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The Prime Minister, who yesterday said that “[m]indless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism that is sought to be created over the issue of corruption can do us no good”, has attacked ...

“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike d...

On 7 October 2012 four persons attacked the Secretary to the Judicial Services Commission of Sri Lanka (JSC), Mr. Manjula Thilakaratne.  Thilakaratne is a senior high court judge. The Secretary, acco...

ඔක්තොම්බර් 10, 2012 ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 07 වැනි දින, මහ�...

(Hong Kong, October 10, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission today wrote a letter to Ms. Gabriella Knaul, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers informing her of the attem...

A Joint Press Release by Odhikar and the Asian Legal Resource Centre (Hong Kong, October 10, 2012): The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and Odhikar, a national human rights organisation based in Ba...

A Joint Statement by KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi and the Asian Human Rights Commission Commemorating the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2012,...

Pernyataan bersama KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi dan Asian Human Rights Commission Menyambut satu dekade Peringatan Hari Anti Hukuman Mati Sedunia yang jatuh pada...

“An ignorant mind believes itself omniscient and omnipotent; those impulses in itself which really represent the inertia and unspent momentum of its last dream it regards as the creative forces ...

The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI Act) is a watershed legislation in India. This law is perceived of having the potential to expose corruption, and ideally contribute to prevent it. However, the ...

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Honourable Hatta Ali, Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court The Honourable Hatta Ali Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another indigenous leader has been killed in Misamis Oriental. The victim and his group had been opposing the e...

The Sri Lankan government must immediately provide justice for the physical assault on Manjula Tillekaratne, Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission in Sri Lanka, and cease public efforts to und...

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks, It still looks home, and short excursions makes; But rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks, And, never shocked, and never turned aside. Bursts out, res...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the attack upon the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) of Sri Lanka, Mr. Manjula Thilakarathne. It is reported that Thilakarathne, a ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the trial of two men whom police tortured and forced to confess to charges of murder seven years ago is dragging on. Th...

We cordially invite you and your organization to the Public meeting organized by LfD to discuss the recent attacks on the Independence of the Judiciary. This Meeting is of significant importance for t...

These are cataclysmic times marked by complete public cynicism regarding the value of the law, when the Judicial Service Commission has been unrelentingly attacked by the state media and its Secretary...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) adds its voice to the chorus of concern over the promotion of Colonel Raju Basnet to the rank of Brigadier General of the Nepal Army, in spite of the seriousne...

None can find fault with the villagers protesting against corruption in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh state. A large number of villagers, representing mostly the tribal community, and of the poor...