Forwarded Article

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by the editor of Daily Times, Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Daily Times, Pakistan forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Monday, November 21, 2011 – Finally the Federal Ministry of Human Rights has woken up to […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Aman ki Asha, written by Brian McMahon. For more information on this situation, please see this supplementary information. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Aman ki Asha forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission A former Indian national appeals for […]

An article from the BBC Sinhala Service/Sandeshaya forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 26 October, 2011 – Published 17:04 GMT 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 […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the BBC Sinhala Service. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the BBC Sinhala Service forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 23 October, 2011 – Published 15:04 GMT Hundreds of people were tortured in police custody since January this […]

Fabrication of Charges, delayed for 08 Years.  Pathrage Don Jayathilaka is a 56 years old unmarried farmer. He is a resident of Molkava, a village in the Kalutara district. His brother P. D Sunil, is a stickman and also a drunker. Because of his brother’s illness, the Baduraliya police used to arrest Jayathilaka instead of his brother. In every […]

The International Commission of Jurists has recently forwarded a submission to the United Nations Committee against Torture. We present here the executive summary. The full report may be found at http://alrc.net/PDF/ICJ_CAT47_SriLanka_Submission_2011.pdf. Executive Summary In this submission the ICJ provides alternative replies to some of the questions raised in the List of Issues to be considered during […]

An article from The Express Tribune forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Shamsul Islam ”Torture is the only way many police officials know of extracting a confession. They don’t care about whether it is true or not,” Criminal lawyer Ch Muhammad Zulfiqar. Incidents of water boarding and other forms of torture in police custody […]

An article by Mr N Jayaram* forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Two groups of Indians facing the gallows in India and two men executed in the United States, but vastly different reactions in both instances exposed a certain inconsistency that needs to be nailed. Three Tamil men convicted of the 1991 assassination of […]

The Indonesian military and police started shooting at around 2:37pm West Papua time, yesterday 19 October. Information about what exactly transpired are still sketchy but at least one person was shot (believed dead), scores have been arrested, hundreds have fled to the hills and jungle surrounding the capital, and the capital is in a state […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Jinnah Institute, written by Saba Imtiaz. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Jinnah Institute forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Saba Imtiaz It was meant to be a drive to a religious pilgrimage. It ended as a bloodbath. […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Jinnah Institute, written by Madeeha Ansari. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Jinnah Institute forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Re-reading the conflict in Balochistan Madeeha Ansari In a world characterized by violence and volatility, this year’s […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from India, written by Mr Vidhya Bhushan Rawat. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr Vidhya Bhushan Rawat about the politics of fasting in Gujarat forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By: Vidhya Bushan Rawat* It is disappointing and […]

An Article by J. C. Weliamuna forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission JC Weliamuna (Eisenhower Fellow, Senior Ashoka Fellow & Constitutional Lawyer) In legal and political literature, the term ‘dictatorship’ includes authoritarianism and is synonymous with traditional terms such as absolutism, absolute governments, despotism and tyranny. In political and constitutional legal theory, a dictatorship is […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good’s website, written by Father Thomas R. von Behren. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong An article from Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good’s forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission by Father Thomas R. […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Leader, written by Jamila Najmuddin. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong An article from the Sunday Leader forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has once again called on Sri Lanka to […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Daily Mirror, written by Kelum Bandara. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Daily Mirror forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Tamil National Alliance decided to legally challenge the regulations imposed under the Prevention of Terrorism […]

An article from Pakistan Today forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Amar Guriro A small classroom of third graders of a government primary school located in the outskirts of Tando Bagho town of Badin district, Sindh province was packed with a large number of people and their belongings. Smoke was emitting from a […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Express Tribune, written by Shamsul Islam. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- With International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance coinciding with Eidul Fitr this year, 2011 became twice as sorrowful for the families of missing persons in the country. ”This […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Arab News, written by Mohammed Rasooldeen. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from The Arab News forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN | ARAB NEWS Published: Aug 23, 2011 00:14 Updated: Aug 23, 2011 00:14 […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Times. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong An article from the Sunday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission http://sundaytimes.lk/110821/News/nws_037.html Legal documents pointing to the fact that housemaid Rizana Nafeek was under age at the time she went to Saudi […]