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SRI LANKA: Key witness of a fundamental rights violation case is killed by the Wadduwa Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a key witness in a fundamental rights case filed against the Office-in-Charge of the Wadduwa Police Station was il...

PAKISTAN: Monkey business-military set to expand media outreach across country 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Express Tribune, written by Kamran Shafi. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from T...

SRI LANKA: An innocent man has been detained for almost four years on false terrorism charges 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Thankshanamoorthy Selvakumar (24) of Algultenna Division, Alkaduwa in Matale District has been detained for 3 y...

THAILAND: FACT call to stand up for free speech at Somyot’s lese majeste trial, starting on Wednesday April 18 

A Press Release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 16-04-12 You’re invited! Come to support Somyot Pruksakasemsuk on these upcoming...

PAKISTAN: International Peasants Day – Sindhi peasants deprived of land rights; demand ownership rights of homes 

KARACHI, April 15, Sindh is characterized with skewed land holding pattern where small minority has got hold of the large chunks of agriculture land resulting in expanding of their power base and depr...

SRI LANKA: More answers than questions 

Let him, though suffering in consequence of his righteousness, never turn his heart to unrighteousness; for he will see the speedy overthrow of unrighteous, wicked men. — The Laws of Manu I reca...

SRI LANKA: Sandya Ekneligoda harassed 

The harassment of Ms. Sandya Ekneligoda by the government’s supporters in Geneva and by the Attorney General’s department, for joining the UN Human Rights Council Mrs. Sandya Ekneligoda was one of...

INDIA: Dishonesty threatens stability 

Reading the speech of the prime minister and that of the home minister of India, one could easily get carried away by the thought that they are not in fact referring to India, but to some other countr...

SRI LANKA: Lalith Kumar Weeraju and Kugan Murugan kept in detention 

The Asian Human Rights Commission, as well as other human rights organisations have kept up a constant vigil on Lalith Kumar Weeraju and Kugan Murugan who were abducted on December 10, 2011 while enga...

INDIA: Government’s Trojan 

The presidential reference made under article 143 (1) of the constitution to the Supreme Court has to be viewed with extreme suspicion. The ostensible excuse for the reference are the 2G licences that...

PAKISTAN: Officers of the Pakistan Rangers abduct a subordinate from a police station to settle his wife’s court case of harassment against senior officers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that officers of the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) have been continuously harassing the wife of a subordinate officer with il...

INDIA: Police torture of a Dalit family at their residence 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from MASUM, concerning the case of midnight house raid conducted by the police in a Dalit family. The officers f...

BANGLADESH: Yet another physical attack on rights activist’s family by the same army officer’s goons while an investigation is in progress 

PLEASE MORE DOCUMENTATIONS ON THE CASE OF F M A RAZZAK http://www.humanrights.asia/campaigns/attack-on-fma-razzak ————————————&#...

SRI LANKA: Absence of political will to stop abductions 

Abductions are seen by many as the most important problem that requires to be solved. The recent abductions of Mr. Gunaratnam and Ms. Attigala, merely highlighted the long standing problem. The concer...

INDIA: Paranoia at Writer’s Building 

Referring to the reactions of the government of West Bengal to demands of public causes and justice under the leadership of Ms. Mamata Banerjee, as paranoid, would be in fact an understatement. The st...

PAKISTAN: Police insist an 18-year-old girl to settle a case of raping for five years with the rapist cum stepfather 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the rape of an 18-year-old girl in the captivity of her stepfather, a police tout, for more than five years. H...

SOUTH KOREA/BURMA: South Korean corporate and government should not exploit Burma’s liberal movement 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from a group of Korean NGOs. For inquiries, please contact to Mr. Na Hyun Phil from Korean House for International Solidarity by e...

SRI LANKA: Use of state violence to suppress peaceful conversation on political matters — Abduction of Mr. Premakumar Gunaratnam and Ms. Attigalla 

An abduction drama ended yesterday exposing so vividly the government’s involvement, not only in this particular incident but also in many of the abductions that have been taking place in Sri La...

INDIA: Breastfeeding a scarecrow 

The Indian Central Reserve Police Force has set up the world’s first all-women pipe band. In the undercover interviews conducted by The Tehelka with police officers in Delhi, the officers cl...

PAKISTAN: International Day for Street Children provides an opportunity to review the issue 

By Amir Murtaza The International Day for Street Children was celebrated for the first time on April 12, 2011.  The success of the International Day for Street Children 2011 has provided a platform t...