Sri Lanka: Rupee Devolution May Lead to Malnutrition and starvation Among the...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Sri LankaThe value of the rupee came down to 131 for a US dollar. This is the highest point reached relating to the value of a rupee ever. In all...
View ArticlePakistan: Fisherfolk Blues
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: PakistanBy Qurat MirzaI have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be...
View ArticleNepal: Loopholes in transitional justice bills will put the victims at risk
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-077-2012 April 3, 2012The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express its concern toward the scrapping of the...
View ArticlePakistan: How many more Kamrans need to die in the quest for education?
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: PakistanThe Asian Human Rights Commission has received the very sad news that a young student set himself on fire for want of a new school uniform in...
View ArticlePakistan: UPR report calls for UN action on widespread torture, forced...
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission, Asian Legal Resource CentreCountry: PakistanA Joint Press Release by ACAT-France and the Asian Legal Resource Centre(Hong Kong & Paris, May 5, 2012) The Hong...
View ArticleNepal: Concern over the condition of the elderly, women and children rendered...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalThe Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the...
View ArticleIndonesia: Government's denial at UN UPR very disappointing
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Indonesia(Hong Kong/Geneva/Jakarta 23 May 2012) Today, the Indonesia's human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council in the 13th session...
View ArticleSri Lanka: The rights of women in the Post War Conflict -- The Constitution...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Serbia, Sri Lanka, Timor-LesteMunasinghe Prasadika Sandamani LLB(Col), Attorney at LawIntroductionSri Lanka suffered enormously from the conflict between...
View ArticleNepal: Human Rights Council urged to ensure ongoing monitoring and action...
Source: Asian Human Rights Commission, Asian Legal Resource CentreCountry: NepalA written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general...
View ArticleBangladesh: Rights of the Child come into contact with Law and state of...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Bangladeshby Shamim AraAbstract- The object of this writing is to focus on existing suppression faced by the Children in conflict with Law and the...
View ArticleNepal: Thousands of families denied access to safe water in Nepal
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalLife like hell in the place like heaven -- Mountainous regionBy Indra Maya ShankarAs a right to food activist for the last five years, I had a dream...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Web censorship reaches new level -- Five Tamil language web sites...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Sri LankaAHRC-FPR-029-2012NfR Sri Lanka, a network of Sri Lankan journalists and human rights defenders condemns the blocking of five tamil language news...
View ArticleNepal: Asia: Human Rights Council alerted to gender-motivated violations in...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistandate: June 26, 2012 document id: ALRC-COS-20-11-2012 HRC section: Item 3, General Debate Speaker: Ms. Juliette ThibaudAn Oral...
View ArticlePakistan: Lack of sanitation facilities in schools -- an obstacle in girls'...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: PakistanEducation is certainly an undeniable right of every child, as enshrined in all UN and International Conventions and Protocols. Similarly, getting...
View ArticleNepal: NGOs hold event on the need for greater international action on...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Nepal(Geneva, Hong Kong, Kathmandu, July 9, 2012) Advocacy Forum and the Asian Legal Resource Centre held a special event at the United Nations Human...
View ArticleNepal: Combating torture
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalOn Sunday afternoon, former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Pushpa Bhusal delivered this speech as part of the deliberations in the...
View ArticleNepal: For the ordinary folk, limited progress in liberties, opportunities...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalA group of human rights lawyers and activists gathered for a two-day seminar on the Rule of Law and Criminal Justice in Dhulikhel, Nepal. This seminar...
View ArticleIndia: Rants of ressentiment
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Bangladesh, IndiaWhat was witnessed in Assam is just not communal violence, but opportunities made available to be misused by anti-state elements, for...
View ArticleMyanmar: Farmers rise up at land grab by army-owned company
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarThe Asian Human Rights Commission has followed closely reports in recent weeks of an uprising by farmers against a takeover of a large area of...
View ArticleNepal: The AHRC adds its voice to concern over the promotion of a colonel...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: NepalThe Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) adds its voice to the chorus of concern over the promotion of Colonel Raju Basnet to the rank of Brigadier...
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