Forwarded Press Release

World Socialist Web Site By Sampath Perera – 1 July 2009 The Sri Lankan government has revived legislation that vests the Sri Lanka Press Council, a statutory body, with broad powers to restrict the media and punish offending journalists and publishers with fines and imprisonment. The law was first enacted in 1973 by the coalition […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from United Nations. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from United Nations forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 26 June 2009 (GENEVA — NEW YORK) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the […]

A BRIEF REPORT Human Rights Alert (HRA) and the Department of Clinical Psychology and the Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) observed the UN International Day in on 26 June 2009 at the Jubilee Hall. The observance commenced with a 5 day long workshop entitled Towards Restoring Lives: Practical Assessment of Torture Victims’ Profile […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a human rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh state, India. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from the PVCHR forwarded by the Asian Human Rights […]

The Indonesian police carry out widespread abuse with impunity against criminal suspects and poor and marginalized communities, according to a new Amnesty International report published on Wednesday. The report, Unfinished Business: Police Accountability in Indonesia , reveals the torture and ill-treatment of criminal suspects, repeat offenders, drug users, and sex workers during arrests, interrogation and detention. […]

Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo Follows Six Months of Incommunicado Detention (New York, June 24, 2009) – The formal arrest of Chinese rights activist Liu Xiaobo on charges of subversion signals a hardening of the political climate in China, Human Rights Watch said today. Liu had been held incommunicado since his detention on December 8, […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Human Rights Alert (HRA), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur, India. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong A Press Release from the Human Rights Alert, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Press […]

FIAN demands profound changes to address the dramatic increase of hunger Rome/Heidelberg (22.June.2009) – FIAN, the international Human Rights organization for the Right to Food, calls for profound changes in international food-related policies and governance. FIAN welcomes the decision made by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Council to hold the […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Advocacy Forum, Nepal. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Press Release from the Advocacy Forum, Nepal forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Advocacy Forum (AF) has sought the interventions of the appellate […]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE June, 11 2009 The Sri Lankan government’s failure to deliver justice for serious human rights violations over the past twenty years has trapped the country in a vicious cycle of abuse and impunity, according to a report published by Amnesty International today. Amnesty International’s report, Twenty Years of Make-Believe: Sri Lanka’s […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from United Nation. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————-  A Press Release from United Nation forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 11 June 2009 GENEVA / BRUSSELS — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the […]

Summary: 28 May 2009, Geneva – The European Union regrets that it was not possible for the Human Rights Council to agree on an acceptable outcome of the Special Session addressing the serious human rights violations and the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. The EU (together with a number of other countries) in line with […]

The resolution is a fundamentally partial and politicised response to a human rights and humanitarian crisis», said Souhayr Belhassen, President of FIDH. The text was drafted by the government of Sri Lanka and promoted by Cuba, in a move to reaffirm the « sovereignty » of Sri Lanka on the response to bring to the […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Amnesty International. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Amnesty International forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Fear for Safety/Incommunicado detention PUBLIC             AI Index:  ASA 37/011/2009 18 May 2009 UA 129/0 SRI LANKA      Dr.T.Sathiyamoorthy (m) medical doctor, […]

We reproduce below the United Nations Security Council resolution of Sri Lanka on 13thMay 2009 which was published by the Department of Public Information – News and Media Division – New York The following Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka was read out today by Council President Vitaly Churkin (Russian Federation): The members of […]

(Jakarta, May 12, 2009) The World Ocean Conference (WOC) “Climate Change Impacts to Ocean and The Role of Ocean to Climate Change” is currently held in Manado, North Sulawesi, 11-14 May 2009. The WOC will be followed by the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on 15 May 2009. The CTI is intended to protect the coral […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kasit Pirom hosted a delegation of ambassadors from 15 EU countries on a two-day tour to meet with government agencies, NGOs and religious institutions located in the Deep South. Part of the tour included a visit to the Pattani office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP), […]

“The brutal assault against a Chinese undocumented woman migrant worker in Daejon, South Korea by authorities is an omen of even more vicious acts to come against undocumented migrants. We condemn the brutality of the arrest as well as call to stop the crackdown on undocumented migrant workers in South Korea.” This was declared today […]

(London, April 14, 2009) – The Commonwealth and its members should use their combined diplomatic influence to press the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to cease attacks that violate the laws of war and end the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka’s northern Vanni region, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative […]

(New York, April 8, 2009) ¡V The Sri Lankan government should stop firing heavy artillery into the ¡§no-fire zone¡¨ in the northern Vanni area where some 100,000 civilians are trapped by the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, causing skyrocketing casualties, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called upon the United Nations Security […]