New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a press release today stated that Pakistan’s draft resolution against Myanmar tabled at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday contains factually incorrect information and does not include key issues relating to the Rohingya refugees. The draft resolution (A/HRC/29/L.30 dated 1 July 2015) titled “Situation […]
New Delhi: In response to the letter from the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) on 26 June 2015 concerning the ruling of the Supreme Court of the Maldives against five members of the Human Rights Commission on the unlawfulness of the written submission of the Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) to the Second […]
(avialable at http://www.achrweb.org/Review/2015/246-15.html) New Delhi: Since the release of ACHR’s briefing paper “ Maldives: The case for a resolution at the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council ” on 15 June 2015, the Government of Maldives has taken more draconian measures which call for adoption of a resolution at the ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Council. […]
Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin and presiding Judge Abdulla Didi must be barred from travelling overseas NEW DELHI: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today called upon the President of Maldives Mr Abdulla Yameen to immediately release former President Mohamed Nasheed, who has been in illegal detention on what can credibly be described as trumped up […]
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights in a brief report “Assam: The largest conflict induced IDPs of the world in 2014 reel under a massive humanitarian crisis “ released today following field visit to the affected areas stated that over 3,00,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Assam, who are the largest conflict induced IDPs of […]
Over the last few years, there have been several high profile cases where the United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has ordered the return of Nepali peacekeepers after it became known that there was prima facie evidence of their involvement in serious human rights violations in Nepal. Two of the most emblematic cases […]
Despite a return to democracy in December 1990, the Bangladesh Army remains “the power behind the throne” in Dhaka. Its control over the security forces is absolute. A large number of senior positions in the Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force are served by Army officers as per Section 2A of the Army Act of […]
Year Wise: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 ACHR welcomes commutation of death sentence of Krishna Mochi & others by President Pranab Mukherjee, 23 January 2017 2016 Rs 5.5 lakhs compensation to family of Chongkham Sanjit Singh, victim of extrajudicial execution in Manipur, 14 […]
