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*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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a mother and her six month old child are currently facing food and health insecurity caused by bonded labour. The f...

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

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to the Ganemulla Police Station have illegally arrested, detained and tortured a civilian....

(Hong Kong, September 8, 2010) YouTube video (in Sinhala): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMnIfBLiSGM   What are the philosophical legal fallacies involved in the 18th Amendment? What will be the n...

On September 8 (tomorrow) the government will move 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which is to be voted on that day itself to remove the constitutional limitation of two terms on the president and...

Darja Merkina   The current floods are having a detrimental effect on children’s health due to the potential outbreak of endemic waterborne diseases. The UN Office for the Co-Ordination of Huma...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Shoaib Habib Memon. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Shoaib Habib Memon ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of Sri Lankan citizens. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from a group of S...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an estate labourer was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Pussellawa Police Station and arbitrar...

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, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Abdullah Khoso. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from abdulhumanrights.blogspot.c...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin for...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Women Workers Help Line. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Women Workers Help ...

A simple way of understanding the 18th Amendment is to compare it to the situation in the United States of America. The president of the United States is elected for a term of four years and is entitl...

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

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Reporters Without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Reporters Without...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to the Panwila Police Station have illegally arrested, detained and tortured an innocent c...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 17 year old school going child was illegally arrested by the police officers attached to the Anamaduwa Police Sta...

The comparison between Hong Kong and Sri Lanka Rasika Sanjeewa Weerawickrama LLB (SL), LLM (HK) It was reported that around 192 people have died from dengue fever in the first seven and a half months ...