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2008 AHRC in News
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BANGLADESH: Bangladesh election: Winners and losers [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-31
SRI LANKA: The gruesome treatment of a woman, abduction of children and threats to lawyers appearing for alleged terrorists brought to the notice of UN General Secretary [SiberNews] - 2008-12-30
PHILIPPINES: Pinoys in HK fear effect of global crisis [SunStar Manila] - 2008-12-30
PAKISTAN: Protest Against UK: Puppies for Queen's Hygiene? [IMC] - 2008-12-29
PAKISTAN: A Year After Bhutto, Pakistani Women Left in Lurch [Women's ENews] - 2008-12-26
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's one-man-show government [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-26
PHILIPPINES: HK group says RP justice system subverted [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-26
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Petroleum faces crisis as government keeps up the price of gas [TENS] - 2008-12-24
PHILIPPINES: HK group frets over plight of Bukidnon farmers [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-23
SRI LANKA: Corruption and sovereignty [AHRC] - 2008-12-23
INDIA: India needs more than new courts [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-22
PAKISTAN: Deep Roots: Honor Killings Reflect Global Problem of Violence Against Women [RH Reality Check] - 2008-12-22
SRI LANKA: Executive-judiciary clash in Sri Lanka can affect basic rights of people, warns AHRC [SL Colombo Page] - 2008-12-20
SRI LANKA: Rajapaksa in war with judiciary - AHRC [TamilNet] - 2008-12-19
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Government In Row With Judiciary Over Oil Prices [AFP/EasyBourse] - 2008-12-19
SRI LANKA: War against the Sri Lankan judiciary [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-19
CAMBODIA: Int'l body slams government's record on human rights [The Phnom Penh Post] - 2008-12-19
INDONESIA: The rationality of mob violence [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-19
THAILAND: Prosecuting Thailand's PAD [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-18
PHILIPPINES: The state of human rights in the Philippines - 2008 [AHRC/ReliefWeb] - 2008-12-17
SRI LANKA: The state of human rights in Sri Lanka - 2008 [AHRC/Relief Web] - 2008-12-17
BURMA: The state of human rights in Burma - 2008: A double disaster in the 2007 protests' aftermath [AHRC/ReliefWeb] - 2008-12-17
PHILIPPINES: Rights group pushes for action on killing of activist in Davao [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-17
PAKISTAN: KARACHI: Joint anti-terror mechanism for Saarc countries proposed [Dawn] - 2008-12-16
ASIA: Bischöfin übergibt Spenden aus Olympia-Aktion [Social Times] - 2008-12-16
BANGLADESH: Victory Day rings hollow in Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-16
CAMBODIA: China Bolsters Cambodia Presence [VOA News] - 2008-12-16
PAKISTAN: The Abduction, Secret Detention, Torture, and Repeated Raping of Aafia Siddiqui [Dissident Voice/RINF] - 2008-12-15
THAILAND: Silence raises questions of relevance [Bangkok Post] - 2008-12-13
SRI LANKA: Politicizing the prosecutor's office [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-12
INDONESIA: War on drugs in RI: Demonizing the most vulnerable [The Jakarta Post] - 2008-12-12
BURMA: Unhappy Human Rights Day in Burma [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-12
INDIA: Poor policing an obstacle to human rights [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-11
CAMBODIA: Cambodia Sees Little Rights Progress [RFA] - 2008-12-11
SRI LANKA: Australians Portray Sri Lanka's Denial of Human Rights to Tamils - Sri Lanka in "Genocide Red Alert" [Tamil Sydney] - 2008-12-10
ASIA: The Asian Human Rights Commission gives its message on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-12-10
PHILIPPINES: Filipino farmers struggle for land rights [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-10
PHILIPPINES: UCAN Interview - Government Must Protect Human Rights [UCAN News] - 2008-12-09
PHILIPPINES: Farmers’ march blocked short of Palace [Philippine Daily Inquirer] - 2008-12-09
PHILIPPINES: 'Politics' undercuts RP's prosecution system - AHRC [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-09
SRI LANKA: Police assault case takes new twist [SAMN/The Nation on Sunday] - 2008-12-06
THAILAND: Government House occupiers cause heavy damage [AHRC/HREA.org] - 2008-12-05
PHILIPPINES: Hunger strike physically costly to farmers [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-12-05
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's lawless city of Negombo [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-05
PHILIPPINES: Farmers stage run to Senate, Congress vs 2 'influential' landlords [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-04
THAILAND: Thai court rewards criminality [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-04
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's long-delayed rights commission [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-04
INDIA: Police Corruption, Public Mistrust Taint India Attacks [OneWorld.net] - 2008-12-03
PHILIPPINES: Solo protest seeks land reform extension in the Philippines [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-12-03
PHILIPPINES: Farmers start hunger strike at DAR [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-03
PHILIPPINES: RP activist-priest prays over CARP, Arroyo impeachment [GMANews.TV] - 2008-12-02
PHILIPPINES: Priest runs for Bacan farmers [The Visay and Daily Star] - 2008-12-02
PHILIPPINES: Running priest prays over lawmakers [Inquirer.net] - 2008-12-02
BANGLADESH: Hopes for Bangladesh's human rights body [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-02
INDIA: India doesn't need a super cop agency [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-12-01
PAKISTAN: AHRC calls for release of eight women & children [Regional Times] - 2008-12-01
PAKISTAN: POSTCARD USA: Iftikhar Chaudhry in America [Daily Times, Pakistan] - 2008-11-30
PHILIPPINES: Lack of independence and political interference undermining prosecution system [AHRC/Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-11-27
PAKISTAN: The Most Dangerous Woman in the World [Speigel Online International] - 2008-11-27
THAILAND: Final battle in Bangkok a Pyrrhic victory [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-27
THAILAND: WATERSHED MOMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW [Pattaya Daily News] - 2008-11-26
THAILAND: 4th LD: Thai army chief calls for new elections, end to protests [Kyodo News] - 2008-11-26
THAILAND: 5th LD: Thai PM Somchai ignores call for new election by army chief [Kyodo News] - 2008-11-26
NEPAL: Nepal must stop violence against women [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-26
PHILIPPINES: Enrile's grim past casts a long shadow [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-25
SRI LANKA: Militants' lawyers branded as 'traitors' [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-21
THAILAND: What happened to Mayateh Maranoh? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-20
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka getting closer to cannibalism accuses AHRC [TENS] - 2008-11-20
CAMBODIA: Cambodia needs a neutral police force [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-19
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh election merely a military coup [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-18
PHILIPPINES: Rise in extrajudicial killings noted by HK-based group [GMANews.TV] - 2008-11-14
SRI LANKA: Police harrassment of lawyers on the rise [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-14
PAKISTAN: Tasleem Solangi murder case [The News, International] - 2008-11-14
BURMA: Frantic week behind Burma's court doors [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-13
PHILIPPINES: Law Society supports fact-finding mission investigating human rights situation in the Philippines [CNW Group] - 2008-11-12
CAMBODIA: Challenges to Peace in Cambodia [University for Peace, Peace and Conflict Monitor] - 2008-11-12
PHILIPPINES: Government arms civilians in Mindanao [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-12
SOUTH KOREA: New laws proposed to restrict freedom of assembly and opinion [AHRC/HREA.org] - 2008-11-11
PHILIPPINES: Prosecution is not a political tool [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-11
PHILIPPINES: HK group seeks UN help for labor lawyer, activists [GMANews.TV] - 2008-11-11
CAMBODIA: Cambodian govt. mourns police chief's death [The Hindu News] - 2008-11-10
INDIA: The land of dying kids [India Today] - 2008-11-10
WORLD: Will Obama's America stop exporting fear? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-07
BURMA: Life on the edge in eastern Burma [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-06
PAKISTAN: Pak girl commits suicide after parents held in India [Central Chronicle] - 2008-11-06
PAKISTAN/INDIA: Pakistani girl commits suicide after parents held in India [AFP/Perth Now] - 2008-11-06
SOUTH KOREA: South Korea must respect human rights [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-05
SRI LANKA: Lankan housemaid case in Saudi Arabia postponed [Lanka everything] - 2008-11-05
INDONESIA: The other side of development in Papua [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-11-05
PAKISTAN: Civil society condemns induction [The International News] - 2008-11-05
PHILIPPINES: HK group scores prosecution procedure in arrest of RP activists [GMANews.tv] - 2008-11-04
PAKISTAN: AHRC for cracking down on Jirga courts [Regional Times] - 2008-11-04
PHILIPPINES: Alleged NPA detained 6 years without proper trial - group [GMANews.TV] - 2008-11-03
CAMBODIA: Street vendor crackdown leads to violence in B'bang [The Phnom Penh Post] - 2008-11-03
PAKISTAN: World human rights in danger [Pakistan Observer] - 2008-11-03
PAKISTAN: Karo-Kari victim Tasleem Solangi was innocent, say parents [Regional Times] - 2008-11-01
PAKISTAN: Human rights activists on terrorism charges [MWC news] - 2008-10-31
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankans need more than two ideas [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-31
THAILAND: Thailand court ignores facts of killings [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-30
CAMBODIA: Arrests quash land dissent [The Phnon Penh Post] - 2008-10-30
CAMBODIA: Cambodia ignoring its Constitution [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-29
PAKISTAN: Pakistani girl mauled by dogs, shot dead by inlaws: parents [AFP] - 2008-10-29
PAKISTAN: Pakistan to investigate 'honour killing' case [The National] - 2008-10-28
PAKISTAN: Another "honor killing": 17-year-old Pakistani girl murdered [AsiaNews.it] - 2008-10-28
PHILIPPINES: Rights group wants UN intervention on 'illegal' arrest of militant lawyer [GMANews.TV] - 2008-10-28
PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary arrest and detention of a labour lawyer; 18 other activists falsely charged [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-10-28
PAKISTAN: Desperate father seeks justice from high-ups [The News International] - 2008-10-28
PAKISTAN: Black warrant for a young man is issued despite blood money being paid to the victim's family [Pakistan Christian Post] - 2008-10-27
KOREA SOUTH: Human Rights Agency Likely to Back Candlelit Rally [The Korea Times] - 2008-10-27
PAKISTAN: Condemned Pin Hopes on Amnesty [IPS, Italy] - 2008-10-26
PAKISTAN: No consequences for incitement to murder [Spero News] - 2008-10-25
INDIA: Why Karmeena Musahar died [InfoChange India News] - 2008-10-24
INDIA: Garbage as a metaphor [InfoChange India News] - 2008-10-24
SRI LANKA: Return of Sri Lanka's death squads [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-24
BURMA: Who isn’t bombing Rangoon [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-23
PHILIPPINES: Reform program needs a new moral compass [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-23
PHILIPPINES: Inter-faith humanitarian mission kicks off in Mindanao [GMANews.TV] - 2008-10-23
SRI LANKA: Probe threat to HR lawyers - AHRC [Lanka Everything] - 2008-10-22
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka says Tiger suicide boats attack aid ships [Reuters] - 2008-10-22
PAKISTAN: Election pledges a matter of life or death for inmates [SCMP] - 2008-10-22
CAMBODIA: Soldiers' deaths could've been prevented [Pacific Daily News] - 2008-10-22
BANGLADESH: Justice for sale in Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-21
PHILIPPINES: Allow us to vote, plead inmates on trial [Daily Inquirer] - 2008-10-21
PHILIPPINES: CBCP to Comelec: Allow prisoners who are not yet convicted to vote [GMANews.TV] - 2008-10-21
SRI LANKA: 6 Civilians Seeks Protection with JHRC Jaffna, Sri Lanka [TENS] - 2008-10-21
SRI LANKA: Judge ignores facts to acquit policeman [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-17
BURMA: Aid cut as crops fail in Irrawaddy delta [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-16
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka urged to save migrant workers on Saudi death row [LBO] - 2008-10-16
NEPAL: New Constitution alone cannot reform Nepal [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-15
BANGLADESH: Military invades Bangladesh's judiciary [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-14
PHILIPPINES: HK group scores soldiers' threats vs Hacienda Luisita union leaders [GMANews.TV] - 2008-10-14
PHILIPPINES: DOJ orders Davao prosecutors, PNP to probe vigilante killings [Balita.org, UK] - 2008-10-13
SRI LANKA: Former Sri Lankan president indicted [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-10
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY: Reason For Hope on World Day [IPS] - 2008-10-10
THAILAND: Human rights is taking a stand, not sides [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-09
PAKISTAN: 'Open Your Eyes': 'World Day Against the Death Penalty' [Daily Times, Pakistan] - 2008-10-09
HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Hong Kong Human Rights Group Urges Manila To Investigate Forced Return Of Filipino Woman [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-10-09
BANGLADESH: Role of election observers confusing [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-08
CAMBODIA: The great land grab [South China Morning Post] - 2008-10-07
PAKISTAN: AHRC urges President Zardari to commute Zulfiqar’s execution [The News International] - 2008-10-07
CAMBODIA: Coastal development threatens livelihoods [IRIN Asia] - 2008-10-06
PAKISTAN: Civil Society United Against 'Honour' Killings [IPS] - 2008-10-06
SRI LANKA/SAUDI ARABIA: Nafeek case: Father willing to forgive [Arab News] - 2008-10-05
PHILIPPINES: Soldiers who assaulted man remain scot free, rights group laments [GMANews.TV] - 2008-10-04
PHILIPPINES: AHRC questions 6-month detention of suspected terrorist [GMANews.TV] - 2008-10-04
ASIA: Uttar Pradesh: Accountablity of Non-profit institutions towards people [MyNews.in] - 2008-10-04
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's social fabric in shreds [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-03
THAILAND: A 15-year trial is not a fair trial [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-02
CAMBODIA: Rule by decree in Cambodia must end [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-10-01
BURMA: Burma prisoner release masks absence of legitimate legal and political reform [JURIST] - 2008-10-01
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's Prince Ranariddh returns home [ABC, Australia] - 2008-10-01
BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi police: friends or foes? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-09-30
SRI LANKA: Bar to meet Def. Secretary on threat to lawyers [Daily Mirror] - 2008-09-30
SRI LANKA: New threats emerge for Sri Lankan rights lawyers [Reuters] - 2008-09-29
SRI LANKA: United States condemns attack on Sri Lanka anti-corruption activist's residence [LBO] - 2008-09-29
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka suicide blast kills one as war rages [Reuters] - 2008-09-28
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka anti-corruption activist's house bombed [LBO] - 2008-09-28
SRI LANKA: House Of Sri Lankan Human Rights Lawyer Attacked [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-09-28
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's judicial crisis deepens after reappointment of deposed judges [JURIST] - 2008-09-27
SRI LANKA: Individual trivialized, war romanticized [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-09-26
BURMA: Burma’s dictatorship turns 50 [UPI Asia] - 2008-09-25
PAKISTAN: Balochistan campaigners in the frame [Tribune, UK] - 2008-09-25
PAKISTAN: Children Of Arrested Pakistani-US Doctor Are Missing, Says Human Rights Group [Mindanao Examiner, Philippines] - 2008-09-24
PAKISTAN: Balochistan campaigners in the frame [Tribune, UK] - 2008-09-24
CAMBODIA: Threats to Immunity 'Baseless': Sam Rainsy [VOA] - 2008-09-22
CAMBODIA: No Return Without Royal Pardon: Ranariddh [VOA] - 2008-09-22
NEPAL: Rights body support for Tibetan refugees Himalayan Times, Nepal] - 2008-09-19
SRI LANKA: More than a hundred thousand helpless refugees flee fighting between army and Tamil rebels [AsiaNews.it, Italy] - 2008-09-19
SRI LANKA: Aid pullout prompts fears for 200,000 Sri Lankans [Radio Australia, Australia] - 2008-09-18
WORLD/PAKISTAN: Detained Boy Freed From US Custody [Mindanao Examiner, Philippines] - 2008-09-17
PAKISTAN: Human Rights Activists Protest Live Burial Of Five Women In Pakistan [Mindanao Examiner, Philippines] - 2008-09-17
CAMBODIA: Cambodian senator is no stranger to controversy [Bangkok Post, Thailand] - 2008-09-16
WORLD/PAKISTAN: AHRC demands early release of Dr Aafia's children [The Nation, Pakistan, Pakistan] - 2008-09-16
WORLD/PAKISTAN: Detainee's son handed to Pakistan [BBC News, UK] - 2008-09-16
SOUTH ASIA: UN Peacekeeping Pushes Democracy Back Home [Inter Press Service, Italy] - 2008-09-11
PAKISTAN: PAKISTAN Church People Shocked By Case Of Women 'Buried Alive' In Balochistan [Union of Catholic Asian News, Asia] - 2008-09-10
PAKISTAN: Pak-American terror suspect Dr Aafias two kids removed from Bagram prison [Thaindian.com, Thailand] - 2008-09-08
PAKISTAN: Burying Girls Alive to Save Family Honor [The Media Line, NY] - 2008-09-08
PAKISTAN: I can monitor and not investigate 5 women killings case in Balochistan: Khosa [Online - International News Network, Pakistan] - 2008-09-08
PAKISTAN: Deadly Traditions in Pakistan [The Guardian Weekly] - 2008-09-05
CAMBODIA: No Need for Package Administration: Analyst [VOA] - 2008-09-05
PAKISTAN: Pakistan accused of army abuses in Balochistan [Tribune, UK] - 2008-09-05
PAKISTAN: Locals fear testifying in women burial case, as two bodies sent for DNA test [Smash Hits, India] - 2008-09-04
PHILIPPINES: HK group appeals for release of 8 abducted activists [GMA news.tv, Philippines] - 2008-09-04
PAKISTAN: Bodies of two would-be brides found [United Press International] - 2008-09-03
PAKISTAN: Honour killings scandal returns [The National, United Arab Emirates] - 2008-09-03
PAKISTAN: Bodies of Baloch women sent for DNA test [Daily Times, Pakistan] - 2008-09-03
PAKISTAN: Celebrating the `culture’ of burying women alive [The News - International, Pakistan] - 2008-09-03
PAKISTAN: Uproar over honour killings [Hindu, India] - 2008-09-02
PAKISTAN: women buried alive [7DAYS, United Arab Emirates] - 2008-09-02
PAKISTAN: Eight held for burying three women alive [The Post, Pakistan] - 2008-09-02
PAKISTAN: Five women beaten and buried alive in Pakistan `honour killing’ [Independent, UK] - 2008-09-02
BANGLADESH: Massive Abuses During 'Emergency' [OneWorld.net] - 2008-09-01
PAKISTAN: Five Women Buried Alive in Pakistan for Defying the Community Over Marriage [Medindia] - 2008-09-01
PHILIPPINES: DILG justifies arming civilian [Sun Star, Philippines] - 2008-08-28
PHILIPPINES: Activists probing disappearance case get threats – HK group [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-28
PHILIPPINES: DILG ignores protests, says arming of civilians will push through [Minda News] - 2008-08-27
SRI LANKA: Victims accused while criminals go free [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-25
PHILIPPINES: PNP airs assurance of safeguards in bid to arm civilians [Manila Bulletin Online] - 2008-08-25
PHILIPPINES: Police endorsing vigilantism by arming civilians, HK group warns [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-24
SRI LANKA: Attacks abroad strengthen Mahinda’s image at home [The Sunday Times] - 2008-08-24
PHILIPPINES: Philippine Police Endorsing Vigilantism By Arming Civilians: AHRC [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-08-23
PHILIPPINES: 'Abadilla 5' take case to victim’s family [Inquirer.net] - 2008-08-23
PHILIPPINES: Int'l groups plead for 'Tagaytay 5' [Inquirer.net] - 2008-08-22
PAKISTAN: Human Rights Defender Aitzaz Ahsan Nominated For Prestigious UN Prize - AHRC [The Mindana Examiner] - 2008-08-21
PHILIPPINES: Abadilla 5 presents proof of innocence to victim's kin [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-21
PHILIPPINES: Help sought for priest in Negros who got death threats [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-21
BURMA: Habeas corpus returns to Burma? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-21
SRI LANKA: (Opinion) Tamils must be allowed to run their Own Affairs [TENS] - 2008-08-21
PAKISTAN: The people defeat Pakistan's dictator [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-20
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's opposition has key role to play [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-20
PAKSITAN: The people defeat Pakistan's military dictator [Rural Media Network Pakistan] - 2008-08-20
SRI LANKA: FEIN: A genocide inquiry? [The Washington Times] - 2008-08-20
CAMBODIA: Ideas inspire people to launch into action [Pacific Daily News, GU] - 2008-08-20
PAKISTAN: People Power Prevails in Pakistan [OneWorld.net UK] - 2008-08-19
PAKISTAN: Five women buried alive, allegedly by the brother of a minister [Pakistan Christian Post] - 2008-08-19
BANGLADESH: A strange tale of unrelated 'septuplets' [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-19
THAILAND: Request to lift deep South curfew during Ramadan [Bangkok Post] - 2008-08-19
SRI LANKA: Rizana case returns to court [Arab News] - 2008-08-19
PAKISTAN: The People Defeat Pakistan’s Military Dictator, General Musharraf: AHRC [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-08-18
PAKISTAN: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui: Target of the US apartheid [The Frontier Post] - 2008-08-17
PHILIPPINES: UP Padyak gathers steam with more bikes soon on the lane [Philippine Daily Inquirer] - 2008-08-16
PHILIPPINES: Group seeks protection for witnesses in vigilante killings [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-16
SRI LANKA: The comedy of Sri Lankan justice [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-15
THAILAND: Asia needs a new rule-of-law debate [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-14
PHILIPPINES: Slain journalist denied police protection [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-13
PHILIPPINES: Filipinos in HK pray for peace in Mindanao [Philippien Daily Inquirer] - 2008-08-10
PHILIPPINES: Potential peace deal brings more questions than answers to Mindanao's people [JURIST] - 2008-08-08
PHILIPPINES: Unsolved killings on the rise - lawyers groups [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-08
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan police actions silly and cruel [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-08
BURMA: No evidence please, we're Burmese police [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-07
PAKISTAN: The Grey Lady of Bagram: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui - Kidnapped, Tortured and Now Arraigned [Desicritics.org, India] - 2008-08-07
PAKISTAN: Why Aafia matters [The News - International, Pakistan] - 2008-08-07
PAKISTAN: Pakistani woman accused of aiding Al Qaeda operatives appears in court [Christian Science Monitor, MA] - 2008-08-07
INDONESIA: Indonesia ignoring cholera outbreak [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-06
CAMBODIA: Power of ideas can end repressive regime [Pacific Daily News, GU] - 2008-08-06
CAMBODIA: Courts Urged to Call Hun Sen's Nephew [VOA News] - 2008-08-05
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh elections far from perfect [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-05
PHILIPPINES: Group: Denials of amparo petitions to promote more killings [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-02
PAKISTAN: The ‘tortured’ life of Bagram’s Grey Lady [The Telegraph, India] - 2008-08-02
PAKISTAN: Executions continue despite decision of federal cabinet to commute sentences [HREA] - 2008-08-01
PHILIIPPINES: Rights group hits govt inaction on union busting, sex harassment at factory [GMANews.TV] - 2008-08-01
PAKISTAN: Afiya Siddiqui’s case [PakTribune] - 2008-08-01
CAMBODIA: NEC Mechanism Won't Solve Dispute: Expert [VOA News] - 2008-08-01
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's happy lawbreakers [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-08-01
THAILAND: Thailand's human rights chief must resign [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-31
SOUTH ASIA: SAARC and Human Rights [TamilNet] - 2008-07-30
CAMBODIA: Flawed system sullies Cambodia's election [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-30
PAKISTAN: Alleged detention of Pakistani woman at US base challenged in court [TopNews Law] - 2008-07-29
PHILIPPINES: HK rights group scores exoneration try on cops in vigilante kills [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-29
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh president's powers in question [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-29
PHILIPPINES: Police doing its best on killings: DCPO director [Mindanao Times] - 2008-07-29
PHILIPPINES: Police rethink parading of suspects before media [Manila Times] - 2008-07-28
INDIA: Study says bounced cheque cases clog Delhi courts [indlaw news] - 2008-07-28
CAMBODIA: In Cambodia, Land Seizures Push Thousands of the Poor Into Homelessness [IHT/New Yorks Time] - 2008-07-27
PHILIPPINES: PNP may soon stop practice of presenting arrested suspects before media [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-26
SOUTH KOREA: Asian human rights organizations criticize S. Korea for violations [The Hankyoreh] - 2008-07-25
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's July terror [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-25
PAKISTAN: Asian HR body demands UN probe into detention of Pakistani woman at US base [Thaindian News] - 2008-07-25
BURMA: The price of being a judge in Rangoon [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-25
CAMBODIA: Taking the high ground at Preah Vihear [Asia Times Online/IPS] - 2008-07-25
SOUTH KOREA: Seoul's Overreaction Itself Seems to Be Exaggerated [The Korean Times] - 2008-07-23
SOUTH KOREA: Human Rights Groups Inspect Candlelit Rally [The Korea Times] - 2008-07-23
CAMBODIA: Towards Hun Sen's Cambodia [Asia Times Online] - 2008-07-23
CAMBODIA: Suu Kyi: 'Don't just sit there. Do something.' [Pacific Daily News] - 2008-07-23
PHILIPPINES: SC gives govt lawyers 10 days to act on Abadilla case [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-22
PHILIPPINES: Asian rights group raises alarm over continued killings in RP [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-22
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's corruption 'cancer' unlikely to sway voters [AFP] - 2008-07-22
PHILIPPINES: More unsolved murders of crime suspects - AHRC [The Mindanao Examiner] - 2008-07-22
INDIA: Democracy a facade for organized crime [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-21
PAKISTAN: 150 runaway Pakistani couples seek protection [The Peninsula] - 2008-07-20
PHILIPPINES: Don’t give an inch on population bill [Inquirer.net] - 2008-07-20
PHILIPPINES: Ex-health chief urge lawmakers to be firm on population bill [Inquirer.net] - 2008-07-19
PHILIPPINES: Group starts campaign to end case vs ‘Tagaytay 5’ [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-18
CHINA: German bishop heads Olympic bracelet protest on rights in China [ENI] - 2008-07-17
CAMBODIA: Forced evictions impact poor Cambodians [UPI] - 2008-07-17
THAILAND: Mechanics of murder in a Thai army camp [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-17
CAMBODIA: Progress for some means eviction for others in Cambodia [IHT] - 2008-07-17
PHILIPPINES: Missing sisters and missing credibility [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-16
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh's impoverished education system [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-15
PHILIPPINES: Rights group wary of RP’s 'justice on wheels' program [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-15
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's top court denies right to life [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-11
SRI LANKA: Conversations in a Failing State [TamilNet] - 2008-07-11
BURMA: Workers' rights seditious in Burma [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-10
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's habit of abuse and imprisonment [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-09
CAMBODIA: Singular Power Beating Democracy: Expert [VOANews] - 2008-07-08
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh policies benefit military only [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-08
SRI LANKA: Courage under fire [SCMP] - 2008-07-07
PHILIPPINES: HK group laments continued vigilante killing spree in Mindanao [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-07
SRI LANKA: Betrayal of patriotic masses [Daily News, SL] - 2008-07-05
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka ignores attacks on journalists [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-04
CAMBODIA: Pardon dilemma for Cambodian tribunal judges tackling ex-Khmer Rouge leader case [The Associated Press] - 2008-07-03
BURMA: Let us not praise coups [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-03
BANGLADESH: Why are Dhaka politicians falling ill? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-02
PHILIPPINES: Do-it-yourself forensics lead to errors [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-07-02
PHILIPPINES: Abadilla 5 not alone in suffering judicial delay in RP, HK group says [GMANews.TV] - 2008-07-02
THAILAND: Dead imam had been assaulted [Bangkok Post] - 2008-07-01
PAKISTAN: AHRC welcomes proposal to commute death sentence [Pakistan Link] - 2008-06-28
BURMA: Rights Activist Says State-Sanctioned Rape Widespread in Burma [VOA News] - 2008-06-27
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka indifferent to torture charges [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-27
PHILIPPINES: Human Rights group seeks judicial remedy for Philippine torture victims [Afriquenligne] - 2008-06-26
THAILAND: Thailand's rights commission in limbo [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-26
INDONESIA: Practicing torture is a state of mind [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-26
PAKISTAN: Pakistan May Commute Death Sentence [OneWorld] - 2008-06-26
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka has no Political will to stop the Widespread Tortures against Civilians [TENS] - 2008-06-26
PHILIPPINES: HK-based group urges RP to act on cases of torture [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-26
SRI LANKA: Torture endemic in Sri Lanka police - rights group [Reuters] - 2008-06-26
BANGLADESH: HC order to amend law to end torture in custody still unheeded [NewAge] - 2008-06-26
BANGLADESH: Remembering torture victims is not enough [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-25
CAMBODIA: Development leaves Cambodians homeless [Guampdn.com] - 2008-06-25
PAKISTAN: New government commutes death sentences to life imprisonment [HREA.ORG] - 2008-06-24
THAILAND: 4 years on from the loss of Charoen Wat-aksorn: What has society learned from his death? [Prachatai] - 2008-06-24
CAMBODIA: Rights Groups Calls for Halt to Torture [VOA News] - 2008-06-24
INDIA: Uttar Pradesh: Acceptance of malnutrition death of children [MyNews.in] - 2008-06-23
PHILIPPINES: HK group scores DOLE for failure to enforce wage order [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-21
SRI LANKA: 92 lawyers complain [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-06-21
INDIA: Shed a tear for Varanasi’s famed handloom weavers [Thaindian News/India eNews] - 2008-06-20
SRI LANKA: Lawyers petition over professional ethics [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-20
CAMBODIA: Immunity Pull Easy for Majority: Experts [VOA News] - 2008-06-20
BURMA: No show trials for Burma's protestors [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-20
PHILIPPINES: Govt working hard to prop up human rights image [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-19
SRI LANKA: Human rights abuses and technical assistance from the west [ReliefWeb] - 2008-06-18
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's institutions must be empowered [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-18
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's ruling party tipped to win overwhelmingly in July 27 polls [RSI] - 2008-06-17
CAMBODIA: Commission Calls for Cease to Land Grabs [VOA News] - 2008-06-17
PHILIPPINES: 5 suspects in Abadilla murder seek compassion, help from priest [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-17
CAMBODIA: Rights group launches online petition against land grabbing [MCD] - 2008-06-17
CAMBODIA: Hun Sen faces few challengers as Cambodia vote nears [AFP] - 2008-06-17
ASIA: NGO Statement on Item 2 [FIDH.org] - 2008-06-16
INDIA: Human rights groups slam police raids [The Stateman] - 2008-06-16
INDIA: Practice belies promise of Indian rights [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-16
PAKISTAN: Struggle for rights focuses on missing persons [Worker's World] - 2008-06-15
PAKISTAN: Thousands join lawyers' 'long march' [Green Left] - 2008-06-14
THAILAND: Another troublemaker missing in Thailand [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-13
PHILIPPINES: No redress for ‘Abadilla 5’ after 12 years in jail, HK group laments [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-13
CAMBODIA: Anger builds over land-grab crisis [The Phnom Penh Post] - 2008-06-12
PHILIPPINES: Rights group scores cops inaction over abduction of UCCP pastor [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-12
BURMA: UN Rights Council Discusses Human Rights In Burma [Scoop World: Independent News] - 2008-06-11
PAKISTAN: AHRC urges govt not to use force against lawyers F.P. Report [The Frontier Post] - 2008-06-11
INDONESIA: Religious freedom not secure in Indonesia [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-11
ASIA: Algeria / Human rights council adopts outcome of universal periodic review on reports on Philippines, Algeria and Poland [APO-Source] - 2008-06-11
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON REPORTS ON INDONESIA, UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA AND BRAZIL - 2008-06-10
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW ON REPORTS ON INDONESIA, UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA AND BRAZIL [UNHCHR] - 2008-06-10
BANGLADESH: Secret deals, lawlessness and deception [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-10
SRI LANKA: Rizana's lawyer appeals to three member Bench [SL Daily News] - 2008-06-10
PAKISTAN: The Baloch and the state: conflict of perceptions [The International News] - 2008-06-10
CAMBODIA: Court Mulls Bail for Opposition Editor [VOA News] - 2008-06-09
PAKISTAN: 52 torture centers [The Frontier Post] - 2008-06-09
SRI LANKA: Rizana's lawyer appeals to three member Bench [SL Daily News] - 2008-06-09
PHILIPPINES: Gloria emissaries malign Alston at UN [The Daily Tribune] - 2008-06-08
PHILIPPINES: Compel RP to implement Alston’s recommendations, UN urged [Philippine Star] - 2008-06-08
INDIA: Life and death of poor Dalit: A story of manipulation [MyNews.in] - 2008-06-08
SRI LANKA: SL unhappy with UN Special Rapporteur [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-06-07
SRI LANKA: Rizana Case Once Again Bounces Back to Dawdami Court [Arab News] - 2008-06-07
PHILIPPINES: Praise from Philip Alston [The Manila Times] - 2008-06-07
ASIA: Human rights advocate, Clement John, dies [Insights Magazine] - 2008-06-06
PAKISTAN: AHRC identifies 52 torture centres Our Correspondent [The Frontier Post] - 2008-06-06
BURMA: Human Rights Council discusses follow-up to Special Session on situation of human rights in Myanmar [ReliefWeb] - 2008-06-06
SRI LANKA: UN wimps out on Sri Lanka [Human Rights Tribune] - 2008-06-06
PHILIPPINES: Int’l rights groups hit GMA gov’t before UN body on killings [The Daily Tribune] - 2008-06-06
PHILIPPINES: Philippines advocates and churches call on US to end extra-judicial killings [Ekklesia] - 2008-06-05
NEPAL: Nepal's transition to democracy requires international and regional assistance [JURIST] - 2008-06-05
BURMA: Cyclone relief no laughing matter [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-05
PHILIPPINES: Ka Bel's unfinished business [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-05
PHILIPPINES: Philippine government should be held accountable on human rights record, UN body is told [World Council of Churches] - 2008-06-04
PHILIPPINES: New CHR leadership gets nod of HK rights group [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-04
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON RIGHT TO EDUCATION, EXTREME POVERTY AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS [UNHCR] - 2008-06-03
COUNCIL CONTINUES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES [UNHCR] - 2008-06-03
PHILIPPINES: CHR head seeks protection for rubout witnesses [Phlippine Daily Inquirer] - 2008-06-03
SRI LANKA: "Plucked peace flower"- Washington Times [TamilNet] - 2008-06-03
ASIA: The arbitrary deprivation of life [MyNews.in] - 2008-06-03
COUNCIL HEARS FROM EXPERTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, SUMMARY EXECUTIONS AND INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS [UNHCR] - 2008-06-02
PHILIPPINES: Fr Robert Reyes holds silent protest over Abadilla 5 case [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-02
CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge History Approved for Schools [VOA News] - 2008-06-02
PHILIPPINES: Running priest sits in protest [Philippine Daily Inquirer] - 2008-06-02
SRI LANKA: Torture victim's life in imminent danger [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-06-02
INDIA: NHRC must prove its impartiality? [The Daily Etalaat Srinagar] - 2008-06-01
CAMBODIA: Hun Sen eyes extension of long-running rule in Cambodia with opposition divided [The Associated Press/International Herald Tribune] - 2008-06-01
PHILIPPINES: Biking priest, running priest to run together in Feb 2009 [GMANews.TV] - 2008-06-01
SRI LANKA: Is there no end to the violence? [The Island] - 2008-05-31
THAILAND: Campaign starts against Democrat website list [Bangkok Post/Asia Media] - 2008-05-30
CAMBODIA: Rights Situation 'Pathetic': Amnesty International [VOA News] - 2008-05-30
SRI LANKA: The arbitrary deprivation of life [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-30
CAMBODIA: Where is Cambodia’s anti-corruption law? [MyNews.in] - 2008-05-30
THAILAND: Campaign starts against Democrat website list [Bangkok Post] - 2008-05-30
BURMA: Nargis can't be exaggerated [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-29
SRI LANKA: Immediate steps needed to save the lives of journalists facing threats in Sri Lanka - Rights Group [Sri Lanka Watch] - 2008-05-29
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Has Yet to Reinstate Deposed Judiciary [OneWorld.net] - 2008-05-29
BURMA: Police held drivers and their trucks carrying relief [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-28
CAMBODIA: Where is Cambodia’s anti-corruption law? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-28
BANGLADESH: The truth about Dhaka's Truth Commission [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-27
PHILIPPINES: Memories of 'Ka Bel' bring tears, joy to HK OFWs [Philippine Daily Inquirer/Global Nation] - 2008-05-27
INDIA: Karnataka election reflects lack of choice [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-26
BURMA: What Next for Human Rights Abuse in Burma? [Pattaya Daily News] - 2008-05-24
PHILIPPINES: Asian HR body calls for deeper probe on Pojas' killing [Mindanews] - 2008-05-24
SRI LANKA: Non-election to the UNHRC – What Next? [The Island] - 2008-05-24
SRI LANKA: SL's defeat a victory for HR victims [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-05-23
SRI LANKA: Lanka lambasted on human rights, press freedom fronts [Netindia123] - 2008-05-23
BURMA: Human rights lawyer honoured with award [HREA] - 2008-05-23
PHILIPPINES: Ka Bel’s Legacy: Voluntary Poverty and Simplicity [Philippine Daily Inquirer/Global Nation] - 2008-05-23
SRI LANKA: U.N. Human Rights Council drops Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-23
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Voted off UN Rights Council [Human Rights Watch/OneWorld] - 2008-05-23
INDIA: Uttar Pradesh: Ripple effect of folk voices of weaver in Varanasi [Mynews] - 2008-05-22
SRI LANKA: Islamic Bloc Nations Control One-Third of UN Rights Council Seats [CNSNews] - 2008-05-22
BURMA: What next in human rights abuse in Burma? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-22
SRI LANKA/UN: Sri Lanka’s Defeat a Victory for Human Rights Council [Human Rights Watch] - 2008-05-21
PHILIPPINES: Gunmen slaughtering criminal suspects [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-21
BANGLADESH: The decline of Dhaka University [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-20
BANGLADESH: The decline of Dhaka University [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-20
SRI LANKA: Third nobel laureate opposes Sri Lanka's bid to UN Rights Council [TamilNet] - 2008-05-20
CAMBODIA: Commission Calls for Investigation of Farmer Murder [VOANews] - 2008-05-19
BURMA: Burma's Neighbors Meet, Look for Ways to Overcome Aid Hurdles [CNSNews] - 2008-05-19
BURMA: From dictator Ne Win to Cyclone Nargis - Burmese catastrophe continues [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-19
PAKISTAN: A judge of character [SCMP] - 2008-05-19
SRI LANKA: Hikkaduwa police assault and fabricate charges against father and son [The Island] - 2008-05-18
INDIA: Uttar Pradesh: Hypocrisy of so-called democratic state [Mynews.in] - 2008-05-18
SRI LANKA: Court vindicates tortured prisoner [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-16
BURMA: Worst response ever to a disaster [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-16
PAKISTAN/HONG KONG: Munir Malik, Aitzaz Ahsan receive AHRCs Human Rights Defender Award [Trading Markets] - 2008-05-16
BURMA/CHINA: China’s relief efforts praised [Church Times] - 2008-05-16
BANGLADESH: SCBA to boycott court proceedings [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-05-15
BURMA: Preventable deaths, global consequences [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-15
BANGLADESH: Lawyers firm to boycott Appellate Divn today [The New Nation] - 2008-05-15
BANGLADESH: SC lawyers to stay away from court today [The Daily Star] - 2008-05-15
INDIA: AHRC condemns arrest of Kangleipal [E-PAO/The Sangai Express] - 2008-05-14
INDIA: General strike partially disturbs normal life in state [Kangla Online] - 2008-05-14
BURMA: Constitution referendum amid cyclone exposes illegitimacy of Burma junta [JURIST] - 2008-05-14
BURMA: AHRC now accepting donations on behalf of partners [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-14
INDONESIA: Indonesian police need reform [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-14
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Lawyers Press for Reinstatement of Judges [Calibre Macro World/ Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. / Voice of America News] - 2008-05-14
HONG KONG/PAKISTAN: Rights award for Pakistani lawyer [SCMP] - 2008-05-14
PAKISTAN: Lawyers plan new protests [Gulf Daily News] - 2008-05-14
PHILIPPINES: AHRC: Gov't delaying justice for accused in Abadilla case [GMANews.TV] - 2008-05-14
SRI LANKA: SL not fit for HR Council, says UN [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-05-13
PAKISTAN: Activist: Pakistan lawyers ready to protest again for judges' reinstatement [AP/PR-inside.com] - 2008-05-13
CHINA/BURMA: China earthquake assessed [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-13
HONG KONG/PAKISTAN: Pakistan Lawyers Press for Reinstatement of Judges [VOA News] - 2008-05-13
CHINA/BURMA: Extending concerns for the earthquake in China and urging China to do more for cyclone victims in Burma [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-13
BURMA: World fails to unite on crisis in Myanmar [SCMP] - 2008-05-13
PHILIPPINES: Asian rights group seeks review of 'Abadilla 5' verdict [Inquirer.net] - 2008-05-13
SRI LANKA: Stop blocking UN HR monitoring mission [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-05-11
SRI LANKA: Stop blocking a UN human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-09
BURMA: This colossal humanitarian crisis demands a far more resolute response from the global community and the Burmese government [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-09
CAMBODIA: Rights Group Urges Investigation of Inmate Death [VOA News] - 2008-05-09
BURMA: Burma crisis deserves resolute response [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-09
GERMANY/CHINA: Aktion: Protest-Armbänder Olympia 2008 [EVLKA News] - 2008-05-08
CAMBODIA: Cambodian opposition parties threatened ahead of election+ [AP/BRIETBART] - 2008-05-08
CAMBODIA: Any Opposition Must Have Vision: Observers [VOANews] - 2008-05-08
PAKISTAN: Two judges for the price of one [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-08
BURMA: Hardest hit Laputta Township yet to receive aid [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-08
BURMA: Where are Burma's neighbors? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-08
PHILIPPINES/BURMA: Hong Kong group chides Arroyo for 'meager' assistance to Myanmar [GMANews.TV] - 2008-05-08
CAMBODIA: From Afar, Rights Experts Frets for Election, Courts [VOA News] - 2008-05-08
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's UN Rights Bid Opposed [OneWorld.net] - 2008-05-07
BURMA: Despite Disaster, Controversial Burma Referendum Will Go Ahead [CNS News] - 2008-05-07
SRI LANKA: UN: Reject Sri Lanka’s Bid for Human Rights Council [HRW] - 2008-05-07
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's UN Rights Bid Opposed [OneWold.net] - 2008-05-07
SRI LANKA: Lanka's record undermines claim for a place in UN rights body [The Hindu News Update] - 2008-05-07
INDIA: India's assistance to Myanmar must reflect its regional role [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-07
CAMBODIA: Misuse of courts mars Cambodian election [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-07
PHILIPPINES: Rights group questions illegal arrest, detention of Quezon farmer [GMANews.TV] - 2008-05-07
THAILAND: Cyclone Help For Irrawaddy Delta Survivors [Scoop Independent News] - 2008-05-07
THAILAND/BURMA: Cyclone help for Irrawaddy Delta survivors [The Free Press] - 2008-05-06
BANGLADESH: Military power and perversion of politics [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-06
BURMA: Cyclone Nargis in Burma: the aftermath [Guardian Unlimited] - 2008-05-06
BURMA: the cyclone and the referendum [openDemocracy] - 2008-05-06
INDIA: Bush cannot fool all the people all the time [merinews] - 2008-05-06
BURMA: No place for profiteering, referendum amid devastation [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-06
INDIA: Arming citizens creates state mercenaries [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-05
PHILIPPINES: Hong Kong group mounts e-mail campaign for Abadilla 5 [GMANews.TV] - 2008-05-05
BURMA: International assistance needed now, especially from Asia [ReliefWeb] - 2008-05-05
SRI LANKA: Call to evaluate Sri Lanka's violent past [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-02
BURMA: Rage against Burma's mockery of justice [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-05-01
THAILAND: Freelancer backed in fight with Tesco [Freelance, UK] - 2008-05-01
PHILIPPINES: Human rights group scores soldiers for harassing labor leader [GMANews.TV] - 2008-05-01
PHILIPPINES: Are police enemies of the people? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-30
THAILAND: Writers criticise Tesco for 'chilling' Thai libel actions [Guardian Unlimited] - 2008-04-30
BANGLADESH: 'Reformation' making a mess of Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-30
BANGLADESH: State patronized terror in Bangladesh [Global Politician] - 2008-04-29
PAKISTAN: Asian rights panel condemns killing of Pak Hindu [MSN News] - 2008-04-29
THAILAND: 'A disproportionate response' [Guardian Unlimited] - 2008-04-29
INDIA: Can India be an example to Nepal? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-28
PHILIPPINES: Medical malpractice a real issue--'running priest' [Inquirer] - 2008-04-25
SRI LANKA: Foreign dignitaries in 'sinister plot'? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-25
THAILAND: Casualties of Thailand's 'war on drugs' [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-24
CAMBODIA: Rights Commission Blasts Bribery in Fire-Fighting [VOA News] - 2008-04-24
THAILAND: Shorter Stays Proposed for Burmese Visitors to S. Thailand [The Irrawaddy] - 2008-04-24
INDONESIA: Hardcore Muslims bate President Yudhoyono [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-23
SRI LANKA: Who can clean this mess? [Khaleej Times Online] - 2008-04-22
BURMA: NLD Insists Suu Kyi Must Get Chance to Vote on May 10 [The Irrawaddy] - 2008-04-22
BANGLADESH: The ugly face of judicial corruption [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-22
INDIA: Indian police stealing from children [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-21
SRI LANKA: Journalists Face Grave Threats in Sri Lanka [TENS] - 2008-04-18
SRI LANKA: Evolution of the falsifier's role of the Attorney General's Department [Sri Lanka Watch] - 2008-04-18
SRI LANKA: A requiem for justice in Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-18
PHILIPPINES: Rights group hits Abadilla 5 life sentence [Inquirer.net] - 2008-04-18
PAKISTAN: Munir A Malik wins Gwangju award [National News, The Post] - 2008-04-18
THAILAND: Thailand's army not better than Burma's [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-17
BANGLADESH: State patronized terror in Bangladesh [American Chronicle] - 2008-04-17
SRI LANKA: IIGEP departs - a Requiem for Justice and Human Rights [InfoLanka News] - 2008-04-17
PHILIPPINES: Death Squad 'Cleanses' Davao [IPS] - 2008-04-16
CAMBODIA: Cambodia needs anti-torture commission [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-16
SRI LANKA: Green Party of EU Condemns Slovakia’s Arms Agreement with Sri Lanka [TENS] - 2008-04-16
PHILIPPINES: Manila's 'Dirty Harry' Mayor under pressure over son's drug arrest [ABC Radio, Australia] - 2008-04-15
BANGLADESH: Political dialogue or secret deals? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-15
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka fast moving into a police state [Lanka Everything, UK] - 2008-04-14
SRI LANKA: Shocked Asian Human Rights Commission to urge AG to appeal againt Gereld Perera accused acquital judgement [Lanka Everything, UK] - 2008-04-14
INDONESIA: Critical Assessments Review, Indonesia [Scoop World] - 2008-04-14
THAILAND: Police hunt for driver of Thai death truck [Reuters] - 2008-04-12
SRI LANKA: A Mother and her 9 year Old Daughter Surrenders to JHRC [TENS] - 2008-04-11
PAKISTAN: Why was a couple stoned to death? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-11
THAILAND: Survivors of Thai death truck to be deported [Reuters] - 2008-04-11
PAKISTAN: Human rights groups denounce burning to death of up to 7 lawyers in Karachi and call for immediate action [MWC news] - 2008-04-11
THAILAND: Sri Lanka torture case lesson for Thailand [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-11
SRI LANKA: Rizana case sent back to Supreme Court [Daily News, SL] - 2008-04-10
SRI LANKA: Personal tragedy ignored in Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-09
PAKISTAN: Relatives of missing Pakistanis hope for judge’s return [Reuters / Gulf Times] - 2008-04-09
BANGLADESH: Public interest is a joke in Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-08
INDIA: Protecting right to health in India [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-07
PHILIPPINES: Watchdog calls for termination of RP membership in UN rights body [GMANews.TV] - 2008-04-07
CAMBODIA: Court Calls Kep Policeman in Land Case [VOA News] - 2008-04-07
PHILIPPINES: Dismissed DCWD employees welcome AHRC intervention [Sun.Star Davao] - 2008-04-06
PHILIPPINES: KMU condemns busting of DCWD union [MindaNews] - 2008-04-06
SRI LANKA: 740 Civilians Missing in Jaffna within last Two Years - JHRC [TENS] - 2008-04-04
SRI LANKA: Torture perpetrators encouraged [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-04
BANGLADESH: The delicate image of Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-03
BURMA: Burma's pointless plants a needless burden [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-03
INDIA: Can militant Indian Hindus condemn China? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-03
PAKISTAN: Legal implications of Gilani's moves [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-02
SRI LANKA: IIGEP and UTHR J actions expose mockery of justice [Sri Lanka Watch] - 2008-04-02
INDONESIA: Care for the sick tests a nation's health [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-04-02
PHILIPPINES: CBCP intervention sought for sick detainees [CBCP News] - 2008-04-01
INDIA: Story of hearing-impaired teen's 'torture' goes to UN [IndianExpress] - 2008-04-01
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's neo-colonial rule [Guardian Unlimited] - 2008-04-01
PHILIPPINES: Rights group doubts police version on GenSan killings [Mindanews] - 2008-04-01
SRI LANKA: MP murdered. media freedom attacked [Green Left] - 2008-03-29
PHILIPPINES: HK group presses RP gov't on ailing Abadilla suspect [GMANews.TV] - 2008-03-29
PHILIPPINES: Magarbong pagpunta ni Pang. Arroyo sa Hong Kong ‘iskandaloso’ [Pinoy Weekly] - 2008-03-28
PHILIPPINES: Groups ready protests to 'welcome' Arroyo in HK [GMANews.TV] - 2008-03-28
PAKISTAN: Pakistan's Nelson Mandela [Guardian Unlimited] - 2008-03-28
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court rulings ignored [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-28
PHILIPPINES: Bishop’s Intervention Sought for Sick Detainee [pinoypress] - 2008-03-27
THAILAND: Thai police are best organized criminals [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-27
PAKISTAN: new PM's order to release ousted judges is denunciation of Musharraf [JURIST] - 2008-03-27
BANGLADESH: Election risks and hopes in Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-27
CAMBODIA: Cambodia's dysfunctional democracy [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-26
SRI LANKA: Five years of Death and Mutilation in Iraq in a vain attempt to eliminate terrorists [LankaWeb news] - 2008-03-23
PHILIPPINES: HK group scores PNP for inaction on human rights abuses [GMANews.TV] - 2008-03-22
PAKISTAN: The presidency vs the world [The International News] - 2008-03-22
PHILIPPINES: AHRC to retiring CA justice: Resolve Abadilla 5 case soon [GMANews.TV] - 2008-03-21
SRI LANKA: Trade unions act for media freedom [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-21
PAKISTAN: Christian executed after confession under torture [Inspire Magazine, UK] - 2008-03-20
BURMA: Burma's rocky roads [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-20
BANGLADESH: Bangladeshis deserve right to information [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-19
PHILIPPINES: Sowing fear in the Philippines [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-19
SRI LANKA: Milk and murder: The baby killers [Daily Mirror] - 2008-03-19
ASIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATES ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY, USE OF MERCENARIES AND MINORITY ISSUES [UNHCHR] - 2008-03-18
INDONESIA: Berantas Korupsi dengan Pembuktian Terbalik [Suara Pembaruan Daily] - 2008-03-17
BURMA: Activists to campaign for freer Myanmar [SCMP] - 2008-03-17
BURMA: ½q¨l°ü¤kªº¦Û¥Ñ»P¤½¸q¸ó«H¥õÀë¥ú¶°·|n¨D½q¨l¬F©²´L«¤HÅv [Christian Times] - 2008-03-16
INDONESIA: Cegah Koruptor Kabur, Semua Aset Disita [Suara Pembaruan Daily] - 2008-03-15
INDIA: Udayakumar, Madhani, Chinnakkanal evictions find mention [newindpress.com] - 2008-03-15
SRI LANKA: Smokescreen arguments defend bandit system [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-14
SRI LANKA: Lanka official seeks clemency for Rizana [Bahrain Tribune] - 2008-03-14
ASIA: Human Rights Council considers reports of Special Rapporteurs on Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Myanmar [ReliefWeb] - 2008-03-13
SRI LANKA: Bhaila in Riyadh to seek clemency for Rizana [ArabNews/The Island] - 2008-03-13
ASIA: COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL DEBATE ON PROMOTION OF CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT [UNHCHR] - 2008-03-13
BURMA: ASEAN ignores Burma's jailed teachers [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-13
CAMBODIA: Cambodia rejects U.S. report on human rights+ [AP/Breitbart] - 2008-03-13
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Official in Riyadh to Seek Clemency for Rizana [Arab News] - 2008-03-13
SRI LANKA: IFJ & AHRC urges protection of detained journalists [Lanka Dissent] - 2008-03-13
ASIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON REPORTS ON RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING AND ON MINORITY ISSUES [UNHCHR] - 2008-03-12
CAMBODIA: U.S. says human rights record in Cambodia remains poor+ [AP] - 2008-03-12
SRI LANKA: Smokescreen arguments defend bandit democracy [TamilWeek] - 2008-03-12
THAILAND: Wife of missing Muslim human rights lawyer wants ousted Thai PM Thaksin to testify [AP] - 2008-03-12
THAILAND: DSI asked to be discrete over missing Muslim lawyer's case [MCOT English News] - 2008-03-12
CAMBODIA: Police Assailed for Alleged Torture of Own [VoA news] - 2008-03-12
INDONESIA: Indonesian corruption body takes bold step [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-12
SRI LANKA: Help End Sri Lanka Detentions, UN Asked [OneWorld.net] - 2008-03-12
SRI LANKA: International monitors needed — ALRC [The Morning Leader] - 2008-03-12
BANGLADESH: Mixed messages on Bangladesh election [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-10
PAKISTAN: Restoring justice in Pakistan [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-10
INDIA: Sharmila remanded to JC; Returns to JN security ward after Nth release [e-pao/The Sangai Express] - 2008-03-09
SRI LANKA: International Independent Group of Eminent Persons calls it a day [TamilBrisbane.com] - 2008-03-09
SRI LANKA/SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana Case Moves to Supreme Judicial Council [Arab News/SL Daily News] - 2008-03-09
SRI LANKA/SAUDI ARABIA: AHRC hopeful of reversing judgment on Rizana [Sunday Observer] - 2008-03-09
ASIA: Stark women rights violations during 2007 [The Nation] - 2008-03-08
ASIA/SRI LANKA: Concern for the increase in violence and refugees in the country [Agenzia Fides] - 2008-03-08
SRI LANKA: GoSL lacks will to bring justice – IIGEP [TamilStar.com] - 2008-03-08
SRI LANKA: Tamils targeted by security rules [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-07
ASIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES INTERACTIVE DEBATE WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON REPORT OF HER OFFICE [UNHCHR] - 2008-03-07
PAKISTAN: Promoting human rights [The Washington Times] - 2008-03-07
BURMA: Detainees in Burma: In a lawless land, any law will do [JURIST] - 2008-03-07
SRI LANKA: Complete Collapse of the Rule of Law [TamilCanadian] - 2008-03-06
THAILAND: No justice for disappeared Thai lawyer [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-06
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Preoccupazione per l’aumento della violenza e dei rifugiati nel paese [Agenzia Fides] - 2008-03-06
BANGLADESH: People suffering due to Emergency [OneWorld South Asia] - 2008-03-05
CAMBODIA: Hun Sen's ineffective war on land-grabbing [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-05
PAKISTAN: Lawyer’s movement is the ‘vanguard of democracy’ [The Frontier Post] - 2008-03-04
THAILAND: Thailand to Restart War on Drugs [Asia Sentinel] - 2008-03-04
BANGLADESH: Government insensitive to disaster [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-03
PAKISTAN: Musharraf must not delay power handover [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-03-03
PAKISTAN: Pakistani polls bring hope but democracy is far off [Sunday Examier] - 2008-03-02
SRI LANKA: SL facing total collapse of rule of law [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-03-02
SRI LANKA: Lanka facing total collapse of rule of law [The Sunday Leader] - 2008-03-01
INDIA: No place for bigots in SA [The Times] - 2008-03-01
CHINA: ÊÇÐÞÊΣ¬»¹ÊÇÐÂÕþ²ßµÄ¿ªÊ¼£¿[Deutsche Welle] - 2008-02-29
THAILAND: Trigger Happy [CityLife, Chiang Mai] - 2008-02-29
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's crisis of governance [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-29
THAILAND: Thailand's dirty history [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-28
SRI LANKA: Alleged torture and laying false charges against family members by Kolonne police [infolanka news] - 2008-02-28
(in German) CHINA: Arrest im Gästehaus [Rheinischer Merkur] - 2008-02-28
BANGLADESH: People suffering due to Emergency [OneWorld South Asia] - 2008-02-28
CAMBODIA: The Cambodian government should address problems rather than attacking people or organisations which have identified them [AHRC/Protectionline] - 2008-02-27
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Rights Violations Reached Crisis Level - MRG [TENS] - 2008-02-27
PHILIPPINES: University degrees for sale [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-27
SRI LANKA: A court attacks human rights defenders right [SiberNews] - 2008-02-26
SRI LANKA: A court attacks human rights defenders right [TamilStar/SiberNews] - 2008-02-26
SRI LANKA: Witness of murder case allegedly harassed and removed from employment [Sri Lanka News] - 2008-02-26
BANGLADESH: HR Violations Widespread in Bangladesh [The South Asian] - 2008-02-25
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh needs no new brand of democracy [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-25
SRI LANKA: Lessons from Pakistan for Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-25
SRI LANKA: President courts impeachment over Constitutional Council [The Sunday Leader] - 2008-02-24
SRI LANKA: A fatal blow to Sri Lanka's Bribery Commission [Sri Lanka News] - 2008-02-22
MALAYSIA: Malaysia at crossroads [Asian Pacific Post] - 2008-02-21
INDONESIA: Soeharto buried while Munir is vindicated [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-20
PAKISTAN: The emergence of a democratic Pakistan [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-20
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Vote Cannot Be Fair, Say Rights Groups [OneWorld] - 2008-02-18
BANGLADESH: Hearing and listening crisis in Bangladesh [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-18
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Election Rigging Warning [OneWorld] - 2008-02-18
INDIA/PAKISTAN: IDSN Reports for the Universal Periodic Review (‘UN Human Rights Exams’) of India and Pakistan [India Committee of the Netherlands] - 2008-02-15
PHILIPPINES: Rights body blames military commanders [gulfnews/Reuters] - 2008-02-15
ASIA: IDSN Reports for the Universal Periodic Review (‘UN Human Rights Exams’) of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka [Indianet] - 2008-02-15
INDIA: Allegations against 24 AR - 'Picked up youth has disappeared' [E-Pao/Sangai Express] - 2008-02-15
EU: EU sparks fears over bid to clamp down on tourists [The Standard/AFP] - 2008-02-15
SRI LANKA: Common thieves are common in lawless land [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-15
PHILIPPINES: AFP general held responsible for massacre [Inquirer.net] - 2008-02-14
CAMBODIA: Ending U.N. mandate in Cambodia may imperil human rights [Human Rights Tribune/UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-14
SRI LANKA: Seven-year-old boy removed from school [infolanka] - 2008-02-14
PHILIPPINES: Philippine rights agency blames military for deaths [Reuters/Yahoo! Asia News] - 2008-02-14
MALAYSIA: Anwar: Early Elections Is To Prevent My Candidacy [Sin Chew Daily/Word Journal] - 2008-02-14
PHILIPPINES: CHR blames Sulu military commander for Maimbung 'massacre' [Inquirer.net] - 2008-02-14
PHILIPPINES: Philippine rights agency blames military for deaths [Reuters/elECOnomista.es] - 2008-02-14
CAMBODIA: Ending U.N. mandate imperils human rights [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-14
BANGLADESH: Attorneys defy Constitution in court [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-14
THAILAND: A policy of not solving human rights cases [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-14
SAUDI ARABIA / SRI LANKA / INDIA: AHRC appeals against death penalty in Saudi Arabia [Lanka Dissent] - 2008-02-14
SRI LANKA: Four Civilians Seek Protection with JHRC [TENS] - 2008-02-14
MALAYSIA: Anwar denounces Malaysian snap elections [AFP/The Standard] - 2008-02-14
THAILAND: Government urged to sign UN pact [Bangkok Post] - 2008-02-13
BURMA: Lawlessness, the stuff that binds in Burma [DVB] - 2008-02-12
BANGLADESH: Prosecutors' ploy to release politicians [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-12
PAKISTAN: Detention of deposed CJ runs into its 100th day [merinews] - 2008-02-12
PAKISTAN: Pakistan lawyers re-arrested after release [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-12
PHILIPPINES: Cost of corruption [Inquirer.net] - 2008-02-12
THAILAND: RIGHTS-THAILAND: Police In The Dock For Resort To Torture [IPS] - 2008-02-11
BURMA: U.N. peace envoy to meet head of Burma junta [Reuters] - 2008-02-10
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Deadly Place for Journalists - WAN [TENS] - 2008-02-08
SRI LANKA: Time for new consensus in Sri Lanka [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-08
BURMA: Six bucks, the value of a life in Burma [IUPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-07
PHILIPPINES: Deadly inequality in the Philippines [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-06
BANGLADESH: No logic in forcing media self-censorship [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-04
PAKISTAN: Ex-generals aim to sabotage Pakistan poll [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-04
SRI LANKA: Despair and the theater of the absurd [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-02-01
THAILAND: Asian torturers don't need US example [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-31
INDONESIA: Indonesia's curbs on religious rights [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-30
SRI LANKA: More Sri Lankans sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia; no legal representation [LBO] - 2008-01-29
PAKISTAN: President Musharraf engages in a hate speech against journalists [OneWorld.net] - 2008-01-28
BANGLADESH: Militarized maladies and mercy in Dhaka [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-28
PAKISTAN: No democracy under muzzled judiciary [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-28
CAMBODIA: RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Land Grabbing - A Serious Concern [IPS] - 2008-01-28
CAMBODIA: Chea Vichea murder case remains a bitter pill [Phnom Penh Post] - 2008-01-28
SRI LANKA: Fish eaten in a dream does not count [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-25
MALAYSIA: (in Simplified Chinese) [zaobao.com] - 2008-01-25
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's war on terror violates minority rights [The Muslim News] - 2008-01-25
ASIA / PAKISTAN: Aitzaz and Munir win rights award [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-01-24
BURMA: Burmas Generäle haben alles im Griff [Tages Anzeiger] - 2008-01-24
MALAYSIA: Malaysia losing investment over pro-Malay policies: Anwar [AFP] - 2008-01-24
BURMA: Burma's haves and have-nothings [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-24
ASIA: Two leading Pakistani lawyers to receive 3rd Asian Human Rights Defender Award - 2008-01-24
SRI LANKA: Criminal Investigations Need Monitoring [Scoop/TamilStar.com] - 2008-01-24
ASIA / PAKISTAN: Aitzaz, Munir win human rights award [The Nation] - 2008-01-24
ASIA / PAKISTAN: Anti-Musharraf lawyers win human rights award [The Daily Star] - 2008-01-24
CAMBODIA: For Cambodians, fear is a way of life [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-23
ASIA / PAKISTAN: Anti-Musharraf Pakistan lawyers win human rights award [The Economic Times] - 2008-01-23
SOUTH KOREA: EDITORIAL from the Korea Herald [Yonhap news] - 2008-01-23
PAKISTAN: Unresolved constitutional issues [Development & Cooperation] - 2008-01-22
CAMBODIA: Hundreds rally in Cambodia for anniversary of union leader's murder [EarthTimes.org] - 2008-01-22
CAMBODIA: Release Scapegoats for Labor Leader's Murder [Amnesty International, USA] - 2008-01-22
BANGLADESH: Are politicians immune to pain? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-21
PAKISTAN: Pakistan judges treated as security threat [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-21
PHILIPPINES: Int'l human rights group scores 'symptom of lawlessness' in RP [Philippines Daily Tribune] - 2008-01-19
INDIA: Despite new schemes... [Expressindia] - 2008-01-19
SRI LANKA: 3 Family Men Seeks Protection from JHRC [TENS] - 2008-01-18
SRI LANKA: Human lives matter [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-18
PHILIPPINES: Catholic priest killed, teacher held hostage [Gulfnews] - 2008-01-17
PHILIPPINES: Palace confident police can get killers of priest, judge [Sun.Star Manila] - 2008-01-17
PHILIPPINES: Are some Filipinos subhuman? [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-16
SRI LANKA: Ending Truce likely to have a Devastating effects on Civilians in Sri Lanka - Arbour [TENS] - 2008-01-16
PHILIPPINES: Priest, judge slain, as spate of RP killings remains unsolved [GMANews.TV] - 2008-01-16
PAKISTAN: AHRC flays actions against judges [The Frontier Post] - 2008-01-15
PAKISTAN: Pakistan legitimizes forced disappearances [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-15
PHILIPPINES: Killing of activists and journalists drops in the Philippines [IHB] - 2008-01-14
PAKISTAN: An Exclusive Interview with Munir Malik by Baber Ayaz for Asian Human Rights Commission [Pakistan Christian Post] - 2008-01-14
PHILIPPINES: Killings in Philippines leave deeply entrenched fear, distrust [Davao Today] - 2008-01-13
PAKISTAN: Targeting of lawyers and the cover up [merinews] - 2008-01-13
SRI LANKA: Broad alliance to fight lawlessness [South Asian Media Net] - 2008-01-11
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka abandons rules against murder [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-11
SRI LANKA: A group calls for a broad alliance to fight against lawlessness and corruption [ReliefWeb] - 2008-01-10
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka Loses Voting Rights in UNHRC [TENS] - 2008-01-10
PAKISTAN: Musharraf crack down on civil society [Merinews] - 2008-01-09
SRI LANKA: Time for World Action and Intervention in Sri Lanka – AHRC [TENS] - 2008-01-09
INDONESIA: Child abuse rooted in social neglect [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-09
PAKISTAN: Daughters of Asma Jehangir assaulted, threatened [The Daily Star] - 2008-01-08
PAKISTAN: Legal implications of Bhutto's murder [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-08
PHILIPPINES: Protection sought for Tarlac priest who receives threats [gmanews.tv] - 2008-01-08
THAILAND: Strange fruit in Kalasin [UPI Asia Online] - 2008-01-03
SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Tamils face a new tsunami [tamilcanadian.com] - 2008-01-02
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