Administration of justice

SRI LANKA: Negligence results in death of a patient

Dear friends, Mr. Manabalasingham Rajkumar (44) of Siriwardana Place, Munnakaraya, Negombo in Gampaha District is a fisherman. He was admitted to the Negombo Base Hospital for urgent medical treatment after having injured the 3rd finger of his right hand. After an X-ray, the doctors decided to do surgery on the finger. He was admitted to […]

PAKISTAN: Detention of Mohsin Ali and Kashif Khan Kamran without trial violates the Constitution and International law

Two persons, Mohsin Ali and Kashif Khan Kamran, have been in the illegal custody of Pakistan’s security agencies since 19 September 2011, i.e. for nearly four years now. They have not been produced before any court of law since their detention commenced. The people of Pakistan are aware that these two men were brought from […]

ประเทศไทย: สมาชิกสหพันธ์เกษตรกรภาคใต้ตกเป็นเป้าการลอบสังหาร

คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งอาเซียน (AHRC) ได้ทราบว่าสมาชิกของสหพันธ์เกษตรภาคใต้ (สกต)  ในจังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานียังคงถูกคุกคามต่อชีวิต   ถึงแม้ว่าจะมีคำตัดสินของศาลให้ทางสำนักงานปฏิรูปที่ดินเพื่อเกษตรกรรมเป็นผู้ชนะคดีเมื่อห้า เดือนที่แล้ว  โดยได้มีคำสั่งให้บริษัท จิว กัง จุ้ย พัฒนา จำกัด บริษัทปาล์มน้ำมันที่มีเจ้าของเป็นนักการเมืองต้องออกจากพื้นที่ที่พวกเขาได้ครอบครองโดยผิดกฎหมาย  แต่ว่าในทางปฏิบัติสิ่งนี้ยังไม่เกิดขึ้น    นอกจากนี้ยังปรากฏว่ามีความคืบหน้าเพียงเล็กน้อยจากการสอบสวนของเจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจในคดีฆาตกรรมนายใช้ บุญทองเล็ก  นายใช้ถูกยิงเสียชีวิตเมื่อวันที่ 11 กุมภาพันธ์ 2558 ที่บ้านของเขาโดยมือปืนสองคนและนับเป็นสมาชิกคนที่สี่ของสกต ที่ถูกฆาตกรรมในช่วงเวลานี้   ทาง AHRC ยังได้ทราบว่าสมาชิกแกนนำคนอื่นๆ ของสกต ก็มีรายชื่ออยู่ในบัญชีที่จะมีการฆ่า เนื้อหาของคดี จากเหตุการณ์ต่างๆที่เกิดขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่องได้เพิ่มความกดดันให้กับสมาชิกของสกต  โดยผู้มีอำนาจที่พยายามจะหยุดการทำงานของพวกเขา, การคุ้มครองความปลอดภัยของชุมชนและสิทธิในที่ดินทำกินในประเทศไทย โดยผ่านโฉนดชุมชน เมื่อวันที่ 17 มีนาคม 2558 นักข่าวจากสถานีโทรทัศน์ช่อง 11 พร้อมกับเจ้าหน้าที่ทหารกองทัพบกได้เข้าไปที่ชุมชนที่อยู่ใกล้กับชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์  จากการนำเสนอข่าวก่อให้เกิดความเข้าใจผิดว่าชุมชนดังกล่าวเป็นสมาชิกของชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์  ในการออกอากาศของการเข้าชุมชนในครั้งนี้ไม่ได้มีการสัมภาษณ์ชาวบ้านในชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์ที่แท้จริงเลยและได้มีการแสดงภาพของกลุ่มคนที่ไม่ได้อยู่ในชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์  หนึ่งในภาพที่ออกอากาศคือรูปของนายเพียรรัตน์  บุญฤทธซึ่งเป็นประธานสหกรณ์การเกษตรสหพันธ์เกษตรภาคใต้    นอกจากนี้ทางสกตก็ยังไม่ได้รับโอกาสในการโต้ตอบทางสถานีโทรทัศน์ใดๆ ในประเทศเพื่อตอบข้อกล่าวหาที่ทางสถานีโทรทัศน์ช่อง 11 ได้รายงาน   (https://youtu.be/e66TxR1OxDk) จึงเป็นไปได้ว่าทางสกตไม่สามารถที่จะตอบข้อกล่าวหาต่างๆ ที่เกิดจากการนำเสนอของนักข่าวช่อง 11 และจากทางเจ้าหน้าที่ทหารในการออกอากาศครั้งนั้น ต่อมาในวันพุธที่ 26 […]

[ Sinhala] ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: නෛතික යුක්තියේ පිරිහීම (සිව්වන කොටස)

එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම (UNHRC) විසින්, පොලිස් භාරයේදී සිදුවූ මරණයක් සඳහා පොලිසිය, වෝහාරිකව්‍යාධිවේදියා, නීතිපතිවරයා හා, නීති සහන සැලසීමට අසමත් වීමසම්බන්ධයෙන් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයද වැරදි බව සොයාගනියි බැසිල් ප්‍රනාන්දු 2015 අප්‍රේල් 1 වැනිදා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම විසින් නිකුත් කරන ලද එක් නිර්ණයනයකින් හෙළි වන්නේ පොලිසිය, වෝහාරික ව්‍යාධිවේදියා, නීතිපතිවරයා සහ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය යන රජයේ ආයතන, 2003 ජූලි 26 වැනිදා මොරගහහේන පොලිසියේ සිදුවූ රැුකවරණ මනුෂ්‍ය ඝාතනයක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අතිශයින්ම සාවද්‍ය බවයි. ප්‍රශ්නගත සිද්ධිය විමසා බැලීම සඳහා පහත සඳහන් කමිටු සාමාජිකයෝ සහභාගි වූහ: යාද් බෙන් […]

SRI LANKA: Deterioration of the legal intellect: (4) UNHRC finds fault with the police, the forensic pathologist, the Attorney General, and the Supreme Court

by Basil Fernando A determination issued by the United Nation’s Human Rights Committee on 1st April 2015, reveals extraordinary failures on the part of Sri Lankan State agencies – the police, the forensic pathologist, the Attorney General, and the Supreme Court – regarding a custodial death that took place at the Moragahahena Police Station on 26th July […]

INDIA: Dalit woman burned to death; accused roams free

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Baswadi Meghwal Samaj and Anusuchit Jati and Samasat Jan Sangharsh Samiti, Nagaur, Rajasthan, about a brutal attack on a Dalit family over a land dispute. The alleged perpetrator set the family home on fire; this resulted in the death of an elderly woman […]

THAILAND: Revoke the NCPO Order no. 3/2558 and stop invoking Section 44 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), B.E. 2557 (2014)

A Statement from The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has issued Order no. 3/2558 concerning the maintenance of peace and national security, invoking Section 44 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim), B.E. 2557 (2014),[1] to replace Martial […]

INDONESIA: On Strengthening the Draft TRC Bill

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and KontraS to Mr. Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, the Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Mr. Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly Minister of Law and Human Rights Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said Kavling 6-7 Kuningan Jakarta 12940, INDONESIA Tel: +62 21 525 3004 Fax: +62 21 526 3082 Dear […]

INDIA: The shrinking of dissent

Article | India | 10-04-2015

by Tapan Bose*  Justice Dattu’s argument that the meeting was being held to save precious working days and meant no disrespect to the sentiments of India’s Christian minority has not gone down well among the Christians who have been facing violence from the forces of Hindutva. All across the country, churches have been attacked, vandalized, […]

INDIA: Kerala is the sign of a republic in serious peril

The former Chief Whip of the ruling coalition in Kerala, Mr. P. C. George, has released a letter to the media, which he has sent to the Chief Minister of the State, Mr. Oomen Chandy. In the letter, among other accusations, George alleges that the Finance Minister of the State, Mr. K. M. Mani, had […]

HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: The Forgotten Ones of Zamboanga

by Danilo Reyes  (Note: this article was first published in the March 15, 2015 issue of the Sunday Examiner) The little girl asked me, “Why did you come here?” She is one of nearly 7,000 people holed up at an evacuation centre in Zamboanga City. Mostly Tausug people, one of the Moro ethnic groups in Mindanao and […]

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව: නෛතික බුද්ධියේ පිරිහීම: (3) ළමුන් විකුණන පහත් තත්වයට පත්වීම

බැසිල් ප්‍රනාන්දු විසිනි කටුගස්තොට, අඹතැන්න ප්‍රදේශයේ අට හැවිරිදි දරුවාගේ (ඇතැම් මාධ්‍ය ආයතනවලට අනුව දස හැවිරිදි දරුවෙකි) කතාව පසුගිය සතියේ ප්‍රවෘත්ති වාර්තා කිහිපයකින්ම හෙළිදරව් විය. සිය නැතිවූ දරුවා සම්බන්ධයෙන් දරුවාගේ මව කටුගස්තොට පොලිසියට සිය මූලික පැමිණිල්ල සිදුකළාය. මූලික වශයෙන්, පොලිසිය පැමිණිල්ල නොතකා හැරි අතර දරුවා සෙවීමේ කටයුතු ආරම්භ කිරීම සඳහා කිසිවක් නොකළේය. පොලිසිය මැදිහත් වූයේ කාන්තාවක් […]

SRI LANKA: Deterioration of the legal intellect: (3) Descent into the selling of children

by Basil Fernando  Last week, several news reports revealed the story of an 8-year-old child (reported as a 10-years-old by some media houses) from Ambathenna, Katugastota. The mother made the initial report about her missing child to the Katugastota police. Initially, the police ignored the complaint and did nothing to begin searching for the child. […]

SRI LANKA: Alleged serial killers take the life of the 18th woman, in Kotakethana in Kahawatte

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is issuing this special Urgent Appeal following a spate of alarming, serial killings, particularly of women in the Kahawatte Police Division, during the past few years – which constitutes several elements of systematic extrajudicial killings. On 4th April 2015, the Kahawatte Police Station received a complaint of […]

SRI LANKA: Independent investigation needed on an extra-judicial killing by the police as a result of torture

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on an extra-judicial killing of an innocent man in Attanagalle in Gampaha District in Sri Lanka on 2nd April 2015. Mr. G A Gayan Pubudu Kumara (32) was illegally arrested, tortured and killed by police officers attached to the Nittambuwa Police Station.  Gayan, is […]

INDONESIA: National hero’s widow forcibly evicted from home by army, while legal review is pending

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of Mrs. Christina Gurning (85) from her house in Jalan Kusumaatmadja No. 76 of Menteng Sub-District, DKI Jakarta Province, Indonesia. Christina is a widow of Mr. Timotius Markus Gurning, who is a national hero and retired Colonel of the Indonesian Army. […]

PAKISTAN: Military extending tentacles to judiciary

More than 60 convicts have been hung in Pakistan since December 2014. This number is now set to rise, with the military playing its role in executing people. The military junta that has surreptitiously imposed itself upon the pillars of the state, has handed down the death penalty to six convicts over charges of terrorism […]

INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES: Spare the Life of OFW Mary Jane Veloso

A Statement from the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) joins the Filipino people in the call to save the life of OFW Mary Jane Veloso who has been sentenced to death by the Indonesian Government allegedly […]

SRI LANKA: abberrant actions cannot cure the Sri Lankan judiciary of its ills

An article from the The Sunday Times, written by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission by Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena Even close to one and a half decades later, it is heartening to see the virulent politicization of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court from the year 2000 amidst the bypassing of honourable judges of […]

INDIA: What the Judiciary should be wary about

The Prime Minster of India, Mr. Narendra Modi, invited the top judges of the country and the Chief Ministers of the states to his official residence for a dinner. The judges accepted the invitation and dined with the Prime Minister. This is the first time in Indian history that a Prime Minister has resorted to […]