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    • NEPAL: The struggle to establish democracy
    • SRI LANKA: Four years prison term for contempt of court violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
    • INDONESIA: Discussion on the threat against freedom of expression and opinion of labor activities
    • INDIA: Farmers’ movement challenges the increasing authoritarianism
    • SRI LANKA: A prison study by Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
    • INDONESIA: Two Ministers arrested in anti-graft cases, Has Law-enforcement improved?
    • SRI LANKA: A submission on the making of a new constitution
    • Vulnerability and Religious Minorities in Nepal – In the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic
    • SRI LANKA: A Criminal Justice System in Crisis
    • SRI LANKA: AHRC Writes to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit On Dignity of Women Prisoners
    • ASIA: Extremist religious groups create dangerous fault-lines within communities in Asia, observe panellists of CCA’s virtual conference
    • INDONESIA: Focus Discussion and Sharing with all Commissioners of the Aceh TRC
    • INDIA: Democracy detained even as COVID is on a free run
    • International Community: Stand against Authoritarian Rule in Bangladesh
    • NEPAL: The Government of Nepal has been using the Covid-19 Pandemic to Exercise Control, to Commit Human Rights Violations and to Deny Justice to Victims of Human Rights Abuses
    • SRI LANKA: The duty to stop murder
    • INDONESIA: Pretrial Detention under the Criminal Law Procedure Needs Serious Reform
    • SRI LANKA: Human Rights Commission’s recommendations regarding Mahara Prison shootings
    • BANGLADESH: Violence against women on the rise amid COVID-19 and rampant impunity
    • INDIA: अनुच्छेद 32, सुप्रीम कोर्ट के कुछ फैसले और हालिया विवाद
    • INDONESIA: Interview Regarding Progress of Local TRC in Aceh
    • INDONESIA: How serious is the Government in implementing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Number 16?
    • ශ්‍රී ලංකා: නව ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සඳහාවූ ජාතික ව්‍යාපාරය
    • SRI LANKA: End of an Era
    • INDIA: Morning knock at Anchor’s door exposes the rot in justice system
    • INDONESIA: Relationship Between Investigator And Prosecutor In Draft of Indonesian Criminal Procedure Law (RKUHAP)
    • SRI LANKA: Proposed Constitution will enhance existing lawlessness
    • SRI LANKA: Pluralities and Polarities
    • INDONESIA: Lecture by Mr. Basil Fernando with Indonesia Law School Students on International Law and Important of National Judiciary Reform
    • ASIA: Release the Friend of the Indigenous People – Fr Stan Swamy An Appeal by the Federation of Asian Bishops Conference (FABC)
    • BANGLADESH: Stop Intimidating Activists, Victims’ Families
    • INDONESIA: Monitoring Report on the Police Dealing with Protesters against the Bill on Creation Job
    • INDIA: Government must release Father Stan Swamy, 83—NOW
    • SRI LANKA: Abduction and demands for ransom by some officers of Kuda oya Police Station
    • SRI LANKA: Murder at Pugoda Police Station- OIC has not yet been arrested
    • INDONESIA: Limitation of the Supreme Court’s Authority in the Criminal Verdict Imposition in the Draft of Indonesian Criminal Procedure Law (RKUHAP)
    • INDONESIA: Justice Efficiency Improvement Through Special Line Mechanism in the Draft of Indonesian Criminal Procedure Law (RUU KUHAP)
    • INDONESIA: The Absence of Initial Investigation Process in the Draft of Indonesia Criminal Procedure Law (RUU KUHAP).
    • SRI LANKA: Correct Messaging is Vital to Fight Covid-19
    • INDONESIA: Preliminary Examination Judge in Indonesia Justice System Design
    • BANGLADESH: Termination of University Teacher Exposes Institutional Collapse
    • नेपाल: मानवअधिकार र दिगो विकास लक्ष्य
    • ASIA: Wider partnerships and systemic efforts at grassroots are essential to combat trafficking in women and girls in Asia
    • SRI LANKA: Statement on The 20th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka
    • नेपाल: दिगो विकास लक्ष्य र नेपाल
    • WORLD: From COVID 19 pandemic to hunger pandemic: millions at the brink of starvation
    • THAILAND: Support for Thailand Democratization Protests
    • NEPAL: An Appeal from Ganga Maya Adhikari: Demanding Justice for my Son and Husband
    • INDIA: किसान विरोधी हैं तीनों नए कानून
    • NEPAL: Citizens’ Call to the Government to be Sensitive on Ganga Maya Adhikari’s Health
    • नेपाल: दिगो विकास लक्ष्य
    • BANGLADESH: Arbitrary Detention used as a complementary tool for the unelected government and a coercive law-enforcement system
    • INDONESIA: Twenty two years of unresolved enforced disappearances while the offender enjoys impunity
    • BANGLADESH: Victims of Enforced Disappearances Denied Access to Justice
    • SRI LANKA: The Neanderthal stage of constitution making – 1978
    • DUNIA: 18 Mei, Peringatan Perlawanan Gwangju, Perlu Diakui sebagai Hari Universal untuk Pencegahan Militerisme dan Otoritarianisme
    • BANGLADESH: Freedom is met with rigorous governmental control and violent attacks by people having impunity
    • INDONESIA: 55 Tahun Genosida, Mana Tanggungjawab Negara?
    • WORLD: Pope’s September prayer intention is for the planet’s resources
    • WORLD: A manifestation of the decadence of our times?
    • INDONESIA: Pelaksanaan SDGs Harus Satu Nafas dengan Perlindungan Hak Asasi Manusia
    • NEPAL: On the International Day of the Disappeared, Victims Associations and Human Rights Organizations call for an end to continuing delays in justice for the country’s many victims
    • INDONESIA: Human Rights Issues as Inseparable Parts of SDGs
    • Bangladesh: End Enforced Disappearances
    • INDONESIA: Isu HAM Menjadi Bagian Tak Terpisahkan Dari SDGs
    • BANGLADESH: Tortures and Enforced Disappearances: The Bloody History of Bangladesh’s Elite Paramilitary Force
    • INDONESIA: The National University must stop criminalization and oppression against their students.
    • NEPAL: Deteriorating health condition of youth activists who are on second phase of indefinite hunger strike
    • INDONESIA: Prospect and Problem of the Transitional Justice in Indonesia after 32 years Political Injustice under the Soeharto Regime
    • BANGLADESH: Protecting workers against poverty requires competent Institutions, with rights and dignity, at home and abroad
    • PHILIPPINES: Anti-Terrorism Act is reminiscent of the dark history of martial law era, says CCA General Secretary
    • SRI LANKA: Urging the Sri Lankan authorities to support the Supreme Court’s Direction to educate Law- Enforcement System personnel, on the law elimination of and the use of torture
    • SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, detention and torture of an autistic child allegedly by some police officers acting under the direction of the OIC of Aluthgama Police Station
    • SRI LANKA: Case of alleged torture, illegal arrest and detention of Liyanage Pasindu Yasantha Perera by some officers of Kalutara District Crime Division
    • PHILIPPINES/WORLD: Her Story Lives: Honoring the Predecessors of the #HijaAko Movement
    • BANGLADESH: Surge of Arbitrary Detention under Digital Security Act Leads to Deepening Crisis
    • BANGLADESH: Unhindered Access to Justice is Key to Sustainable Development
    • PHILIPPINES: Acceleration of extra-judicial killings of jurists in the Philippines
    • BANGLADESH: Access to justice amidst COVID-19 for pro-opposition litigants are dealt with draconian laws and discrimination
    • ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාව: පොලීසියට වධහිංසාවට එරෙහි නීතිය උගන්වන ලෙසට ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය විධාන කරයි
    • WORLD: Global protests demanding police reforms
    • BANGLADESH: Government must end torture and fully implement recommendations made by the UN Committee against Torture
    • BANGLADESH: Arbitrarily detained Journalist is at risk of infection with COVID-19 after returning from an enforced disappearance
    • THAILAND: Government should commit towards locating missing activist and protecting human rights defenders
    • नेपालः कोरोना प्रभावित वैदेशिक श्रमिकहरुप्रति बेवास्ता
    • SRI LANKA: What Is The Value Of The Life Of Sunil Jayawardene?
    • ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: ලෝකයේ දිගම වදහිංසා නඩුව
    • विश्वः मे १८, सैन्यवाद र अधिनायकवाद विरूद्द ग्वाङजू विद्रोहलाई अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय दिवसका रूपमा मान्यता दिनु आवश्यक छ ।
    • বিশ্ব: ১৮ মে – গোয়াংজু গণঅভ্যুত্থানের স্মৃতি – সামরিকতন্ত্র ও কর্তৃত্ববাদ প্রতিরোধে সার্বজনীন দিবস হিসেবে স্বীকৃতির দাবী রাখে।
    • SRI LANKA/WORLD: E-Version of the Social Justice Magazine
    • PHILIPPINES/WORLD: “In the absence of clear and measurable outcomes from domestic mechanisms, consider options for international accountability measures”. UNHR Commissioner for Human Rights tells the Philippines government
    • WORLD: Martin Ennals Award 2021/ Nominations Called
    • WORLD: May 18th, the commemoration of the Gwangju uprising, needs to be recognized as the Universal Day for the Prevention of Militarism and Authoritarianism
    • BANGLADESH: Government must stop enforced disappearances and provide special care to families of the disappeared during COVID-19
    • BANGLADESH/WORLD: The nomination of A B M Khairul Haque as a judge of ICC must be opposed for the interest of justice and its integrity
    • ශ්‍රී ලංකා: “අපේකම යනු කුමක්ද”?
    • CAMBODIA: Civil Society Organizations call for the Royal Government of Cambodia to Amend the State of Emergency Law to Protect Human Rights
    • BANGLADESH: Stifling expression using Digital Security Act must not be the norm to address COVID-19 pandemic
    • WORLD: Who Wants War (WWW)?
    • WORLD: THE THEORY OF ADVOCACY CONTAINED IN THE FOLK SCHOOL METHOD
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    • Contempt of court in Sri Lanka
    • Disbarred Lawyers
    • End land grabbing in Cambodia
    • End Violence in West Papua
    • Flood in Pakistan
    • Free Ma Sandar
    • Irom Sharmila's Unending Hunger Strike
    • Justice for Adhikari Couple
    • Maguindanao Massacre
    • Maina Sunuwar
    • Munir Said Thalib
    • No Torture
    • Phyo Wai Aung
    • Protect Fisherfolks - Stop the Killings and Land Grabbing
    • Protect Land and Forest from POSCO
    • Repeal the PTA in Sri Lanka
    • Save Rizana Nafeek
    • Somchai Neelaphaijit
    • Stop Custodial Deaths in Sri Lanka
    • Stop Disappearances in Pakistan
    • Stop extra-judicial killings in the Philippines
    • Thailand State of Emergency 2010
  • Resources
    • Human Rights Reports
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    • Videos
      • The 2019 UN report on children deprived of liberty
      • ණ‍ය බර තුලින් විනාශ වෙමින් පවතින ජන ජීවිතය
      • SRI LANKA: AHRC TV – A discussion on police reforms (in Sinhala)
      • ASIA: The link between weak criminal justice systems and torture — a video presentation
      • SRI LANKA: The speech of the United Nations Special Representative for Independence of Judiciary
      • SRI LANKA: A video interview on a new collection of Sinhala poems
      • ASIA: The AHRC will launch a weekly video roundup on human rights
      • SRI LANKA: BBC reports on torture in Sri Lanka
      • SRI LANKA: What will you do with £ 8.5 million? A short video
      • ASIA: A video documentary on the AHRC’s Folk School
      • ASIA: A conversation on the Kwangju uprising of 1980 and uprisings in the Philippines, Burma, Tibet, China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Indonesia recorded on video
      • SRI LANKA: A Youtube presentation of Sumanthiran MP’s speech at parliament on Rizana Nafeek and the PTA
      • SRI LANKA: Bar Association Convocation speeches available on YouTube
      • SRI LANKA: A YouTube presentation in Sinhala on how the executive presidential system destroyed the bureaucratic structure of the state
      • SRI LANKA: A YouTube presentation on how the executive presidential system destroyed the bureaucratic structure of the state
      • SRI LANKA: True independence — a YouTube presentation
      • INDIA: Protest through submersion by villagers against unfair eviction at the Omkareshwar Dam
      • SRI LANKA: Police Torture Documentary
      • PHILIPPINES: An interview with Edwin Egar
      • SRI LANKA: The Police Torture Epidemic in Sri Lanka — a documentary
      • The AHRC and RCT launches the Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-Treatment (AAATI)
      • ASIA: Widespread torture in Asia explained in a new video production
      • SRI LANKA: Wide spread torture is only a symptom of failed policing
      • SRI LANKA: A report on 323 cases of police torture in Sri Lanka – Lecture 7
      • SRI LANKA: The death of law – Lecture 6
      • PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the killing of Safaraz Shah, a young man shot dead in a public place by the Rangers
      • Five hundred days since the forced disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda – Lecture 5
      • Police shooting at Katunayake and issues of public importance – Lecture 4
      • SRI LANKA: To protect the law is to protect the nation – Lecture 3
      • How to improve the discourse of human rights between developed and less developed countries – Lecture 2
      • Defending Human Rights Defenders – Lecture 1
      • BANGLADESH: Police enjoy impunity despite torturing villagers and sexually abusing women in Dinajpur
      • BANGLADESH: Human Rights Defender FMA Razzak under threat of crossfire
      • BANGLADESH: Journalist Gias Ahmed Describes Story of Police Torture
      • SRI LANKA: Police brutally torture a man in revenge for complaining to the human rights commission
      • SRI LANKA: Appeal to save the life of a Tamil complainant in a bribery case against a police officer
      • PHILIPPINES: On Gerry Ortega: “Too painfully young for a man to go”
      • SRI LANKA: The sixth anniversary of the assassination of Gerald Perera
      • Indonesian military ill-treat and torture indigenous Papuans
      • Human Rights Day 2010
      • Remember Rizana Nafeek
      • Torture victim in Indonesia for UN International Day against Torture – June 26 2009
      • Torture victim in Sri Lanka for UN International Day against Torture – June 26 2009
      • Torture victim in Pakistan for UN International Day against Torture – June 26 2009
      • Torture victim in Thailand for UN International Day against Torture – June 26 2009
      • Torture victim in Philippines for UN International Day against Torture – June 26 2009
      • Torture victim in India for UN International Day against Torture – June 26 2009
      • Approach to transitional justice -Advocacy Forum Nepal 2
      • Approach to transitional justice -Advocacy Forum Nepal 1
      • Attack on lawyers in Sri Lanka
      • Sri Lanka: 10 UN experts comment on Sri Lanka
      • Religion and Rights (part 2)
      • Religion and Rights (part 1)
      • Recovering the authority of public institutions
      • PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Injured Filipino worker sought accident compensation (part 2)
      • PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Injured Filipino worker sought accident compensation (part 1)
    • Blogs
      • NHRC Thailand
      • Rule of Lords
      • Slaughter of Innocents, the Philippines
      • Story of a Torture Victim: Gerald Perera
      • Sri Lanka Lawlessness
      • Pyithu Hittaing: AHRC Burma Blog
    • Special Reports
      • Launch of discussion on drafting Asian Charter on the Rule of Law
      • SRI LANKA: Dossier of Sugath Nishantha Fernando
      • SRI LANKA: Dossier of Rizana Nafeek
      • SRI LANKA: Cases of torture and ill treatment recorded from 2006-2010
      • Human Rights Under the Indonesian Criminal Procedure Code
      • INDONESIA: Universal Periodic Review Submission on the Human Rights Situation in Papua
      • PAKISTAN: Torture is endemic in the country
    • Podcasts
      • AHRC Philippines Rights Cast
      • හිමිකම් කඩවීම් ඒවාට විසඳුම් Violations of rights and their solution
    • AHRC TV - JUST ASIA
      • AHRC-TV – Just Asia
    • Joint Human Rights Reports
      • BANGLADESH: Impunity reigns for human rights violations against Santal indigenous people
  • Opinions
    • Coloumns
      • INDONESIA: Kehawatiran Saya Terhadap Masyarakat Orang Asli Papua
      • ‘They’re not music videos’: YouTube human rights news channel Just Asia struggles to make a difference
      • PAKISTAN: Country needs a public policy and legislation against dowry related abuses
      • SRI LANKA: Time to bring cultural rights in to the centre of human rights discourse*
      • CAMBODIA: Hun Sen’s Impermanence
      • PAKISTAN: Dowry is a form of violence! Alas this has yet to be declared officially in the Islamic republic of Pakistan.
      • PAKISTAN: UN must send fact-finding mission to Balochistan and appoint UN Special Rapporteur
      • PAKISTAN: Will CPEC help the Baloch prosper?
      • PAKISTAN: Failed prosecution system denies justice to Christian community of Joseph Colony
      • PAKISTAN: With 40,000 ghost teachers and 5,200 ghost schools in Sindh–education is a scary prospect
      • PAKISTAN: Balochistan, a place of enforced disappearances, extra judicial killings and mass graves
      • PAKISTAN: End domestic violence
      • CAMBODIA: Ruling Elite’s crimes against humanity revisited
      • CAMBODIA: Some Thoughts for 2015
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      • INDIA: Ad-hoc action will perpetuate child malnutrition
      • CAMBODIA: Fight draft laws and laws restricting dissent and basic rights
      • CAMBODIA: The “Ruling Elite” faces charges of crimes against humanity
      • CAMBODIA: Something to learn from KPNLF freedom fighters
      • PAKISTAN: Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Dead
    • Interviews
      • INDONESIA: Media misrepresents human rights campaign for West Papua
      • INDONESIA: Attacks on workers are attacks on democracy — labour activist
      • SRI LANKA: An interview with Dr. Navi Pillay
      • INDONESIA: “I want to go home” – a member of the Shia community in Sampang
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      • INDONESIA: A victim of enforced disappearance speaks out on government’s reluctance to provide remedies
      • PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out- “Under torture, I thought I was dead” Interview 12
      • PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out — “They tortured me by water boarding” Interview 13
      • PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out — “Beaten and placed in a drum full of water” Interview 11
      • PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out — “I don’t mind going hungry. All I need is my husband” Interview 10
      • INDONESIA: Court’s judgment on Intelligent Law reflects the state’s adherence to the rule by law
      • INDIA: The State working against Rule of law has forced this Jal Satyagraha on us
      • INDONESIA: Let the voices of Papua be heard
      • INDONESIA: Defending the right of Christians to freedom of religion
      • PAKISTAN: It would be an honour to die with my head up than to live like a coward having my eyes down, Uzma says in an interview
      • INDONESIA: No justice for victims of Semanggi I tragedy 13 years on
      • NEPAL: “A lot of the juveniles who have been subjected to torture see gloomy prospects for their future”
      • INDONESIA: Implementation of sharia law in Aceh still too sensitive an issue to be adequately addressed
      • INDONESIA: The content of the sharia district regulation must be amended
      • PHILIPPINES: Torture victims speak out–“I kept the torture I experience to myself for one year” Interview 9

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