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2009 AHRC Press Releases
 
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Army must follow court orders - 2009-12-21

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: One of the most frequent Human Rights Violations: Women's and girls' right to food! - 2009-12-18

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Authorities must arrest Major Niranjan Basnet, the accused in the Maina Sunuwar murder case, arriving in Kathmandu today - 2009-12-11

PHILIPPINES: Muslims and Christians Run Fast 4 Peace in Mindanao - 2009-12-11

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Woman journalist attacked, Maoists promote suspects in reporter's murder - 2009-12-11

PHILIPPINES: AHRC launches online petition to revoke Maguindanao's martial law - 2009-12-09

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: WTO: "Trade negotiations need to reflect the new global consensus on hunger," warns UN expert on right to food - 2009-12-04

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Briefing on Armed Forces Special Powers Act for Members of Parliament - 2009-12-01

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Odisha government should bring out a White paper on farmers suicide and mining scam - 2009-12-01

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Farmersˇ¦ Suicides & Mining Scam in Odisha - 2009-11-27

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: UN Expert: human rights defenders face more restrictions on freedom of association in all regions - 2009-11-20

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: No new alternative for facing hunger - 2009-11-18

PHILIPPINES: Priests, ethnic minorities go on hunger strike to protest mining operation - 2009-11-17

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Director General of Police in Manipur confirms extrajudicial execution of more than 260 persons in Manipur in the past eleven months - 2009-11-10

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Government employees' memorandum reveals the hoax of "the assault on public servants" by the NBA; Overwhelming support by the civil-society continues on the fourth day for the NBA's peaceful protest - 2009-11-05

INDONESIA: UN called to act as Yudhoyono is re-inaugurated amid stalemate on disappearances cases - 2009-10-28

SRI LANKA: Journalist complains of death threats and unknown persons pursuing him - 2009-10-21

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Maina Sunuwar's father passed away finding no progress in his daughter's murder case - 2009-10-19

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: "CITIZENS URGED TO REJECT GM FOODS LIKE BT BRINJAL" Consumer Awareness campaign on the eve of World Food Day - 2009-10-16

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] PAKISTAN: HRCP calls for immediate demilitarisation of Balochistan - 2009-10-12

INDONESIA: AHRC urges President to act regarding student disappearances - 2009-10-06

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: The Attorney General orders an Inquest of the Dead on Mr Usharee Samaae deceased for two years - 2009-10-02

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] PHILIPPINES: How to help 'Ondoy' victims - 2009-09-28

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Two senior officers of the district administration in Bihar fined for contravening the Right to Information Act - 2009-09-25

PHILIPPINES: Rights body assures dialogue with President Arroyo on signing torture law - 2009-09-22

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: "Political will needed to tackle food crisis and restructure agriculture," warns UN right to food expert - 2009-09-21

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Broad backing for new UN guidelines to eliminate caste discrimination - 2009-09-18

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] PAKISTAN: Former federal minister for information calls for Inquiry into Fanish Masih's death and review of Blasphemy Laws - 2009-09-17

HONG KONG: Transparent and reasonable mechanism for minimum food allowance for foreign domestic workers needed to ensure right to adequate food - 2009-09-17

SRI LANKA: Repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and end gross violations of rights - 2009-09-17

SRI LANKA: A false report on the Udalagama Commission - 2009-09-04

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Tamil journalist gets "shameful" 20-year sentence on terrorism charges - 2009-09-01

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: IBAHRI condemns death threat to prominent Sri Lankan human rights activist - 2009-08-28

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] AFGHANISTAN: Law Curbing Women's Rights Takes Effect - 2009-08-14

SOUTH KOREA: AHRC's Interview on independence of National Human Rights Commission of Korea - 2009-08-13

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Amnesty calls for detention camps to be unlocked - 2009-08-11

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Adopt International Inquiry for Aid Worker Killings - 2009-08-04

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA/SAUDI ARABIA: Rizana's trial in Saudi takes a new turn - 2009-07-31

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: (Government) Revives draconian law to gag media - 2009-07-02

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: "The Global Food Crisis is not over. Our obligations go beyond fixing the financial system," says UN Special Rapporteur - 2009-06-30

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Five Day Workshop 'Towards Restoring Lives' & Observation of UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture - 2009-06-29

PHILIPPINES: Book on the struggle for justice of the families of the Abadilla 5 published - 2009-06-26

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: No to torture, establish rule of law! - 2009-06-25

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] CHINA: Critic's Arrest Signals Hardening of Political Climate - 2009-06-25

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDONESIA: Police abuse and impunity in Indonesia must end - 2009-06-25

BANGLADESH: Torture victims have no faith in the judicial system - 2009-06-25

PHILIPPINES: Torture survivor recalls his dark experience in a video interview - 2009-06-24

ASIA: The fight to criminalise torture in Asia: AHRC broadcasting live on June 26 - 2009-06-24

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: World Food Summit to focus on the Human Right to Food - 2009-06-23

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA (Manipur): Week long workshop "Towards Restoring Lives" Kicked off at RIMS - 2009-06-23

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Victims' families move to Appellate Courts seeking investigation - 2009-06-19

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: End twenty years of impunity - 2009-06-16

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to food recommends principles and measures to discipline "land grabbing" - 2009-06-15

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: EU Press Statement on the Human Rights Council - 2009-06-02

SRI LANKA/SAUDI ARABIA: President Obama asked to intervene in Rizana Nafeek’s case with the Saudi Arabian authorities - 2009-06-02

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Following Human Rights Council's regrettable failure to take action for accountability, alternative mechanisms may and must be activated for an international commission of inquiry - 2009-06-01

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: On the Cases Related to Computer-Related Crime Act - 2009-05-26

NEPAL: How justice continues to fail as the country transitions, according to the Advocacy Forum - 2009-05-20

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Council conclusions on Sri Lanka - 2009-05-19

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: United Nations Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka - SC/9659 - 2009-05-14

[AHRC Joint Press Release] UNITED NATIONS: Lack of Competition Mars Vote on Human Rights Council - 2009-05-13

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDONESIA: World Ocean Conference (WOC) Burdened with the Human Rights Violations - 2009-05-13

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: Minister of Foreign Affairs and EU Ambassadors visit WGJP office - 2009-05-08

[ALRC Press Release] PHILIPPINES: ALRC's alternative report on torture considered - 2009-04-29

[AHRC Joint Press Release] CAMBODIA: Joint submission for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Cambodia's Human Rights record - Freedom of expression and assembly seriously undermined - 2009-04-22

[AHRC Joint Press Release] UNITED NATIONS: Elect Rights-Respecting States to Human Rights Council - 2009-04-21

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Use International Clout to Press Both Sides to End Humanitarian Disaster - 2009-04-15

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SOUTH KOREA: "Preview of harsher things to come"; HK-based group condemns brutal arrest of an undocumented worker in South Korea - 2009-04-15

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Stop Shelling 'No-Fire Zone' - UN Security Council Action Needed to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe - 2009-04-11

HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Complaints filed against a local newspaper and journalists over 'super bug' report - 2009-04-09

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: "Disgraceful" failure to identify those responsible for newspaper editor's murder three months ago - 2009-04-09

PHILIPPINES: Activist priest hits neglect of 'Abadilla Five' as other convicted prisoners released - 2009-04-06

ASIA: The Quest for Protection -- A human rights Journey at the United Nations by Bertrand Ramcharan (206 pages) - 2009-03-27

[AHRC Joint Press Release] WORLD: UN - Hold Competitive Voting for Rights Body - 2009-03-27

PHILIPPINES: Pretrial on Landmark case against Cigarette Company set on March 30, 2009 - 2009-03-27

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: Nearly 200 Civil Society Groups Urge President Obama, Congress to Curb Food Speculation to Fight Global Hunger Crisis - 2009-03-25

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: UN Human Rights Council urged to intercede on behalf of two detained journalists - 2009-03-18

ASIA: A New Report - 2009-03-16

BURMA: AHRC launches new Burmese-language blog - 2009-03-10

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: 5th Anniversary, Disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit - 2009-03-10

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Urgently Evacuate Civilians - 2009-03-06

SRI LANKA: SC grants leave to proceed in lawyer's assault and arson case - 2009-03-06

BURMA: Two lawyers released after serving time for contempt - 2009-03-06

PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Filipinos as carriers of an infectious disease is not the health department's views - 2009-03-04

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Tamil newspaper editor arrested in Colombo - 2009-02-27

PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Accident compensation for an injured Filipino worker is possible - 2009-02-26

BANGLADESH: A Bill against torture is introduced in Bangladesh - 2009-02-19

PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Injured Filipino worker sought accident compensation - 2009-02-18

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Nobel Laureate appeals for Immediate end to hostilities - 2009-02-10

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: The FDFA appeals to all the conflicting parties in Sri Lanka to respect humanitarian law - 2009-02-10

PHILIPPINES: Mining or Food? - 2009-02-09

SRI LANKA: Human rights lawyer's office burnt down - 2009-01-31

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Government and Tamil Tigers violating laws of war - 2009-01-30

SRI LANKA: Human rights lawyer and activist facing death threat - 2009-01-28

PHILIPPINES: former action star talks about gay rights online - 2009-01-23

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Global Media Rights Groups Condemn "Culture of Impunity and Indifference" in Sri Lanka - 2009-01-22

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: IPI Calls Impunity a 'Dark Stain' on Sri Lankan Government - 2009-01-20

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: "Unarmed heroes", human rights defenders in Thailand - 2009-01-19

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Reporters without borders backs London demonstration in protest at murder of leading editor - 2009-01-16

SRI LANKA: A reading of the last article, written in expectation of his death, by the assassinated journalist, the editor of the Sunday Leader, Lasantha Wickramatunga is now available online - 2009-01-16

SRI LANKA: The executive presidency - the collapse of the centre and minority rights - 2009-01-09

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Attacks Highlight Threat to Media - 2009-01-09

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Outrage at fatal shooting of newspaper editor in Colombo - 2009-01-09

PHILIPPINES: Wives, grandmother wants police who tortured Abadilla Five charged at once - 2009-01-08

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Government urged to punish violence against independent media outlets after new attack - 2009-01-07

PHILIPPINES: Abadilla Five families shed tears as they recall painful experiences - 2009-01-07

PHILIPPINES: Abadilla Five's children, grandchild takes on calls to free them - 2009-01-06


 
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