Concerns About New Human Rights Organization

Foreign Ministers of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Phuket, Thailand. On the same day, ASEAN adopted the Terms of Reference (ToR) for a new ASEAN Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). There are concerns about this body and its role in human rights.  An ACHR Review.

AIKMS after its visit to Kalinganagar on January 8, 2006

(released to Press on January 9,2006 at Bhubhanswar)

A delegation of AIKMS (All India Kisan-Mazdoor Sabha) led by its All Indian General Secretary G Diwakar visited Kalinganagar on 08/01/2006.

Lahore Marathon for Civil Liberties

Last night, on 20th May, I was once again called by the
superintendent of Police of Lahore. He told me not to attend the
Lahore Marathon as this violates the law. I told him that you should
not violate our right to assemble and that we and most of the Labour
Party Pakistan (LPP) activists in Lahore will be there. He threatened
me of dire consequences and that I still should not participate. I
refused.

The Myths Underlying Child Labour

India has completed 50 years of Independence. Today, the country has an estimated 70-80 million child labourers. In other words, there are 70-80 million children prematurely leading adult lives.

Bonded labour in Nepal

There are roughly a million landless waged labourers in Nepal. A significant fraction of them work as permanent labourers under a wide varieties of terms and conditions

Shattering the Fantasy of Multiculturalism

The Story of Fahim, a Pakistani youth living in Canada, his illegal and unwarranted arrest and detention by RMCP, under Project Thread, and subsequent deportation on charges of terrorism that were quickly dropped.