Myanmar: Burma: International assistance needed now, especially from Asia
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarAHRC-STM-118-2008 The physical damage caused by Cyclone Nargis, which swept through Burma this May 2 and 3 is clearly enormous. In addition to the...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: No place for profiteering, referendum amid devastation
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarNews is increasingly coming from the areas outside of Rangoon about the extent of devastation in Burma wreaked by Cyclone Nargis. In the Irrawaddy...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: Hardest hit Laputta Township yet to receive aid
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarDear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern over the continuing delay in provision of food aid, drinking water...
View ArticleMyanmar: AHRC Statement : Burma - This colossal humanitarian crisis demands a...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarAHRC-STM-125-2008 From the very scanty news that has reached the global media it is already clear that a human catastrophe of the highest category...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: Junta has crossed the line from obstinateness to criminality
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarWith the news that the military regime in Burma that has for a week denied its people outside help on May 9 seized the World Food...
View ArticleChina: Extending concerns for the earthquake in China and urging China to do...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: China, MyanmarThe Asian Human Rights Commission extends its concerns to the Chinese people and the Chinese government at this moment of tragedy by way of...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: AHRC now accepting donations on behalf of partners
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarTwelve days since Cyclone Nargis, international aid groups and bilateral donors are still greatly hampered in getting access to stricken populations...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: Worst response ever to a disaster
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarAHRC-STM-137-2008 The response of the Burmese regime to the Cyclone Nargis disaster is now acknowledged to be the world's worst response to a...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: From dictator Ne Win to Cyclone Nargis - Burmese catastrophe...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarTwo weeks after Cyclone Nargis, which has so far claimed the lives of over 100,000 persons, the world remains unable to deliver water, basic foods...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: Police held drivers and their trucks carrying relief
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarThe Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that police authorities in Yangon had seized dozens of vehicles used by the relief...
View ArticleMyanmar: The state of human rights in Burma - 2008: A double disaster in the...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarPerhaps the two most significant features of the human rights landscape in Burma during 2008 were the morally bankrupt and blatantly repressive...
View ArticlePhilippines (the): Philippines: An appeal to help flood victims and...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Philippines (the)The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) express its sincere condolences to the Filipino people for the terrible loss of life caused by...
View ArticleBangladesh: Corruption promotes food and health insecurity for elderly widows...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: BangladeshHunger Alert Case: AHRC-HAG-002-2010 Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding elderly widows...
View ArticlePhilippines (the): Philippines: Mindanao disaster - improving warning systems...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Philippines (the)The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses its deepest condolences to the Filipino people in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan...
View ArticlePhilippines (the): Immense violation of rights in Mindanao disaster
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Philippines (the)The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked but not surprised as to how government officials, from the local and national level,...
View ArticleNepal: Families of the disappeared in a legal and emotional limbo
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalThe Hong Kong-based Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Nepalese human rights organisation Advocacy Forum wish to highlight the lack of progress...
View ArticleNepal: Express concern about decaying rule of law framework, prevalent human...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalAn Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human RightsMaria Otero...
View ArticleNepal: Proposed inclusion bill leaves the most vulnerable behind
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-035-2012 February 24, 2012A Statement from the Asian Human Rights CommissionOn 15 February 2012, a government cabinet...
View ArticleMyanmar: Women's day -- No protection for women
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarIn October 2011 a 28-year-old woman Sumlut Roi Ja, who is the mother of 14-month-old girl, was abducted and allegedly gang-raped by the military....
View ArticlePakistan: Government makes no effort to halt the persecution and killings of...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: PakistanThe situation in Pakistan grows worse for the religious minority groups on a daily basis. The security and law and order situation has become so...
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