Amir Murtaza Every year on October 24, people from all around the world, celebrates World Polio Day. The world certainly deserves celebrations as the deadly disease has been decreased significantly...
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Outbreak of measles causes deaths of over 300 children during 2012
AHRC-STM-001-2013 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Amir Murtaza Recently, the Pakistani press and electronic media have displayed detailed pictures of children who sadly died...
Thousands of families denied access to safe water in Nepal
Life like hell in the place like heaven -- Mountainous region By Indra Maya Shankar As a right to food activist for the last five years, I had a dream to travel to the Karnali region, a mountainous...
Pakistan + 1 more
Breaking the Shackles!
Farzana Ali khan A change in society is improbable as inadequate educational facilities for girls and the low level of industrial development make life difficult for women while stringent laws make...
Human Rights in Papua 2010/2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-178-2011 AHRC-PUB-003-2011 November 16, 2011 A Joint Statement by the Faith Based Network on West Papua (FBN), Franciscans International (FI), and the Asian Human...
The AHRC appeals to the international community and humanitarian organizations to assist the flood victims before another catastrophe occurs
The Asian Human Rights Commission urges the world community and the international donors to help the more than eight million flood affected people from Sindh province who are under severe threat from...
Report on Sardar Sarovar Dam Project affected villages in Alirajpur district, Madhya Pradesh released
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to introduce you to the latest report released by our partner organisation, Vikas Samvad, based in Bophal, Madhya Pradesh on the Sardar Sarovar Dam...
One year after the floods-women continue their struggle to rebuild their lives & livelihoods
AHRC-ART-046-2011 By Bushra Khaliq One year ago during the months of July and August the floodwaters that ravaged the southern parts of Pakistan have long receded. Though gone are the makeshift tent...
Sri Lanka + 4 more
Asia: Unabated violence against women impedes social change
A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of the International Women's Day For 100 years now, a strong struggle for equal rights between genders has been taking place in the...
Indonesia: The villagers living in famine-affected areas in 2009 have still not received adequate food and medical aid
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - HUNGER ALERT PROGRAMME Hunger Alert Update: AHRC-HAU-001-2010 28 February 2010 [Re: INDONESIA: 113 villagers' hunger deaths caused by government neglect as well as...
India: Approximately 83 percent of the children are malnourished in eight villages, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to draw your attention to the child malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh. According to the recent report received from Birsa Munda Bhu Adhikar Manch...
Indonesia: 113 villagers' hunger deaths caused by government neglect as well as harvest failure in Yahukimo, Papua
AHRC-HAC-006-2009 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from human rights groups working in Yahukimo that since January 2009 till now approximately 113 villagers in...