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Human Rights Day: A challenge to the conscience of the international human rights community

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of Human Rights Day The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) joins the rest of the international community today to celebrate and at th...

SRI LANKA: Thinking with colors: Young persons kidnapped and killed inside a navy camp in Sri Lanka

The picture produced below shows how the kidnapping for ransom and killing of 11 young person’s inside a navy camp has become a problem troubling the conscience of the entire nation. This incident h...

ASIA: Civic Space – lessons learnt from three Asian countries – Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

We are sharing a short video commentary on the context between authoritarianism and democracy in three Asian countries, which are facing unprecedented struggles between the forces which represented au...

SRI LANKA:The most important step in the fight against corruption

Due to the recent elections, there is now a great expectation for some decisive change. Everybody agrees that the election results show a very definite rejection of the old way, the old leadership, an...

SRI LANKA: Election Result 2024 – An Opportunity for Democracy

Decisive Opportunity for Democracy- Rule of Law- Protection of Human Rights and End Corruption. Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Congratulate the Sri Lankan People for their BOLD DECISION to Prote...

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවඃ 2024 මැතිවරණ ප්‍රතිපලය

ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදය -නීතියමත පාලනය -මානව හිමිකම් සුරුකීම හා දූෂණය නැති ක...

INDONESIA: A finding report on the allegation of brutality of the authorities in the peaceful public protest on 22 August, 2024

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) regarding finding report on the allegation of brutality during peaceful public protest in...

INDONESIA: Stop Police brutality against the democratic Indonesian masses

Click here to see a video of the protest A massive peaceful public protest took place in several cities today as a form of public reaction to the House of Representatives (DPR) efforts to thwart the ...

BANGLADESH:Moment of hope and a new beginning for Bangladesh

The people of Bangladesh have created an opportunity for themselves by way of a mass intervention in order to oust the rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and as a result, she has fled the co...

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 ...

INDONESIA: Condemns the Shooting of Human Rights DefenderMr.Yan Christian Warinussy

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a regional human rights organisation, has received information from the Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform. Based on information from Manokwa...

ශ්‍රීලංකා:ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේඅතුරුනියෝගයෙන්පසුපොලිස්නායකත්වයේඇතිවියයුතුවෙනස

පොලිස්පතිගේ වැඩ තහනම් කිරීමේ අතුරු නියෝගය තුලින් අතිශයින් අනාගතය කෙරෙහි බ...

BANGLADESH: Stop judicial harassment of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus

A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission & CIVICUS CIVICUS Global Civil Society Alliance and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) call on the Bangladeshi authorities to immediate...

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) Sister Marya Zaborowski, a Maryknoll nun who dedicated her life to serving o...

INDONESIA: Initial Findings from the Investigation of AM’s Alleged Torture: Urging Police Professionalism, Transparency and Accountability in Revealing the Truth of theCase

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) supports the Indonesian Civil Society Anti-Torture Coalition in condemning the acts of torture against a child victim AM (13) and 17 other children. These ac...

INDONESIA: Torture is still big homework for Indonesia

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) supports Indonesian civil society organisations to promote the eradication of torture. The organisations consist of the Sekretariat RFP (Aliansi Masyarakat Sip...

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 society, and I did not speak out – because I was not a civil society. Then...

SRI LANKA:Economic, governmental, legal: not three crises but one

(Sharing a link to a video explaining the Sri Lankan crisis of governance, Economy and Rule of Law. This video was prepared as a part of an ongoing discussion on the need of system change) Link to the...

SRI LANKA:Prosecuting crimes requires a system change

By Basil Fernando In the context of Sri Lanka, a crucial question arises: Does the country still possess the capability to effectively prosecute crimes? This query can be raised for numerous reasons. ...

INDONESIA: Case of bullying and the forced dispersal of rosary prayer activities in Tangerang: Stop intolerant behaviour and investigate the perpetrators thoroughly

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the President of Republic of Indonesia  Mr. Joko Widodo President of the Republic of Indonesia Jl. Veteran No. 16 Jakarta Pusat INDONES...