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Vol. 06 No. 46 November 15, 2004
 

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RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS

15 November 2004 Vol. 6, No. 46

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RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS is a weekly e-newsletter issued by Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic and Christian groups on human rights initiated by the Religious Groups for Human Rights programme of the Asian Human Rights Commission.

Internet address: http://www.rghr.net

E-mail contact: rghr@ahrchk.org


"In Hinduism, there is no concept of a human being plain and simple. You are always identified as a member of one caste or the other, and the 'upper' castes call us as Hindus only to inflate Hindu numbers."
     -- A Dalit youth who teaches in a village school


CONTENTS

  • 1. DALITS IN JAMMU: DEMANDING TO BE HEARD
  • 2. JAPAN BUDDHISTS PULL SPONSORSHIP OF MYANMAR SUMMIT
  • 3. THAILAND URGED TO JOIN U.N. TORTURE CONVENTION TO STEM GROWING ABUSES
  • 4. INDIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CENSURES ANTI-CONVERSION LAWS
  • 5. ABOUT RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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