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SRI LANKA: Absence of justice hurts even more than murder
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 10:55 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-168-2011 November 4, 2011 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
SRI LANKA: Peace, Military & People
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 10:53 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ETC-050-2011 November 4, 2011 An article by Mr. J.C. Welliamuna published by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Peace, Military & People Discussion on the validity of the Non-military Engagement of the Military More >>
Sri Lanka: Duminda Silva Is Above The Law
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Duminda Silva is above the law. This is not due to any constitutional status that he has, as for example, the President of Sri Lanka who is by virtue of article 35 of the Constitution, above the law. In the case of Duminda Silva he is above the ... More >>
Pakistan: Demands For Action Against Alleged Rapists
Friday, 4 November 2011, 4:56 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Ansar Burney Trust announces that it will take responsibility for providing medical treatment to the victim for the safe delivery of the child and their protection More >>
POSCO Project Is Not More Important Than Public Opinion
Friday, 4 November 2011, 2:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Minister of Orissa More >>
Pakistan: Ahmadi Sect Surgeon Abducted With His Son
Friday, 4 November 2011, 12:50 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
A senior surgeon belonging to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam has been missing since October 30, 2011. He was traveling in a car with his son of eleven years. The car was found abandoned far away from his home. More >>
PAKISTAN: 6 power loom work leaders sentenced for 10 yrs
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Anti-Terrorist Court’s judge Mian Muhammad Anwar Nazir sentenced six Labour Qaumi Movement’s leaders for 10 years each under terrorism charges in Faisalabad, Punjab province this evening. More >>
BURMA: Draft land law denies basic rights to farmers
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:12 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
During the second sitting of the new semi-elected parliament in Burma this year, the government submitted a draft land law. The government gazette published the draft on September 16, and it is currently still before the parliament. More >>
PAKISTAN: Taliban threaten the family of a gang rape victim
Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 5:10 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Police officials accused of having, along with a soldier, gang-raped a 16 year-old girl for one year are now targeting the lawyers working with the victim. At the time of writing, four of her lawyers were abducted, kept in illegal detention, tortured ... More >>
SRI LANKA: Bharatha killing, drugs and CSE 'linked'
Friday, 28 October 2011, 5:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
There seems to be a link between Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), illegal drugs and the recent murder of a presidential advisor, says the owner of a private media network. Shan Wickramsinghe, the owner of the TNL media network, told BBC Sandeshaya that ... More >>
The Commemoration Of The Disappeared In Sri Lanka
Friday, 28 October 2011, 12:29 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to His Eminence, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith More >>
Sri Lanka: The Monument For The Disappeared
Friday, 28 October 2011, 12:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Large numbers of persons will gather at the Monument for the Disappeared at Raddoluwa Junction, Seeduwa today (October 27, 2011) to pay their respects to the disappeared persons in Sri Lanka and to demand justice on their behalf. This is annual event ... More >>
Pakistan: Forced Marriages Of Religious Minority Women
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:40 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The forced conversion to Islam of women from religious minority groups through rape and abduction has reached an alarming stage which challenges interfaith harmony due to the total collapse of the rule of law and biased attitude of the judicial officers. ... More >>
Pakistan: Government Appease Extremist Religious Groups
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:14 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The unspoken message is also clear: that the judiciary can expect no help from the government for carrying out their sworn duty to uphold the laws of the land. More >>
Urgent humanitarian intervention needed for jailed monk
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 10:01 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of Myanmar/Burma More >>
'Hundreds Tortured' in Police Custody
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 11:22 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Hundreds of people were tortured in police custody since January this year in Sri Lanka, international human rights groups say. More >>
SRI LANKA: STF is not the solution
Friday, 21 October 2011, 8:07 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-157-2011 October 21, 2011 A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: STF is not the solution to the country's lawlessness In the editorial of the Island on October 19, 2011 with the title: 'Sowing the whirlwind' ... More >>
Indonesia: Troops Open Fire On Papuan Gathering
Friday, 21 October 2011, 3:40 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
An article from Alex Rayfield, published in NewMatilda forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission More >>
Update (Indonesia): Violence Against Kebumen Villagers
Friday, 21 October 2011, 3:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Regarding the military violence against Kebumen villagers on April 16-17, 2011, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that there have been some legal proceedings against the villagers. Meanwhile, there is no information regarding any ... More >>
India: West Bengal Police Refuse Child Trafficking Victim
Friday, 21 October 2011, 10:52 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has once again received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation working in West Bengal, concerning the case of 13-year-old girl, who was trafficked from the Indo-Bangladesh border area by a gang ... More >>
