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• PHILIPPINES: Gunmen killed a government worker opposing construction of a dam that threatens to...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 18, 2012 - A government employee, who opposed the construction of a huge dam that threatens to submerge the villages of indigenous communities, has been killed. ... [+]

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  Extrajudicial killings       human rights defender

• Sued against Sub Inspector of Police alleging to physically attacked on Lawyer and Human Rights...

  By JusticeMakers Bangladesh on April 21, 2012 - JusticeMakers Bangladesh has been sued against a sub inspector of police alleging to physically attack on a human rights defender and lawyer in Bangladesh in police... [+]

  custody. Read more
  Bangladesh       JusticeMakers Bangladesh       Shahanur Islam       tortue

• THAILAND: Threats to political freedom intensify with assault on HRD and law professor

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 4, 2012 - On 29 February 2012, Professor Worachet Pakeerut, a law professor at Thammasat University and human rights defender (HRD), was assaulted by two men outside the Faculty... [+]

  of Law at Thammasat University. Read more
  threats and intimidation

• PAKISTAN: A human rights defender working on fishermen’s rights was killed by land grabbers

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on January 27, 2012 - A fisher folk activist and human rights defender was attacked and killed by land grabbers in December 2011. ... [+]

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  human rights defender       Impunity       Right to life

• BANGLADESH: Petition to the Consulate General of Bangladesh in Hong Kong on the serious attack...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 9, 2011 - The petition is concerned about the attack against a human rights defender and journalist Mr. FMA Razzak in Paikgachha of Khulna District in Bangladesh on 29 April... [+]

  2011. Read more
  human rights defender       land rights       military government       torture       torture victim

• BANGLADESH: AHRC welcomes Health Minister's visit to human rights defender FMA Razzak at...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 4, 2011 - The Minister, Prof. AFM Ruhul Haque MP, went to the hospital in the evening to visit human rights defender FMA Razzak at the private clinic where Mr. Razzak has... [+]

  been receiving treatment. Read more
  Bangladesh       human rights defender       ill treatment       threats and intimidation       torture       torture victim

• WORLD: AHRC launches campaign site for the protection of human rights defender FMA Razzak

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 3, 2011 - AHRC launches a new campaign website calling for the protection of human rights defender Mr. FMA Razzak, also calling for holding genuine criminal investigations... [+]

  regarding the attack on Mr. Razzak. Read more
  abduction       Bangladesh       death threats       human rights defender       torture

• PAKISTAN: A human rights defender shot dead in Balochistan by unknown persons

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on March 2, 2011 - A prominent human rights defender from Balochistan province, working on the cases of disappeared persons was shot dead by unknown persons riding on a motorbike. ... [+]

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  disappearances       Extrajudicial killings       human rights defender       pakistan

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• STATEMENT: Bangladeshi lawyer, human rights defender and journalist faced harassment,...

  By Bangladesh Institue of Human Rights on January 10, 2012 - Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) deeply concerned over harassment, intimidation and threats received by human rights defender, lawyer & journalist... [+]

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• STATEMENT: Bangladeshi lawyer, human rights defender and journalist faced intimidation from the...

  By Bangladesh Institue of Human Rights on January 10, 2012 - Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) deeply concerned over the intimidation faced by human rights defender, lawyer & journalist Mr. Shahanur Islam from... [+]

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• BURMA: Ailing human rights defender transferred to another prison

  By The Asian Human Rights Commission on November 25, 2010 - We are deeply concerned by the transfer of Ma Sandar, an ailing human rights defender convicted on fabricated charges, to another prison without the knowledge of... [+]

  her family. Read more
  Burma       judicial system       military government       RULE OF LAW

• STATEMENT: Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights gravely concerned over the threats received by...

  By Bangladesh Institue of Human Rights on January 25, 2012 - ... [+]

  Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights gravely concerned over the threats received by Mr. Shahanur Islam, a lawyer, human rights defender and journalist of Bangladesh. Read more
  

• 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

• BANGLADESH: A human rights defender returns home, tells story of terrifying abduction and...

  By Asian Human Rights Commission on May 26, 2011 - The AHRC is of extreme concern for the situation of human rights defenders in Bangladesh, and in particular over the disappearance of a young human rights activist,... [+]

  Dipal Barua, yesterday, May 24. Read more
  abduction       disappearances

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