Forwarded Open Letter

U Aung Toe Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel: + 95 67 404 080/ 071/ 078/ 067 or + 95 1 372 145 Fax: + 95 67 404 059 26 November 2008 Dear Chief Justice We are writing on behalf of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute […]

International Bar Association (The global voice of the legal profession) 10th Floor, 1 Stephen Street, London W1T 1AT United Kingdom His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Fax:+94 112446657 Your Excellency, Re: Death We are writing you on behalf of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) to express […]

Mr. Priyasath Dep – Acting Attorney General Attorney General’s Department Colombo 12 SRI LANKA Via Fax: +94 11 2 436 421 Hon. Acting Attorney General, Re: Request to Appeal against the Judgment of the High Court Judge in Negombo (Case No. HC 259-2003, relating to torture of The Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Victims of […]

We write to you in reference to the recent judgment delivered by the High Court judge of Negombo on 9th October 2008 acquitting the accused in the abovementioned case under the Convention Against Torture and other Inhuman and Degrading Punishment Act No 22 of 1994, (hereafter the CAT Act). On a perusal of the said […]

Amnesty International wishes to express its sympathy and condolences at the death of your father, J B Jeyaretnam, whom the organization regarded as an unflinching campaigner for the rule of law and for the whole spectrum of human rights — regardless of the personal costs he paid. It was often the organization’s privilege to stand […]

An open letter to the Attorney General and the Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka, following the killing of Mr. Nishantha Fernando REDRESS Is an International human rights organisation with a mandate to assist torture survivors to obtain justice and reparation (www redress org) We have been working closely with counterparts in Sn Lanka to […]

The arrests and detentions without trial and the circumstances leading to the same of the abovenamed three under the Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) on Sept. 12, 2008 are a source of grave concern for the rule of law and democratic values in Malaysia.?All three are reported to have been detained under Section 73(1) of […]

New Bilibid Prison Muntinlupa City 21 August 2008 Dear Loved Ones of the Late Col. Rolando N. Abadilla, Greetings of Peace!   We take this opportunity to reach out to you, first of all in sympathy with you for your loss of a loved one in the person of the late Col. Rolando N. Abadilla, whose […]

We are extremely disappointed and very concerned to discover that you summoned and reprimanded Sanath Balasooriya and Poddala Jayantha, the President and General Secretary of Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA) respectively over the protest campaign organized by our five media organizations against abduction and inhuman assault of The Nation journalist Keith Noyahr. Your action has no […]

Your Excellency, We, the undersigned 84 non-governmental organisations working on human rights in Asia, write to urge that your government not vote for Sri Lanka for membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council in the election taking place in the General Assembly on May 21, 2008, because of the country’s evident failure to meet […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Amnesty International to the Secretary General of ASEAN. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——- An Open Letter from Amnesty International to the Secretary General of ASEAN forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) ASIA: Open […]

Kishallie Pinto Jayawardena writing on behalf of the Law Society and Trust, (LST) a reputed Sri Lankan organisation has requested the Attorney General to file appeal against the judgement of the High Court judge of Negombo dated April 2nd acquitting all the accused in Gerald Perera’s torture case. The LST argues that there are strong […]

We wish to express our grave concerns regarding restrictions imposed by your government on the rights of non-refoulement, movement, assembly, and expression of the Tibetan community in Nepal. As a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the government of Nepal is responsible for the protection of the human rights of […]

Sompong Amornvivat Minister of Justice Office of the Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice Building 22nd Floor, Software Park Building, Chaeng Wattana Road Pakkred, Nonthaburi Bangkok 11120 THAILAND Fax: +662 502 6699/ 6734 / 6884 Tel: +662 502 6776/ 8223 Dear Hon. Sompong Amomvivat, Our office, the May 18 Memorial Foundation was alerted by the […]

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) welcomes the final agreement of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea that upholds to maintain the independence of the Commission. The agreement not only is a clear reminder of the efforts that took to establish the Commission as an independent body as witnessed by the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry, the Chief Justice of Pakistan to various heads of states in Europe. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——- An Open Letter from Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry, the Chief Justice of Pakistan forwarded […]

January 27, 2008 I, myself, Ms Angkhana Neelapaijit, am writing on behalf of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP – Thailand), and as a recipient of the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. I appreciated having the chance to visit Korea and observe the democratic environment as well as love of freedom, especially the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——- An Open Letter from the Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada forwarded by the Asian Human Rights […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open invitation from the Tji Hak-soon Justice & Peace Foundation, requesting for nominating candidates for the 11th Tji Hak-soon Justice & Peace Award. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——- An open invitation to nominate candidates for the Tji Hak-soon […]

Your Excellency, As religious groups, academics, media, civil society, political groups and individuals in Sri Lanka, we express our fullest support towards the peaceful protests initiated in your country by Buddhist Monks and ordinary citizens on economic burdens heaped on them, restrictions on democratic freedoms, and repression of independent media including blockage of internet and […]