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Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been closely following the case of a father and son both of who have been imprisoned because the latter was arrested while taking photograp...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Samarasinhage Sudath Pushpakumara was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Beruwala Po...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ANM-001-2011 January 24, 2011 An Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Relocation of the AHRC office The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you of th...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has obtained a copy of an open letter in which a senior legal expert in Burma has alleged that police drugged his client during interrogation. The signed letter of 20...

Alarmingly as it may be, it is now a well-known fact that lawlessness has spread to all aspects of public as well as official life in Sri Lanka. The critical role played by the police system is furthe...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends it sincere condolences to the family of Gerry Ortega, a broadcast journalist and mining activist. He was shot dead at a market place while buying clothes...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Egodawattege Ruwan Niroshana was illegally arrested and severely tortured continuously for three days during wh...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) concerning the case of Ms. Lara (name changed) a victim of sexu...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two policemen from Pachuwarghat police station, Kavre District, tortured an eleven-year old boy, Lakpa Tamang, whil...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Kiribathgoda Police Station in the district of Gamp...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the land mafia from the ruling party is occupying the villages of fisher folk by using force and destroying the eco...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Suranjiv Chrishantha Fernando (21) of Elkaduwa Estate, Elkaduwa in Matale district was illegally arrested and s...

In November 2010, in Hatton, Sri Lanka, Devarathnam Yogendra cooperated with the Bribery Commission to catch police officer IP Wijesuriya accepting bribes. A representative from the Bribery Commission...

The Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association, in an extraordinary general body meeting held yesterday, resolved to request the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India to undertake an in...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a complainant of a bribery case (No.: 50600/01 in the Chief Magistrate’s Court of Colombo), received death th...

Devarathnam Yogendra ( 28 ) is the complainant in a bribery case against IP Wijesuriya of the Hatton Police Station, who has been indicted on a charge of obtaining bribes. This charge has been filed o...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from a campaign website, Protect Human Rights Defenders! Protect Cocoy Tulawie! Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——R...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Roshni Help Line. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———R...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Networking for Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...

(Hong Kong, January 18, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) will send international and domestic observers to attend the reading of the verdict on January 21 in the appeal case concerning t...