Rule of law

WORLD: An appeal for assistance for FMA Razzak (Hong Kong, May 6, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission has launched an appeal for financial support for medical, legal and security expenses for human rights defender, Mr. FMA Razzak of Bangladesh. We reproduce below this appeal which was issued yesterday. Payment may be made online; please […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Janith Chandeera a 15 year old and a year 10 student of Kavisigamuwa Sri Gamini Maha Vidyalaya was illegally arrested and subjected to degrading treatment by police officers attached to the Rambadagalle Police Station on 24 April 2011. Janith is a bright student […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. D Weeragunarathna Sahabandu, Ms. K A Sarani and Ms. M L Tharanga of Andurathwila, Wawulugala Kanda, Poddala, in the district of Galle was severely tortured by the Poddala Police on 28 February 2011. Sahabandu complained to the police regarding the theft of […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Samayakkarage Ravi Nishantha (29) of No: 07, Mundakkuliya, Anamaduwa in the Puttalam district was illegally arrested, detained and severely tortured by police officers attached to the Anamaduwa Police Station on 17 March 2011. While Nishantha was visiting a patient at Anamaduwa Government […]

Basil Fernando The attack on FMA Razzak led by Major Mustafizur of the Bangladesh military (BANGLADESH: Army officer’s family gouges eyes and torture after kidnapping Human Rights Defender FMA Razzak, who is going to die without treatment due to pressures from armed forces and intelligence agencies) is now well known. The implications of military officers […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission calls upon all human rights organizations of the world to respond to a brutal attack on a well-known human rights defender in Bangladesh, FMA Razzak and his brother by an army officer and his family. The details of the assault are given below. So far, despite of complaints no inquiries […]

(Hong Kong, May 3, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission has launched a new campaign website calling for the protection of human rights defender Mr. FMA Razzak, as well as calling for holding genuine criminal investigations regarding the attack on Mr. Razzak.  This newly launched campaign site will contain all materials regarding the brutal attack […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Maddegama Acharige Ishan Maleesha (13) of Devrampura, Kapugama, Devinuwara in the Matara district was a grade 7 student of Gandara Central College. He was assaulted with a pole by the teacher of the same school while he was studying and suffered several injuries. […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Thushanthi Pujani Perera (19) a school girl of ”Haksala”, Dulmura, Talathuoya in the district of Kandy was assaulted by a influential family as she refused to marry a man they had introduced to her. She suffered several injuries due to assault and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Rajakaruna Herath Mudiyanselage Keerthirathna (48) of Surakkulama, Mundalama in the Puttlam district suffered a chronic illness as a result of a serious traffic accident several years ago. He was illegally arrested and detained by police officers attached to the Anamaduwa Police Station […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to draw to your attention urgently to the case of a former army captain in Burma who has been held in illegal detention for over three weeks. His family has not been able to meet him and his whereabouts are currently unknown, but he was last […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of the law student, who is under threat in Sri Lanka, that he has sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, informing the court about the threat to his life. In the letter, the victim, Mr. Dasanayaka […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), a military-dominated paramilitary force composed of armed forces and the police, held two cousins incommunicado for four days. The victims have been identified as Mr. Nahidul Haque Sazib and Mr. Kawsar Hossain Razib, who were arrested without any […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of a Third Grade child, 10-year-old Fahad Khan Usmani, by two police officers from Area Police Office, Maghgawa on 2 April 2011. The boy was slapped, hung upside down and beaten on the soles of his feet with a bamboo stick […]

Basil Fernando  Can there be development in the modern context without law? This is a relevant question in today’s context where is lot of talk of development on one hand but where there is lawlessness in the country. Can development and lawlessness co-exist? In answering this question it is better to have a glance at […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Amnesty International. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- UN report on Sri Lanka conflict must be made public 12 April 2011 A UN report on accountability for war crimes committed in the Sri Lankan armed conflict […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a person was abducted by the Taliban on suspicion of working for NGOs. After his escape he was then abducted by the military on suspicion of working for the Taliban. Mr. Hameed Ullah Khan, a human rights defender and social worker, was abducted […]

(Hong Kong, April 11, 2011) Three Asian women rights defenders have received a prestigious international award for a documentary made about their respective struggles, which was shown as part of a major film festival in the Netherlands during March.  The jury at the Movies that Matter Festival, which was held in The Hague from March […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received credible information that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has shot a juvenile college student causing a permanent disability in Jhalkathi district. On 23 March 2011, a team of the RAB-8 stopped 16-year-old Limon Hossen, who was an examinee of the Higher Secondary Certificate near to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) concerning the case of torture of a 66-year-old person, his aged wife and son by a group of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers at the victim’s residence. It is reported that the CRPF tortured Mr. […]