [Human Rights Watch] - 2007-12-18
SRI LANKA: UN Staffers Union urges their Members to avoid Sri Lanka [TENS] - 2007-12-16
PHILIPPINES: Upholding human rights and Filipino dignity/sovereignty [Bay Area Indymedia, CA] - 2007-12-15
SRI LANKA: MRG Calls for UN Monitoring Mission in Sri Lanka [TENS] - 2007-12-15
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan government must show sincerety [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-14
SRI LANKA: Rights Groups Urges UNHRC to Press Sri Lanka for Monitoring Mission [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-12-14
BURMA: Enough Talk on Burma [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-12-14
CAMBODIA: Rights Commission: Cambodia Has Peace, Not Freedom [VoA News] - 2007-12-13
PHILIPPINES: Re-affirming human rights and the Filipino people's dignity [Bay Area Indymedia, CA] - 2007-12-13
INDIA: Patrons Of Criminals [Navhind Times] - 2007-12-13
BURMA: Burma's tall tales in Geneva [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-13
INDIA: India's dying weaving industry [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-13
SRI LANKA: AHRC calls for International Impartial HR investigation in Sri Lanka [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-12-13
CAMBODIA: Cambodia has peace, but no freedom [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-13
SRI LANKA: Lanka says no truce ahead of peace talks [Gulf Times] - 2007-12-12
BURMA: Investigatory body must be proven to exist [ReliefWeb] - 2007-12-12
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka death row teen sentence may be upheld on 'confession', warns charity [LBO] - 2007-12-12
SRI LANKA: Violence as a "way of life" in Sri Lanka [AsiaNews.it] - 2007-12-12
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Insitituions and Mechanisms Filed to Protect Civilians- Arbour, UN HR Chief [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-12-12
CAMBODIA: Rights Commission Asks King to Push Court Independence [VoA News] - 2007-12-11
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka maid's "forced confession" may still be used in death penalty appeal: AHRC [Lanka Rates] - 2007-12-11
PAKISTAN: Pakistani lawyer seriously ill after torture [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-11
SRI LANKA: Freedom Struggle of Tamils Directly linked to Sri Lankan State Abuses [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-12-11
SRI LANKA: The state of human rights in eleven Asian nations in 2007 – Sri Lanka [ReliefWeb] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA: Immediate international action in Sri Lanka: AHRC [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA: 20 rebels, one soldier killed in Sri Lanka [AP] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka must investigate rights abuses -group [Reuters] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka says 23 rebels, 1 soldier killed as calls for international monitors grow [AP] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA: AHRC urges Intervention of the World in Sri Lanka [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA: Rights group urges foreign intervention in Sri Lanka [AFP] - 2007-12-10
PHILIPPINES: In Defense of Human Rights and Filipino Dignity: Introducing Marie Hilao-Enriquez [Bulatlat, RP] - 2007-12-10
PHILIPPINES: 2007: Killings Decrease, but Rights Violations Continue [Bulatlat, RP] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Lawyer hopeful case would end in Rizana’s favour [Daily News, SL] - 2007-12-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Court to Review Death Verdict on Rizana Today [Arab News] - 2007-12-08
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana case: Re-trial to be taken today [Daily News, SL] - 2007-12-08
BURMA: No cure for political lunacy [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-07
THAILAND: Selective justice for drug-war killers [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-06
INDIA: India’s Forgotten Children Of War [CounterCurrents.org] - 2007-12-05
PHILIPPINES: Philippine coup plotters need either the law or the people [JURIST] - 2007-12-05
SRI LANKA: Lawlessness hurts tourism in Sri Lanka [Tamil Eelam News Services] - 2007-12-05
PHILIPPINES: The impotence of the Manila coup [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-12-05
CAMBODIA: Rights Commission Decries Ratanakkiri Roadblock [VOA News] - 2007-12-04
SRI LANKA: A culture of violence [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-30
INDONESIAN: Money and the right to health [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-28
CAMBODIA: 'Imprisonment for Debt' in Cambodia Condemned [OneWorld US] - 2007-11-27
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's plunge into lawlessness [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-26
PAKISTAN: AHRC demands names of persons still in detention [The News - International] - 2007-11-24
ASIA: ASEAN's limited vision [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-23
BURMA: Protestors held "only for questioning" [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-22
SRI LANKA: 53 disappearances reported for the month of October In SL [LankaeNews] - 2007-11-22
CAMBODIA: History catches up with Khmer Rouge [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-21
SRI LANKA: "We have to talk to whoever is willing." [Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka/LankaWeb/Silobreaker] - 2007-11-21
CAMBODIA: Ieng Sary Has No Tribunal Immunity, Rights Expert Says [VOA News] - 2007-11-20
PAKISTAN: Pakistan releases thousands of detained lawyers, activists [Jurist] - 2007-11-20
PAKISTAN: Musharraf's ugly election [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-19
CAMBODIA: UN-backed Cambodian trials of Khmer Rouge leaders set to start [WSWS.org] - 2007-11-19
GENERAL: Messages of hope [SCMP] - 2007-11-16
PHILIPPINES: Rights Groups Find More Disappearances in Philippines [VOA news] - 2007-11-16
SRI LANKA: Police torture in Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-16
THAILAND: Dead pigs, dead Burmese, poverty and policing [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-15
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan "peacekeepers" sent home over sex-for-pay scandal in Haiti [Haiti Action Committee] - 2007-11-15
PAKISTAN: Lawyers continue strike, boycott court proceedings [The Post] - 2007-11-14
PHILIPPINES: Corruption pays in the Philippines [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-14
PAKISTAN: Musharraf’s explanation cuts no ice with the global community [Merinews] - 2007-11-14
SRI LANKA: 53 Civilians Murdered In Sri Lanka Killing Fields [AHN] - 2007-11-13
SRI LANKA: 53 Sri Lankan civilians killed in 'extrajudicial killings' in October, rights group says [International Herald Tribune] - 2007-11-12
CAMBODIA: Battle ground [South China Morning Post] - 2007-11-12
SRI LANKA: Bloodbath looms in war-torn Sri Lanka [News Weekly] - 2007-11-12
PAKISTAN: The Missing Factor in Musharraf's Plan [Scoop] - 2007-11-12
PAKISTAN: Jurists condemn Musharraf's actions [The Nation] - 2007-11-11
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana’s fate still in the balance [The Sunday Times] - 2007-11-11
CAMBODIA: Rights Commission Urges Release of Land Protestors [VOA] - 2007-11-09
SRI LANKA: Torture for torture's sake [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-09
BURMA: The generals' mythical compromise [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-08
BURMA: Burma's people demand both rice and rationality [Jurist] - 2007-11-07
PAKISTAN: Recent arrests should be treated as abductions: AHRC [LivePakistan.com] - 2007-11-07
INDONESIA: Survival at the edges [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-07
PAKISTAN: AHRC flays emergency F.P. Report [The Frontier Post] - 2007-11-06
SRI LANKA: Two battles in northern Sri Lanka kill six rebels, military says [PR-inside] - 2007-11-06
CAMBODIA: Cambodia cannot afford to neglect its children [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-06
PAKISTAN: Musharraf on the footsteps of Indira Gandhi [Merinews] - 2007-11-06
PAKISTAN: Musharraf's motivations scrutinized [USA Today] - 2007-11-06
PAKISTAN: Fears of senior journalists [The News, International] - 2007-11-06
PAKISTAN: Pakistani Opposition leaders arrested during state of emergency [Calibre Macro World] - 2007-11-05
ASIA: Dubai's Promised Land of Luxury Lures Women Into Sexual Slavery [Bloomberg/Trend] - 2007-11-05
INDIA: Do Delhi’s child workers and Dubai’s labourers need these crocodile tears? [Merinews] - 2007-11-05
PAKISTAN: Pakistan 'Martial Law' Condemned [OneWorld.net] - 2007-11-05
THAILAND: The legal aftermath [Bangkok Post] - 2007-11-04
PAKISTAN: Pakistani Opposition Leaders Arrested During State of Emergency [VOA News] - 2007-11-04
SRI LANKA: Rape by Sri Lankan troops resurfaces – in Haiti [TamilNet] - 2007-11-03
PAKISTAN: APHC-G, Hizb contest Indian Army’s no custodial killings claim [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-11-02
PAKISTAN: Mutiny against the chief justice of Pakistan [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-02
ASIA: UAE detains 4,000 South Asian migrant workers for protesting [Merinews] - 2007-11-02
PAKISTAN: Asian HR group flays proposed amendment to Army Act [The News - International] - 2007-11-02
SRI LANKA: WB Director Emphasize Vital need to seek a Political Solution [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-11-01
THAILAND: Getting the fish back into the water [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-11-01
CAMBODIA: Can Cambodian election be free and fair? [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-31
PHILIPPINES: Farmer killed, activist missing in Central Luzon [GMANews.TV] - 2007-10-31
CAMBODIA: Hindernislauf Gerechtigkeit Darf der Ex-König Sihanouk vorgeladen werden? Tribunal in Kambodscha kommt nicht zur Ruhe [Die Tagespost, Germany] - 2007-10-30
INDIA: Politics and policing in India [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-30
SRI LANKA: Rights group launches campaign against attacks on Journalists in Sri Lanka [TamilNet] - 2007-10-30
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Lawyers Confident of Saving Rizana [Arab News/Daily News, SL/SAFMA] - 2007-10-28
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Policing System has Sunk too Low, says AHRC [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-10-28
SRI LANKA: Police lawlessness alarming in Sri Lanka - Rights group [TamilNet, The Independent, SL] - 2007-10-27
SRI LANKA: A day for the disappeared [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-26
BURMA: Teaching grandma how to peel onions [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-25
PHILIPPINES: The hope of 'amparo' in the Philippines [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-24
PHILIPPINES: Writ of amparo takes effect; lawyers' group issues primer [GMANews.TV] - 2007-10-23
PHILIPPINES: Slow justice for victims of extrajudicial killings [PCIJ] - 2007-10-23
INDONESIA: AHRC considers Alas Tlogo incident serious rights case [Antara News] - 2007-10-23
BURMA: Torture and inhuman treatment of protestors [Scoop World] - 2007-10-23
PHILIPPINES: HK rights mission: Killings down but still no justice [Inquirer.net] - 2007-10-22
INDIA: Ration Riot in Hegemony Polity ruled by Regemented Gestapo in West Bengal [India Interacts] - 2007-10-21
SRI LANKA: Killing suspects in custody is a crime [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-19
THAILAND: A step toward ending torture in Thailand [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-18
INDONESIA: In Indonesia they dare to die [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-17
SRI LANKA: Louise Arbour's 'dangerous liaisons' [Daily News.lk] - 2007-10-17
INDIA: Custodial violence in India [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-16
PHILIPPINES: HK rights advocates to check on political killings in RP [Inquirer] - 2007-10-15
SRI LANKA: Louise Arbour's visit a test for Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-12
BURMA: Jewel Industry Wants Out Of Burma, Yet A Gemstone Ban Might Prove Hard To Enforce [AHN] - 2007-10-11
BURMA: US Jewelers Urge Congress to Ban Burmese Gems [VoA News] - 2007-10-11
BURMA: Bickering about sanctions gets Burma nowhere [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-11
INDIA: Handloom weavers trapped in poverty [OneWorld.net] - 2007-10-10
CAMBODIA: Is accountability possible in Cambodia? [UPI Asia] - 2007-10-10
INDIA: Democratic virtues begin at home [UPI Asia] - 2007-10-09
INDIA: AR torture draws more flak [IFP] - 2007-10-09
INDIA / BURMA: Indian activists call on Delhi to stop supporting the Burmese repression [AsiaNews.it] - 2007-10-09
CAMBODIA: The short memory of Cambodia's prime minister [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-07
BURMA: Attention must be paid [New Jersey Jewish Standard] - 2007-10-06
PHILIPPINES: Unwelcome world record [Sun Star, Philippines] - 2007-10-06
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's floundering democracy gets ready for elections [Asian Tribune] - 2007-10-06
SRI LANKA: Policing and pimping [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-05
INDIA: Asian rights body condemns AR's Umathel atrocities [IFP/KanglaOnline, India] - 2007-10-05
INDIA: Rights writ on Thoubal ‘atrocities’ [The Telegraph] - 2007-10-05
PHILIPPINES: church urges independent probe of bishop's murder [Episcopal News Service, NY] - 2007-10-05
PHILIPPINES: Torture threats force man to frame labor leader [GMANews.TV] - 2007-10-05
BURMA: What the junta has lost [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-05
BURMA / PHILIPPINES: Silent monks need tips from RP 'noisy' activist bishops [Inquirer] - 2007-10-05
BURMA: Aung San Suu Kyi's peace give it a chance [Mizzima News] - 2007-10-04
SRI LANKA: Foreign Minister Rejects UN Monitors to His Country [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-10-04
SRI LANKA: Senseless death of Sri Lankan Good Samaritan [Eureka Street, Australia] - 2007-10-04
BURMA: US playing a dirty trick with Chinese support [merinews] - 2007-10-03
BURMA: Where are Burma’s Monks? [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-10-03
BURMA: Burmese regime is more brutal than Marcos [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-03
BURMA: Human Rights Council strongly deplores continued violent repression of peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar [Asian Tribune] - 2007-10-03
INDIA: Non-violence is a dying virtue in India [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-10-02
BURMA: Burmese general sacked 'for being too moderate' [Irish Independent] - 2007-10-02
BURMA: 'Thousands of monks seized' by Burma junta [Telegraph.co.uk] - 2007-10-02
BURMA: Burma's FM warns against neo-colonialism [france24] - 2007-10-02
BURMA: U.N. envoy waits to see Myanmar junta supremo [Reuters] - 2007-10-02
BURMA: Burmese junta said to have jailed 1,000 demonstrators [The Nation, Thailand] - 2007-10-02
BURMA: Human Rights Advocates Fear Toll in Burma Crackdown High [Voice of America] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: Wife and daughter of Burmese junta's leader 'have left the country' [Times Online] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: Mystery surrounds U.N. peace envoy in Myanmar [Reuters, UK] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: More than 1,000 missing in Myanmar, say rights groups [AFP/Inquirer.net] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: UN envoy waits to see Myanmar junta supremo [Reuters] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: The holy men who won the loyalty of the people [The Independent] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: Warning the Junta [Times Online] - 2007-10-01
BURMA: UN peace envoy meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi [Reuters] - 2007-09-30
PHILIPPINES: RP needs more than ‘amparo,’ says HK group [Inquirer.net] - 2007-09-30
BURMA: UN envoy arrives to meet with Burmese junta [International Herald Tribune] - 2007-09-29
BURMA: Myanmar people flee junta's wrath [Agence France-Presse/Inquirer.net] - 2007-09-29
BURMA: Net access cut as junta crackdown intensifies [Reuters/Sydney Morning Herald] - 2007-09-29
PHILIPPINES: Writ of amparo not enough – Hong Kong rights group [GMANews.TV] - 2007-09-28
BURMA: Nine die in Myanmar protest crackdown [Reuters] - 2007-09-28
SRI LANKA: Will Buddhists support their brethren? [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-28
BURMA: Eight killed in one Yangon incident--rights group [Reuters] - 2007-09-28
BURMA: Myanmar crowds taunt troops as crackdown draws outrage [Reuters] - 2007-09-28
SRI LANKA: World Bank to fund Sri Lanka’s Legal Reforms Project! [Tamil Eelam News Service] - 2007-09-28
BURMA: At least five dead in Myanmar crackdown [Reuters/ReliefWeb] - 2007-09-27
PAKISTAN: Pakistani father’s tale of woe [Human Rights Tribune] - 2007-09-27
BURMA: Five dead as junta sends in soldiers to crush Rangoon demonstrations [Times Online] - 2007-09-27
BURMA: Buddha vs the barrel of a gun [Asia Times Online] - 2007-09-27
BURMA: Burma's saffron revolution [UPI Asia] - 2007-09-27
BURMA: Three killed as Myanmar troops battle protests [Reuters Canada] - 2007-09-26
BURMA: Cracks Showing in Burma's Junta [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-09-26
BURMA: Police in Myanmar crack down on monks [Seattle Times] - 2007-09-26
INDONESIA: No penal code, no justice [UPI Asia] - 2007-09-26
BURMA: Q&A: Protests in Burma [Guardian Unlimited] - 2007-09-26
INDIA: The prisoners of Arunachal Pradesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-25
CAMBODIA: Cambodian leader welcomed back with gratitude [Press-Telegram] - 2007-09-25
BURMA: Burma's Junta Imposes Curfew, Bans Gatherings [Washington Post] - 2007-09-25
BURMA: Chinese dilemma over Burma protests [BBC News] - 2007-09-25
BURMA: Myanmar monks defy junta order [AP] - 2007-09-25
BURMA: Bloodshed imminent in Burma [AHRC/HREA] - 2007-09-25
SRI LANKA: Sri-Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to Justify Sinhala State Terrorism in the UN [SiberNews] - 2007-09-25
BURMA: Riot police deployed in Burma [metro.co.uk] - 2007-09-25
BURMA: Monk Demos May Be Final Blow to Burma's Dictators [OneWorld.net] - 2007-09-25
CAMBODIA: On Anniversary of Constitution, a Call for Human Rights [VOA News] - 2007-09-24
SRI LANKA: Rizana’s Lawyers Meet Tribal Elders in Dawadmi [Arab News] - 2007-09-24
BURMA: Protests fast accelerating towards uprising [AHRC/HREA] - 2007-09-23
BURMA: Protests Grow in Myanmar Against Junta [New York Times] - 2007-09-23
BURMA: Monks on the march [Guardian Unlimited] - 2007-09-22
SRI LANKA: US Will Press for Halting Rights Abuses in Sri Lanka [Tamil Eelam News Service] - 2007-09-22
BURMA: Buddhist Clergy on Collision Course With Junta [IPS] - 2007-09-21
BURMA: 1,500 Myanmar Monks March in Yangon [AP / The Washington Post] - 2007-09-21
BURMA: Myanmar Protests Enter 4th Day [AP / Guardian Unlimited] - 2007-09-21
SRI LANKA: Can the U.N. Human Rights Council help Sri Lanka? [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-21
SRI LANKA: Will the Human Rights Council pull Sri Lanka out of its state of lawlessness? [SiberNews] - 2007-09-20
SRI LANKA: A roll call of infamy and dishonour [SiberNews] - 2007-09-20
BURMA: Monks add weight to Myanmar protests [International Herald Tribune/New York Times] - 2007-09-20
BURMA: The anatomy of thuggery [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-20
BURMA: Myanmar junta scared of monks' cold shoulder [Reuters] - 2007-09-20
SRI LANKA: Consider Sanctions Says Parliamentarian [IPS] - 2007-09-20
BURMA: Burma's angry monks 'excommunicate' junta by refusing donations [The Independent] - 2007-09-20
SRI LANKA: Lawyers Protests against Abduction & Death Threats in Jaffna [Tamil Eelam News Service] - 2007-09-19
SRI LANKA: AHRC calls on UNHRC to intervene in Sri Lanka [SiberNews] - 2007-09-19
INDIA: Against a draconian law [Weekly Blitz] - 2007-09-19
THAILAND: Martial law is the opposite of rule of law [AHRC/HREA] - 2007-09-19
CAMBODIA: Can the Khmer Rouge Tribunal be fair? [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-19
SRI LANKA: UN must act to stop human rights violations in Lanka: AHRC [newKerala.com] - 2007-09-19
PAKISTAN: New booklet on lawyers’ movement [Daily Times] - 2007-09-19
SRI LANKA: State Abuses Intensifies at Alarming Rates, Says NGOs [Tamil Eelam News Service] - 2007-09-19
SRI LANKA: Minister says LTTE leader to find asylum in Eritrea [Jimma Times] - 2007-09-18
SRI LANKA: Dozens die, disappear in Sri Lanka, UN must act: group [Reuters] - 2007-09-18
SRI LANKA: Rights group says 50 killings reported in Sri Lanka in August; 38 more unaccounted for [AP / International Herald Tribune] - 2007-09-18
SRI LANKA: Panel urges UN to act on Sri Lanka killings [AFP] - 2007-09-18
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana Nafeek issue an eye opener [The Sunday Leader, SL] - 2007-09-16
ASIA: Asian consultation on adjudication starts in Hong Kong [GMANews.TV/OneWorld U.S.] - 2007-09-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana Case: No Date Set for Minister’s Visit [Arab News] - 2007-09-16
SRI LANKA: Nothing is normal in Sri Lanka anymore [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-14
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Warns EU on Possible Resolution [TamilEelamNews.com] - 2007-09-14
THAILAND: Criticism is not contempt [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-13
PAKISTAN: SHC puts off hearing to 24th [The News, International] - 2007-09-13
PAKISTAN: AHRC expresses grave concern over threats hurled by Altaf [The News - International] - 2007-09-13
PHILIPPINES: Dumping corpses and body parts in the Philippines [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-12
GENERAL: The European Convention and the Court of Human Rights [PR-GB.com] - 2007-09-12
SRI LANKA: Abductions depict the insanity generated by absence of rule of law [Scoop.co.nz] - 2007-09-12
CAMBODIA: Will Sihanouk Appear at Khmer Rouge Trials? [IPS] - 2007-09-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Sri Lanka deathrow teen in Saudi dreams of freedom [LBO] - 2007-09-10
PAKISTAN: AHRC seeks judicial probe into Karachi bridge collapse [The News - International, Pakistan] - 2007-09-08
SRI LANKA: Existing Sri Lankan Mechanisms Failed to Protects civilians, says AHRC [TamilEelamNews.com, Sri Lanka] - 2007-09-08
SRI LANKA: Disappearances are not 'normal occurrences' [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-09-07
BURMA: Appeal from a Burmese veteran [Narinjara News] - 2007-09-07
PAKISTAN: Exclusive: Islam: No Compulsion in Religion? [Family Security Matters, NJ] - 2007-09-07
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh's Only 24x7 News Channel Shut Down [Newspost.India] - 2007-09-07
CAMBODIA: King Father Sihanouk holds ECCC at bay [Phnom Penh Post] - 2007-09-07
SRI LANKA: 43 aid workers killed in Sri Lanka: rights group [AFP] - 2007-09-07
INDIA: Torture in the context of "Right to Life and Dignity" [Merinews, India] - 2007-09-06
BURMA: The right to provoke [UPI Asia] - 2007-09-06
SRI LANKA: 5 Civilians Seek Protection with JHRC in last 48 Hours in Sri Lanka [TamilEelamNews] - 2007-09-06
CAMBODIA: No immunity for Sihanouk [UPI Asia] - 2007-09-05
CAMBODIA: Sihanouk Not Immune to Tribunal, Rights Group Says [VOA News] - 2007-09-04
PHILIPPINES: Police and prosecutor’s failure emboldens killings of alleged criminals [AHRC/Davao Today] - 2007-09-03
PHILIPPINES: Netherlands-Philippines State Terrorism Attacks Filipino Revolutionaries, Washington Applauds Repression [Bulatlat, Philippines] - 2007-09-02
PHILIPPINES: Rights group alarmed over extra-judical killings of crime suspects [Earthtimes.org] - 2007-09-02
PHILIPPINES: Rights group hits Lim, Duterte for 'threats' vs criminals [GMANews.TV] - 2007-09-02
SRI LANKA: Middle Eastern Employment - Sri Lankan Women & Rizana Nafeek [LankaWeb News] - 2007-08-31
SRI LANKA: Is the U.N. Human Rights Council asleep? [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-31
WORLD: International Day of the Disappeared [OneWorld South Asia] - 2007-08-30
INDIA: Rights group upset over govt's media strictures [KanglaOnline] - 2007-08-30
THAILAND: The trouble with 'sorry' [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-30
WORLD: Panchen Lama’s Disappearance Continues as World Observes International Day of the Disappeared [Phayul, Tibet] - 2007-08-30
BURMA: Myanmar junta uses gangs not guns to crush dissent [Reuters] - 2007-08-30
PHILIPPINES: RP has high number of 'disappeared' - HK group [GMANews.TV] - 2007-08-30
SRI LANKA: Lankan Women Call for Rizana Pardon [Arab News/ColomboPage] - 2007-08-30
WORLD: Number of missing people continues to rise: HRCP [The News - International, Pakistan] - 2007-08-30
SRI LANKA: Police accused of murder and torture [Lakbimanews] - 2007-08-29
INDONESIA: Seeking justice for Indonesia's dead and disappeared [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-29
BURMA: Civilian thugs doing Myanmar junta's dirty work [Reuters] - 2007-08-28
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana confident [Ceylon Daily News, SL] - 2007-08-28
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Embassy officials visit Rizana Nawfeek and say she is more confident and poised now [LankaWeb News] - 2007-08-27
BANGLADESH: Stop torture, respect human rights: Human Rights Watch [The Daily Amar Desh/Prothom Alo/Daily Janakantha] - 2007-08-24
SRI LANKA: Who is the bully, Sri Lanka or the U.N.? [Asia Online/Tamil Canadian] - 2007-08-24
BURMA: Dramatic price rises, protests and arrests oblige international response [ReliefWeb] - 2007-08-22
CAMBODIA: Corruption surfaces in Cambodia housing fiasco [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-22
INDIA: Chhattisgarh, casualty of chaotic modernization [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-21
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: No Sri Lankan legal aid for young maid facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia [World Socialist Web Site] - 2007-08-21
THAILAND: Thailand’s Constitutional Merry-Go-Round [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-08-20
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Police Detains Three Ethnic Tamils Incommunicado [TamilEelamNews.com, SL] - 2007-08-20
NEPAL: Denial of justice [Nepalnews.com] - 2007-08-19
ASIA: Policing with unskilled labor [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-17
THAILAND: Generals' agenda antithetical to rule of law [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: New Hope for Rizana Nafeek [ToTheCenter.com] - 2007-08-15
SRI LANKA: SF Abducts Hundreds of Civilians, says Amnesty [TamilEelamNews] - 2007-08-15
INDONESIA: Police should prevent, not perpetrate crime [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-15
KOREA: The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns E.Land management and Korean Government for their actions against shop workers [UNI, Swtizerland] - 2007-08-15
PHILIPPINES: 3 activists still missing a week after abduction [GMANews.TV/Daily Manila Shimbun/Sun Star] - 2007-08-15
PAKISTAN: Pakistan celebrates independence, nationalism and Islam [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-14
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Arabia Human Rights Commission takesup the case of Rizana Nafeek giving new hope for the girl [LankaWeb] - 2007-08-14
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi body 'concerned' on Rizana [BBCSinhala] - 2007-08-13
PAKISTAN: 'The Disappeared' [The News - International] - 2007-08-13
THAILAND: Academic accused of insulting Thai king in exam paper [Reuters] - 2007-08-13
SRI LANKA: Abductions In Sri Lanka Depict The Insanity [Scoop] - 2007-08-11
PAKISTAN: Threat of imposing emergency in Pakistan [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-11
CAMBODIA: World Bank President: the Kingdom needs branding [Phnom Penh Post] - 2007-08-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana Nafeek, 19 year old Sri Lankan faces beheading [Education International/Infoshop News] - 2007-08-10
THAILAND: The Long Wait for Justice in Thailand [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-08-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Envoy denies reposting has links with maid’s case [The Peninsula Online] - 2007-08-09
THAILAND: All is not well in the Kingdom of Thailand [On Line opinion, Australia] - 2007-08-09
PHILIPPINES: Tortured justice [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-08
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Envoy Feels Bitter About Being Recalled Home [Arab News] - 2007-08-08
CAMBODIA: Official land grab in Cambodia mirrors situation across region [Gulf Times] - 2007-08-06
INDIA: Mulayam, Maya namesakes fight malnutrition [NDTV India] - 2007-08-05
SRI LANKA: Tribute to a courageous woman [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-03
BURMA: AHRC wrote to ASEAN over human rights of Burma [BBC Burmese] - 2007-08-02
THAILAND: Force-feeding democracy [UPI Asia] - 2007-08-02
CAMBODIA: Government blasted over missing monk [Philippine Star] - 2007-07-31
BURMA / THAILAND: Poor rights record hampers ASEAN effort [ABS-CBN News] - 2007-07-31
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Regional Human Rights Body with Teeth or a Paper Tiger? [IPS] - 2007-07-31
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Forgiving better than punishing [Khaleej Times Online] - 2007-07-31
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Tribal leader will intervene on Rizana case only if Saudi govt. approves [LBO] - 2007-07-31
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Hoffnung für srilankisches Hausmädchen – Exekution noch abzuwenden [IPS, German] - 2007-07-30
PAKISTAN: The Pakistan Army’s First Victory [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-07-30
INDIA: Textile industry on its knees, State help is needed [AsiaNews.it] - 2007-07-30
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Teenaged maid`s fate now in hands of 3-judge bench [LankaNewspaper.com] - 2007-07-29
THAILAND: Thailand looks set for "managed democracy" [Reuters India] - 2007-07-29
SRI LANKA / SAUDIA ARABIA: More Lankans enter death row [The Sunday Times] - 2007-07-29
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: No Clemency From Family in Rizana Case [Arab News] - 2007-07-29
INDONESIA: Urge Indonesia to Remove Officer Indicted in E Timor from Papua [IMC] - 2007-07-27
SRI LANKA: Police torturers imprisoned [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-27
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rights body urges Sri Lanka to ratify international convention; more facing Saudi sword [LBO] - 2007-07-26
BURMA: If you can't beat them, beat them up [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-26
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Fight to save teenage maid from beheading [Times Online] - 2007-07-26
INDONESIA: The ABCs of torture in Indonesia [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-26
SRI LANKA / SAUDIA ARABIA: Rizana: Minister expresses hope [Daily News, SL] - 2007-07-24
INDONESIA: Indonesian Military "Counterterrorism" Equals More Repression [Dissident Voice,CA] - 2007-07-24
CAMBODIA: Asian land grabs highlight class friction, bureaucratic failures [AFP/Philippine Star/Turkish Press/Brisbane Times] - 2007-07-24
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Except showing condemned girl to her parents Saudi Arabia has so far promised no other mercy to Rizana [LankaWeb News/Asian Tribune] - 2007-07-24
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: AHRC protests over removal of envoy [Daily Mirror] - 2007-07-24
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: 'Protect' migrant workers' rights [BBCSinhala] - 2007-07-23
SRI LANKA / SAUDIA ARABIA: Sri Lanka minister pleads for maid’s life in Saudi [AFP/Khaleej Times Online] - 2007-07-23
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: SL delegation holds talks with Saudi authorities on Rizana’s appeal [Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka, Switzerland] - 2007-07-23
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Deputy Minister hopeful of a positive outcome for the Sri Lankan housemaid [Colombo Page, SL] - 2007-07-23
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rights body concerned Sri Lanka envoy's recall may affect death row teen case [LBO] - 2007-07-23
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana: Bhaila begins talks with Saudi officials [Daily Nws, SL] - 2007-07-23
SRI LANKA /SAUDI ARABIA: Legal Aid for Maid - After Close Shave With Sword [IPS News] - 2007-07-22
PAKISTAN: Historic verdict challenges dictatorship [Dawn] - 2007-07-22
SRI LANKA: Finger pointed at military over Batticaloa gruesome killing [The Nation on Sunday] - 2007-07-21
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Lessons from Rizana’s case [Daily News, SL] - 2007-07-21
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rogue job agency under probe [Daily News, SL] - 2007-07-21
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka imposes deadlines on human rights complaints [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-07-20
PAKISTAN: Court dismisses army plea challenging police charge-sheet [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-07-20
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Mercy mission [7DAYS, United Arab Emirates] - 2007-07-20
THAILAND: The pretense of legality [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-19
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: No Lawyer Necessary in Shariah Court [ToTheCenter.com/Asian Tribune] - 2007-07-18
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's extremist political culture [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-18
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Sri Lanka Deputy Foreign Minister to leave for Saudi to plead mercy for the doomed housemaid [Colomo Page] - 2007-07-17
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Death row Muslim girl's father will appeal to parents of dead baby to save her from beheading [LankaWeb News] - 2007-07-17
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Nafeek Files Appeal a Day Prior to Deadline [Arab News] - 2007-07-17
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: A team of Sri Lankan Muslims will fly to Saudi Arabia with her parents to plea for Rizana Nafeek on Friday [LankaWeb News/ToTheCenter.com] - 2007-07-17
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana: Appeal filed [Daily News, SL] - 2007-07-17
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Ray of hope as AHRC obtains attorney to save Rizana [Daily Mirror] - 2007-07-17
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Maid's beheading sentence to be appealed [EarthTimes.org/UPI] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Condemned Girl's Father Flying to Saudi Arabia to Appeal Sentence [ToTheCenter.com] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Maid's clemency papers are filed [BBC News] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Delay in issuing visas to Sri Lankan team to enter Saudi a puzzle [Asian Tribune] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Lawyers meet condemned Sri Lankan girl: rights body [Lanka Business Online] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Parents of Sri Lankan teen on death row in Saudi Arabia awaiting visa [Associated Press] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Father of the convicted Muslim teenage girl to appeal to parents of the dead baby to save her from being beheaded [Asian Tribune] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Lankan team in Saudi to make personal appeal to infant’s father [Daily News, SL] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana’s execution - Deadline for appeal expires, Family not going to Saudi [Daily Mirror] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: To Rizana’s rescue [Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka] - 2007-07-16
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Social cost of a dollar spinner [Sunday Observer] - 2007-07-15
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Parents to plea for clemency for Sri Lankan housemaid on Saudi death row [PR-Inside.com, Austria/International Herald Tribune, France/AP] - 2007-07-15
SAUDI ARABIA / SRI LANKA: Minister Bhaila's mercy mission to Saudi delayed [The Sunday Times Online] - 2007-07-15
SRI LANKA: Crackdown on errant foreign job agents [Sunday Observer] - 2007-07-15
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: AHRC to help Rizana Nafeek’s appeal process [Daily News, SL] - 2007-07-14
SAUDI ARABIA / SRI LANKA: Saudi beheadings on the rise again [SunHeralds.com/Guardian Unlimited/Seattle Times] - 2007-07-14
SRI LANKA / SAUDIA ARABIA: Lankan Embassy in Riyadh signs agreement with law firm [Ceylon Daily News, Sri Lanka] - 2007-07-14
SRI LANKA / SAUDIA ARABIA: Lankans to Appeal to Victim’s Father [Arab News] - 2007-07-14
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Basu: Tried without a lawyer, teen about to be beheaded [DesMoinesRegister.com] - 2007-07-13
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Teenager's beheading tests Saudi's sharia law [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-07-13
SRI LANKA / SAUDIA ARABIA: Initial Legal Fees Paid for Filing Sri Lankan Maid Appeal [Arab News] - 2007-07-13
BURMA: Burma's long and steady downward slide [UPI Asia Online] - 2007-07-12
THAILAND: Thai Junta Going Burma Way? [The Irrawaddy News] - 2007-07-11
THAILAND: Thailand on Spin Cycle [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-07-11
PHILIPPINES: Anti-terror law sows terror in the Philippines [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-11
PAKISTAN: Still more HR abuses [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-07-11
PAKISTAN: Spurt in Human Rights violations [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-07-11
THAILAND: POLITICS: Thai Junta Going the Burma Way? [IPS, Italy] - 2007-07-11
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Govt. team, parents on mission to Saudi [Daily Mirror] - 2007-07-11
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Deadline closes on Rizana's appeal [BBC News] - 2007-07-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Clemency plead for Lankan maid [The Peninsula On-line / Reuters] - 2007-07-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Girl facing death sentence in Saudi [Daily Mirror] - 2007-07-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: After Two Years, Lankan Officials Move in Rizana Case [Arab News] - 2007-07-10
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: 'Grant maid clemency' [News 24 South Africa] - 2007-07-09
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Clemency plea for Sri Lanka maid [BBC News UK} - 2007-07-09
INDIA: Army continue to uphold claim, approaches families of deceased for negotiation [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-07-09
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rights body offers part of condemned Sri Lankan girl's legal fees, urges action [Lanka Business Online] - 2007-07-09
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rights body launches fresh appeal to save Sri Lankan teenager [Lanka Business Online] - 2007-07-09
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Rights group appeals over Sri Lankan maid in Saudi [Reuters India] - 2007-07-09
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Death Sentence Draws Near as Maid Waits for Appeal [Arab News] - 2007-07-09
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: Maid’s Family Petitions Victim’s Father for Clemency [Arab News] - 2007-07-09
PHILIPPINES: Command responsibility [ABS-CBN News] - 2007-07-09
PHILIPPINES: Neocolonial Elections and State Terrorism in the Philippines [Political Affairs Magazine] - 2007-07-08
SRI LANKA: Last minute efforts to save Rizana’s life [The Sunday Times] - 2007-07-08
THAILAND: Draft Thailand charter angers parties, activists [Gulf Times] - 2007-07-07
INDIA: Protests rock Srinagar over minor's killing [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-07-07
CAMBODIA: Democracy takes backseat 10 years after Cambodia coup [The Standard] - 2007-07-06
THAILAND: Thailand's draft post-coup charter completed [Swissinfo / Reuters] - 2007-07-06
SRI LANKA: Failure to investigate and prosecute in Sri Lanka [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-06
PAKISTAN: Draft electoral rolls and the minority factor [The News - International] - 2007-07-06
THAILAND: Courts in cahoots [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-05
CAMBODIA: How Cambodia has progressed a decade after coup [Radio Singapore International] - 2007-07-05
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka pleads for the life of 17-year old girl sentenced to death in Saudi Arabai [Asian Tribune] - 2007-07-05
SRI LANKA: Law-Enforcing Officers are involved in Abductions in Sri Lanka [TamilEelamNews] - 2007-07-04
INDONESIA: Indonesian democracy under threat [UPI Asia] - 2007-07-04
INDONESIA: Indonesia Struggles Against TNI Hegemony [OhmyNews International World] - 2007-07-04
PAKISTAN: Kupwara biols over 'stage-managed encounter' [Kashmir Watch] - 2007-07-02
SRI LANKA: Contradictory role of the AG’s Dept [Daily Mirror] - 2007-06-29
SRI LANKA: IFJ criticises Colombo move to reintroduce defamation laws [The Hindu] - 2007-06-29
SRI LANKA: Collapse of the rule of law in Sri Lanka - AHRC [SiberNews] - 2007-06-27
CAMBODIA: Cambodia must stop killing the messenger [UPI Asia] - 2007-06-27
PHILIPPINES: Soldiers arrest, jail, torture, starve, frame 2 Moros [Davao Today] - 2007-06-25
ASIA/BURMA: Human Rights Group Calls For Renewed Effort To Stop Torture [VOA News] - 2007-06-25
PHILIPPINES: Rights group slams police for using 'torture' in probes [GMANews.tv] - 2007-06-25
CAMBODIA: More effective measures are required to end torture [hrea.org] - 2007-06-25
PHILIPPINES: Torture victims victimized twice by lack of law -- group [Inquirer.net] - 2007-06-24
PHILIPPINES: Longer ordeal seen for Abadilla 5 [GMANews.tv] - 2007-06-24
PHILIPPINES: Palace scored for inaction on youth leader’s slay [GMA.news.tv] - 2007-06-22
PHILIPPINES: Police vehicle used in GenSan abduction - AHRC [GMANews.TV] - 2007-06-20
CAMBODIA: AHRC censures Hun Sen's regime ban of Global Witness report [KI media] - 2007-06-18
SRI LANKA: A frog in the well attitude! [SiberNews] - 2007-06-17
SRI LANKA: International Eminent Persons Doubt the Abuse Probes as Lanka President Defends Rights Records [TamilEelamNews] - 2007-06-15
SRI LANKA: The compromising position of Sri Lanka's attorney general [UPI Asia] - 2007-06-15
SRI LANKA: The Attorney General being part of the Presidential entourage needs to be questioned by legislators [ReliefWeb] - 2007-06-14
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's 'Other' War [Newsline] - 2007-06-14
PHILIPPINES: Rights groups hit 'excessive delay' in Abadilla 5 ruling [Inquirer.net] - 2007-06-14
INDONESIA: Torture to death is not a minor offense [UPI Asia] - 2007-06-13
SRI LANKA / SAUDI ARABIA: The Unforgiven [Fog City Journal] - 2007-06-13
PAKISTAN: Chaudhry Attorney: Pakistan's Lawyers Will Not Cease Until Musharraf Removed [World Politics Review] - 2007-06-11
CAMBODIA: Donors Pressed To Raise Cambodian Rights In Aid Talks [OneWorld.net] - 2007-06-11
SRI LANKA: US slams eviction of Tamils from Colombo [Daily Mirror] - 2007-06-08
INDIA: India Arming Local People, Like Sudan, Says Rights Group [OneWorld.net] - 2007-06-08
SRI LANKA: AHRC wants inquiry into displacement in Sri Lanka [OneWorld.net] - 2007-06-07
PAKISTAN: Countrywide rallies against media curbs [The News-International] - 2007-06-06
SRI LANKA: Trinco citizens call for UNHRC presence [TamilEelam News] - 2007-06-04
INDIA: Widespread corruption in the Public Food Distribution System causing starvation deaths [HREA.org] - 2007-05-30
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka’s diplomacy [SiberNews Media] - 2007-05-29
CAMBODIA: Human Rights Commission Calls for Ethics in Judges [VOA News] - 2007-05-28
SRI LANKA: Amnesty’s Report on Human Rights Situation in Sri Lanka 2006 [Asian Tribune] - 2007-05-28
SRI LANKA: Displacing 'safe assumptions' about the society that we live in [The Sunday Times] - 2007-05-27
PHLIPPINES: RP has problems with violence during elections—US official [The Daily Tribune] - 2007-05-26
PHILIPPINES: US envoy: Washington notes RP poll fraud [GMANews.TV] - 2007-05-25
SRI LANKA: Unitary constitution for ensuring Sinhala supremacy? [TamilWeek.com] - 2007-05-25
SRI LANKA: Rights groups want UN to monitor Sri Lanka abuses [India eNews / Calcutta News] - 2007-05-25
SRI LANKA: SLA, threat to Jaffna students- TNA MP [TamilNet] - 2007-05-23
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka gripped by lawlessness, says rights body [India eNews] - 2007-05-23
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka bombs rebel training base [The Age / AAP via Yahoo!7 News / Sydney Morning Herald / Brisbane Times] - 2007-05-23
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Facing Lawlessness Epidemic- Human Rights Group [Nasdaq / OneWorld.net / TamilWeek] - 2007-05-22
SRI LANKA: Law and order crumbling in Sri Lanka, human rights group says [International Herald Tribune] - 2007-05-22
PHILIPPINES: Police torture hit [Journal Online] - 2007-05-22
PHILIPPINES: Poll violence erupts anew in Abra [The Daily Tribune] - 2007-05-20
PHILIPPINES: Diplomat deplores RP reelection to UNHRC [The Daily Tribune] - 2007-05-20
PHILIPPINES: RP lawlessness shocks HK human rights group [Journal Online] - 2007-05-20
PHILIPPINES: RP re-elected to UN human rights body [Philippine Star / ABS-CBNNEWS.com] - 2007-05-18
THAILAND: Thailand Gets 'Net-Tough [Asia Sentinel] - 2007-05-18
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan police harass witnesses in case of murdered SEP supporter [World Socialist Web Site] - 2007-05-18
PHILIPPINES: RP election to UNHRC to mar body’s integrity - rights watchdog [The Daily Tribune] - 2007-05-18
PHILIPPINES: (UPDATE 2) RP ranks 4th in UN Human Rights Council elections [Inquirer.net] - 2007-05-17
PHILIPPINES: Group urges UN members to reject RP in right council [Inquirer.net / AsianJournal Online] - 2007-05-17
INDIA: Homeless and running [The Statesman] - 2007-05-16
PAKISTAN: Pakistan women opponents threatened and intimated Asian Human Rights Commission 'Gravely Concerned' [Online - International News Network / PakTribune] - 2007-05-14
PAKISTAN: Rights Group Condemns Pakistan Killings [OneWorld US] - 2007-05-14
PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns violence in city [The News-International] - 2007-05-13
PHILIPPINES: Arguments for Dismantling the Arroyo Killing Maching in the Philippines [Bay Area Indymedia] - 2007-05-13
PHILIPPINES: Militants' dissapearance decried [Journal Online] - 2007-05-13
SRI LANKA: Human Rights groups dispute Rajapaksa government [Tamil Eelam News] - 2007-05-10
THAILAND: Thai justice on hold [United Press International] - 2007-05-10
PHILIPPINES: A misconstrued electoral exercise [United Press International] - 2007-05-09
PAKISTAN: UN intervention against martial law sought [The News] - 2007-05-09
ASIA: 1st Time Indians Get 2007 Human Rights Prize [The Seoul Times / Scoop] - 2007-05-09
BURMA: Rights Group Blasts Burma for Detention of Videographers [Voice of America] - 2007-05-07
PHILIPPINES: Many HK OAVs give up voting rights - group [GMA News] - 2007-05-06
PAKISTAN: Government told to furnish details of recovered persons [Business Recorder] - 2007-05-05
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's chief justice reveals mistreatment [United Press International] - 2007-05-04
BURMA: Burma is not North Korea [United Press International] - 2007-05-03
INDONESIA: Indonesia's prosecution system on trial [United Press International Asia] - 2007-05-02
PAKISTAN: Rights group condemns arrest of lawyers supporting Chaudhry [Gulf News] - 2007-05-02
PHILIPPINES: FILIPINA MILITANTS INDICT BUSH-ARROYO FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY [Bay Area Indymedia] - 2007-04-28
PHILIPPINES: Seven Theses on the Crisis and Disintegration of the Arroyo Terrorist State [Bulatlat] - 2007-04-28
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan military should not have police powers [United Press Internation Asia] - 2007-04-27
THAILAND: Dictators use referendums too [United Press International Asia] - 2007-04-26
PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns CJP’s suspension [Daily Times] - 2007-04-26
PAKISTAN: Attack on media condemned [Asian Media] - 2007-04-26
SRI LANKA: Giving police powers to the military will pave the way to torture chambers in military camps [Siber News] - 2007-04-26
SRI LANKA: Police powers to military, licence to torture, says Rights Group [Tamil Net] - 2007-04-26
PAKISTAN: Pakistani media feels the heat amid judge controversy [Gulf Times] - 2007-04-26
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