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The government should investigate the source and nature of threats to Asma Jahangir’s life, and take appropriate action. Razi Rumi Published in:  The Friday Times June 8, 2012 Raza Rumi talks to Ali Dayan Hasan Pakistan Director at Human Rights Watch Q: A year after the murder of Saleem Shahzad and in light of the […]

Falsely charge of murder, the young woman has been in jail since she was 17. The European Union is closely monitoring the case. For Saudi authorities, the “case is not yet closed.” Sri Lanka is trying to get the victim’s family to pardon her. Saturday, May 12, 2012 By Asia News  Colombo — Rizana Nafeek, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Express Tribune, written by Kamran Shafi. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from The Express Tribune forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Kamran Shafi What the devil is going on? Why is there no reaction from the sitting […]

Salem News interviewed one of the exiled journalists of Sri Lanka. (CHENNAI / COLOMBO) – Nilantha Ilangamuwa is an ambitious young journalist purged by the government for his conviction to uphold freedom of speech and independence of media in the island nation. He was taunted by the agents of the government and its secret service […]

An article from Friday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Did the movement bring a fundamental change in the state and the society and the relationship between the two? Ayesha Siddiqa The protests, rallies and demonstrations by the legal community from 2007 to 2009 took everyone in and outside Pakistan by surprise. People […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Asia Foundation, written by Pema Abrahams on the shortcomings of the newly adopted NHRC Act. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Pema Abrahams from the Asia Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission March 14, 2012 By […]

WHEN someone claims to have been denied a fair hearing before the courts due to systemic flaws, I think of the golden “chain of justice” that has earned the Mughal emperor Jahangir a place in history. Outside his castle in Agra a bell had been installed for those who wanted a personal hearing from the […]

Almost three years after the end of the civil war, Sri Lanka is still dogged by allegations of human rights violations. Amid fresh moves in the UN’s Human Rights Council to hold Sri Lanka to account, the BBC’s Charles Haviland in Colombo reports on a rise in sinister abductions by anonymous squads in white vans. […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Colombo Telegraph, written by Sunalie Ratnayaka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Colombo Telegraph forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission An accolade to an environmentalist of our times: Piyal Parakrama Just about two years ago, on […]

Eighteen bloodied bodies, shot Gestapo-style, lay by the roadside. Men in army uniforms had stopped four buses bound from Rawalpindi to Gilgit, demanding that all 117 persons on board alight.Those with Shia sounding names on their national identification cards were separated out. Minutes later it was all over; the earlier massacres of Hazara Shias in […]

In the past 5 months — October 2011 to February 2012 — there has been a disturbing rise in the number of abductions, especially in and around the capital, Colombo. Out of 29 abductions and 3 missing persons reported in media, most have not returned to their homes and families, rendering them ‘disappeared’ persons. The […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Lanka E News, written by JC Weliamuna. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Lanka E News forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By JC Weliamuna Basic Liberties cannot be taken away by any State Organ Let […]

”Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” (Who will guard the guardians themselves), said the Roman poet Juvenal in his “Satires” [i]. The phrase has lasted through centuries and cited in different contexts but most importantly in regard to the problem of ensuring that persons and organisations entrusted with performing the functions of the state do so within the legal-constitutional […]

The Attorney General had informed the Supreme Court that steps were being taken by the Police Department to gazette the regulations covering the rights of Attorneys-at-Law to represent their clients at police stations. Deputy Solicitor General Shavindra Fernando also moved for a three month period finalise it. The Bench comprising Chief Justice Shirani A. Bandaranayake, […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Transcurrents, written by Kishali Pinto Jayawardene. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Transcurrents forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The continuing failure of Sri Lanka’s institutions of justice is well demonstrated in the most recent Views of the […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, written by University of the Philippines (UP) Professor Raul C. Pangalangan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission We need to respond to the fear […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Radio Australia. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Radio Australia forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Updated December 27, 2011 21:29:04 A Sri Lankan teenager who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia may escape beheading due to […]

Avinash Pandey L K Adavani is a toughie. I know, I could have added a ‘ji’ to his name, as the mainstream media does, but I cannot. The reason is simple. Whenever I think of him, what come to my mind is all those trails of blood that his ‘yatras’ have left behind. Actually, for […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Leader, written by Raisa Wickrematunge. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sunday Leader forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Raisa Wickrematunge Senior Tamil journalist J. S Tissainayagam denied allegations that he “admitted his complicity” […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), written by Abdullah Khoso. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission […]