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In responding to the current dysfunctional status of the Constitutional Council, the Government of Sri Lanka has stated–by way of a communique published in the media–that this is a result ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged torture and extra-judicial killing of a man by the Kadawatha police, Sri Lanka. On 30 April 2005, Damikka Dis...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed that 52-year-old Hettiarachchige Abeysiri residing at 506/1 Delgahawatte Wanawasala, Kelaniya was tortured to death by the Peliyagoda ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2005 AS-82-2005 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Extrajudicial killings reflect absence of command responsibility within Sri Lanka’s policin...

[UA-38-2002: SRI LANKA: Torture victim has not been produced before the JMO even after a magistrate’s order; UP-07-2004: SRI LANKA: Michael Anthony Fernando attacked; UP-49-2003: Michael Anthony...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by another threat made against a judge in Sri Lanka. According to the information we have received, former Magistrate of Wel...

Just as the trial into the murder of High Court Judge Sarath Ambipitiya has concluded, another judge, former Magistrate of Wellawaya Magistrate’s Court, Janaka Bandara has received death threats. The...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged illegal arrest, detention and brutal torture of a man by the Officer-in-Charge and other police personnel at ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses serious concern about the visible loss of interest in torture cases by the Attorney General’s Department. While the government and its officials may...

[UP-32-2004: Tissa Kumara receives further death threats; UP-28-2004: Police pressure the torture victim to withdraw case by threatening his family; UP-22-2004: Tuberculosis patient kept in solitary c...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is reproducing below the translation of a statement made by a tuberculosis patient to Sri Lanka’s Special Investigation Unit. The statement reveals how a...

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the strike reported to be taking place at the Negombo Government Hospital as baseless, unjust, unprofessional and amounting to holding sick people to ransom ...

A High Court judge, Sarath Ambipitiya, was assassinated on the 21st November 2004.  Within seven months the criminal investigations and the trial were completed with a three member trial at bar findi...

[Re: UP-74-2005: SRI LANKA: Torture victim Priyankara received death threats again and urgent witness protection is required; UP-37-2004: A Kandy coordinator of National Police Commission allegedly co...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information about the inaction of the police and the Ministry of Education in regards to the defamation and threatening of five school teac...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned by the alleged torture and death of Kosma Sumansiri by the Ratgama police. He was arrested with three of his friends  by the Ratga...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture of Bernard Janapriyana (See further: UA-63-2005). In a letter to the AHRC dated 25 May 20...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture of Gamini Senadeera and his wife, who gave birth prematurely to a stillborn child due to p...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a torture victim, who filed a charge of torture against the officer-in-charge (OIC) and a police constable from the Horana...

Why has a special day been proposed for the victims of torture? What is its importance? It is hoped that this special day will initiate a movement that can highlight the gravity of torture and establi...