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Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the MaximsNewsNetwork. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from credible sources in Jammu and Kashmir concerning the arbitrary shooting of civilians by the security forces station...
(Hong Kong, August 27, 2010) The Asian Legal Resource Centre on Wednesday submitted a special dossier to a group of United Nations human rights experts on recent cases of extreme, prolonged torture by...
Over 12,000 cases are pending before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) as there are no ‘commissioners’ to order inquiries into them, according to a report published in Daily...
Basil Fernando Sri Lanka has turned out to be a land of many quarrels but no debates. Often quarrels turns into violence, sometimes murder and even worst. And the violence itself leads to new quarrels...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Ms.Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Coordinator of Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Pakistan Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, has refused the renewal of passports to a Pakistani family allegedly on ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the custodial death of 16-year-old Dharmendra Barai on 4 July, which is suspected to have been caused ...
On the 25th August, the Supreme Court discharged the editor of the Lanka Irida newspaper, Chandana Sirimalwatte from charges of contempt of court. Earlier he had been given notice of the issue of a ru...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Justice and Peace Foundation (WGJP) calling for a seminar on the International Day ...
A Joint Open Letter to the Executive Board of the UNESCO from a group of 96 organisations world-wide UNESCO Executive Board 7, place de Fontenoy 75732 Paris 07 SP France Tel: +33 (0) 1456810...
In July of this year a web newspaper, the Sri Lanka Guardian reported an alleged case of sexual abuse by an appeal court judge. Last weekend, Lakbima reported that the CID has submitted its report of ...
A woman domestic worker in Saudi Arabia nailed 24 times Mrs. L.T. Ariyawathi (49), a mother of three has returned from Saudi Arabia after less than five months of employment. Within a short time of he...
The expectation of the Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram that the ordinary citizens will come forward to assist law enforcement officers in combating armed militancy and terrorism is unfortunate...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Women’s Learning Partnership (WLP). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Wo...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a Muslim group attacked on a Hindu community that had been living there for a century during the early hours on 23 ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to express its deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the eight Hong Kong nationals who were killed in a 11-hour hostage crisis in Manila y...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was shot dead by police officers while in the custody of an officer attached to the Hanwella Police Station. ...
The WISE project started its second leg in Jakarta on August 2nd and with only 9 days to train and create a video – it was bound to be a challenge from the start. The women were all drawn from diffe...
Basil Fernando Two cabinet ministers laughed in public about the police assault of two opposition Members of Parliament at the Galle police station. They added to their laughter by adding to th...
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