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INDIA: Bonded labour in India

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:31] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission] Bonded labour is prohibited in India by law. Though the Constitution directly and indirectly prohibits the practice, vide Articles 21, 23 (1) and 24, a specific law that prohibits the practice, the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act was legislated only in 1976. Despite the statutory prohibition, bonded labour is widely practiced. The worst affected are the childr... [More]

SRI LANKA: Dengue's human cost - what is the state's responsibility

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:29] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission] The comparison between Hong Kong and Sri Lanka Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickrama LLB (SL), LLM (HK) It was reported that around 192 people have died from dengue fever in the first seven and a half months of this year. The total number of infected people came to more than 26,824 and there can be no doubt that the entire population of Sri Lanka is in critical... [More]

Victims Without Voices

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:25] News
[Jay A. Jasan] Like the last cries of a herd of sheep, Facing cruel cull amidst baying wolves, Stood thousands Tamils facing slaughter Among murderous army with cynical laughter; Gleeful of ensuing massacre of innocent lives. Skyward, echoed around walls of power, yells Of protest and plea for mercy of thousands. No power on earth moved-so perished thousands. Silenced by the very silen... [More]

SRI LANKA: Lack of safe drinking water leading to upsurge in health problems

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:22] News, Human Rights Articles
[Asian Human Rights Commission] The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) joins the UN Independent Expert on human rights, water and sanitation, Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, in welcoming the landmark resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 28 July 2010 that recognised water and sanitation as a human right. Every year, nearly 1.8 million people die from diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera,... [More]

An Article Series on Human Rights and Culture by the Asian Human Rights Commission

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:20] News, Human Rights Articles
Articles, reports and photo essays Welcome to the 12th issue of Vol. 3 of Human Rights & Culture. In this issue we have an article by Pepe Panglao, a freelance journalist living and working in Hong Kong, on the recent incident in Manila in which nine hostages were killed. We then have, 'Some Theories on the Causes of Poverty, Ctd.' By Filip Spagnoli. Next Human Rights & Culture continues... [More]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME - Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-125-2010

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:15] News, Human Rights Articles
[September 2010]   SRI LANKA: Anamaduwa Police illegally arrested, detained and tortured a school-boy and filed fabricated criminal charges ISSUES: Illegal arrest; arbitrary detention; torture; fabricated charges; impunity; rule of law Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 17 year old school going child was illegally arrested by... [More]

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME - Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-126-2010

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:10] News, Human Rights Articles
[1 September 2010] ------------------------------------------------------ SRI LANKA: Panwila Police illegally arrested, detained and tortured an innocent civilian ISSUES: Illegal arrest; arbitrary detention; torture; impunity; rule of law. ------------------------------------------------------ Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information th... [More]

ASIA: Right to the truth required regarding "death sentences" carried out secretly by state agencies

[Monday, 06 September 2010 22:04] News, Human Rights Articles
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifteenth session, Agenda Item 4 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a non-governmental organisation with general consultative status The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform the Human Rights Council of a phenomenon that is of grave concern to the organization in the Asian region. The ALRC is seriously disturbed by cla... [More]

Israel working to thwart Russia arms deal with Syria

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:39] News
Netanyahu asks Putin to stop deal involving sale of advanced P-800 Yakhont supersonic cruise missiles; Israel considers this weaponry dangerous to its navy vessels in Mediterranean Sea. By Barak Ravid Israel is trying to prevent an arms deal between Russia and Syria, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to stop the arms sale involving advance... [More]

PARTICIPATE: Globe online poll: Globe Essay: Do you think the Tamil boat people are legitimate refugees?

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:38] News
Please click on the link below to voice your opinion. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/globe-online-poll-globe-essay/article1688236/

SRI LANKA: Exceptional collapse in the policing system of Sri Lanka revealed by the assault of MPs inside a police station

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:32] News, Human Rights Articles, HR Articles
Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickrama It is an alarming eye opener but yet just another incident experienced by many Sri Lankans in their day to day life that shows the reality of the practice of policing in Sri Lanka. While three members of parliament (MPs) and a Provincial Council member went to make a complaint at the Headquarters Police Station of Galle two of the MPs were assaulted and put into a ... [More]

TIME TO TURN UP THE HEAT ON GAP!

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:31] Forthcoming Events, News
First of all thanks to all of you who carried out the GAP 'Guerrilla Pickets' two weeks ago. From what we gather it made an impact. Some stores are getting wind of our protests and two refused to accept a leaflet! Others took them and expressed sympathy for the campaign. Ultimately of course the decision lies with their board and the more pickets we run and the more stores that report 'boycottin... [More]

Where are those Child rights’ activists?

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:25] News
How long can Sri Lanka fool the international community? During the peak days of the war, a few local and international NGOs championed the Child soldier issue in Sri Lanka. Obviously, the target was the LTTE – Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which latterly admitted that there were child soldiers in their organisation. At the same time, the Sri Lankan security forces were also recru... [More]

China's growing focus on Indian Ocean irks India

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:22] News
India expressed concerns on Tuesday about China's influence in the Indian Ocean region, the latest sign of tension between the Asian giants who are competing for resources and geopolitical power in the region. India’s Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna's comments to parliament follows a row between the two countries over China's denial of a visa to an Indian army general that angered New Delhi ... [More]

The New Great Game is on The theatre: Kashmir The new player to watch: China

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:11] News
By Ravi Velloor, South Asia Bureau Chief EVER since the phrase was coined in the 19th century, strategic thinkers have tended to link The Great Game with Anglo-Russian rivalry, with Afghanistan as the staging point. The game may just have shifted a column east on the map. Indian and Western analysts now say it is not Russia but China that is the new player to watch, and Kashmir the theatre. ... [More]

Differing perceptions of China's rise

[Monday, 06 September 2010 15:05] News
By William Choong, Senior Writer THE British defence analyst was the typical British don - stiff upper lip, unflappable and the picture of calm. At a recent seminar on Asia-Pacific security, however, he lost his cool. An academic from Beijing University had stated that People's Liberation Army officers were portraying military build-ups in South-east Asian countries as threatening to China's i... [More]

Why Canada should not discriminate against only Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, fleeing from injustice and persecution!

[Monday, 06 September 2010 14:53] News
By Satheesan Kumaaran Canada is a home to about 34 million people with the total area of 9,984,670 square kilometres, the second largest country in the world, after Russia.  Canada was originally occupied by the Aboriginals who must have settled tens of thousands of years ago from Asia, through Bering Sea, although many Aboriginals disagree with this theory. Nonetheless, Canada has been ho... [More]

Prabhakaran – the Zorro

[Monday, 06 September 2010 14:49] News
You either hate him or love him. That is his personality. Whatever the world thinks about Prabakaran – the people who he represented have no qualms and are not willing to submit to the opinions of the rest of the world. Why should they? It’s been one year since the war was declared over, and do any of you feel better at what is happening in Sri Lanka? So many big names from across the world are ... [More]

A Chinese Call for Naval Trust-Building in Asia

[Monday, 06 September 2010 14:44] News
By B. Raman At a time when there is already concern over the increasing assertiveness of the Chinese Navy in the South and East China Seas, the first port call by two ships of the Chinese Navy in Myanmar while on their way  back from anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf has aroused considerable interest and some concern in the neighbouring countries. 2.  China has a long history of army-ar... [More]

Militancy and the U.S. Drawdown in Afghanistan

[Monday, 06 September 2010 14:39] News
By Scott Stewart The drawdown of U.S. forces in Iraq has served to shift attention toward Afghanistan, where the United States has been increasing its troop strength in hopes of forming conditions conducive to a political settlement. This is similar to the way it used the 2007 surge in Iraq to help reach a negotiated settlement with the Sunni insurgents that eventually set the stage for wi... [More]

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GLOBAL PEACE SUPPORT GROUP – UK – TIRELESSLY WORK ON THE CONCEPT OF:
"SELF DETERMINATION IS KEY TO THE WORLD PEACE"
MOURNS ON THE CONTINUED TRAGEDY OF THE PEOPLE OF North & East of Tamil EELAM WITH THE HOPE OF ALL OF OUR ENDEAVOURS WOULD BRING AN END TO THOSE SUFFERING DURING THE YEAR AHEAD.

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