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• INDONESIA: Ahmadiyah members in Batam are threatened, ill-treated and illegally arrested with the...

  By Ahrc Human Rights on May 25, 2012 - (AHRC) has received information regarding intimidation from the Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) towards Ahmadiyah in Batam. ... [+]

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  arbitrary arrest       freedom of expression       Freedom of religion       minorities       police negligence

• BURMA: Lawyers can get revoked licences back, govt says

  By Ahrc Human Rights on May 25, 2012 - Lawyers and other professionals who have lost their licences for prior involvement in politics can now apply to get them back, according to copies of documents obtained... [+]

  by the AHRC this month. Read more
  lawyers

• INDONESIA: A great deal of homework on religious freedom for the newly inaugurated Bekasi regent

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 21, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (the AHRC) congratulates you on being recently inaugurated as the new Regent of Bekasi. ... [+]

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  Freedom of religion

• PHILIPPINES: Two journalists killed, two others receive threats in separate incidents in Mindanao

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 16, 2012 - (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that two journalists have been killed while two others have received threats in separate incidents in April and May. ... [+]

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  Extrajudicial killings       freedom of expression       human rights defenders       threats and intimidation

• INDIA: Dowry death attempted to be covered up by local police and the child of the victim at risk

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 15, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, concerning the case of murder of a woman allegedly by her in laws. ... [+]

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  corruption       dowry       Impunity       violence against women

• BURMA: AHRC condemns death sentence for torture victim

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 9, 2012 - District Judge Aung Thein presiding over a closed court in the central prison on Tuesday convicted the accused, Phyo Wai Aung, in four cases concerning the bombing... [+]

  of a festival in April 2010. Read more
  death penalty       death sentence       right to fair trial       torture

• PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary detention resulting from fabrication of charges against five people in...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 8, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about the arbitrary detention of five persons, including a minor, in Nueva Ecija province. ... [+]

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  arbitrary detention       fair trial       right to fair trial       right to redress       right to remedy

• PHILIPPINES: "Reverse prosecutor's resolution dismissing torture," AHRC asks DoJ

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 16, 2012 - In his letter to DoJ Secretary Leila De Lima, AHRC executive director, Wong raised serious concerns that if the Resolution is "not reversed, any sort of remedy... [+]

  for victims complaining of torture. Read more
  torture

• SRI LANKA: AHRC statement supporting the draft resolution -- Promoting Reconciliation and...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 8, 2012 - The AHRC is of the view that the resolution is conducive to promote the rule of law in Sri Lanka and will enhance the betterment of all communities by promoting... [+]

  reconciliation and accountability. Read more
  RULE OF LAW

• NEPAL: Don't reduce transitional justice to a whitewashing exercise

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 26, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to express its deep concern at the latest developments in the establishment of transitional justice institutions... [+]

  in Nepal. Read more
  judicial system       justice

• INDIA: BSF torture yet another person in West Bengal

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 24, 2012 - (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, concerning the case of torture by the Border Security Force of an innocent person in Ramnarayanpur village of Murshidabad... [+]

  district in West Bengal. Read more
  torture

• INDONESIA: An atheist on trial for religious defamation in Padang, West Sumatra

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 18, 2012 - ... [+]

  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arrest and trial of Alexander Aan, a 31-year-old civil servant in Padang, West Sumatra. Read more
  freedom of expression       freedom of opinion and express

• SRI LANKA: A sorry state of affairs -- illegal arrests and detention

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 2, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has issued several hundred urgent appeal cases over the past decade regarding illegal arrests and arbitrary detention in... [+]

  locations across the country. Read more
  death in custody       right to health       right to remedy       RULE OF LAW       torture

• INDONESIA: Land dispute led to indiscriminate shooting against villagers in Mesuji

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 29, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding indiscriminate shooting by police officers against local villagers on 10 November 2011... [+]

  in Mesuji, Lampung. Read more
  excessive use of force       land rights       Police Violence       Right to life

• PAKISTAN: Police tortured a young man in custody for extracting confessional statement on murder...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 28, 2012 - (AHRC) has received information that a young man was seriously tortured by the police of City Bhalwal, Sargodha, Punjab Province, and was forced to confess to the... [+]

  murder of a 14-year-old student. Read more
  arbitrary detention       Fabrication of charges       Impunity       murder       RULE OF LAW       sexual violence       torture

• PHILIPPINES: Fabricated murder cases on a labour lawyer and other activists dismissed

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 27, 2012 - AHRC is pleased to inform you that fabricated murder charges filed against a labour leader & other activists have been dismissed on grounds of merit by the San... [+]

  Pablo City prosecutor on 13 Feb 2012. Read more
  administration of justice       Fabrication of charges       human rights defenders

• INDONESIA: Police shoot and injure five farmers in Riau during land rights protests

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 27, 2012 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding police shooting at farmers on 2 February 2012 in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau Province. ... [+]

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  freedom of expression       land rights       Police Violence

• PHILIPPINES: Prosecutor dismissed charges of torture by invoking acts of torture

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 15, 2012 - The AHRC urges the Department of Justice to resolve without delay the complainants' petition for review asking for the reversal of the city prosecutor's... [+]

  decision in their favour. Read more
  justice       torture

• NEPAL: Blanket amnesty goes against the victims' fundamental rights

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 7, 2012 - In 3 separate open letters issued today, the AHRC & Advocacy Forum have urged the leaders of the Nepali Congress not to include provisions providing blanket... [+]

  amnesty. Read more
  corruption       Impunity       RULE OF LAW

• AHRC's new website launched at www.humanrights.asia

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 17, 2011 - The AHRC introduces the new website at www.humanrights.asia. The old www.ahrchk.net will be discontinued from now on. Please explore the new features of the new... [+]

  site. Read more
  AHRC       human rights       human rights in asia

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