Asian Human Rights Commission

State agents allow army officer\'s relatives to rob off the house of a human rights defende

PEAL UPDATE</b>: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informed you on 4 March 2011 regarding death threat to the family of F. M. A. Razzak, a human rights defender by the relatives of an officer the Bangladesh Army. Now, the AHRC has received updated information that on 14 March early in the morning, a group of armed men led by Mr. Kazal Sarder, younger brother Major Mustafizur Rahman Bokul, broke the house of Mr. Razzak and robbed off all the valuables including laptop, camera, ornaments of Razzak\'s wife and refrigerator while the whole family has been forced to go hiding due to inaction by the police and other governmental authorities of the country despite repeated requests from Razzak\'s family and human rights groups Read more...

urnalists have been deprived of minimum wage for 15 years due to court dela

PEAL</B>: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that working journalists and newspapers employees of Pakistan have been denied an increase in minimum wages since 1996. Due to the ongoing litigation in the higher courts the owners of the media houses are enjoying the benefits of the delay in justice. The 7th wage board award, binding on the owners of media houses by the law, was announced in the year 2000 but since then the implementation has been delayed through the interventions and stays from the court Read more...

Statements: [ALRC Statement] ASIA: Religious violence in Asia and impunity for Somchai's disappearance in Thailand denounced 2011-03-16; CAMBODIA: Two inspirational historical events spark young Cambodians to work for change 2011-03-15; PAKISTAN: The saga of the prisoners waiting in death row 2011-03-15; [AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Revoke provincial decrees to ban a faith 2011-03-15; More Statements …

Press Releases: [AHRC Forwarded Press Release] PAKISTAN: Pakistan Peace Coalition warns a modest natural disaster impacting country's nuclear plants could eliminate entire cities and life systems for generations to come 2011-03-16; [AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: JPF and ICJ call for press and discussion on the Appeals Court judgment in the Somchai Neelapaijit case: "WAS JUSTICE DELIVERED?" 2011-03-15; [AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: Justice for Peace Foundation calls Thai government to end arbitrary detention and to bring to light the fate of people who have been disappeared 2011-03-14; THAILAND: U.N. experts challenge government over lese-majesty case against webmaster 2011-03-08; More Press Releases …

Urgent Appeals: PAKISTAN: Four more disappeared persons' bullet riddled bodies found and four are abducted 2011-03-16; SRI LANKA: Innocent man tortured to reveal identity of cattle thieves and as a result of complaining to the Human Rights Commission 2011-03-16; UPDATE (Bangladesh): State agents allow army officer's relatives to rob off the house of a human rights defender 2011-03-15; SOUTH KOREA: 18 month-imprisonment of a man for his beliefs 2011-03-11; PAKISTAN: Journalists have been deprived of minimum wage for 15 years due to court delays 2011-03-11; SRI LANKA: Police tortured an innocent man with chili in his eyes and nostrils after illegal arrest 2011-03-11; UPDATE (Nepal): Prolonged unabated harassment of a policeman torture victim for nine years require legal redress 2011-03-10; SRI LANKA: A man was brutally tortured by Anamaduwa Police on mistaken identity 2011-03-10; UPDATE (Thailand): Court to read verdict on Somchai's case on the eve of his disappearance seven years ago--observers requested 2011-03-10; More Urgent Appeals …

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State agents allow army officer\'s relatives to rob off the house of a human rights defende

urnalists have been deprived of minimum wage for 15 years due to court dela