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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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SRI LANKA: Respect the decision of the Supreme Court: The Honourable Speaker is not infallible

In a speech read to the Parliament today, the honourable Prime Minister challenged the validity of the interim order issued by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, stopping the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP) from functioning in his official capacity till a final decision is made by the Supre

INDONESIA: Condemns the Shooting of Human Rights D...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a regional human rights organisation, has received information from the Civil Socie

ශ්‍රීලංකා: ශ්‍...

පොලිස්පතිගේ වැඩ තහනම් කිරීමේ අතුරු නියෝගය තුල

BANGLADESH: Stop judicial harassment of Nobel laur...

A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission & CIVICUS CIVICUS Global Civil Society Alliance and the Asian Huma

WORLD: An Appreciation of Sister Marya Zaborowski

An Appreciation of Sister Marya Zaborowski: A Close Friend and Former Colleague of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) S

INDONESIA: Initial Findings from the Investigation...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) supports the Indonesian Civil Society Anti-Torture Coalition in condemning the acts

INDONESIA: Torture is still big homework for Indon...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) supports Indonesian civil society organisations to promote the eradication of tortur

NEPAL: Personal vendetta against the media

First, they came for the media, and I did not speak out – because I was not a media. Then they came for the civil socie

SRI LANKA: Economic, governmental, legal: not thr...

(Sharing a link to a video explaining the Sri Lankan crisis of governance, Economy and Rule of Law. This video was prepared a

SRI LANKA: Prosecuting crimes requires a system c...

By Basil Fernando In the context of Sri Lanka, a crucial question arises: Does the country still possess the capability to ef

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