New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights today urged the President of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC, Ambassador Mr Joachim Rücker of Germany to issue a “President’s Statement” on the situation of human rights in Maldives at the ongoing 29th Session of the UNHRC for the blatant violation of the UNHRC Resolution No. 24/24 of 9 October 2013 […]
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UN Human Rights Council urged to a pass resolution against Maldives
– President Yameen putting his opponents in jail but not taking any action against those joining the Islamic State – New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights today called upon the UN Human Rights Council, which is holding its 29th session from today i.e.15th June 2015 in Geneva, to adopt a resolution on the deplorable human rights […]
Over 200,000 Rohingyas waiting to be trafficked
-UN and Bangladesh making them easy prey to traffickers and terrorists- New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) in a report (https://www.achrweb.org/Review/2015/244-15.html) released today stated that the United Nations and the Government of Bangladesh have been deliberately making the Rohingyas easy prey to the traffickers and terrorists, and over 200,000 undocumented Rohingyas in Bangladesh are essentially waiting to […]
Desh Deshantar – Case of Rohingyas: History and their identity crisis
Rajya Sabha TV Published on May 29, 2015 Guests: Qamar Agha (International Affairs Expert & Senior Journalist) ; Veena Sikri (Former Ambassador) ; Subhash Chakma (Director, Asian Centre of Human Rights) ; Sanghmitra (Advocate, Human Rights Law Network, Delhi) ; Sanjay Bhardwaj (Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, JNU) Anchor: Arfa Khanum Sherwani
ACHR welcomes UN High Commissioner’s statement on unlawful conviction of Maldives’ ex-President
NEW DELHI: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today welcomed the statement of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein which questioned the unfair and hasty trial for convicting Maldives’s ex-President Mohammed Nasheed to 13 years imprisonment under trumped up terrorism charges and called for respect for standards of fair trial including “adequate time […]
Civil & Political Rights in Jeopardy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) on 6th September 2000. In the last fourteen and half years, Bangladesh has not even submitted its Initial Report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. In this submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, which is holding its 113th Session from 16 […]
UN Security Council urged to intervene on Maldives following sentencing of former President Nasheed under terrorism charges
NEW DELHI: The Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) today called upon members of the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency session on the situation in the Maldives following sentencing of former President Mohammed Nasheed to 13 years imprisonment under trumped up terrorism charges and urged the members of the UN Security Council to […]
Bangladesh: About 90 killed in violence, BNP reminded of its obligation under the Rome Statute
NEW DELHI: Asian Centre for Human Rights in its report, “Bangladesh: Polarisation, Political Violence & an Undeclared Civil War”, released today stated that about 90 people have been killed and more than a thousand were injured in the ongoing violent anti-government protests by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led 20-party alliance demanding resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s […]
Commutation of Koli’s death sentence a step towards providing timely access to justice to death row convicts
New Delhi: Asian Centre for Human Rights welcomed the commutation of death sentence of Surinder Singh Koli, prime accused of the Nithari serial killings, into life imprisonment by the Allahabad High Court today on the grounds of delay of three years and three months as a step towards providing timely access to justice to death row […]
Fighting the Maoists: Time For a New Approach?
NDTV Published on : December 2, 2014 Fighting the Maoists: Time for a new approach? As India pays tribute to 14 CRPF men who lost their lives in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh on Monday, we ask whether it’s time to radically change the approach to dealing with Naxals. Delhi church fire: More attempts to […]