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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2006 AP-001-2006 A Paper by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA: Institutional reform: An alternative approach to the resolution of Sri Lanka’s c...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that four police officers, including a Sub Inspector of Police, have been arrested regarding the murder of Lalantha Fernando...

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that a 21-year-old man was tortured by police personnel attached to the Horana police station on 5 January 2006. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of a report by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) stating that enquiries are ongoing regarding 20 complaints o...

The BBC Sinhala Service revealed today a report by the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) stating that enquiries are ongoing regarding 20 complaints of forced disappearances that are alleged...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and arbitrary detention of Nihal Kithsiri. Nihal was arrested by SI Silva and PC Bandara and taken...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring to your attention a situation which is ongoing at the Anuradhapura Hospital Dialyses Unit.  In an article that appeared in the D...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man was brutally tortured by the police, who subsequently filed fabricated charges against him on 23 December 2005. T...

H M G V Kotakadeniya, an advisor to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense on police matters, is today reported as having said that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) will now be able to appoint and tr...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Wijethileka who was shot twice in the back by two Opanayake police officers.  The victim was ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture of a 16-year-old student, Sahan Tharaka, by his teachers and the Assistant Principal of hi...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the torture of a man, M.H. Priyantha Minipura (25), by policemen attached to the Ayagama police post following his arr...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a 27-year-old man, Navinna Arachchige Manjula Prasad, was brutally tortured by policemen attached to the Pamunugama Pol...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2005 AS-002-2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA: Six years after Chemmani exhumation: Inquiry commission needed to review attorney g...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man by police personnel from the Horan...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another case of police torture in Sri Lanka. On 20 December 2005, Amila Prasad was allegedly severely tortured by sev...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of yet another case of illegal arrest, detention, brutal torture and the subsequent filing of fabricated charges against...

The recent drug menace plaguing Sri Lanka has been linked to police corruption. On December 31, 2005 the Inspector General of Police was reported to have said that the country’s drug problem can...

AS-001-2007 January 2, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Use of anti terrorism laws to suppress media and human rights organisations – the Sunday Leader episode a...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the killing of a man, Udaya Kumara, by policemen attached to the Mount Lavinia police station on 19 December 2...