Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong & Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, West Bengal, India On Wednesday, 28 July 2004, the Calcutta High Court took a short time to announce a decision […]
Sri Lanka
The shame of Bengal: An unchanged social system
V B Rawat, Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India Kishan Balmiki is a father of three who works for the Howrah Municipal Corporation, in greater Kolkota, India, as a ‘New Reserve […]
Women and religious minorities under the Hudood Laws in Pakistan
Naeem Shakir, Advocate, Lahore High Court, Pakistan Despite international treaties, covenants, human rights declarations, movements at global or local levels and resistance against repressive laws, norms, customs, administrative measures […]
The destiny of a rape victim in Pakistan
Ijaz Ahmed, Judicial Magistrate, Pakistan Although the case of Zafran Bibi, a rape victim sentenced to death by stoning under Pakistan’s Zina Ordinance obtained worldwide attention, too little thought […]
Recent cases of ‘honour killing’ in Sindh Province, Pakistan
Asian Human Rights Commission & Human Rights Education Forum (Pakistan) This article comprises summaries of some cases of ‘honour killing’ in Sindh Province of Pakistan received by the Asian […]
Honour killing’ in Pakistan
Asian Legal Resource Centre Footnote: The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) submitted this written statement to the sixtieth session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights this 2004, […]
Book review: Memories of a father
Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India Varier, T V Eachara, Memories of a father, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong, China, May 2004, ISBN 962-8314-23-8, 116pp. Torture and disappearances have […]
A plantain leaf and a bowl of rice kept waiting
Professor T V Eachara Varier (retired), Kerala, India Footnote: This is the first and second chapters of Memories of a father, by Professor T V Eachara Varier (Asian Human […]
What the absence of parliament means for the rule of law and society in Nepal
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission This April 2004, democratic groups in Nepal have been engaged in daily demonstrations in the capital. They have been brutally attacked by […]
Urgent Appeals File: Mousumi Ari-A human body preserved like a fish & a rotted justice system in West Bengal
Asian Human Rights Commission & Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha In October 2003, 17-year-old Mousumi Ari, of Narayanpur Village, West Bengal, was murdered by her in-laws. Whereas the role of the state […]