Statement

There was an attempted abduction of the Secretary to the Judicial Service Commission on October 7, near the St. Thomas College gymnasium. Had the attempted abduction of Manjula Tilakaratne succeeded, what might have happened is hard to guess. However, judging from previous abductions it is quite possible that he may have ended up in one […]

English ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 07 දින ශාන්ත තෝමස් විද්යාරලයේ ක්රීnඩාපිටිය ආසන්නයේ දී සිදු වූ අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිෂමේ ලේඛම් වරයා පැහැර ගෙන යෑමට තැත් කිරීමේ උත්සාහය සාර්ථක වූයේනම් ඔහුට සිදු වියහැකිව තිබුනේ කුමක්ද යන්න උපකල්පනය කිරීම ඉතාම අසීරු වනු ඇත. කෙසේ වුවත් මීට පෙර සිදු වූ පැහැරගැනීම් සමඟ සංසන්දනය කිරීමේදී ඔහුට පහත ආකාරයේ […]

The Prime Minister, who yesterday said that “[m]indless atmosphere of negativity and pessimism that is sought to be created over the issue of corruption can do us no good”, has attacked and insulted the collective aspiration of the nation that longs for the government to setup an effective machinery to end all forms of corruption in India. […]

On 7 October 2012 four persons attacked the Secretary to the Judicial Services Commission of Sri Lanka (JSC), Mr. Manjula Thilakaratne.  Thilakaratne is a senior high court judge. The Secretary, accompanied by his wife, had taken their son to drop him at the St. Thomas’ College gymnasium. After dropping his wife and son at the […]

ඔක්තොම්බර් 10, 2012 ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 07 වැනි දින, මහා අධිකරණයේ හිටපු  විනිශ්චකාරවරයෙකු මෙන්ම  අධිකරණ සේවා කොමිසමේ ලේඛම් ධූරය දරණ  මංජුල තිලකරත්න මහතා පුද්ගලයින් සිව් දෙනෙකුගේ ප්රාහාරයට ලක් විය. ශාන්ත තෝමස් විදුලේ ගෘහස්ථක්රීතඩාංගණය වෙත තම පුතනුවන් සහ බ්රිඳ ගොඩ බැස්සීම සඳහා ලේඛම් වරයා එදින ගමන් කළේය. ඔහුගේ බ්රිඳ සහ පුතනුවන් එහි බැස්සවීමෙන් […]

A Joint Statement by KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi and the Asian Human Rights Commission Commemorating the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2012, the Indonesian Coalition of Civil Society against Death Penalty is pleased to welcome the significant trend on the abolition of death penalty. A report […]

Pernyataan bersama KontraS, LBH Masyarakat, LeIP, YLBHI, Imparsial, LBH Jakarta, Mappi dan Asian Human Rights Commission Menyambut satu dekade Peringatan Hari Anti Hukuman Mati Sedunia yang jatuh pada 10 Oktober 2012 Koalisi Masyarakat Sipil Menolak Hukuman Mati Indonesia menyambut baik adanya tren global penghapusan hukuman mati yang berkembang secara signifikan. Dalam catatan yang dikeluarkan Hands […]

The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI Act) is a watershed legislation in India. This law is perceived of having the potential to expose corruption, and ideally contribute to prevent it. However, the exposé today from the state of Kerala, involving the State Information Commissioner, Mr. Natarajan, sheds light into methods with which the very […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the attack upon the Secretary of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) of Sri Lanka, Mr. Manjula Thilakarathne. It is reported that Thilakarathne, a senior High Court judge who was openly critical about the executive’s unwarranted control over the country’s judiciary. Unidentified persons have reportedly attacked Thilakarathne, stabbing him […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) adds its voice to the chorus of concern over the promotion of Colonel Raju Basnet to the rank of Brigadier General of the Nepal Army, in spite of the seriousness of the allegations of human rights violations brought against him. Colonel Raju Basnet, then Lieutenant Colonel, was in charge […]

None can find fault with the villagers protesting against corruption in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh state. A large number of villagers, representing mostly the tribal community, and of the poorest of the poor living in the district, have, for the past two days, gathered at a place named Court Chauraha of the district head […]

A protest rally organised today by the Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan (JADS) against corruption and non-distribution of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Badwani, Madhya Pradesh state is on the verge of being forcibly disbursed by the state police with the support of local politicians associated with the ruling […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disturbed with the recent rejection of the Indonesian government to the findings by the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) claiming the 1965 massacre constituted a gross human rights violation. As reported by national media, the Coordinator Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Djoko Suyanto insisted that the […]

This distress call is not from a sinking ship but from the supreme body that represents the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Sri Lanka, which is desperately stating that the independence of the judiciary is under threat from the executive. The Asian Human Rights Commission has for years warned that democracy in Sri Lanka is […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is not surprised by the government’s confrontation with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the courts, as it is part of a consistent pattern that has been going on ever since the executive presidential system was established in 1978. The constitution was established in order to undermine the independence […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the Sri Lankan public that we have learned about the massive frauds relating to tampering with land titles and also other frauds by the misusing the criminal justice process by way of fabrication of charges. The incidents narrated hereunder would explain the […]

The recent statement by Mr. Kailash Vijayvargiya, a minister of the Madhya Pradesh state cabinet, is one of the most riveting examples of how democratic processes are decried by the political elite in India. Referring to the national pressure to which his government had to succumb, achieved through the protest organised by the Narmada Bachao […]

More than 300 labourers were burned alive in two separate incidents when factories caught fire in Karachi, the capital of Sindh and Lahore, the capital of Punjab. In Karachi alone 280 workers were trapped in the fire and in Punjab 25 were killed in similar conditions. These incidents happened on September 11 and will go […]

AHRC is deeply perturbed with the crackdown on the Jal Satyagraha in Khardrapani village of Madhya Pradesh’s Harda district. Here, villagers have been staying in neck-deep water for the past 15 days protesting against state’s decision of increasing the water level in Indira Sagar Dam to 262 meters without compensating the villagers for the loss […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission has followed closely reports in recent weeks of an uprising by farmers against a takeover of a large area of agricultural land in upper Burma by an army-owned company and a private partner. The land grab, in the Letpadaung Mountain Range of Sarlingyi Township, Sagaing Region, is of some 7800 […]