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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara,...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the forced disappearance of Des Raj Chauhan (also known as Lala), a 24-year-old labourer and resident of Gana...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the agreement reached between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) political parties and the Maoist insurgents, which paves the way for an end to the decade...
The AHRC today to the editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper protesting against an unfair and biased report written by Sushita R. Fernando on a well known torture case. The writer quotes the police of...
Ms. Jayanthi Dandeniya, the coordinator of Families of the Disappeared based at Raddoluwa, Seduwa, has announced the launching of a signature campaign by the victims of past disappearances to demand a...
It was reported in the Island newspaper on November 5th that President Rajapakse is expected to announce the possible appointment of an eight member commission of inquiry to investigate fifteen cases ...
On 8 November 2004, a 21-year-old philosophy student at the University of Karachi had just finished a radio broadcast on the famous poet Joan Elia when he was abducted from the downtown building. His ...
[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of Ministry of Education and...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the alleged extra-judicial killing of 32-year-old carpenter Bacha Ram Chaudari, a permanent resident of Rayap...
The presence of the Prime Minister calls for additional security and protection. With protection and security being the job of the police, they will be on their toes when it is a matter concerning peo...
Following the letter sent by Ms. Kim Soo A on behalf of the AHRC to the Director General of UNESCO objecting to the appointment of an article appeared in LANKAWEB. The AHRC sent its reply today and ...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked by the October 30 air attack on a religious school that reportedly killed around 100 persons at Damadola, near Khar in the Bajaur tribal district on...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner organization MASUM in West Bengal regarding a dowry death of a woman by her husband and in-laws, ...
INDIA: Misuse of power by the police; threat and intimidation; collapse of rule of law; police’s collaboration with the culprits; human trafficking; corruption —————...
Following the letter sent by Ms. Kim Soo A on behalf of the AHRC to the Director General of UNESCO objecting to the appointment an editorial and a letter to the editor have appeared in the Island News...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner in Kerala, India that an innocent man named Mr. C. R. Suresh was allegedly assaulted by Sub Inspe...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged rape attempt of a woman by a police constable (PC) from the Ratanapura police station on 7 October...
[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan aut...
We refer to our earlier statement of October 18, 2006, SRI LANKA [AS-254-2006]: “Show cause notice on lawyer Elmo Perera has no basis in law and is an attempt to silence critical voices among th...
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