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By Basil Fernando (September 03, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Several events have had a shocking effect on democratically-minded people in Sri Lanka this week. J.S. Tissainayagam, a well-known journalist who was prosecuted by the government under draconian anti-terrorism laws on charges of aiding and abetting terrorism and trying to provoke racial hatred, was sentenced to […]

“To make a real difference, some serious changes have to be made, both in the area of the constitution and on ways to correct the police as an institution. So long as the executive presidency in the present form, with absolute power devoid of checks and balances, remains, Sri Lanka can only have a bad […]

“Has protection of the minorities improved? What about those detained because they are suspected of having had links to the LTTE, without any evidence to that effect? What about the human rights of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)?” _____________ By Basil Fernando (August 23, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) As some claims have been made about […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Undoing the small reforms of the former Attorney General, KC Kamalasabayson By Basil Fernando (August 17, Colombo, Sri […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Bribery and Extortion are the causes of Police abuse of power By Basil Fernando (August 15, Colombo, Sri […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Responsibilities of members of parliament regarding drunkenness and abuse of power by police By Basil Fernando (August 16, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Two school boys murdered by police for teasing a girl “It is time that the government appoints a […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Ms. Sherry Rehman, former federal minister of information, Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Ms. Sherry Rehman, former federal minister of information, Pakistan, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Gojra has exposed fundamental fissures in the crafting […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT IS A PHANTOM LIMB By Basil Fernando (August 12, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) At one time […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission IGP AND HIS DEPUTIES: WHAT DO THEY DO? “After about forty years of civil conflicts, beginning first from […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission FAILURES OF THE IGP AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDING EXECUTIONS WITHOUT TRIAL ‘What is happening today is that […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian, a news portal in Sri Lanka. The article is part three of a series of articles from the column, Freedom of Thoughts, authored by Mr. Basil Fernando, published by the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian, a news portal in Sri Lanka. The article is the compilation of two separate articles from the column, Freedom of Thoughts, authored by Mr. Basil Fernando, published by the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka […]

The article: My visit to Kashmir by Mumtaz Khan I have returned to Kashmir after one year. During this period many political developments and changes have taken place which was seen with cynicism and optimism internally and externally. The politics of Kashmir remains a source of attrition for both countries and if rationales of policy […]

This article by Kishali Pinto Jayawardene appeared in the Sunday Times on July 19, 2009 ¡V Editor). The recommendation of the 2006 Commission to Investigate Serious Human Rights Violations (the Udalagama Commission in short) that a permanent Commission should be established to investigate violations is by far, the most remarkably asinine recommendation that one has […]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009 By Basil Fernando (July 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) “Lasantha from the Leader paper went overboard. I took care of him. Poddala agitated and his leg was broken. Now a fellow in my electorate is trying to stand against me. I now tell him in his own hometown, I will give […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from South China Morning Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from South China Morning Post forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Caught on a rare tea break, Father Nandana Manatunga bats atthe “tsunami” flies that whirl around his head […]

By Mr. Amir Murtaza. The research was conducted by a group of students headed by Amir Murtaza conducted the research. The use of children as domestic servants is certainly one of the most pervasive forms of child labor in Pakistan. Children as young as five spend 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following Report from Odhikar. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Report from Odhikar forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission June the 26th is declared as the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In light of this, Odhikar, as part of […]

Subject: [SL HR Advocacy] Sri Lanka: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights – New Report from the International Crisis Group To: slhr advocacy slhradvocacy@googlegroups.com * INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP – NEW REPORT * *Colombo/Brussels, 30 June 2009:* The Sri Lankan government must reform the country’s judicial system urgently if the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers is to lead […]