New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights today condemned the massacre of over 60 Adivasis including 18 children and 23 women in Assam last night in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts allegedly by...
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India’s child soldiers: Government defends officially designated terror groups’ record on the recruitment of child soldiers before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

ACHR INDEX: PR/IND/19/2013 Thousands recruited as child soldiers, India defends the records of the terror groups before the UN Child Rights Committee New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR)...
24 Buddhist and Hindu temples burnt in Bangladesh - India and UN urged to intervene
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today condemned ongoing attacks on the Buddhist and Hindu minorities at Ramu, Ukhia, Patia and Teknaf under Chittagong Division of Bangladesh by the...
Assam Riots: Preventable but not prevented
Inquire the role of the Army during the Assam Riots Kokrajhar bore the brunt of migration/illegal immigration more than Assam Guwahati/New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) while releasing...
National Commission for Minorities: Communalising Assam Riots?
1. Introduction On 11-12 August 2012, a team of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) consisting of Planning Commission Member, Dr. Syeda Hameed, Advisor Dr. G. B Panda, and Member of NCM,...
Don't reduce transitional justice to a whitewashing exercise
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. On 19 April 2012, the major...
International Day for Street Children provides an opportunity to review the issue
By Amir Murtaza The International Day for Street Children was celebrated for the first time on April 12, 2011. The success of the International Day for Street Children 2011 has provided a platform to...
India Human Rights Report Quarterly, October-December 2010, Issue-2
J & K: Abuse of Article 370 "India Human Rights Report Quarterly" is the only journal providing information about the status of human rights in each State of India. Further, this issue contains a...
Brus agree to return, Government of India assures further assistance to the Brus
New Delhi: About 30,000 remaining Bru displaced persons sheltered in Tripura have agreed to return to their homes in Mizoram following new assurance of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of...
India: Resumption of Bru repatriation to Mizoram welcomed
New Delhi: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the resumption of the repatriation of Bru internally displaced persons to Mizoram from today. A total of 35 families left for...
PAKISTAN: Thousands of persons remain missing amid government inaction
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) welcomes the ongoing work of the Advisory Committee concerning the issue of missing persons. The ALRC has on numerous occasions informed the Human Rights...
India: 154 displaced Bru families returned to their homes in Mizoram today
New Delhi: "A total of 154 Bru families displaced from Mizoram in November 2009 returned to their homes today in 78 commander jeeps with one police escort for every 10 jeeps. The state government of...
Nepal: Pax Indianus crumbles
With relations between parties already at their nadir, the Indian position is only contributing to adding fuel to the fire. As a nation that has the greatest stake in a stable Nepal, Delhi should...
India: About 1,000 Bru families displaced - ACHR's fact finding team concludes visit to Mizoram and Bru IDP camps in Tripura
Aizawl/Agartala: The Fact Finding Team (FFT) of the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) consisting of Mr Suhas Chakma, Mr Bamang Tago (Anthony), Mr Nava Thakuria and Mr Mangal Debbarma completed the...
Madhes: The challenges and opportunities for a stable Nepal
1. Introduction One of the least reported, but most significant changes in Nepali politics since the 2006 People's Movement is the emergence of the 'Madhes' as a political force. With the opening of...
Nepal and the Pax Indianus
1. Introduction In May 2009, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) warned of growing threats to sustainable peace in Nepal. Since that time, Nepal's politics have continued to polarize. Nepal...
India: Human rights report 2009
The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) publishes its 2009 Annual Report on Human Rights in India as the Congress led United Progressive Alliance government assumes its second term following the...
Sri Lanka: Probing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity - A lesson to be learned from Bangladesh
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, stated on the 13th March: "Certain actions being undertaken by the Sri Lankan military and by the LTTE may constitute violations of...
Philippines: Police endorsing vigilantism by arming civilians
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the reported pronouncement of the Deputy Director General, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Avelino Razon Jr., that they are...
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Sri Lanka No. 1 Human Rights Violator in South Asia
SAARC urged to draft regional human rights mechanism New Delhi: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today releases a comparative assessment of the human rights records of South Asian...