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Sri Lanka: Death sentences carried out by police
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 11:53 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
Arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings are an almost daily occurrence in Sri Lanka today. The police system and additional institutions expected to be the protectors of law have become so dysfunctional and politicized that illegalities predominantly ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Extrajudicial killings
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 11:51 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The incidents of extrajudicial killings and custodial deaths in Sri Lanka are now almost a daily occurrence. The story presented by the Sri Lankan Police Service to the Magistrate is always similar. Either they were shot while trying to escape or ... More >>
Philippines: Bad policing and torture
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 11:50 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
To my observations the system of policing in the Philippines is good, but there are some problems in implementing the laws such as while some of the law enforcers abide by the laws others abuse their powers because they believed that they are in ... More >>
Pakistan: Violence against women/ Minorities
Saturday, 23 October 2010, 11:49 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The families of the victims are often afraid to use the courts for fear of reprisals. The proposals of the Justice and Peace Commission to combat the phenomenon. More >>
Video Military Torturing Papuans Surfaces
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 1:28 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Asian Human Rights Commission has received video footage from sources in West Papua showing the torture of indigenous Papuans by the Indonesian military. The AHRC has removed some of the scenes showing the burning of the victims’genitals. More >>
Pakistan: Past violations of human rights
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:05 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The ratification of the of UN International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights (ICCPR) and the UN convention against Torture (CAT) this June had come after a valiant struggle by the human rights movement and had raised new hopes among the civil society ... More >>
Philippines: A politicised system of justice
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 1:04 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
When Philippine President Benigno Aquino III decided to grant amnesty to the military men charged for rebellion against the government and not to file criminal charges against an official and the policemen involved in the Manila bus hostage incident, ... More >>
Cambodia: Human Rights Activists (Part 3)
Saturday, 16 October 2010, 12:59 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
"I was born with the attitude and the will to help other people," You Tho explains in an interview with LICADHO.23 "I do not know why I was born with this character. It is simply the way I am." More >>
Cambodia: The Venerable Luon Sovath
Thursday, 14 October 2010, 10:58 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The latter was a question that the Venerable Luon Sovath began asking early in life. The 32-year-old grew up in Cambodia's Siem Reap province and came of age in the midst of Cambodia's vicious civil war. He witnessed horrific violence as the Khmer Rouge ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Reflections on the Constitution #5
Wednesday, 13 October 2010, 12:49 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Above mentioned incidents are just a few of the robberies reported in the news papers in the month of October. Beside these, almost daily stories of robberies are being heard from all parts of the country. What is more revealing is that several of the ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Reflections on the Constitution
Saturday, 9 October 2010, 11:35 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
This picture shows the executive president sitting above the Supreme Court Complex. The Supreme Court is the highest court but the post of the executive president is above it. Article 35 of the Constitution specifically places him outside the jurisdiction ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Prevention of Domestic Violence Act
Saturday, 9 October 2010, 11:31 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
In Sri Lanka as globally, the most prevalent form of violence against women is domestic violence. According to a survey from 2006 by the Ministry of Child Development and Women's Empowerment more than 60 percent of women across Sri Lanka are victims of ... More >>
Burma: The WISE women of Burma
Saturday, 9 October 2010, 11:27 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
WISE travelled to Mae Sot, on the Thai border with Burma and worked with ten women from 4th September -- 17th. Mae Sot is a small town, which holds around 200,000 people. 50,000 of those people are Thai and the rest are refugees or migrant workers from ... More >>
Philippines: "Guilty until proven innocent"
Saturday, 9 October 2010, 11:23 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
This line has become part of the equation to scare Human Rights workers and the people in Sulu away from the very thing that is inherent to human -- their rights. The Tausugs are being turned into a bunch of walking zombies apathetic to state abuses and pass ... More >>
Cambodia: Abysmal Lawlessness, Powerless Citizens
Friday, 8 October 2010, 5:23 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The first election in post-Pol Pot Cambodia was May 1993. The new constitution promised a liberal democracy and governance based on the rule of law. However, the country is still in a state of abysmal lawlessness and ordinary Cambodians are powerless. More >>
Sri Lanka: Abuse of the criminal justice process
Thursday, 7 October 2010, 11:21 am | Asian Human Rights Commission
The Sri Lankan branch of Transparency International (TISL) has been summoned to appear before the Financial Investigation Unit of Criminal Investigation Division who is conducting an investigation into a complaint on suspicions transactions of ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Reflections on Sri Lanka' Constitution
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:33 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The picture above speaks for itself. It depicts what happened to a young man who went to get police assistance to stop illegal gambling happening near his house. More >>
Sri Lanka: Street protests
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 12:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
Perhaps for the first time in Sri Lankan history, many people have taken to the streets in the last few days to protest against the abuse of the judicial process and to demand fairness. Some lawyers were quoted by the media as saying, "Now, we have to ... More >>
President Ignores Parliament, Protesters Arrested
Friday, 1 October 2010, 5:32 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
On September 28, 2009 the House of Representatives issued several recommendations to the President to bring the perpetrators of the infamous student disappearances of 1998 to justice. More >>
Neither A Temple Nor A Mosque Will Save India
Friday, 1 October 2010, 4:25 pm | Asian Human Rights Commission
The elaborate security and precautionary arrangements made by the state and central governments expecting a communal violence in response to the anticipated judgment of the Allahabad High Court is proof to the fragility of India. More >>
