Forwarded Press Release

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from a group of Sri Lankan journalists, religious leaders and other professionals. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from a group of Sri Lankan journalists, religious leaders and other professionals forwarded by the Asian […]

A Press Release from TRIAL (Swiss Association against impunity) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Geneva/Bern, 22 September 2011 On 13 September, media reports already announced that Mr. Dias, former Deputy Ambassador for Sri Lanka in Germany, Switzerland and the Vatican, had been stripped of his diplomatic status because he was strongly suspected […]

Islamabad/Brussels, 12 October 2011: Reforming Pakistan’s corrupt and dysfunctional prison system is central to curbing rising crime and militancy, fixing a deteriorating criminal justice system and enforcing the rule of law. Reforming Pakistan’s Prison System, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, continues a series of reports on a deteriorating criminal justice sector that […]

A Press Release from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Today the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization (NGO) that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia, releases a briefing book titled “Briefing Book for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Awami Tahreek. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from Awami Tahreek, The Peoples’ Movement forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Dear Friends, The ongoing unprecedented sporadic rains, heavy floods and ill-planned […]

A Press Release from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Press Release – Phnom Penh, 6 September 2011 Today, 6 September 2011, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily, that provincial authorities in Kampong Thom would seek the suspension of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong A Press Release from Human Rights Watch forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) http://www.hrw.org/node/101510 (New York, September 7, 2011) – Emergency regulations lifted in Sri Lanka […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Reporters without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from Reporters without Borders forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Reporters Without Borders – Reporters sans frontières Press release – Communiqué de […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) From: Sri […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The Friday Forum. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from The Friday Forum forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The Friday Forum 2, Greenlands Avenue, Colombo 5 Sri Lanka E-Mail: chandraj111@gmail.com Telephone; […]

A Press Release from HomeNet Pakistan and Labour Education Foundation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) LAHORE, Aug 1: The government should recognise informal sector as a major contributor to the national economy and acknowledge home-based and domestic workers, especially women, as collective workforce. * This was consensus among participants of a seminar […]

A Press Release from Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) A top editor of the Jaffna-based ‘Uthayan’ newspaper has been brutally attacked and seriously wounded by unknown armed men on Friday (29) in the heart of the heavily-guarded northern Jaffna town. According to media sources in Jaffna, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Pakistan Peace Coalition. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- Peace activists of India and Pakistan are organizing Peace Vigil in many cities of both the countries on the eve of a meeting between the Foreign […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Center for Victims of Torture (CVICT) on the occasion of the International Day in support of victims of torture. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong A Press Release from the Center for Victims of Torture (CVICT) forwarded […]

A Press Release from International Labour Organisation (ILO) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) WORLD: 100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization […]

FRIDAY FORUM – PRESS RELEASE- Leadership Training for University Entrants. 9th June 2011 The decision in the Supreme Court dismissing, without stating reasons, all the petitions against the programme, has made it all the more important to have a public discussion on its relevance and impact on the university system. The Friday Forum expresses its […]

Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières 06-08-2011 (Audio interview available on the website (Sinhala / English) Eng : http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-interview-with-wife-of-cartoonist-08-06-2011,40424.html Fr : http://fr.rsf.org/sri-lanka-interview-de-l-epouse-du-08-06-2011,40422.html Five hundred days have gone by since Prageeth Ekneligoda, a journalist and cartoonist who worked for the Lankaenews website, went missing in Colombo on 24 January 2010. In all this time, no progress has […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong UNJUST A Documentary Film by Josefina Bergsten, followed by Q & A 8pm Tuesday June 7, 2011 At Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand Non-members 300 Baht, […]

June 01, 2011 The Commonwealth Journalists Association is outraged over the slaying of yet another Pakistani journalist and urges the Pakistan government to do all it can to find the perpetrators. The body of Syed Saleem Shahzad, an Islamabad-based journalist was found on May 31, two days after he had been reported missing and a […]

A Press Release from Lawyers for Democracy forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Press Statement- Lawyers for Democracy The war in the North and East has come to an end. Due to the blanket censorship on conflict related news, local and international media did not have the freedom to cover the conflict. Consequently,the […]