Pakistan: First international day of the girl child -- an opportunity to...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: PakistanAmir MurtazaThe United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child. The occasion...
View ArticleMyanmar: AHRC expresses solidarity with protesting farmers
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Myanmar(Hong Kong, October 18, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday sent a message of support to farmers and their allies gathering for a...
View ArticleMyanmar: Burma: Continued use of military-issued instructions denies rights
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarMuch has been made in recent times of the continued use in Burma of antiquated and anti-human rights laws from the country's decades of military...
View ArticleMyanmar: Release of detainees welcome, but questions remain
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: MyanmarThe Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the release yesterday of a few dozen political detainees in the latest amnesty announced by the...
View ArticleWorld: Universal Children's Day — a campaign is launched for the ratification...
Source: Asian Human Rights CommissionCountry: Pakistan, WorldA Statement from Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)The Society...
View ArticleMyanmar: 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,...
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