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PHILIPPINES: Int’l tribunal verdict — political killings stem from opposition to Arroyo’s economic policies

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article on the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal regarding extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. This article is written by Antonio Tujan Jr of IBON Features Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Antonio Tujan Jr of IBON Features on the verdict of the Permanent […]

SRI LANKA: No investigations ‘without special directions from govt’ — Human Rights Commission dumps 2,000 uninquired complaints

Note from the AHRC: In earlier communications the AHRC has reported that the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is no longer a legitimate body as the member commissioners were appointed by the Executive President in contravention of the Constitution.  Subsequent to the appointments the agenda of the new commissioners has been to abandon the […]

SRI LANKA: Report of the Fact Finding Mission to Pesalai by the CPA and INFORM

Representatives from INFORM (Sunila Abeysekera and Udaya Kalupathirana) and The Centre for Policy Alternatives (Dr. Devanesan Nesiah, Bhavani Fonseka and Mirak Raheem) traveled to Mannar, Pesalai and Talaimannar on the 28th of June, to assess the prevailing situation there. BACKGROUND Mannar District, in the north-west of Sri Lanka, is among the least developed districts in […]