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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

• PAKISTAN: Human rights defenders were tortured during jail custody in Gilgit-Baltistan

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 10, 2012 - Human rights defenders, Mr. Baba Jan Hunzai along with four companions was brutally tortured by the police and military intelligence, ISI, officials while in custody... [+]

  of the jail. Read more
  Impunity       religious harmony       RULE OF LAW       torture

• 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

• INDONESIA: Police failed to protect Ahmadiyah mosque from attacks by Islamic fundamentalist group...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 10, 2012 - There's an attack directed by an Islamic fundamentalist group, Islam Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) towards an Ahmadiyah mosque in Singaparna, Tasikmalaya,... [+]

  West Java. Read more
  discrimination       Freedom of religion       minorities       minorities rights       Policing

• SOUTH KOREA: Two rights defenders facing legal suppression

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 29, 2012 - 2 activists, Mr. Song Kyung-Dong, & Mr. Jeong Jin-Woo, a member of the progressive party, who suggested the peaceful assembly for solidarity in support of Ms.... [+]

  Kim Jin-sook, have been charged. Read more
  freedom of assembly       human rights defenders

• 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

• NEPAL: Review of the UPR recommendations-4 Protection of Human Rights Defenders

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on June 21, 2011 - Following the adoption of the outcome report on the UPR of Nepal, we deplore the gov't of Nepal's refusal to take strong & specific commitments related... [+]

  to the protection of human rights defenders. Read more
  human rights defenders       Nepal       UPR

• SOUTH KOREA: Two human rights defenders received sentences for helping the victims of eviction

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on February 18, 2011 - Two human rights defenders received sentences for going against eviction for members of the general public to hear the voices of the victim’s families. ... [+]

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  AHRC       eviction       forced eviction       freedom of assembly       freedom of expression       freedom of opinion and express       human rights defenders       SOUTH KOREA

• PAKISTAN: Defenders of human rights in Balochistan in need of defence

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on August 10, 2011 - ... [+]

  The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to announce that a report on the situation of the human rights defenders of Balochistan has been uploaded on our website. Read more
  human rights defenders       pakistan

• WORLD: A video presentation on defending human rights defenders

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 27, 2011 - Societies are silenced by the use of violence by the state. Those who make the initial efforts are called Human Rights Defenders. ... [+]

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  human rights defender       lesson on human rights

• INDIA: Human rights defenders continue to face threats in Varanasi

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on January 30, 2011 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information concerning the case of human rights defenders working with Guria receiving threats for... [+]

  their work against human trafficking. Read more
  AHRC       indian police       police corruption       Threat to human rights defende       Witness protection

• PAKISTAN: A human rights defender suffers an illegal and unwarranted raid by the Rangers

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on February 13, 2012 - A leader of a fisher folk rights-based movement and human rights activist was threatened with abduction and death by a Lieutenant Colonel of the Pakistan Rangers... [+]

  on 9 February 2012. Read more
  human rights defenders       Impunity       RULE OF LAW       threats and intimidation

• BANGLADESH: Young human rights activist Dipal Barua from Dhaka is missing since yesterday

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 25, 2011 - The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from the family of Mr. Dipal Barua, a human rights activist that he has been missing since yesterday morning,... [+]

  May 24, 2011. Read more
  abduction       Bangladesh       disappearances       human rights activists       human rights defenders       missing persons

• PAKISTAN: Human rights defender first abducted by Taliban on charge of working for NGOs and then...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 13, 2011 - The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a person was abducted by the Taliban on suspicion of working for NGOs. ... [+]

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  abduction       disappearance       human rights defenders       illegal detention       military operations       RULE OF LAW

• ASIA: Three women rights defenders receive prestigious international award for documentary

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 11, 2011 - 3 Asian women rights defenders have received a prestigious international award for a documentary made about their respective struggles, which was shown in the Netherlands... [+]

  film festival in March. Read more
  human rights defenders       UNJUST

• UPDATE (Philippines): Human rights defender speaks about the threat on his life in an interview

  By The Asian Human Rights Commission on September 29, 2010 - AHRC would like to share with you the interview it has conducted with Bernardino Patigas, one of the two human rights defenders whom we earlier reported to have... [+]

  been receiving threats on his life. Read more
  AHRC       Bernardino Patigas       human rights defender       life threatening       philippines

• THAILAND: Threats to academic reflect continuous decline in enjoyment of fundamental rights,...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on April 28, 2011 - Somsak Jeamteerasakul and several coalitions of academics, human rights activists, and journalists released statements calling for the protection of freedom of speech... [+]

  in Thailand. Read more
  freedom of expression       freedom of press       Freedom of Speech       human rights defenders       journalists       thailand

• PAKISTAN: A journalist was attacked by terrorists from a banned militant organisation

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on December 6, 2011 - ... [+]

  A journalist and prominent human rights defender has left the country after an attempt to abduct him by a banned Muslim militant organization, the Jamaatud Dawa. Read more
  freedom of expression       human rights defenders       Impunity       religious minorities

• SRI LANKA: Human Rights Defender tortured in public to death by Special Task Force of police

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on September 28, 2011 - Mr. Perumal Sivakumara (32) of Kalpitiya Road, Norochchole in the Puttalam District has died after being tortured in public by officers attached to the Special Task... [+]

  Force of the Sri Lanka Police. Read more
  Extrajudicial killings       human rights defenders       Impunity       Right to life       RULE OF LAW       torture

• BANGLADESH: In defence of the human rights defender: FMA Razzak's story told

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 29, 2011 - States and state agents have historically used violence to stifle public debate, and silence their critics. ... [+]

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  Bangladesh       human rights defenders

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