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AHRC Statements 2009
 
THAILAND: A human rights subcommittee comprised of police - 2009-12-21

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Asma Jahangir's view on the verdict of Supreme court against National Reconciliation Ordinance - 2009-12-21

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: The disappearance of Mr. Abduloh Abukaree, a grave jeopardy to a key criminal case - 2009-12-21

SOUTH KOREA: Seoul city fails to respect and protect the right to adequate housing leading a tenant's suicide - 2009-12-18

PAKISTAN: Colonel Hamza of the ISI must be prosecuted for abduction, illegal detention and torture of young men from Pakistani Kashmir - 2009-12-18

[AHRC Article] PHILIPPINES: Who were the massacred journalists? - Part 2 - 2009-12-17

INDIA: Is Manipur less important than Andhra? - 2009-12-15

[Human Rights Day] SRI LANKA: Seeking Human Rights in Sri Lanka is like looking for water on the moon - 2009-12-11

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: A military coup is unfolding - 2009-12-10

[Human Rights Day] INDIA: True democracy requires popular participation - 2009-12-10

[Human Rights Day] INDONESIA: AHRC annual report points at ongoing violence from the security forces - 2009-12-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SOUTH KOREA: Call for an enactment of the legislation on the provision of temporary housing for the displaced - 2009-12-10

[Human Rights Day] NEPAL: Democracy - a dream in waiting - 2009-12-10

[Human Rights Day] BANGLADESH: Ensuring human rights for ordinary citizens is an urgent need - 2009-12-10

[Human Rights Day] PHILIPPINES: Martial law dilutes the country's human rights and democratic gains - 2009-12-10

[Human Rights Day] PAKISTAN: The Human Rights situation will not improve until and unless the military intelligence agencies are placed under civilian control - 2009-12-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] ASIA: Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay - 2009-12-10

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA/SOUTH KOREA: Please show your concern for human rights and environmental rights violation caused by POSCO project - 2009-12-09

[Human Rights Day] ASIA: Crisis in Human Rights Protection in Asia -- Bad Policing Systems as a Major Threat to Human Rights - 2009-12-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: 1.4 Million blind people in Pakistan - 2009-12-08

PAKISTAN: No action taken by the authorities to recover missing vice chancellor of Kohat University - 2009-12-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: Human Rights in Orissa - 2009-12-08

PAKISTAN: Corruption cases against Generals, Air Marshals and Admirals are the test of an independent judiciary - 2009-12-08

SRI LANKA: Reform of a police system rotten at the top - 2009-12-08

PHILIPPINES: Irrationality and double standards in Maguindanao's martial law - 2009-12-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PHILIPPINES: Martial Law is not a substitute for competent police work - 2009-12-07

INDIA: Media must wakeup to the violence committed by the state - 2009-12-07

PHILIPPINES: Martial Law in Maguindanao province is devoid of constitutionality - 2009-12-06

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Sindh and the Right of Self Determination - 2009-12-04

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: Probe killing of two Adivasi leaders and release detained activist in Orissa - 2009-12-04

PAKISTAN: Intelligence agency officials should be brought before the law for the attack on the house of a prominent journalist - 2009-12-03

INDIA: Law-enforcement agencies made accountable to the rule of law is an urgent need - 2009-12-02

[AHRC Publication] The Phantom Limb: Failing judicial systems, torture and human rights work in Sri Lanka - 2009-12-01

[AHRC Article] PHILIPPINES: Who were the massacred journalists? - Part 1 - 2009-12-01

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SWITZERLAND: UN expert calls for strengthened co-operation to intensify efforts to eliminate violence against women - 2009-12-01

PHILIPPINES: How could the 'Maguindanao massacre' have been allowed to happen? - 2009-11-28

NEPAL: The DPKO must repatriate Major Basnet to Nepal to stand trial - 2009-11-27

PAKISTAN: Another Ahmadi academic is killed by Muslim fundamentalists - 2009-11-27

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] UNITED KINGDOM: Set Judicial Inquiry on Complicity in Torture British Government Should Stop Stonewalling - 2009-11-26

[ALRC Joint Statement] PHILIPPINES: LRWC and ALRC denounce massacre on November 23, 2009 in Maguindanao Province - 2009-11-26

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: The Commission must act on the police firing in Narayanpatna Block of Koraput district - 2009-11-26

[AHRC Forwarded Publication] INDIA: Democracy 'Encountered': Rights' Violations in Manipur - 2009-11-26

PAKISTAN: A Statement on the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women - 2009-11-25

INDIA: The government must act on the Liberhan Commission of Enquiry report - 2009-11-25

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PHILIPPINES: Lawyers group condemn massacre of journalists and fellow lawyers - 2009-11-24

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: The Armed Forces [Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura] (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (amended in 1972), & The Jammu and Kashmir Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1990 must be repealed - 2009-11-23

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Child Ragpickers should get protection - 2009-11-20

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: A Statement from SPARC on the occasion of the anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - 2009-11-20

[AHRC Joint Statement] SOUTH ASIA: Child slavery in Jaintia Hills indicates poor human rights standards in the region - 2009-11-20

THAILAND: Computer crime law as lese-majesty substitute - 2009-11-20

PAKISTAN: The judiciary must confront suspected state agents on the issue of disappearances - 2009-11-20

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: Public Hearing on Food Schemes and Food Security in Orissa - 2009-11-19

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: 6000 slum dwellers evicted and denied resettlement in West Bengal - 2009-11-19

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Recommendations on the justice system in the trial of security related cases in the Southern border provinces - 2009-11-18

[AHRC Joint Statement] INDIA: Government of West Bengal must act to prevent further starvation deaths - 2009-11-18

BANGLADESH: Government should probe extrajudicial killings and reform the system instead of making denials - 2009-11-18

[AHRC Open Letter] INDONESIA: The Attorney General should conduct investigations in the cases of Trisakti, Semanggi student killings - 2009-11-17

INDIA: Civil society demands "food security to all" - 2009-11-16

SRI LANKA: Demands for economic and social rights outlawed in the country - 2009-11-16

[ALRC Joint Open Letter] IRAN: 109 NGOs denounce abuses in Iran and call for UN General Assembly resolution - 2009-11-13

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Two journalists held after helping media probe Mumbai attacker's background - 2009-11-13

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: Madhya Pradesh High Court's Special Interim Order in Sardar Sarovar Corruption Case - 2009-11-13

SRI LANKA: Death threats to employees at the Port Authority - 2009-11-12

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: There is light under the lamp - 2009-11-12

[ALRC Joint Open Letter] ZIMBABWE: NGOs condemn abuses and obstruction of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture’s visit - 2009-11-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Thai Netizen Network request for clarification regarding the arrests of internet users - 2009-11-10

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Tribal conflicts in Ghotki district, Sindh province - its causes and effects - 2009-11-10

PAKISTAN: Human rights defender names his alleged murderers shortly before his death; government fails to provide protection - 2009-11-09

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Dealing with lawlessness as the key issue for the coming elections - 2009-11-06

PAKISTAN: Restrictions on the media in military operations in South Waziristan - 2009-11-06

[ALRC Joint Open Letter] WORLD: NGOs urge UN General Assembly to adopt strong resolution on Goldstone Report concerning Gaza - 2009-11-04

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Surge in news censorship condemned as backward step - 2009-11-04

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Blasphemy Law, a Tool of Oppression - 2009-11-04

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Immediate and complete cessation of military and paramilitary actions in all parts of Balochistan - 2009-11-03

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Reconstruct or perish - 2009-11-02

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Faulty bomb detection device undermines effectiveness of security operations in Southern Thailand - 2009-11-02

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] ASIA-PACIFIC: Authoritarianism prevents press freedom progress in much of Asia - 2009-10-31

[AHRC Forwarded Article] THAILAND/BURMA: Nationality Verification of Burmese Migrants: A Meaningful Debate - 2009-10-30

BURMA: Use of torture in ordinary criminal cases - 2009-10-29

[AHRC Open Letter] INDONESIA: UN Working Group urged to intervene into disappearances from 1997-98, as impunity continues - 2009-10-28

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Women are worst hit by climate change - 2009-10-27

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA: Key problems for the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers to consider ahead of visit - 2009-10-27

[ALRC Joint Open Letter] WORLD: NGOs denounce international efforts to undermine the protection of the freedoms of expression and equality - 2009-10-23

BANGLADESH: Torture of journalist reiterates the necessity for a law to punish the perpetrators - 2009-10-23

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Countering Militancy in Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) - 2009-10-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: World Press Freedom Ranking - 2009-10-21

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Rizana Nafeek stated to court that her confession had been taken under duress - 2009-10-19

INDIA: World Food Day and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Do not give food, give the 'right to food' - 2009-10-17

[AHRC Open Letter] SOUTH KOREA: What can be done when National Institution itself tries to subordinate to administration? - 2009-10-16

PAKISTAN: Police illegally remove the court-ordered protection of a torture victim - 2009-10-16

BURMA: Misuse of law to imprison man who complained about electricity supply - 2009-10-14

PAKISTAN: Military is the main obstacle in the investigation of extrajudicial killings of three Baloch nationalists - 2009-10-09

PAKISTAN: Army leadership should be taken to task for issuing public statements on political matters - 2009-10-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SOUTH KOREA: The human-hunting crackdown against migrant workers - 2009-10-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Thai Government must now ratify ILO conventions 87 and 98 - 2009-10-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] WORLD: Tearing down the wall of caste - 2009-10-08

SRI LANKA: Ranga Bandara MP talks to the AHRC about the arson attack on his house and office - 2009-10-07

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Treatment for tuberculosis must also be afforded to prisoners - 2009-10-07

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: An Mutinational Cooperation (MNC)'s GM Corn field trial in the state of Madhya Pradesh - 2009-10-06

SRI LANKA: The Arson attack and the abysmal lawlessness - 2009-10-06

BURMA: Amend the Child Law - 2009-10-05

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Pakistan's Persecuted Minority - 2009-10-05

BANGLADESH: Bangladesh's international obligation of criminalising torture remains pending for eleven years - 2009-10-05

[AHRC Joint Statement] ASIA: South Asian organisations must be more active against caste based discrimination - 2009-10-03

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Opposition demands dismantling of war time security measures - 2009-10-02

[AHRC Open Letter] INDONESIA: Government should enforce the law regarding student disappearances of 1997/98 - 2009-10-02

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Features of a Gulag (1) -- The loss of the meaning of legality and illegality - 2009-10-01

INDIA: Advertisement campaign against Naxalites is a call for violence - 2009-09-30

PAKISTAN: The ritual abuse and naked humiliation of three women casts a deeper shame on the justice system that supported it - 2009-09-30

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: The Gulag Island (2) -- Zero Status of Citizens- Dayan's problem (and a response from Dayan Jayatilaka) - 2009-09-28

PHILIPPINES: An appeal to help flood victims and desperately needed improvements to the public warning systems - 2009-09-28

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: A Gulag Island -- a response to Dayan Jayatilaka -- the mentality of the phantom limb - 2009-09-28

PHILIPPINES: Policemen squabble in open court over custody of a detainee for bounty - 2009-09-25

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Children are not for sale - the need to devise strategies to tackle the root cause of child trafficking - 2009-09-25

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Biriani, Arrack and Kassipu for 'Some' Journalists- part 2 - 2009-09-25

SRI LANKA: The Gulag Island - 2009-09-25

SOUTH KOREA: Prosecutor must stop applying provisions found unconstitutional; accused must be released - 2009-09-25

PAKISTAN: People’s sovereignty threatened as government pushes ahead plan to sell land to foreigners - 2009-09-25

BURMA: Released prisoners tell stories of torture; ICRC role needed - 2009-09-24

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Mistreatment of woman detainee convicted of lese majesty - 2009-09-23

SRI LANKA: Continuing with the Prevention of Terrorism Act is a crime against all of Sri Lanka's children - 2009-09-22

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Biriani, Arrack and Kassipu for 'Some' Journalists - 2009-09-22

PAKISTAN: Mysterious death of high-profile terrorist in army custody requires immediate investigation - 2009-09-21

SRI LANKA: A political investigation into a solidarity letter - 2009-09-18

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Postpone ratification of Qonun Jinayah and Law procedure of Qonun Jinayah for law certainty in Aceh - 2009-09-17

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Unrule of law and manipulations by the Attorney General's Department - 2009-09-17

[AHRC Open Letter] HONG KONG: Minimum food allowance for foreign domestic workers - 2009-09-17

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: The Commission on Human Rights is urged to initiate a dialogue with President Arroyo asking her to sign the Anti-Torture law promptly - 2009-09-17

PAKISTAN: Witnesses killed within prison walls: a Christian boy is accused of blasphemy and murdered - 2009-09-16

[ALRC Joint Statement] HONDURAS: NGOs call for establishment of international Group of experts to monitor human rights violations - 2009-09-15

PAKISTAN: Political expediency of the government is putting the lives of religious minorities at stake - 2009-09-15

SRI LANKA: The contrast between the treatment of J.S. Tissainayagam and Daya and George Master - is the CID above the law? - 2009-09-14

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: My son was murdered and the police did nothing - 2009-09-11

[AHRC Joint Statement] HONG KONG: Transparent and reasonable mechanism for minimum food allowance for foreign domestic workers needed to ensure right to adequate food - 2009-09-11

SRI LANKA: Death threats to family and protection denied - 2009-09-11

BANGLADESH: Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Bill, 2009 is placed before Parliament - 2009-09-11

[AHRC Article] BANGLADESH: Nation urgently needs laws and legal reforms to stop custodial torture and extrajudicial killings - 2009-09-10

SOUTH KOREA: Institutional review on declining rule of law required - 2009-09-09

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: ASP's responsibilities for Angulana double murder - 2009-09-07

PAKISTAN: Frontier Constabulary stormed peaceful memorial service, killing one and critically injuring women and a child - 2009-09-07

PAKISTAN: Open court trials needed for Intelligence officers who attempted to murder a teacher in Balochistan - 2009-09-05

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Police paying man with heroin - 2009-09-04

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Case of Darunee Chanchoengsilapakul, denied freedom of expression & politicization of the judiciary - 2009-09-04

[ALRC Statement] PHILIPPINES: Authorities failing to investigate house demolitions, torture, disappearances and killing of civilians resulting from the conflict in Mindanao - 2009-09-04

CAMBODIA: The State has an obligation to protect human rights defenders - 2009-09-04

INDONESIA: 5 years after Munir's murder the military retains immunity - 2009-09-04

[ALRC Statement] THAILAND: "Unsubstantiated" police abuses, impunity and human rights charades - 2009-09-03

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] BANGLADESH: Rights group sought Supreme Court's intervention to protect right to life and fair trial - 2009-09-02

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Police threaten indiscriminate revenge killings in Balochistan - 2009-09-02

BURMA/SRI LANKA: Recent show trials in Asia -- the case of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma and J.S. Tissainayagam of Sri Lanka - 2009-09-02

[ALRC Statement] BURMA: Institutionalized denial of fundamental rights and the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar - 2009-09-01

INDIA: The National Human Rights Commission of India must conduct an objective and scientific investigation to make a fair conclusion and recommendation - 2009-09-01

PAKISTAN: A political activist was killed after abduction and his body was found hanging from a tree - 2009-09-01

[ALRC Statement] CAMBODIA: Legal foundation and framework for the country's judiciary required - 2009-08-31

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: WGJP urges Thai government comprehensive action taken against enforced disappearances on International Day on Enforced Disappearance - 2009-08-31

SRI LANKA: J.S. Tisssainayagam sentenced to 20 years and justice is dead in Sri Lanka - 2009-08-31

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Nationwide anger against lawless policing - 2009-08-28

CAMBODIA: An independent civilian body to oversee the police is needed - 2009-08-28

BANGLADESH: Public Interest Litigation should be filed on extrajudicial killings by law enforcement agencies - 2009-08-28

[ALRC Statement] SOUTH ASIA: Protection to human rights defenders required to establish rule of law in South Asia - 2009-08-28

INDIA: Internal insecurity more serious than external threats - 2009-08-25

[AHRC Paper] SRI LANKA: Conversations on the Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly -- the state of freedom of expression and opinion in Sri Lanka currently - 2009-08-25

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Afghan journalist shot dead in North western Pakistan - 2009-08-25

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Criteria to measure human rights improvements - 2009-08-24

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to all Parliamentarians on the need to urgently deal with Lawlessness in the Police - 2009-08-24

INDIA: What the administration has failed to accomplish in the past 35 years - 2009-08-24

PHILIPPINES: Exposing witnesses to risk is systemically entrenched, not a mere 'lack of funds' - 2009-08-21

PAKISTAN: A newspaper in Balochistan forced to cease publication after the Frontier Constabulary cordoned off its office - 2009-08-21

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Religion should promote peace, not violence - 2009-08-20

THAILAND: New NHRC chief promises to ensure that human rights body is meaningless and irrelevant - 2009-08-20

SOUTH KOREA: Kim Dae-jung -- An Appreciation - 2009-08-19

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When the law becomes comic - Part 10 - 2009-08-18

PHILIPPINES: Torture law nearing approval is an obligation long overdue - 2009-08-18

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - Part 8 - 2009-08-17

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When the Law becomes comic - Part 9 - 2009-08-17

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - Part Seven - 2009-08-15

CAMBODIA: Appointment of judges and prosecutors is unconstitutional - 2009-08-14

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: The government should appoint a group of Supreme Court Judges to inquire into the police extrajudicial killings - 2009-08-14

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - Part Six - 2009-08-14

[ALRC Joint Open Letter] ASIA: Open letter to the UN General Assembly regarding the 12th session of the Human Rights Council - 2009-08-14

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Gojra and Pakistan's identity - 2009-08-14

INDIA: Encounter killing and custodial torture, a disgrace for the nation - 2009-08-14

BURMA: Global community should redirect some outrage over Suu Kyi trial onto itself - 2009-08-13

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - Part 5 - 2009-08-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Serious concerns over mass graves, extrajudicial killings, IDPs' plight in Swat; HRCP - 2009-08-12

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - Part Four - 2009-08-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Journalists physically attacked outside high court hearing in Lahore - 2009-08-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Government should take concrete action to amend or abolish the blasphemy laws within a year - 2009-08-11

PAKISTAN: Another Ahmedi is shot dead by three assailants in front of his wife - 2009-08-11

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - Part Three - 2009-08-10

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] SOUTH KOREA: The 13th Tji-Hak-soon Justice & Peace Award - 2009-08-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan government bars media from covering elections in North - 2009-08-10

BANGLADESH: Bangladesh should investigate in depth the Chittagong Hill Tracts problem to ensure a realistic, rights-based solution - 2009-08-10

CAMBODIA: Another case of a court being used to silence human rights defenders - 2009-08-10

CAMBODIA: Law on the statute of judges, not their retirement, is the right end from which to tackle judicial reform - 2009-08-07

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: When law becomes comic - part 1 & 2 - 2009-08-06

BANGLADESH: Bangladesh should be careful about the Judiciary's independence - 2009-08-04

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] THAILAND: Protect Pol (Abdulla) and every child born on Thai soil from illegal immigrant parents who had been permitted to temporarily reside on special basis - 2009-08-04

CAMBODIA: The odds are stacked against a fair trial for opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua - 2009-08-03

PAKISTAN: The judiciary of Pakistan comes of age while militarism receives a deathblow - 2009-08-03

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN/KASHMIR: The militarized politics in Pakistan has seriously undermined the political process and civil institutions - 2009-07-31

PAKISTAN/KASHMIR: Hundreds of activists illegally arrested at the demand of secular and democratic united Kashmir - 2009-07-31

[AHRC Open Letter] SOUTH KOREA: NHRC no longer complies with Paris Principles, its status must be downgraded - 2009-07-31

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] EGYPT: Who will stop slavery in the free economic areas? - 2009-07-30

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Free Civilians from Detention Camps - 2009-07-29

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] ISRAEL/PHILIPPINES: Statement against the crackdown on undocumented migrants and the deportation of entire families of undocumented migrant workers in Israel - 2009-07-29

PAKISTAN: Arrogant retired general challenges the authority of the Supreme Court - 2009-07-29

CAMBODIA: Respect for suspects' rights will prevent death in police custody - 2009-07-28

SOUTH KOREA: The AHRC strongly urges the police to allow workers on strike access to basic needs - 2009-07-27

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: Malnutrition death and poor status of child health services in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - 2009-07-24

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Deshabandu Dushyntha Senewiratne - 2009-07-24

PAKISTAN: Crackdown on Baloch students to obtain forced confessions - 2009-07-24

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PALESTINE: Arrest of Muhammad Srour, witness to UN Human Rights Council - 2009-07-24

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: An utter waste of time and money - 2009-07-21

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] SRI LANKA: International Press Freedom Mission to Sri Lanka - 2009-07-17

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: IBAHRI alarmed by publication of lawyers' names on Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence website - 2009-07-16

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Zero Faith in Governance - 2009-07-16

PAKISTAN/KASHMIR: A family is in hiding after receiving death threats as a result of a love marriage - 2009-07-15

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] SRI LANKA: The pathetic plight of the IDPs - 2009-07-13

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's police abuse victims - 2009-07-13

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: The attack on lawyers on the Defense Ministry website amounts to contempt of court - 2009-07-13

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN/UNITED KINGDOM: Investigate Complicity in Torture in Pakistan Officials Privately Confirm UK Role in Torture of Terror Suspects - 2009-07-10

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Small Hands Big Work-Female Child Domestic Servants in Karachi - 2009-07-10

PAKISTAN: House of a journalist was blown up by dynamite by Taliban - 2009-07-10

INDIA: Police must end their servitude to the politicians - 2009-07-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: 100 Political workers killed in Karachi - Human Rights Commission of Pakistan - 2009-07-09

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: The law is a dangerous thing - 2009-07-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Delayed justice is injustice: One month after the massacre at Al Furakon Mosque - 2009-07-07

INDONESIA: Military Elections? - 2009-07-07

SRI LANKA: Conscientious individual portrayed as traitor - 2009-07-06

[AHRC Forwarded Article] BANGLADESH: International Day In Support Of Victims of Torture - Odhikar’s National And Local-Level Activities - 25 - 27 June 2009 - 2009-07-06

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights - 2009-07-02

PAKISTAN: Around 100 houses belonging to Christians damaged, and a young man beaten to death - 2009-07-02

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: 10421 Cases of police Torture reported during the last ten - 2009-06-30

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Criminal gangs and the failure to invest in the administration of justice - 2009-06-30

SRI LANKA: Authorities complicit in widespread torture - 2009-06-26

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Erase Torture: Make Torture a Crime! - 2009-06-26

[AHRC Article] PAKISTAN: The real need to make torture a heinous crime under Pakistan law - 2009-06-26

INDIA: Media's ignorance is suicidal - 2009-06-26

PHILIPPINES: Government must implement CAT Committee’s recommendations as a matter of priority - 2009-06-24

INDIA: Proposed Bill on torture is too weak - 2009-06-24

SOUTH KOREA: The definition of torture and rehabilitation for torture victims are urgently needed - 2009-06-24

INDONESIA: New police regulations but still no criminalization of torture - 2009-06-24

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Undoing the misuse of referendums - 2009-06-23

CAMBODIA: The government must do more to combat torture - 2009-06-23

SRI LANKA: Elimination of torture is a precondition for developing civilised policing system - 2009-06-23

ASIA: Working against torture fundamental to human rights work - 2009-06-23

BANGLADESH: Bangladesh's Parliament urged to criminalise torture - 2009-06-23

PAKISTAN: Rogued rule of law allows torture to exist - 2009-06-23

INDIA: Neglect will convert the country into a police state - 2009-06-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] MALAYSIA: Fifteen overseas Filipino workers prevented from getting food supplies in Sabah province - 2009-06-19

SRI LANKA: Attorney General’s decision to represent alleged torture perpetrators undermines the rule of law - 2009-06-19

SOUTH KOREA: Prosecutor deprives defendants of opportunity to fair trial - 2009-06-18

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Institutional failings blocking implementation of the Vienna Declaration - 2009-06-17

SRI LANKA: Registers on entry and leaving of internally displaced persons needs to be created urgently to prevent forced disappearances - 2009-06-16

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Deportation of Bob Rae: Some Fundamental Questions for the future of Minorities and the Erasure of Democracy - 2009-06-16

CAMBODIA: Judicial independence is the key to reducing defamation lawsuits against critics and upholding freedom of expression - 2009-06-16

[ALRC Joint Statement] WORLD: NGOs denounce attacks on Special Procedures, calling for Code - 2009-06-15

[ALRC Statement] BANGLADESH: UPR outcome adopted, but impunity persists - 2009-06-15

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: New Chief Justice Asoka de Silva welcomed by Bench and the Bar - 2009-06-12

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: A Marred Victory and a Defeat Pregnant with Foreboding - 2009-06-11

CAMBODIA: Phnom Penh Municipality’s impossible requirement for holding forum violates freedom of assembly - 2009-06-11

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Prosecution of Tak Bai killers must now begin - 2009-06-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Statement of a Group of Concerned Tamils of Sri Lanka - 2009-06-10

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Crimes, dengue fever, attacks on journalists, problems of toilets and food and euphoric celebrations - 2009-06-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SOUTH KOREA: Statement from Professors in North America Concerned about Korean Democracy - 2009-06-10

[ALRC Joint Statement] ASIA: The need for investigations into violations of human rights - 2009-06-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] BANGLADESH: Rights groups urged the government to probe human rights abuses and reform institutions - 2009-06-09

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Human rights in Sri Lanka and Pakistan - 2009-06-09

SRI LANKA: The need to set aside the blatantly wrong conviction of Anthony Fernando - 2009-06-09

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: The treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) children in Madhya Pradesh – Suggestions for the policy - 2009-06-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Submission of ILO complaint regarding systematic discrimination against Burmese Migrants in Thailand - 2009-06-08

SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to Mr. Ban Ki-Moon by Fr. Tissa Balisuriya and a reply by Basil Fernando - 2009-06-08

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: Poddala Jayantha - Latest Journalist victim in Sri Lanka - 2009-06-08

CAMBODIA: The government must ban social control that violates human rights - 2009-06-08

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Justice and the rooster coop - 2009-06-05

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Vanni IDPs live under appalling condition - Sri Lankan Chief Justice - 2009-06-05

PAKISTAN: One Ahmadi trader killed while another escapes from attempted beheading by fundamentalists - 2009-06-05

INDIA: Tribes, living in stigma and starvation - 2009-06-04

[ALRC Statement] SOUTH KOREA: Concerns about the freedom of expression and the possible resumption of executions - 2009-06-04

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: A tragedy of errors and Cover-ups - 2009-06-04

[ALRC Statement] THAILAND: NHRC not independent nor composed according to international standards - 2009-06-04

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Concerns about the freedom of expression and the independence of the judiciary - 2009-06-04

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Impunity continuing unabated concerning extra-judicial killings - 2009-06-04

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Failure to act to address disappearances and extra-judicial killings - 2009-06-03

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Rule of rights and law required to combat militancy and grave violations - 2009-06-03

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Press freedom activist badly beaten in Colombo, hospitalised - 2009-06-03

SRI LANKA: More journalists harassed - 2009-06-03

PHILIPPINES: List of targets exposes activists to abduction, killing - 2009-06-03

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Special police officers in use in armed conflicts, committing rights violations - 2009-06-02

[ALRC Statement] NEPAL: The peace process and republic at risk without justice institutions - 2009-06-02

SRI LANKA: Journalist attacked - a civil society organisation threatened and a provocative campaign against freedom of expression continues - 2009-06-02

CAMBODIA: The government should heed UN human rights recommendations - 2009-06-02

[ALRC Statement] SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council warned from producing weak outcome, upholding impunity - 2009-06-01

[ALRC Statement] BANGLADESH: Extra-judicial killings, torture, violence against women, media freedoms and the lack of an independent judiciary - 2009-06-01

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Rights to health and food - destined to die because of neglect - 2009-06-01

PAKISTAN: Government intends to use force against the people of Gilgit and Baltistan under the pretext of eliminating the Taliban - 2009-06-01

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Justice and the media in peril - 2009-05-29

[AHRC Article] SRI LANKA: Dengue fever and dysfunctional democracy - 2009-05-29

PAKISTAN: A chilling tale of police torture - 2009-05-29

INDIA: Hard-won ration cards for bereaved parents: a sign of change or pure political posturing? - 2009-05-29

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Message to HR Council by High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay - 2009-05-27

SRI LANKA: A few tests to measure the love for the country - 2009-05-27

SRI LANKA: Member of the parliament representing the opposition party is attacked - 2009-05-26

PAKISTAN: The groom and his brother in law are sodomised in police detention – 16-year-old girl remains missing after one month - 2009-05-26

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Lift Swat Curfew for Trapped Civilians Food, Water, Medicine Running Out in Conflict Zone - 2009-05-26

SRI LANKA: Elation over victories and the appalling conditions of displaced Tamil persons - 2009-05-25

INDIA: Can the public behave in a different way from the government? - 2009-05-25

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: I also mourn for Prabakaran - 2009-05-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: The working Position of the Working Group on Justice for Peace - 2009-05-22

PAKISTAN: The life of a 16-year-old girl is in danger after her abduction by a member of the Assembly - 2009-05-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PHILIPPINES: The AFP’s "Order of Battle": Witchhunting and adulterated lies - 2009-05-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Fear for Safety/Incommunicado detention - 2009-05-20

SRI LANKA: IDPs are citizens and censorship of their conditions must stop - 2009-05-20

CAMBODIA: If Prime Minister Hun Sen"does not bow down to anyone", will he do so before the law? - 2009-05-20

SRI LANKA: Wijeweera and Prabakaran – rebels within a dysfunctional democracy (2) - 2009-05-20

SRI LANKA: Wijeweera and Prabakaran – rebels within a dysfunctional democracy - 2009-05-19

PAKISTAN: The issue of internally displaced persons should be addressed urgently and seriously - 2009-05-19

SRI LANKA: Government must now end the operation of anti-terrorism laws - 2009-05-18

PAKISTAN: Police meddle in Babli's murder by producing her 'third' husband - 2009-05-16

SRI LANKA: The banality of evil and the Security Council intervention - 2009-05-15

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SYRIA: The civil society activists behind bars - 2009-05-15

SRI LANKA: Banality of evil (2) – loss of distinction between guilt and innocence - 2009-05-15

PAKISTAN: Police complicity and judicial inaction lead to the murder of a girl on the pretext of an honour killing - 2009-05-14

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes - 30 Attacks Reported on Medical Facilities since December - 2009-05-13

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Satellite Images, Witnesses Show Shelling Continues - 2009-05-13

SRI LANKA: Details of the abduction of human rights defender Stephen Sunthararaj - 2009-05-12

[AHRC Forwarded Article] CAMBODIA: To Be a Judge, Be Ready To Bribe: Students - 2009-05-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Secretary-General, Appalled At Killing Of Hundreds In Sri Lanka, Urges Government To Explore All Options To Bring Conflict To End Without Further Bloodshed - 2009-05-12

BURMA: Imprisoned Burmese prodemocracy activist is awarded 2009 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Award - 2009-05-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Widow of assassinated Journalist Wickrematunge on the World Press Freedom Day Conference - 2009-05-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] MALAYSIA: Authorities arrest 80 writers, activists, members of parliament during protests - 2009-05-11

[AHRC Article] SOUTH ASIA: Militarisation and Human Rights in South Asia - 2009-05-11

[ALRC Joint Statement] BANGLADESH: Re-election to the Human Rights Council must be accompanied by significant improvement in human rights situation - 2009-05-11

INDIA: Detained for no reason - 2009-05-11

SRI LANKA: Abduction of a human rights defender Stephen Suntharaj after his 2 month detention and release by the courts: Immediate intervention needed to save his life - 2009-05-09

CAMBODIA: The Bar Association must not be an instrument to curtail professional freedom - 2009-05-08

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: NHRC no longer complies with Paris Principles, must lose status in United Nations forums - 2009-05-08

INDIA: Borstal in Rajasthan is a graduate school for crime - 2009-05-08

PAKISTAN: Sale of girls and Shariah movement operating side by side - 2009-05-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] NEPAL: Abridged transcript of a speech made by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, former Prime Minister of Nepal - 2009-05-07

INDIA: Mere votes do not guarantee democracy - 2009-05-07

SRI LANKA: UN Secretary General’s offer of assistance should not be ignored - 2009-05-07

[AHRC Joint Open Letter] AZERBAIJAN: UN member States urged not to elect Azerbaijan to the Human Rights Council - 2009-05-06

NEPAL: The Prime Minister's resignation defies the peace process - 2009-05-06

SRI LANKA: Fundamental rights upheld - 2009-05-06

PAKISTAN: The dubious role of Pakistan army in dealing with Taliban thereby legitimizing the massacre - 2009-05-06

THAILAND: To support human rights, NHRC should resign - 2009-05-04

SRI LANKA: Non-violent action needed to crush criminal gangs - 2009-05-04

[AHRC Open Letter] SAUDI ARABIA: UN member States urged not to vote for Saudi Arabia in upcoming Human Rights Council Elections - 2009-04-30

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Strongly oppose nomination of Parinya Sirisaragarn to the NHRC and again call for delay in process - 2009-04-30

SRI LANKA: Nationalists call for the use of choppers and machetes - 2009-04-30

CAMBODIA: Why should an MP defamation plaintiff be sued and have her immunity suspended? - 2009-04-30

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Senate must delay vote on NHRC - 2009-04-29

[AHRC Article] PHILIPPINES: Blinding and Paralyzing Fear and Indifference - 2009-04-28

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] NEPAL: An appeal on the occasion of Loktantra Day - 2009-04-27

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Senate must give more time for debate on new NHRC - 2009-04-25

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] ASIA: Rural and Indigenous Women Claim our Right to Food! - 2009-04-21

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: LTTE Is No Excuse For Killing Vanni Civilians - 2009-04-17

PAKISTAN: Government that surrenders to the militants destroys the writ of the state - 2009-04-17

CAMBODIA: Tolerance of corruption at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is unacceptable - 2009-04-17

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Secretary-General's Statement on Sri Lanka - 2009-04-14

[AHRC Open Letter] PAKISTAN: Suo Moto action is sought on behalf of a seventy-five-year-old man imprisoned by civilians for 34 years - 2009-04-14

[AHRC Article] Dr. B.R. Ambedkar who unravelled the unique South Asian master-servant relationship based on the Indian caste system - 2009-04-14

PAKISTAN: A lawyer's life is in danger after witnessing the abduction of three doomed men by intelligence agents - 2009-04-14

PAKISTAN: Fingers point at state intelligence agencies in the killings of three Baloch nationalist leaders - 2009-04-11

SRI LANKA: Report blames an ultra-powerful authority for attacks on media freedom - 2009-04-09

INDONESIA: Unjust Democracy - 2009-04-09

NEPAL: A government, not cadres should run the country - 2009-04-09

PHILIPPINES: 'State of Emergency' in Sulu province is devoid of legality - 2009-04-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: UN expert appeals to LTTE and government of Sri Lanka to save lives of internally displaced persons trapped by conflict - 2009-04-08

CAMBODIA: The government must end discrimination against opposition parties and their followers - 2009-04-08

CAMBODIA: Government's stand against prosecution of more Khmer Rouge leaders shows its true colours - 2009-04-07

PAKISTAN: State authorities support the Taliban, and responds weakly to public outrage over the public flogging of a girl - 2009-04-07

SRI LANKA: Release Santha Fernando from arbitrary detention and protect humanitarian space - 2009-04-03

INDIA: Security and stability are hoaxes for canvassing votes - 2009-03-31

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Veteran reporter gunned down outside his home in Rawalpindi - 2009-03-30

SRI LANKA: Parliament must debate the conviction of former magistrate - 2009-03-30

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Continued harassment of WGJP Pattani office by military - 2009-03-30

PHILIPPINES: Investigation to 'vigilante killings' requires adequate witness protection to be effective - 2009-03-30

PAKISTAN: Judge humiliates teenage rape victim in open court - 2009-03-28

[AHRC Joint Open Letter] Human Rights Council Elections -- A letter to the Eastern European delegations to the United Nations - 2009-03-27

[AHRC Joint Open Letter] Human Rights Council Elections -- A letter to the Western European and other delegations to the United Nations - 2009-03-27

SRI LANKA: Sonali Wickrematunge's letter to the Inspector General of Police - 2009-03-27

[AHRC Joint Open Letter] Human Rights Council Elections -- A letter to the Asian delegations to the United Nations - 2009-03-27

[AHRC Joint Open Letter] Human Rights Council Elections -- A letter to the African delegations to the United Nations - 2009-03-27

[AHRC Joint Open Letter] Human Rights Council Elections -- A letter to the Latin American and Caribbean delegations to the United Nations - 2009-03-27

PAKISTAN: Appeal for the release of abducted Canadian journalist and two Pakistanis - 2009-03-27

INDIA: Food security is a key for preventing Tuberculosis in India - 2009-03-26

CAMBODIA: The government should address rights abuses instead of attacking NGOs for reporting them - 2009-03-25

SRI LANKA: East Has Become Bihar-like (3) - 2009-03-25

SRI LANKA: East Has Become Bihar-like (2) - 2009-03-24

[AHRC Open Letter] MYANMAR: Special humanitarian request for urgent medical treatment for detainee suffering from heart condition - 2009-03-24

[ALRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: Meeting challenges nationally is a prerequisite for global leadership - 2009-03-24

THAILAND: Somchai Neelaphaijit--government good only at issuing denials - 2009-03-24

BANGLADESH: Dialogue is needed on the protection of suspects during interrogation - 2009-03-24

SRI LANKA: East Has Become Bihar-like - 2009-03-23

SOUTH KOREA: How to express opinions without fear of 'legitimate' punishment? - 2009-03-20

CAMBODIA: Eliminating opportunists in land disputes requires effective local administration and proper public consultations - 2009-03-19

SRI LANKA: Probing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity - a lesson to be learned from Bangladesh - 2009-03-19

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Study on the prevalence of CIDTP - 2009-03-19

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar - 2009-03-18

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: The human rights situations in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand - 2009-03-18

PAKISTAN: Two murdered and 15 charged as discrimination against Ahmadis continues unabated - 2009-03-18

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: The region to benefit from the High Commissioner's visit - 2009-03-18

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Procedures on torture and forced disappearances - 2009-03-16

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Serious violations of international law committed in Sri Lanka conflict: UN human rights chief - 2009-03-16

PAKISTAN: The long march of the lawyers restores the chief justice - 2009-03-16

PAKISTAN: Police gang rape a teenage boy in custody and distribute footage on the Internet - 2009-03-14

[AHRC Paper] THAILAND: Somchai Neelaphaijit--Reading between the lines (3) - 2009-03-13

SRI LANKA: Greater powers granted to bad police in Sri Lanka - 2009-03-13

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PHILIPPINES: A statement of the widow of murdered activist, Jose Riveral Manegdeg III - 2009-03-13

PAKISTAN: As the government has protesting lawyers and activists arrested, hope fades for an independent judiciary and a democratic future - 2009-03-13

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Procedures on the right to food and to adequate housing - 2009-03-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: Statement on the fifth anniversary of enforced disappearance of lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit - 2009-03-12

[AHRC Paper] THAILAND: Somchai Neelaphaijit--Reading between the lines (2) - 2009-03-12

CAMBODIA: National Congress where the ruled and rulers meet must not be a still-born constitutional institution - 2009-03-12

[AHRC Paper] THAILAND: Somchai Neelaphaijit--Reading between the lines (1) - 2009-03-11

ASIA: Ethical issues relating to the use of mobile phones by judicial officers - 2009-03-11

CAMBODIA: The government must pay compensation for its sudden closure of gambling houses - 2009-03-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: WGJP raises disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit at Human Rights Council - 2009-03-11

THAILAND: Raid on Prachatai--A "right" to complain against police is no right at all if it cannot be heard, investigated and enforced - 2009-03-10

PHILIPPINES: "Guilt by relation" renders due process meaningless - 2009-03-09

PAKISTAN: Conditions for women are more precarious on International Women's Day 2009 - 2009-03-08

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Allahabad police must provide immediate assistance to rescue women and children from brothels in the city - 2009-03-06

THAILAND: AHRC strongly condemns police raid on news outlet - 2009-03-06

SRI LANKA: Two lawyers file action before the Supreme Court regarding death threats and arson attack - 2009-03-05

INDIA: Bhagalpur lynching is a prelude to deeper chaos - 2009-03-05

ASIA: South Asia's no-law zones plunge into even deeper anarchy - 2009-03-04

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: ICRC warns of S Lanka 'disaster' - 2009-03-04

CAMBODIA: Cambodia needs a rights-based NGO law - 2009-03-04

PAKISTAN: Order an honour killing - become a minister - 2009-03-04

PAKISTAN: The judiciary must stop playing the ghost of Musharraf - 2009-03-03

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Structural breakdown of the justice system must be addressed - 2009-03-03

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: Persecution and repression against raising an issue of malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh (MP) - 2009-03-03

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: The ongoing problem of forced disappearances - 2009-03-02

[ALRC Statement] PHILIPPINES: Court rules subverted in filing criminal charges against activists - 2009-02-28

[ALRC Statement] PHILIPPINES: Violations of rights under failing land reforms - 2009-02-27

SRI LANKA: Triple murder within Negombo prison needs proper investigation - 2009-02-27

PAKISTAN: Fingers point towards the armed forces for the murder of journalist Musa Khankhel - 2009-02-27

[ALRC Statement] SRI LANKA: The abdication of the duty to investigate crimes - 2009-02-26

BANGLADESH: BDR revolt against army control - the government should widen the space for discussion - 2009-02-26

[ALRC Statement] SRI LANKA: Prevention of impunity requires clear leadership from the government - 2009-02-25

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Report on MRSA infections on Filipinos - 2009-02-25

SOUTH KOREA: Independence of judiciary is in question - 2009-02-25

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Judicial obedience and a weak rule of law continue under the new government - 2009-02-24

INDIA: Are lawyers and judges more special? - 2009-02-24

PAKISTAN: Peasant courts must be established and the Sindh Tenancy Act, 1950 to be amended to end bonded labour - 2009-02-24

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Extra-judicial violence and killings of women ongoing in tribal areas - 2009-02-23

[ALRC Joint Statement] ASIA: Human right to peace versus racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance - 2009-02-23

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: End 'War' on Civilians - 2009-02-23

[AHRC Forwarded Article] BANGLADESH: Bid to stop torture by law-enforcers - 2009-02-23

[ALRC Statement] BURMA: Targeting of defence lawyers in Myanmar - 2009-02-20

[ALRC Statement] BURMA: Non-application of law and the cases arising from September 2007 in Myanmar - 2009-02-20

PAKISTAN: Appeal to the abductors for the release of UN officer - 2009-02-20

[ALRC Statement] INDONESIA: Crack down on freedoms of expression and assembly in West Papua - 2009-02-19

PAKISTAN: Persons who burned a young woman alive are protected by the police - 2009-02-19

BANGLADESH: Clear government policy is needed to end fabrication of charges and politically motivated prosecutions - 2009-02-19

[ALRC Statement] THAILAND: The rise of the internal-security state and decline of human rights in Thailand - 2009-02-18

CAMBODIA: Resorting to supernatural forces shows failings of institutions for the rule of law - 2009-02-18

PAKISTAN: Sindh high court adjourns AHRC petition on the abduction of eight women and four children by police to March 19 - 2009-02-18

SRI LANKA: Unrule of law makes universal franchise valueless - 2009-02-18

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Manipur - caught between the devil and the deep blue sea - 2009-02-17

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: UN Sri Lanka statement - 2009-02-17

[ALRC Statement] BANGLADESH: Criminalisation of torture is a must - 2009-02-16

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] ASIA: Co-signatories called for statement on UN Declaration on HRE and Training - 2009-02-16

PAKISTAN: Provincial government of Punjab is instigating violence against Ahmedis - 2009-02-16

INDIA: Empty rhetoric is more dangerous than political bankruptcy - 2009-02-16

PAKISTAN: A brother of the Punjab's Minister of Law is supporting murderer - 2009-02-14

[ALRC Statement] BANGLADESH: The perpetrators of over 1000 extra-judicial killings must be brought to justice - 2009-02-13

THAILAND: Time to talk openly about lese-majesty - 2009-02-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Ahmadis held without any evidence of blasphemy: HRCP - 2009-02-12

SRI LANKA: The statement of concern of ten UN experts requires a serious response from the President - 2009-02-12

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Open letter to media minister about BBC suspending its programmes - 2009-02-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: State must refrain from threatening human rights defenders - 2009-02-10

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Threats to human rights defenders totally unacceptable - 2009-02-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: UN Experts deeply concerned at suppression of criticism and unabated impunity - 2009-02-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Hundreds escape fighting, thousands still trapped - 2009-02-09

PAKISTAN: The imposition of section 144 at Islamabad is a deliberate act to deny a peaceful protest by the lawyers - 2009-02-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Cluster bomb strike on hospital is despicable - 2009-02-06

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Disregard for Civilian Safety Appalling - 2009-02-05

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PHILIPPINES: Investigate Ex-General for Rights Abuses - 2009-02-05

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] AUSTRALIA: Muslim cleric asked by Prime Minister to apologise for statements on marital rape and abuse - 2009-02-05

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Joint statements on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka - 2009-02-05

PAKISTAN: Army soldiers attack wedding party: 13 killed including bride and groom; 21 injured - 2009-02-04

SRI LANKA: Independence depends on the recovery of the authority of public institutions - 2009-02-03

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: The protection of Civilians - 2009-02-02

PAKISTAN: No action taken for the recovery of an 18 year old girl who was raped and kidnapped by the relatives of a minister - 2009-02-02

PAKISTAN: The Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces threatens the journalists covering the case of Zarina Marri - 2009-01-31

PAKISTAN: Four children and one man have been arbitrarily arrested and charged with blasphemy at the request of Muslim radicals - 2009-01-30

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Sri Lanka - MRG warns - 2009-01-30

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: complaint to Inspector General of Police on death threats to staff and a lawyer of Right to Life, Negombo - 2009-01-29

SRI LANKA: The letter by six former Ambassadors to the President of Sri Lanka - 2009-01-23

PAKISTAN: Zarina Marri has been missing along with 429 persons since December 2005 - 2009-01-23

SOUTH KOREA: Police investigation ability on death of six is of serious concern - 2009-01-23

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Massive displacement of Sri Lanka civilians amid escalating conflict - 2009-01-21

SRI LANKA: Justice Mark Fernando - an appreciation - 2009-01-21

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] SRI LANKA: SOS - Agonising Cry of the People of Wanni - 2009-01-19

SRI LANKA: Lasantha's assassination - freedom of expression and lawlessness - 2009-01-19

PAKISTAN: Former President Musharraf and his associates should be held responsible and brought to book for disappearances and the operation of military torture cells - 2009-01-14

BANGLADESH: End the politically chosen 'disposable' attorney and prosecutorial system - 2009-01-14

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] INDIA: Eviction of 5000 persons from Howrah municipal dumping ground, West Bengal - 2009-01-14

SRI LANKA: The government should bow to the public demand for inquiries into assassinations and the court should actively monitor the investigations - 2009-01-13

PHILIPPINES: President's order for prosecutors to go on leave undermines its independence - 2009-01-13

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Human rights in 2009: Year of forced choice - 2009-01-13

SRI LANKA: Mass protests by the opposition and lawyers against the assassination of a senior journalist and warnings about threats from death squads - 2009-01-12

[AHRC Forwarded Article] SRI LANKA: A few articles on the assassinated Lasantha Wickramatunga - 2009-01-12

PAKISTAN: Young women held in military torture cells and forced into sexual slavery - 2009-01-12

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Abadilla Five's nearly 13-year-old complaint over rights abuses must be filed in court at once - 2009-01-09

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Re: Abadilla Five's nearly 13-year-old complaint over human rights violation remains pending at the Ombudsman - 2009-01-09

INDIA: Monuments will not save the Dalits - 2009-01-09

SRI LANKA: A senior editor assassinated and the killing of many others is feared - 2009-01-08

PAKISTAN: Police officers engaged in fake encounters must be charged for murder - 2009-01-08

SRI LANKA: The attack on Sirasa TV an early warning of worse things to come - 2009-01-07

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PALESTINE/ISRAEL: Statement by the President of the General Assembly - 2009-01-07

INDIA: Mr. Omar Abdullah must put promises into action - 2009-01-07

SRI LANKA: Attack on TV stations - human rights an unmanageable disaster in Sri Lanka - 2009-01-06

INDIA: Chief Ministers' conference should not be an opportunity wasted - 2009-01-06

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: The Rizana Nafeek appeal postponed indefinitely - 2009-01-05

SRI LANKA: The need for a new alliance for democracy and rule of law in the south, north and the east - 2009-01-03

PAKISTAN: Release of detainees is a ray of hope for the people living on both sides of the border - 2009-01-02


 
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