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2006 AHRC Press Releases
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[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] INDIA: European Parliament resolution on the human rights situation of the Dalits in India
- 2006-12-22
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Assault on National Peace Council Staff at Hingurakgoda
- 2006-12-21
[AHRC Human Rights Day] BURMA: Wanton criminality by state officers a growing threat, AHRC says
- 2006-12-08
[AHRC Human Rights Day] THAILAND: No human rights improvement in 2006, AHRC says
- 2006-12-08
INDONESIA: Attorney general must take action regarding student abduction cases
- 2006-12-06
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SINGAPORE: Prominent human rights advocate imprisoned for speaking in public
- 2006-12-05
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Stop Child Abductions by Karuna Group - Government Forces Complicit in Forced Recruitment
- 2006-11-28
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Gov't loyalists responsible for disappearances
- 2006-11-24
THAILAND: Unpublished - "fiction vs. fact" of Thai coup
- 2006-11-21
PHILIPPINES: "Stop the killings now!" marchers in Hong Kong demand
- 2006-11-19
THAILAND/BURMA: Fictions & facts of Thai coup now in Burmese
- 2006-11-15
BANGLADESH: New petition urges end to political control of judges
- 2006-11-15
THAILAND: Groups launch campaign against internet censorship
- 2006-11-15
PHILIPPINES: Hong Kong group releases fact-finding report condemning widespread political killings and the authorities' failure to deliver justice
- 2006-11-14
BANGLADESH: AHRC launches Bangladesh human rights webpage
- 2006-11-10
SRI LANKA: Attorney General files appeal against acquittal by the Kalutara High Court of the police officer charged with torture
- 2006-11-09
PAKISTAN: Memorial gathering held for Faraz Ahmed
- 2006-11-08
THAILAND: AHRC launches coup "fiction vs. fact" webpage
- 2006-11-07
THAILAND: Sacked DSI director must be investigated, AHRC says
- 2006-11-06
THAILAND: Defects in system cause disappearances, AHRC says
- 2006-11-01
BURMA: Over a million displaced in eastern Burma, group says
- 2006-10-27
THAILAND: Groups decry killings of rights defenders in south
- 2006-10-23
PHILIPPINES/SOUTH KOREA: Victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines commemorated by Korean musicians in Hong Kong
- 2006-10-23
THAILAND: AHRC releases dossier on one month of military rule
- 2006-10-19
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court decision undermines human rights protection The UN Human Rights Committee must underline Sri Lanka's international obligations
- 2006-10-18
SRI LANKA: The announcement of a competition on fundamental rights cases
- 2006-10-13
SRI LANKA: The Optional Protocol to the ICCPR is openly subjected to ridicule by Sarath N. Silva, the Chief Justice
- 2006-10-12
THAILAND: Rights group condemns "puppet" legislative assembly, extension of martial law
- 2006-10-12
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: Law office under tight military surveillance
- 2006-10-09
SRI LANKA: One more body of an abducted person appears in Negombo
- 2006-10-09
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Government prevents ICJ observing inquest into deaths of 17 ACF aid workers
- 2006-10-04
THAILAND: Protests against coup in Korea & Thailand
- 2006-09-29
BURMA: Laws authorise grave rights abuses--UN expert
- 2006-09-28
THAILAND: AHRC marks "one week of dictatorship" by celebrating people's constitution
- 2006-09-26
THAILAND: Resistance to junta growing inside Thailand; media blackout "impossible", AHRC says
- 2006-09-22
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Council of Priests statement on crime and disappearances
- 2006-09-22
PHILIPPINES: Korean groups protest killings
- 2006-09-21
THAILAND: Media group calls for defence of free speech, end of martial law; UN expert urged to speak out
- 2006-09-21
THAILAND: Rights groups demand return to constitutional rule
- 2006-09-20
THAILAND: AHRC supports call of prominent senator for immediate return to constitutional rule
- 2006-09-20
THAILAND: UN members urged to press PM on drug war killings; attacks on opponents
- 2006-09-19
[ALRC Press Release] BURMA: ALRC seeks involvement of UN expert on judges
- 2006-09-08
INDONESIA: Munir's murder marked throughout Asia with calls for the truth; legal action
- 2006-09-07
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: SLDF Calls on Sri Lanka Donor Co-Chairs and India to Pressure the Sri Lankan State to Address Human Rights and Humanitarian Concerns and Progress on a Political Settlement
- 2006-09-06
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Slipping into all-out war
- 2006-09-06
BURMA: Su Su Nwe awarded international rights prize
- 2006-09-01
ASIA: Japan urged to "show moral strength" on disappearances
- 2006-08-30
[ALRC Press Release] THAILAND: Rights groups press UN, government on disappearances
- 2006-08-30
[ALRC Press Release] BANGLADESH: UN inaction on Bangladesh "immoral", new report says
- 2006-08-24
BANGLADESH: Killer, torturer list submitted to UN peacekeeping unit
- 2006-08-24
BANGLADESH: UN needs special envoy for Bangladesh, AHRC says
- 2006-08-18
BANGLADESH: UN urged to bar Bangladesh from peacekeeping
- 2006-08-17
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Human rights community of Nepal protests the appointment of Rukmangat Katual as acting Chief of the Army Staff
- 2006-08-16
BANGLADESH: UN expert on judges urged to visit Bangladesh
- 2006-08-11
THAILAND: Argentine FM urged to take up abductions with Thai Deputy PM on visit
- 2006-08-10
BANGLADESH: UN rights chief urged to work harder on Bangladesh
- 2006-08-10
SRI LANKA: Death threats to senior police a sign of "totally degraded" rule of law, AHRC says
- 2006-08-10
BANGLADESH: AHRC derides government over rights commission "mirage"
- 2006-08-09
BANGLADESH: Mire of corruption defeating human rights, AHRC tells UN
- 2006-08-08
BANGLADESH: Government combating lawlessness with lawlessness, AHRC says
- 2006-08-07
THAILAND: Angkhana refuses cash; demands justice
- 2006-08-07
PHILIPPINES: Shocked "STOP killings!" signatories now over 2500
- 2006-08-07
BANGLADESH: AHRC slams Bangladesh over "utter failure" on torture
- 2006-08-04
SRI LANKA: Gerald Perera murder trial – two witnesses identify the assassin
- 2006-08-04
BANGLADESH: AHRC calls for ousting of Bangladesh from UN rights council over broken promises
- 2006-08-03
INDIA: Rights groups blame local officials for starving baby deaths
- 2006-07-28
THAILAND: Rights defenders warn media over language on south
- 2006-07-27
WORLD: AHRC warns global rights movement over UN SG candidate
- 2006-07-25
THAILAND: Families of victims demand answers from DSI
- 2006-07-20
THAILAND: Pursuing policy of killings while promoting deputy PM for UN top job "immoral and dishonest", AHRC says
- 2006-07-20
[ALRC Press Release] BURMA: Pay attention to justice and policing, ALRC tells UN expert
- 2006-07-19
PHILIPPINES: STOP killings petition presented to government
- 2006-07-19
PHILIPPINES: Petition to stop killings tops 1000 signatories
- 2006-07-14
BURMA: AHRC lambastes UN office over denial of violent crime
- 2006-07-12
PHILIPPINES: End the killings, petitioners cry worldwide
- 2006-07-11
THAILAND: Ministry reviewing role of DSI chief in Somchai case
- 2006-07-10
THAILAND: AHRC raises case of threatened human rights commissioner with foreign missions
- 2006-07-07
THAILAND: Support from around world for call to reform DSI
- 2006-07-06
PHILIPPINES: Stop the killings, open letter & petition urge
- 2006-07-06
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Call for an end to killings and a return to negotiation for peace in Sri Lanka
- 2006-07-06
[Forwarded Press Release by the AHRC] CAMBODIA: Concern about the forced eviction of 168 families living near Preah Monivong hospital
- 2006-07-05
PAKISTAN: ILO, workers urged to oppose "slave labour" bill
- 2006-07-04
[ALRC Press Release] THAILAND: End police control of witness protection, new report urges
- 2006-06-30
THAILAND: Probe demanded into threat on NHRC member
- 2006-06-30
INDIA: Rapists sentenced after 11 years; police escape blame
- 2006-06-30
WORLD: Criteria announced for U.N. Human Rights Council members to retain their seats
- 2006-06-23
THAILAND: Remove DSI director, new petition demands
- 2006-06-17
THAILAND: Inability of investigating officer in Tak Bai case to identify defendants or evidence "bizarre", AHRC says
- 2006-06-15
THAILAND: Expediting of "disappearance" cases in south could follow tsunami example, AHRC says
- 2006-06-07
PHILIPPINES: AHRC welcomes news that anti-torture bill going to parliament and death penalty abolished
- 2006-06-07
THAILAND: Angkhana leads appeal on disappeared persons
- 2006-06-05
INDONESIA: Victims of abuse to visit ailing Suharto
- 2006-05-26
THAILAND: Wife of missing lawyer seeks meeting with UN chief
- 2006-05-25
SRI LANKA: New book published on current human rights issues
- 2006-05-22
SRI LANKA: Reject appointment of Human Rights Commissioners, AHRC says
- 2006-05-19
THAILAND: EU adopts wife of missing lawyer as "Woman Human Rights Defender"
- 2006-05-11
THAILAND: Greater commitment to international law and stronger judiciary needed for Thailand to get UN rights body seat, AHRC says
- 2006-05-04
[ALRC Press Release] THAILAND: UN urged to press Thai government on "blacklists"
- 2006-04-27
THAILAND: AHRC supports demands for investigation into mob attack
- 2006-04-25
ASIA: Three widows should get award, rights defenders say
- 2006-04-25
PHILIPPINES: Anti-torture protest goes to police HQ; torture victims need protection
- 2006-04-21
THAILAND: "Mafia" rape case an important challenge to impunity in Thailand
- 2006-04-19
PHILIPPINES: District attorney criticised for failure to assist torture victims
- 2006-04-13
THAILAND: MEPs put missing Thai lawyer case to EU
- 2006-04-11
BURMA: Two police get seven years for rape
- 2006-04-10
PHILIPPINES: Punks protest at CHR for impartial probe, enactment of torture law; police reportedly charged with abuse
- 2006-04-04
BURMA: AHRC expresses "grave concern" for mother of Burmese extrajudicial killing victim
- 2006-03-31
ASIA: Angkhana, Suciwati and Padma named for Korean award
- 2006-03-30
THAILAND: Sack special investigation chief or risk damage to own reputation, AHRC tells Thai PM
- 2006-03-29
[ALRC Press Release] THAILAND: U.N. warned that Somchai investigation "hangs in the balance"
- 2006-03-23
HONG KONG: U.N. rights panel told of Hong Kong police violence and "fear tactics"
- 2006-03-22
THAILAND: New death threat against Angkhana while search continues for Somchai's body
- 2006-03-22
BURMA: Latest murderous assault by state officers shows "raw brutality" of Burma's administrative system, AHRC says
- 2006-03-20
UNITED NATIONS: New Human Rights Council "welcome step" says AHRC
- 2006-03-16
INDONESIA: Parliament must call for ad hoc human rights court in Trisakti and Semanggi case
- 2006-03-15
ASIA: Human rights defender award received on behalf of Thai lawyer Somchai
- 2006-03-12
ASIA: Praise for "hero" Somchai on eve of rights defender award ceremony
- 2006-03-10
SRI LANKA: Attorney general urged to appeal high court judgment on the basis of "grave error of law"
- 2006-02-22
BURMA: Supreme Court rejection of latest appeal petition against jailing of human rights defender "predictable", AHRC says
- 2006-02-21
THAILAND: AHRC announces human rights award for Somchai, charges Thai state "with murder and abduction"
- 2006-02-20
SRI LANKA: Appeal court issues notice to respondents in challenge over Constitutional Council
- 2006-02-15
SRI LANKA: Undue delay in appointing Constitutional Council has "aggravated public fear", petitioners tell appeal court
- 2006-02-10
SRI LANKA: Torture victim in "imminent" danger of being killed, AHRC warns top Sri Lankan police officer
- 2006-02-06
CAMBODIA: New AHRC webpage calls for release of jailed Cambodian MP
- 2006-02-03
BURMA: Supreme Court decision on human rights defender shows Burma's "injustice system", AHRC says
- 2006-02-02
INDIA: "Hungry faces, angry river" report released in Kolkata with call for government to act on starvation
- 2006-01-31
BURMA: AHRC launches webpage on jailed human rights defender
- 2006-01-30
ASIA: Absent rule of law threatens human rights in Asia, new report says
- 2006-01-18
THAILAND: Conviction in Somchai case puts "very serious burden" on Thai government to reveal truth, AHRC says
- 2006-01-12
THAILAND: Book on forced disappearance released in Thai
- 2006-01-08
SOUTH ASIA: Make South Asia torture free: AHRC
- 2004-06-25
SRI LANKA: A call for the immediate release of the Sri Lankan citizen whose mouth the police got a TB patient to spit into resulting in that citizen acquiring Tuberculosis
- 2004-05-03
NEPAL: Situation in Nepal
- 2004-04-06
SRI LANKA: Police collaborator pretending to be a NHRC officer exposed
- 2003-11-12
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