The Asian Chronicle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FAT-027-2017 28 November 2017 An article from The Indian Express forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission INDIA: Supreme Court agrees Hadiya has the right to choice, not her parents The Kerala High Court made up for the lack of evidence by relying on its morality and biases, its prejudiced notions of how a young woman must behave and its obvious sympathies with Hadiya’s parents who were unable to exercise any control over their adult daughter. Hadiya deposed before the Supreme Court that she wants her freedom. Amidst high security, intense drama and a media spectacle, the Supreme Court  on Monday  removed Hadiya from the custody of her parents and ordered that she be sent to her college in Salem, Tamil Nadu, to complete her studies. The College Dean has been appointed her guardian and reportedly, she is to be treated like any other hostel student. Hadiya deposed before the SC that she wants her freedom, that she has been in

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                  UN report urges Sudan to act over plight of displaced people in Darfur   GENEVA (21 November 2017) – A report by the UN Human Rights Office and the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has called on the Sudanese Government to pursue effective, transparent and durable policies to enable the 2.6 million people internally displaced by the long-running conflict in Darfur to return home voluntarily or to reintegrate into host communities.  The report notes that, despite a ceasefire between the Government and various armed opposition groups which has largely held since June 2016, violence against internally displaced people (IDPs) continues to be widespread and impunity for human rights violations persists.     “I urge the Government to address fundamental issues that are preventing the return of displaced people, such as continued violence, including from armed militias, which raise continuing and justifiable fears for their safety and the lack of basic

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