Attack on Bangladeshi human rights defender and journalist FM ABDUR RAZZA in...
According to the information that we have received, on 29 April 2011 a group of men allegedly acting on orders of Major Mustafizur Rahman Bokul, Bangladesh Army attacked Razzak and his brother, causing...
View ArticleAsia over-represented in the Freedom House Worst of the Worst report
The world’s most repressive societies The report lists 10 nations or territories that have received freedom in the world’s lowest ratings: 7 for political rights and 7 for civil liberties (based on a 1...
View ArticleCall for compassionate approach to asylum seekers in Asia-Pacific
For the original report on the University of New England website please see here. Call for compassionate approach to asylum seekers in Asia-Pacific Researchers and human rights advocates meeting at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Delhi child servant scandal that has outraged India
Dr Sanjay Verma, centre, and Dr Sumita Verma, right, are arrested at their home in Dwarka, near Delhi, on 4 April 2012. Photograph: Hindustan Times/Getty Images It was the 13-year-old maid’s desperate...
View ArticleBACK TO THE FUTURE ON NAURU AND MANUS ISLAND
The UNHCR has criticized the Gillard government’s ‘Pacific Solution Mark II’ and refused to participate in processing refugees on Nauru and Manus Island. A UNCHR regional representative Rick Towle says...
View ArticleWhy has it taken so long?
When I lived in Delhi I remember having heated arguments with a friend of mine, a well-known journalist, about the potential of China over India. He was a supporter of India, a democracy where he was...
View Article
