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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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By Basil Fernando In a Thai courthouse on 4th October 2019, Judge Khanakorn Pianchana shot himself in the chest as a protest against interference with the independence of judges in their decision-making process. Fortunately, he survived the suicide attempt – made in open court – and is reportedl
By Basil Fernando Legalistically speaking, a nation is a people living together in a particular geographical region. But lega
බැසිල් ප්රනාන්දු පාලකයෙකු පත් කර ගන්නේ ර
A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, Lawyers for Lawyers, and 30 other civil society organisations of the
By Basil Fernando The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka is an outstanding example of how meaning can be manipulated throug
බැසිල් ප්රනාන්දු ලංකාවේ නීති අධ්යාපන
A side event was held in UN Human Rights Council premises on the 23rd of September. It was sponsored by the Asian Legal Resou
Affirming something through a declaration and denying the same in actual practice happens everywhere, but the real test of af
බැසිල් ප්රනාන්දු ලාංකිකයාගේ ජන ජීවිතය ත
By Basil Fernando The one of the most frequent practices in the public hospitals now is that patients have to pay for everyth
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