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IIGEP  International Independent Group of Eminent Persons FOR RELEASE ON 30 April 2008 Colombo, 30 April 2008 Contact: IIGEP Public Information Office Colombo Hilton Residence, Suite 705 No. 200, Uni...

(Hong Kong, May 5, 2008) The legal counsels of the Abadilla Five has filed today a Petition for Review before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to declare as “null and void” a decision by the Court of ...

by the Chairperson of the AHRC SRI LANKA: Justice and peace: a reply by the AHRC Chairperson to the Secretary The secretary general, SCOPP, Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, has written a letter regarding sever...

May 5th 2008 Mr. Lasantha Wickramatunga – The Editor The Sunday Leader Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd. 24, Katukurunduwatte Road, Ratmalana  Sri Lanka Fax : +94-75-365891  email : editor@thesu...

The physical damage caused by Cyclone Nargis, which swept through Burma this May 2 and 3 is clearly enormous. In addition to the at least 350 dead and uncounted numbers of injured, hundred-year-old tr...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation working on Dalit rights in Gujarat, about caste based discrimination practic...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that following the Court of Appeals (CA) conclusion of its appellate review affirming the conviction imposed by a lower cour...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your immediate intervention into the case of Umesh Lama. On 30 April 2008, Umesh’s sister, who had filed a case under the Torture...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a young man named Yan Sok Kea died on 28 April 2008 due to lack of medical treatment while in pre-trial detention in Prey Sor Pr...

Nirmila Deshpande, a well known peace crusader of India, died on May 1, 2008, after a long period of illness. She was 79-years-old and left behind so many followers who like her, wanted peace. From he...

The following is a reply to the statement by Rajiva Wijesinha of the Peace Secretariat entitled ‘Crudities from the Asian Human Rights Commission.’ Not to be diverted from the issue let us reiterate...

A news item this week had the unusually welcome piece of news of a call by a group within the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party (JVP), who refer to themselves as the moderate wing of the party, requesti...

Land grabbing has been plaguing Cambodia for many years. In early March 2007, a month prior to the commune election, Prime Minister Hun Sen loudly announced a “war against land grabbers”, ...

The ministry of Human Rights and Justice remains silent and stationary on a horrifying incident in April 9, that saw two lawyers, two women, another man and one child burned alive in a Karachi lawyerÂ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-112-2008 April 30, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The Peace Chief and the Summoner’s Tale The Executive Director of the AHRC, Mr....

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that soldiers continuously threatened and harassed a union president and her fellow workers. The workers, presently holding a picket ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a young boy was severely assaulted by the deputy Principal in Galle on 27 March 2008. As a result of this punishment, he w...

Jagdesh Kumar, a 27-year-old Hindu, was brutally killed by Muslim workers on the charge of Blasphemy on April 8, 2008 and to-date, no official inquiries have been initiated into this most brutal act. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation working on Dalit rights in Gujarat about the forced displacement of a Dalit ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of torture of a young boy by the Meetiyagoda police on 7 March 2008. According to information, police...