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GCA-DV's plans are highly advanced for the staging of the 2010 Global Domestic Violence...

The 2010 Global Domestic Violence Conference has added a list of prominent new speakers who will be presenting various results of their research studies and...

Dr. Robert Muller Memorial to be carried LIVE on Internet

The Memorial service for Dr. Robert Muller will be carried live on Monday, September 27th on www.peaceday.tv at 11:00 am Pacific Time from Santa Barbara, CA.

SRI LANKA: A man is shot dead while in the police custody of Hanwella Police

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was shot dead by police officers while in the custody of an officer attached to...

NEPAL: Police beat and rob villagers in Nawalparasi District, one villager is handed over to the...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a serious case of police violence which occurred on 15 August 2010 at Sekhuwana...

BURMA: Don't axe BBC Burmese, regional rights group urges

The BBC should not shut down or scale back Burmese-language broadcasts, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urged in a letter sent to the UK government...

Flashmob for Freedom - Demonstration to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking

Local abolitionist group organizes national demonstration to build human trafficking awareness, San Diego Flashmob for Freedom to take place September 25,...

SRI LANKA: A man severely tortured by the Urubokka police

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was illegally arrested, arbitrarily detained and severely tortured by officers...

What Does Socionomics Say About Deflation Economy And The Greater Depression?

What does socionomics say about the deflation and the GREATER DEPRESSION?

UPDATE (Pakistan): A teacher is warned that Christians have no future in the country by school...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the systematic discrimination faced by a Christian teacher in Lahore.

INDIA: Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 requires a thorough review

On 31 August 2010, the upper house of the Indian parliament, the Rajya Sabha, constituted a Parliamentary Select Committee to review the Prevention of...

Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Keynotes at the National Press Club

Queen Quet, Chieftess, spokesperson for, and Head-of-State for the Gullah/Geechee Nation delivered a keynote address on the continuation of the living...

INDIA: Diarrhea and cholera are social disasters in Orissa

It is reported that the official death toll hit 39 in Rayagada district, 27 in Nuapada district, 10 in Nabarangpur, 5 in Koraput, 4 in Kalahandi and 8 in...

SRI LANKA: AHRC condemns the politically manipulated verdict of the second court-martial...

The Asian Human Rights Commission categorically condemns the decision of the second court-martial delivered today in the case against Sarath Fonseka.

What Does The Elliott Wave Principle Say About The Greater Depression?

The Elliott Wave Principle shows that a grand super cycle top peaked in 2000 and now is intering the right side of a head and shoulders topping formation...

The truth behind the silence

To appease the hardliners in the state they turned down the appeal of Christian intelligentsia. Appeal of Retired Chief Justice V R Krishna Iyer has been...

DARYL HANNAH AND JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL TO HEADLINE HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE JANUARY 14-16, 2011

Soroptimist International Northwestern Region’s Northwest Coalition Against Trafficking (NWCAT) will be hosting the annual Northwest Conference Against...

SRI LANKA: The mindset of denial is the "It is not that bad" attitude

For all Sri Lankan's but particularly for those of the educated classes the problems that have come by way of political and constitutional change has...

“Inside Business Report” show to feature New Series: "Investment Strategies"

The producers of "Inside Business Report" are pleased to announce a special series, "Investment Strategies", exploring the latest trends...

Peace Day moves into high gear, featuring the Millennium Review Summit from the United Nations

Massive celebrations planned world-wide September 17-21 for UN Peace Day & Millennium Review Summit, all brought together in one place through the Peace...

SRI LANKA: Abuse of arrest and detention under the new presidential order

The responsibility for the publication of this poster has been publicly claimed by the United National Party (UNP) of Sri Lanka.

End the wars and combat Islamophobia with the truth About 9/11

With Americans and the news media focused on 9/11, American should use this opportunity to further disseminate the truth about 9/11.

Burn the Qu’ran daily with the “The Koran Candle”

Whatanidiot, LLC introduces a brand new product “The Koran Candle”. The product has been created in an effort to help Americans exercise their rights to...

SRI LANKA: Video presentation on long term impact of 18th Amendment (In Sinhala)

What are the philosophical legal fallacies involved in the 18th Amendment? What will be the negative effects of this constitutional provision? These issues...

BURMA: A judge admits to having no authority over his own court

The Asian Human Rights Commission has closely followed the case of Phyo Wai Aung, who is the sole person detained and accused in connection with blasts on 15...

Second Thoughts on Marriage & Divorce - Identifying and Retaining Assets during a Divorce

Getting a divorce, retaining assets, property settlement, divorce waiting period, prenup agreement, protecting assets from divorce.

INDONESIA: Key perpetrator of student crackdown and riots in 1997/98 promoted to vice minister of...

The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) & the AHRC strongly oppose the appointment of Lieutenant General TNI Sjafrie...

PeaceDay.tv und deren Produktions-Partner laden Sie ein dabei zu sein, wenn das weltweit größte...

PeaceDay.tv und deren Produktions-Partner laden Sie ein dabei zu sein, wenn das weltweit größte Humanitarian Entertainment im Internet, vom 17. September...

Amanda Biltwater continue alone with media and political arena with Labor Day speech

Being long term web log writer and public video maker, I have not left field of advising political arena and media. These reports are still uncompensated, as...

The Next 4 Billion: los innovadores sistemas de la corporación Scinet y el gran mercado de la...

El impacto mundial y sin precedentes logrado por Scinet demuestra que millones de personas están dispuestas a luchar por la vida, la inteligencia y la...

Lord Protector of England - Wrigley

This story is a mix of history of a family and of the characteristics of the the life styles changes that occurred over the last 50 years in Australia but my...

Volunteers to take part in pro-immigration run

Young volunteers working with the Hackney based charity WORLDwrite and its citizen TV channel WORLDbytes are taking part in this year’s Adidas 5k Women’s...

SRI LANKA: The 18th Amendment destroying democracy by manipulation of the democratic process itself

A simple way of understanding the 18th Amendment is to compare it to the situation in the United States of America.

SRI LANKA: Panwila Police illegally arrested, detained and tortured an innocent civilian

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to the Panwila Police Station have illegally arrested,...

SRI LANKA: Anamaduwa Police illegally arrested, detained and tortured a school-boy and filed...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 17 year old school going child was illegally arrested by the police officers...

SRI LANKA: Words are inadequate to describe the evil implications of the proposed 18th Amendment...

The AHRC states that words are inadequate to express the magnitude of the folly contained in the suggested amendments to the Constitution of Sri Lanka by the...

SRI LANKA: Special Task Force illegally arrest, detain and file fabricated charges against German...

SRI LANKA: Special Task Force illegally arrest, detain and file fabricated charges against German philanthropist staying in Sri Lanka.

NEPAL: Police negligence in a case of rape and beating of a 16-year-old girl

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding rape and abuse of a 16 year-old domestic worker in Kathmandu on 18 July 2010 by...

INDIA: Random firing upon civilians in Kashmir

The AHRC has received information from credible sources in Jammu and Kashmir concerning the arbitrary shooting of civilians by the security forces stationed...

SRI LANKA: The last debate on the constitution

Sri Lanka has turned out to be a land of many quarrels but no debates.

SRI LANKA: No action on 12,000 complaints registered at the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka

Over 12,000 cases are pending before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) as there are no 'commissioners' to order inquiries into them,...

BURMA/MYANMAR: Dossier of torture cases submitted to U.N. experts

The Asian Legal Resource Centre on Wednesday submitted a special dossier to a group of United Nations human rights experts on recent cases of extreme,...

SRI LANKA: Editor discharged from contempt of court charges

On the 25th August, the Supreme Court discharged the editor of the Lanka Irida newspaper, Chandana Sirimalwatte from charges of contempt of court.

SRI LANKA: State accepts that it is unwilling and unable to prosecute the perpetrators of gross...

At the time of his abduction Poddala Jayantha, was a senior Journalist and prominent media rights activist.

INDIA: There is no cure for illusions

The expectation of the Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram that the ordinary citizens will come forward to assist law enforcement officers in combating...

SRI LANKA: A woman domestic worker in Saudi Arabia nailed 24 times

Mrs. L.T. Ariyawathi (49), a mother of three has returned from Saudi Arabia after less than five months of employment.

PAKISTAN: A Hindu community is attacked and evicted on fabricated Blasphemy charges, houses...

We have received information that a Muslim group attacked on a Hindu community that had been living there for a century during the early hours on 23 August...

SRI LANKA: Rape suspicions against a senior judge and implications on the rule of law system

In July of this year a web newspaper, the Sri Lanka Guardian reported an alleged case of sexual abuse by an appeal court judge.

Local Group Donates to Second Amendment Foundation Lawsuit Long Island New York

Donation of $2000 to support the Second Amendment in Westchester

HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Concerns, questions at hostage takings tragic end

The AHRC wishes to express its deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the nine Hong Kong nationals who were killed in a 12-hour hostage crisis...

PHILIPPINES: Educating torture 'experts' is pointless

The enactment of the Anti-Torture Act in December 2009 did not mean that the term 'torture' just came into existence and was an alien concept to...