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PAKISTAN: A young man is tortured and killed by alleged intelligence agents on the UN day against torture

URGENT APPEAL: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that as people around the world gathered to observe the UN day in support of torture victims, Inter-Service Intelligence agents in the north of Pakistan were fatally torturing a young man in their custody. The case has increased tensions between the police in Gilgit, who arbitrarily arrested the man, and the ISI officials who took him from their custody and returned him close to death. The man died in hospital early on the 27 June.
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BURMA: Concerns for the health of detained human rights defenders

URGENT APPEAL: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed about the worsening health of some human rights defenders currently detained in prisons in Burma on whose cases we have earlier issued appeals. Some of the prisoners have received no medical assistance despite their serious conditions.
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PAKISTAN: Around 100 houses belonging to Christians damaged, and a young man beaten to death :2009-07-02PAKISTAN: A young man is tortured and killed by alleged intelligence agents on the UN day against torture :2009-07-02
[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights :2009-07-02BURMA: Concerns for the health of detained human rights defenders:2009-07-02
[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Criminal gangs and the failure to invest in the administration of justice:2009-06-30PHILIPPINES: Soldiers threaten, intimidates three labour rights defenders:2009-06-29
[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: 10421 Cases of police Torture reported during the last ten :2009-06-30PAKISTAN: An Air Force personnel arbitrarily detained for 16 months, tortured and retrenched without legal benefits:2009-06-29
Read More..INDONESIA: Police officers severely torture a man and shoot him, making impossible claims that he had been trying to escape:2009-06-26
INDONESIA: Police torture a man after illegally arresting and detaining him on two occasions:2009-06-26
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: (Government) Revives draconian law to gag media :2009-07-02THAILAND: Threats to human rights defender and family in Bangkok:2009-06-24
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: The Global Food Crisis is not over. Our obligations go beyond fixing the financial system," says UN Special Rapporteur:2009-06-30FORWARDED APPEAL (Malaysia): Assault of detainees by prison wardens; provide further medical treatment:2009-06-24
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Five Day Workshop 'Towards Restoring Lives' & Observation of UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture:2009-06-29UPDATE (Thailand): Landmark trial to begin of policemen who illegally arrested and dispersed protestors six years ago :2009-06-23
PHILIPPINES: Book on the struggle for justice of the families of the Abadilla 5 published :2009-06-26[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Home-based treatment for the malnourished children living in remote rural area needs to be encouraged :2009-06-23
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Protection and Participation Ethics in Action CRACKDOWN! By Pakistan's Power-hungry President

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-Dealing with difficult problems through dialogue

-Concerns about the legal profession in Asia

-Recollections of the Pakistan lawyers’ movement

-Use of the legal process to curtail the rights of advocates and activists in the Philippines

-Two lawyers’ views on the rule of law and their profession in Bangladesh

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Militarization and human rights in Asia

This lesson series discusses the concept of militarization, which exists in differing degrees in various countries of Asia. In particular, the lesson examines the impacts of militarization on human rights and social structures. The lesson also comprises a table comparing the different political, legal, social and moral premises of democracy and militarism.

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Perseverance Amidst Persecution in the Philippines

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