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Sri Lanka: Will The Predictions About Judiciary Come True?
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 2:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In an article entitled 'Once judiciary is broken the Rajapaksas will use the court to destroy every remaining right or freedom', Tisaranee Gunasekara makes the following prediction: More >>
Burma: Release Of Detainees Welcome, But Questions Remain
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 2:27 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the release yesterday of a few dozen political detainees in the latest amnesty announced by the government of Burma, as well as the other initiatives contained in an official news release of 18 November 2002, ... More >>
Pakistan: Land Ownership For Secure Peasant Livelihood
Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 2:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Our story is simple. We believe that enormous imbalance in political power sustains intense and widespread oppression. The threat of being deprived of food and shelter is a form of imposed violence that requires redistribution of economic power in favour ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Justice Must Be Served: An Appeal on Impeachment
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 12:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-051-2012 November 19, 2012 A Statement from Lawyers for Democracy forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Sri Lanka: Justice Must Be Served: An Appeal By Lawyers On Impeachment Process Lawyers for Democracy ... More >>
Sri Lanka: The Supreme Court Should Resign
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 11:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: The Supreme Court Should Resign Before The Executive Destroys The Judiciary As A Separate Branch Of Governance Through The Persecution Of The Chief Justice More >>
Cambodia: Tolerance of Dissent Sends The Right Message
Monday, 19 November 2012, 4:43 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A Statement from The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) More >>
Pakistan: Hanging After Govt Reneged on Death Penalty
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:36 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-230-2012 November 15, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Sri Lanka: Speak Out In Defending Judicial Independence
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:24 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Judges of Sri Lanka More >>
Philippines: Torture Victims Speak Out
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:22 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An interview with a Hadji Noria Salipada, wife of torture victim Alex Salipada, published by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Sri Lanka: The Mega Issue - Judiciary And State
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:19 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-122-2012 November 15, 2012 An Article From The Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: The Mega Issue Is The Ending Of The Judiciary As A Separate Branch Of The State Basil Fernando The impeachment is not about the ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Constitution and Separation of Power
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:17 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-229-2012 November 15, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: The Procedure In Article 107 Of The Constitution Is Incompatible With Principle Of The Separation Of Powers And With The ICCPR Article ... More >>
Pakistan: Violence Against The Ahmadi Community
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:15 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-121-2012 November 15, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Pakistan: Violence Against The Ahmadi Community, A Religious Minority Continues Unabated Stewart Sloan (This is Part II of a series of articles ... More >>
Cambodia: Activists Need Foreign Support
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
In my adult life, even as a political scientist conscious of the use petitions as a method of nonviolent action and persuasion, I have signed only three. More >>
Sri Lanka: Impeachment: Govt Must Adhere to Due Process
Monday, 19 November 2012, 12:03 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Sri Lanka: Impeachment Of CJ: Government Must Adhere To International Standards Of Due Process Says ICJ More >>
Cambodia: President Obama's Visit And Rule of Law
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-227-2012 November 13, 2012 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission Cambodia: President Obama's Visit And The Serious Problems About Democracy And Rule Of Law The visit of President Obama to Cambodia between ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Sarath N. Silva Is No Respecter Of Principles
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:35 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-119-2012 November 13, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka: Sarath N. Silva Is No Respecter Of Principles And Rules Basil Fernando Mr. Sarath N. Silva has taken three different positions ... More >>
India: Politicians And The Status Of Women In India
Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 12:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-ART-117-2012 November 13, 2012 An Article from the Asian Human Rights Commission India: Politicians And The Status Of Women In India Dr. Nidhi Mitra India, the largest democracy in the world, today is slowly becoming the worst ... More >>
Religious minorities continue to suffer abuse
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 8:47 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Despite being reelected to the Human Rights Council religious minorities continue to suffer abuse and harassment More >>
India: Despicable Policing
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 3:13 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Once again, the country's judiciary has underlined the fact that there is something fundamentally wrong with the police in India. On 7 November, the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, Justice Vikramajit Sen, while hearing a case said, "I ... More >>
South Korea: UPR process-govt either lying or ignorant
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 3:09 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
There was a period in the past when many rights including fair trial and the freedom of opinion and expression was heavily restricted by both authoritarian and military dictatorship governments. Those who attempted to enjoy such freedoms suffered from ... More >>
