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Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner MASUM in West Bengal regarding an alleged dowry death of a woman in South 24 Parganas district, W...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform that the remaining nine torture victims have already been released from the provincial jail in La Trinidad, Benguet on 20 De...

[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 Cambodian au...

 the Sunday Leader issueThe Editor Sunday Leader Newspaper Leader Publications (Pvt) Ltd. 98, Ward Place, Colombo 7 Sri LankaFax : +94-75-365891 – email : editor@thesundayleader.lk Dear Sir, T...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a farmer who was repeatedly stabbed after he was forcibly abducted, tortured and held in captivity survived an attempt ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information that two women were severely beaten up by thugs hired by the 7NG company but the police have not started an inve...

Mr. Salim Baloch, a political leader of the southern province of Balochistan was rearrested by secret service personnels after recording a statement in the Sindh High Court on 31 December 2006, in whi...

The following was initially delivered as a talk given by Mr. John J. Clancey, Chairperson of the Asian Human Rights Commission to the priests of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong on January 4, 2007 Wh...

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to forward by way of this statement, a report sent to President Rajapaksa by the Bishop of Mannar on the killing of innocent civilians in an aerial bombardment...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Advocacy Forum, a local human rights organization in Nepal, of the alleged rape of a mentally deficient woman by an army...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informs you regarding the further killing of eight persons, six of whom activists, one driver and one journalist, in separate incidents that took...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information that Mr. Salim Baloch, the acting president of Jamhoori Watan Party was allegedly abducted once again by secret serv...

[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 Cambodian aut...

[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 Cambodian aut...

[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 most of the Cambodian au...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a group of indigenous people peacefully marching to protest against land grabbing in the northeastern province of Ratta...

(Sunday Leader December 31, 2006) I am writing this to clarify misinformation contained in an article entitled ‘Targeting CBK and LTTE’s southern gift’, by Dilrukshi Handunnetti, whi...

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns as an act that demonstrates the failure of the international community to deal with dictators within the framework of law, while not deviating from internati...

AS-321-2006 December 29, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: New Year’s Wish List for 2007 1. That fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution be fully honour...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that legal action has been taken against 12 lawyers practicing in the Supreme Court, including three top lawyers who are...