Article: Beautification destroys homes.(World Briefs)(Brief Article)

Article: Iftikhar Ahmad, a Pakistani standing trial for blasphemy, was ...
National Catholic Reporter;  September 24, 2004 ;     530 words ... ... blasphemy, was acquitted by a Lahore, Pakistan, sessions court Sept. 7, according to reports from the Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission. The commission said this was the first time a Lahore lower court has acquitted someone charged with blasphemy ...

Article: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RAISES CENTRAL ASIAN HUMAN ...
European Report;  October 25, 2003 ;     636 words ...The European Parliament adopted at its plenary session on October 23 in Strasbourg a joint Resolution "on Turkmenistan, including Central Asia expressing concerns about human rights and deploring in particular the deterioration of the human rights situation in Turkmenistan. The Parliament called on

Article: Human security, not national security--a call to action. ...
WE!;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The Asian Peoples' Security Network, under the Asian Human Rights Commission, calls on people in Western countries ... html>. For further information, please contact: Asian Human Rights Commission, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Unit ...

Article: ADDENDA.(brief notes)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter;  December 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... with President Ezer Weizman and Prime Minister Ehud Barak. THE FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS in Asia has presented its 1999 Asian Human Rights Award to an East Timor priest who worked among his people amid atrocities following the independence vote in the territory ...

Article: 400 indigenous people attacked by Burmese troops. ...
WE!;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... provide the displaced villagers with food, shelter and other needs. For more information on how to help, please contact: Asian Human Rights Commission, Unit D, 7th Floor, Mongkok Commercial Centre, 16-16B Argyle Street, Kowloon, Hongkong; Tel ...

Article: CEREALS: FAO FORECASTS GOOD CROP FOR 2005.(Brief ...
Europe Agri;  April 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... However, the report warns, meat markets in 2005 could still be influenced heavily by food safety concerns, in the wake of Asian human fatalities due to Avian Influenza and BSE, or mad cow disease. Shifting exchange rates, and production and trade policy ...

Article: The wall: functionally decorative, this screen wall serves ...
The Architectural Review;  December 1, 2007 ;     569 words ...The delightful brick screen forms the flanking wall of the recently completed offices for the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre (a Delhi-based NGO). Situated on a prominent corner site, its westerly orientation means that ...