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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2005 AS-94-2005 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Meningitis caused by neglect and the responsibility of Sri Lanka’s religious leaders Me...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal arrest and torture of a school boy by the Pannala Police on 3 August 2005. Mohommed Lufrash was detained by t...

Public pressure and the courageous stand taken by Sri Lanka’s Commissioner of Elections have made certain that the next presidential elections will be held this year; President Kumaratunga’...

[RE: UP-03-2005: SRI LANKA: Further threat to the life of torture victim Channa Prasanna Fernando, UP-01-2005: SRI LANKA: Police officers interdicted regarding three torture cases of Gerald Perera, La...

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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Galagedara, Sri Lanka on 29 July 2005. After the girl’s father reported th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged torture of a man by police attached to the Gokarella Police Station. On 4 July 2004, Mr H.M. Susantha Herath ...

[RE: UA-136-2005: SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police; UP-97-2005: A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to leg...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received another case of death cased by negligence of hospital staff. According to the information received, Ms. Deepika Prasadhi Jayasuriya ...

[RE: UA-136-2005: SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police; UP-97-2005: A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to leg...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses shock and condemns the killing of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Lakshman Kadirgamar on 12 August 2005. In direct and indirect terms the Gov...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information about Rohitha Upali Liyange, who was brutally tortured by the Wattegama police. (See further: UA-136-2005) He i...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the illegal arrest and brutal torture of a couple by the Saliyawewa police on 26-27 July 2005. The incident happen...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two men were injured, one of whom was hospitalised, after several policemen from the Wellawaya and Badureliya polic...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the very serious torture of two civilians named Rohitha Upali Liyanage and Sarath Bandara Ekanayake by the Wattega...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the abduction of a newborn baby at Negombo Base Hospital during the last week. This hospital has over recent months been plagued by a series of ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the torture of an 11-year-old Gayan Sanjeewa Bandara by the Kahawatte police on 11 June 2005. The police arrested the boy su...

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2...

[Re: UA- 50 -2005: INDIA: Three and a half year wait for justice for the brutal murder of an Adivasi (tribal person) by a forest official in Gujarat] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (A...

According to the latest media reports, the Sri Lankan Inspector General of Police (IGP), Chandra Fernando, has said that the police will apply to the Attorney General’s department to have a tria...