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The Asian Human Rights Commission

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was founded in 1984 by a prominent group of jurists and human rights activists in Asia. The AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations.

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INDONESIA: Stop violence and protect Rempang residents’ rights

Hong Kong, Thursday 14, 2023 The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) supports 130 Indonesian civil society organisations from the Aceh Province to the Papua Province to put pressure on the Indonesian Government, especially President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), to stop the Rempang Eco City project,

INDONESIA: Presidential Security Detail (Paspampr...

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the President of Republic of Indonesia  Mr. Joko Widodo Pres

SRI LANKA: The Bar Association is held to be a Pu...

(Hong Kong, September 04, 2023)  The Right to Information Commission in Sri Lanka has issued an order in terms of its powers

ASIA: The mind of Junious (A Parable)

By Basil Fernando This story is about Junious. Please do not think that I made a mistake in naming the hero and misspelling J

SRI LANKA: The Contempt of a Court, Tribunal or I...

(Hong Kong, August 09, 2023)  ​​​​​​​Written submission to the Supreme Court on the “Contempt of a Court

INDONESIA: Stop violence and prosecute the perpetr...

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief of National Police, Jakarta, Indonesia General of Police L

SRI LANKA: Contempt of court law should not be use...

By Basil Fernando A month or so earlier, it was a lawyer practicing mainly in a High Court closer to Colombo, that contacted

SRI LANKA: How loud can you talk in a court proce...

By Basil Fernando This article is  a follow up to: 1. Does the proposed contempt of court Bill amount to 23rd amendment to

SRI LANKA: The Arrest of Tharindu Uduwaragedera &#...

By Basil Fernando On the larger questions raised by the arrest of Tharindu Uduwaragedera, a young journalist of very wide rep

SRI LANKA: Is contempt of court unlike any other ...

By Basil Fernando The purpose of the proposed Bill on the Contempt of Court is to criminalise the acts which may be consider

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