THAILAND: AHRC to attend court reading of appeal verdict in disappeared lawyer's case
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) will send international and domestic observers to attend the reading of the verdict on January 21 in the appeal case concerning the disappearance and presumed killing of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit...
INDIA: Judge dodging investigation must quit
The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association, in an extraordinary general body meeting held yesterday, resolved to request the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to undertake an investigation about the charges of corruption alleged...
SUDAN: UN IN FINAL PUSH TO DELIVER BALLOTS FOR INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM IN SOUTH
With preparations for next week’s independence referendum in Southern Sudan in their final stages, the United Nations is seeking to ensure that every last voter in the more than four-million-strong electorate will have a ballot, no matter how remote...
Over 10,000 people appealed to President Ma of Taiwan to put his promise of taxation reform into practice.
UN refugee agency calls on Thailand not to forcibly return Myanmar nationals
Two women refugees and their children in one of the camps on the Thailand-Myanmar border
Congresswoman Judy Chu Appeals for Asian-Americans’ Rights Voice out to President Ma for justice in taxation system
Dr. Judy (second from right) Chu was the special guests for 2005 World Summit of Love and Peace (From left, to right Mayor Benjamin “...
After 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Repealed, What's Next?
Tuesday: Former U.S. Air Force Major Michael D. Almy (L) hugs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, after she signed...
United States’ backing for indigenous rights treaty hailed at UN
Colombian indigenous children in jungle settlements in Panama
Afghanistan: a people trapped between sides
The main conflict-related challenges faced by Afghans in 2010 will persist in 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today.
INDONESIA: NGOs allege government impunity in Papua
Papuans remain among Indonesia's poorest, despite the province's natural wealth
