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Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Caste Origins of Sri Lankan Authoritarianism — Part 5 (Editor’s Note: An interview with Mr. Basil Fernando of […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: The nattami who fought against police brutality Ugly Things and Beautiful People — Part 1 Basil Fernando (June […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following announcement for the release of Vol. 12/II of the Indonesian publication CAVEAT produced by the Community Legal Aid Institute (LBHM) in Jakarta in cooperation with the Asian Human Rights Commission. A pdf version of CAVEAT can be downloaded here. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Dawn. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from The Dawn forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Today, May 28, 2010, The Dawn Newspaper of Pakistan have reprinted an article published one year ago to mark the anniversary of […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following announcement for the release of Vol. 11/II of the Indonesian publication CAVEAT produced by the Community Legal Aid Institute (LBHM) in Jakarta in cooperation with the Asian Human Rights Commission. A pdf version of CAVEAT can be downloaded here. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- […]

Parents of these children say that apart from the trauma of losing their loved ones, equally painful is the lack of interest shown by the police in recovering them. The police say that since children’s going missing is not a cognisable offence on its own, it is difficult to follow up in the manner that […]

The democratic transition in Indonesia is still hampered by a number of government policies. Civil supremacy, law enforcement and human rights are not priority issues for the government in drafting these policies. This is true even of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s administration, even though it is considered reformist. There has been no resolution to many […]

An interview with Mr. Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission by Nilantha Ilangamuwa of the Sri Lanka Guardian (April 24, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) In the last discussion, we examined the inequalities which are inherent in the caste system. Q: How does caste affect the social aspects of Sri Lankan society? A: […]

The prostitutes in Bangladeshi brothels are often underage and unpaid – and now, many of them are hooked on steroids that are damaging to their health I’m walking along a brightly painted corridor when a couple of young girls catch first my eye, and then my arm. They smile at me, and giggle; they look […]

Thursday, April 15, 2010Caste origins of authoritarianism in Sri Lanka–Part 2 An interview with Mr. Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission by Nilantha Ilangamuwa of the Sri Lanka Guardian (April 15, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) We talked about the linkage between the collapse of the rule of law, democracy and human rights violations […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Caste origins of Sri Lanka’s authoritarianism An interview with Mr. Basil Fernando of the Asian Human […]

Nilantha Ilangamuwa interviews Basil Fernando, Executive Director of the Asian Human Rights Commission in Hong Kong. (April 07, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) A group of monks who were representing an organisation for the release of the retired general, Sarath Fonseka by undertaking a fast were set upon by a group of between 100-150 police, […]

NO DOUBT the Supreme Court did a wonderful job and for the first time in history, we saw sacred cows at the mercy of the court, otherwise they were considered to be above the law and we salute the honourable Chief justice Mr Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his team for being so courageous. The deprived […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following announcement for the release of Vol. 10/II of the Indonesian publication CAVEAT produced by the Community Legal Aid Institute (LBHM) in Jakarta in cooperation with the Asian Human Rights Commission. A pdf version of CAVEAT can be downloaded here. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- […]

Women News Network March 21, 2010 Correspondent, Shuriah Niazi — Women News Network — WNN Chhattisgarh, India: Mita Bai, 34, will never forget the morning of May 6, 2005. It was 8 a.m. in the morning when a group of three men and six women came to her house with their allegations, branding her as, “a witch.” […]

(March 24, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka Guardian) Among the stories that were reported from Sri Lanka in recent days the case of three-year-old Amila, is perhaps one of the most significant. Except for immediate press coverage of the story in a more sensational manner there were hardly any other reflections. Amila’s mother had made several […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Working Women Organization. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Working Women Organization forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Solidarity message from Working Women Organization on 8th March International Women’s Day 2010 Dear Friends, It was in […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Jan Khaskheli. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Jan Khaskheli forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Indus delta, a famous Ramsar Site, earlier occupied an area of about 600,000 hectors, consisting of creeks, mud flats and mangrove forests […]

On behalf of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), we would like to invite you to attend an “Art Exhibition on The Disappeared and Their Families” to mark the 6th anniversary disappearance of prominent Thai human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit. The one-day exhibition commencing at 09:30 a.m. […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from JURIST — Legal News and Research of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from JURIST, University of Pittsburgh forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Danilo Reyes [Staff member,Asian Human Rights Commission]: “The […]