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Sombath Somphone, a widely-respected leader in education and sustainable development in the Lao PDR, and recipient of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, disappeared on the evening of December 15th, 2012 in the Lao capital Vientiane (see http://www.sombath.org). CCTV footage which became available 2 days later showed Sombath being stopped by traffic police, […]
by Basil Fernando Within just a few days of the announcement of the new ministry, the Ministry of Law and Order, a rather unusual level of interest has emerged, judging by the many articles that have appeared in response to the government’s move. Though such quick responses are unusual, they are not surprising. If anyone […]
An Announcement by the Asian Human Rights Commission We are writing to invite you for a session on the ‘Democracy Movement in Bahrain’ with Dr. Jasim Hussain, former MP, Bahrain. The session will be for 90 minutes at the AHRC’s office, starting at 10:00 a.m.; 28 August 2013. Dr. Hussain is a spokesperson for the […]
By Basil Fernando There is nothing in a name, of course. A thing cannot be made sweet-smelling or foul-smelling merely by changing its name. However, sometimes a name can indicate a new direction, a new policy. As far as responding to the present state of nationwide unhappiness and frustration on the law enforcement, if there […]
Chutka has reminded the political masters once again that the tribal and marginalized communities have stopped bowing down to their whims and fancies. The confidence of the communities fighting the nuclear power plant in Chutka (Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh) was bolstered by immense public support for the struggle. The government’s optimism about nuclear power is […]
Review of Narrative of Justice: told through stories of torture victims, 400 cases of torture from Sri Lanka, By Basil Fernando, published in 2013 by the Asian Human Rights Commission. My first impression was that I was overwhelmed because of the sheer number of cases and the diversity of the ways in which people were […]
The lawyers for the 12th Respondent, a members of the Select Committee of Parliament appointed with regard to the charges against the Chief Justice, the Hon. Vijitha Herath, have filed their written submissions opposing the Attorney General’s appeal relating to the Court of Appeal judgement which ordered the quashing of the findings of the Parliamentary Select […]
ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමෙන් ප‍්‍රකාශයක් English වැලිවේරිය, රතුපස්වල ඝාතන විසින් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නීතියේ ආධිපත්‍යය තියුණු නාභිගත වීමකට ලක් කර තිබේ. හමුදාවේ කි‍්‍රයාවන් මගින් ඝාතනයට ලක්වීම හෝ සෙසු ආකාරයකින් බරපතළ ලෙස තුවාල ලැබීම පිළිබඳ චෝදනා ඔප්පු කිරීමේ භාරය දැන් ජනතාව මතට මාරු කර තිබේ. මේ අතර හමුදාව විසින් සිදුකළ මේ හිංසාවන්ගේ ඇසින් දුටු සාක්ෂිකරුවන් වීම හේතුවෙන් […]
වැලිවේරිය, රතුපස්වල ඝාතන විසින් ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නීතියේ ආධිපත්‍යය තියුණු නාභිගත වීමකට ලක් කර තිබේ. හමුදාවේ කි‍්‍රයාවන් මගින් ඝාතනයට ලක්වීම හෝ සෙසු ආකාරයකින් බරපතළ ලෙස තුවාල ලැබීම පිළිබඳ චෝදනා ඔප්පු කිරීමේ භාරය දැන් ජනතාව මතට මාරු කර තිබේ. මේ අතර හමුදාව විසින් සිදුකළ මේ හිංසාවන්ගේ ඇසින් දුටු සාක්ෂිකරුවන් වීම හේතුවෙන් ජනතාව භීතියෙන් ජීවත් වෙති. සියලූ අපරාධ […]
During the month of July, casualties of violence remained as high as 1214 (deaths 572 and injuries 642). Some new trends in military operations and drone attacks also surfaced. Acts of violence kept demoralizing the population at large, and humiliating the state security apparatus (Dera Ismail Khan jail break or attack on the ISI office […]
Sinhalese The killings at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya have brought into sharp focus the crisis of the rule of law in Sri Lanka. The burden of proving the allegation of being killed or otherwise seriously injured by the actions of the military has now been shifted to the people. Meanwhile the people live in fear of reprisals […]
The killings at Rathupaswela, Weliweriya have brought into sharp focus the crisis of the rule of law in Sri Lanka. The burden of proving the allegation of being killed or otherwise seriously injured by the actions of the military has now been shifted to the people. Meanwhile the people live in fear of reprisals due […]
The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the postponement of the scheduled executions of condemned prisoners in Pakistan which were to take place from August 20, 2013. A temporary stay on the hangings was announced on Sunday, August 18 in response to protests from outgoing President Asif Ali Zardari and various international human rights organizations. This […]
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from Catholic Human rights Committee, Jinbonet: Korean Progressive Network, Korean Metal Workers’ Union’s Ssangyong Motors Branch, MINBYUN: Lawyers for a Democratic Society and Truth-finding Commission on Yongsan Disaster in South Korea. (Please click here for Korean) For further questions or media inquiries, please contact: MINBYUN: […]
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Ganeshan Pushparaj and his brother Mr. Ganeshan Govi of Odinton Estate, Lindula, Thalawakalle in Nuwara Eliya District have been detained for more than 4 years and 10 months by the Terrorist Investigation Division. They were tortured in detention and have been laid […]
At a recently held seminar, a group of 20 lawyers made the following recommendations for the improvement of court proceedings, particularly on human rights matters. 1. When an FR (Fundamental Rights) application is supported for Leave to Proceed, and the Respondents have not yet filed any objections, none of the Respondents (which include the Attorney […]
You said to me “ I can bear anything” with stubborn eyes you faced the sun until blindness became a ball of flame and the flame turned the sea to salt. – Lu Xiaobo : Ne enemies , No Hatred It was few days ago that they came and dragged him to their vehicle and took […]
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