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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the custodial death of Mr. Mizanur Rahman, who was extrajudicially killed by the Gulshan Police in Dha...

Basil Fernando In an article which appeared in the Island newspaper entitled, ‘Hardly the Death of Democracy or the Nation — Ten Points from a Political Scientist’, (September 11, ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was severely tortured before being illegally arrested and detained by officers of the Welippena Police Stat...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that man was abducted by a group of unknown persons in Dadalla, Galle. The relatives of the victim believe the abduction...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Pak American Lawyers for Civil and Legal Rights to the President of the United States of ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Sri Lanka Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-073-20...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Free Media Movement. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———&...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from PFUJ. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Rel...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Azad Kashmir region of Pakistan, that Mr. Asim Zakir, a young man who was previously arrested by the Inter Serv...

The arrest of the printer of a poster and the holding of his family members to force him to surrender indicates the type of suppression that will be extended to all political activities now within the...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering Committee of Net Working for Rights (NfR) — Sri Lanka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the civil group in India. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the civil group in...

Today, the 9th September, Sri Lankans woke up to a country which has changed politically in its character and in its legal system. With the passing of the 18th Amendment Sri Lanka has abandoned libera...

Today in an emailed letter I received from a friend there was this sentence: “Sometimes, I feel that when institutions die, it’s even worse than people dying.” This is a profound ref...

A Press Release from Mr. Abbas Butt Chairman, Kashmir National Party forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) (September 9, 2010) Kashmir National Party leaders Abbas Butt and Dr Shabir C...

A Statement from the Steering group of the Right to Food Campaign forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Right to Food Campaign is shocked at the Prime Minister’s statement made to t...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the shameful act allegedly by the officials of notorious intelligence agencies and the Elite Force, a law enfo...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Sri Lankan Navy arrested a civilian and later handed him over to officers of the Maravila Police Station. They ...

*Avinash Pandey     Britain, in a major victory for the movement against caste based discrimination and atrocities, can soon declare caste prejudice unlawful under laws against racial discri...