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Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the arbitrary and illegal detention of a man suffering from mental illness at the Wadduwa police station. His dete...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the arbitrary and illegal detention and use of death threats and torture against a 15-year-old boy, Chamara Nuwans...

Dear Friends, Please find below a self-explanatory call for action from Geneva-based NGO the International Service for Human Rights concerning the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rig...

The author whose name appears below take full responsibility for the views expressed in this paper.  They are not necessarily the views of the AHRC.  However, the AHRC considers that the point of vi...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-284-2006 November 11, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission  SRI LANKA:  Only international human rights monitoring can ensure credible inquiries into the ...

The AHRC notes with shock the further intensification of violence in Sri Lanka with the assassination of a Member of Parliament, Nadarajah Raviraj, belonging to the TNA and the killings of the civilia...

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and detention; poor practice of verifying identify of suspect in court; un-rule of law ————————————- D...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 37/033/2006 (Public) News Service No: 290 8 November 2006 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by reports of the killing today of as many as 6...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara,...

The AHRC today to the editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper protesting against an unfair and biased report written by Sushita R. Fernando on a well known torture case.  The writer quotes the police of...

Ms. Jayanthi Dandeniya, the coordinator of Families of the Disappeared based at Raddoluwa, Seduwa, has announced the launching of a signature campaign by the victims of past disappearances to demand a...

It was reported in the Island newspaper on November 5th that President Rajapakse is expected to announce the possible appointment of an eight member commission of inquiry to investigate fifteen cases ...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of Ministry of Education and...

Following the letter sent by Ms. Kim Soo A on behalf of the AHRC to the Director General of UNESCO objecting to the appointment of an article appeared in LANKAWEB.  The AHRC sent its reply today and ...

Following the letter sent by Ms. Kim Soo A on behalf of the AHRC to the Director General of UNESCO objecting to the appointment an editorial and a letter to the editor have appeared in the Island News...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged rape attempt of a woman by a police constable (PC) from the Ratanapura police station on 7 October...

We refer to our earlier statement of October 18, 2006, SRI LANKA [AS-254-2006]: “Show cause notice on lawyer Elmo Perera has no basis in law and is an attempt to silence critical voices among th...

In this morning’s edition of the Sunday Times a news item entitled “Acquitted police officer taking case to the HRC” reported that in the famous case filed by a torture victim in Sri...

This column has emphasized time and time again that the critique advanced of the role and the functioning of the Norwegian led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) may be justified to some extent, give...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned from several newspaper reports that the former President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has been appointed as senior consultant to UNESCO for...