Forwarded News

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) expresses its deep concern and opposition to the decision of President Rajapakse to unilaterally appoint members to the National Public Service Commission and ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you a statement issued by the World Forum for Democratization in Asia. The statement points specifically to the current state of...

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) notes with shock and dismay the appointment of the members to the National Police Commission and Public Service Commission, in violation of the constitution...

A Statement by the National Committee for Overseeing the Implementation of the 12 Point Agreement The twelve-point agreement of November 22, 2005 between the Seven Parties Alliance (SPA) and the Commu...

The Law Faculty Teachers’ Union of the University of Colombo expresses its deep concern over a statement issued by the Secretary to the Judicial Service Commission published in the Daily News on...

Background: Dr Chee Soon Juan, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party, was sued in 2002 by former Singapore prime ministers Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Goh Chok Tong for defamation. The courts...

The killings continue.  And no solution is in sight Today, there is complete impunity in the Philippines.  An average of one militant is killed every week.   Seven lawyers have been killed since J...

On 1 February 2005, King Gyanendra usurped all executive powers through a royal proclamation and imposed a “state of emergency” in the country that has been precipitously descending into b...

Media Release on 18 August 2005 The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is deeply concerned to note the dramatic increase in child recruitment by the LTTE reported from our offices in the North and E...

2015 New Year’s message from Kofi Annan, Chair of The Elders As Chair of The Elders, Kofi Annan has released a New Year’s message on behalf of The Elders.  He reflects on the events of 2014 and l...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from the Dalit Human Rights Monitoring (DHRM) on the brutal attack on Dalits settlement in the Kalapatti village of Coimb...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from the Collective Campaign for Peace on the recent arrest, unlawful detention and torture of peaceful protestors and ci...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information below about another “honour killing” in Pakistan. In this case, two teenage girls, Ms. Tahmeena, 17, and...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) about another human rights violation on civilians committed by elemen...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from SUARAM, a leading Malaysian human rights group, on targeted arrests of Burmese asylum seekers in Kuala Lumpur. Thirt...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding the information from the The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH and the OMCT, ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding the information from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on the politically motivated interference in the state-owned...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding the protest letter of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to the President of Indonesia Government, Megawati Soekarno...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Forum-Asia that a prominent human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit is missing since 12 March 2004. We are for...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding information from the Burma Lawyers’ Council about death penalty on nine victims by North Rangoon District Court on 28 Novembe...