Rule of law

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received updated information on a man arrested over a Facebook post allegedly defaming the military. He is suffering from a serious health condition in Insein Prison. He has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the prison hospital since 27 October 2015. His advocate has […]

An article from Hong Kong Free Press forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The people of Myanmar have once again spoken, and spoken very loudly, of their wish to return to democracy for the first time since 1962. One of Asia’s longest-lived military dictatorships has again been told by the people to leave, so they can […]

The weekly Times column, Focus on Rights, titled‘The Loss of Sri Lanka’s ‘Truth-Telling’ Monk’ by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, in the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, on 08 November 2015, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Kishali Pinto Jayawardena George Orwell once reminded us that ‘in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.’ […]

AHRC TV opens with the historic national elections that have just concluded in Burma. Despite some serious flaws, observers have declared the elections “reasonably free and fair”. Aung San SuuKyi and her NLD party have won a stunning outright majority of the votes. This comes 25 years after Burma’s last democratic election which SuuKyi’s NLD […]

In a shameful assent to military rule, on 11 November 2015, the National Assembly approved an amendment to the Pakistan Army Act (PAA), 1952. This amendment provides legal cover to arrests already made by law-enforcement agencies, including the Army. According to media reports, the Bill amends Section 2 of the PAA, allowing military courts to […]

Rule of Law, A Standing Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka RULE OF LAW A Standing Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka B.A.SL.,153, MihinduMawatha, Colombo 12. Chairpersons- Mr. Lal Wijenayake/ Mr.PriyanthaGamage Convenors- Mrs.NaliniJayathilake/ Mr.NuwanBopage MEDIA STATEMENT : The Rule of Law Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka expresses it’s […]

නීතිඥ බැසිල් ප‍්‍රනාන්දු අනුරාධපුරයේ සුප‍්‍රසිද්ධ කරාටේ ශූරයෙකු මරාදැමීම පිළිබද කථාව පසුගිය සති වලදී සාකච්චාවට භාජනය විය. ඊට එක් හේතුවක් වූයේ එම අපරාධයේ දී කලා යැයි කියා ඒ වාර්තා වුන සමහර සිද්ධින්ය. 28 දෙනෙකුගේ පමණ කණ්ඩායමක් තමන් අදුනාගත නොහැකි ආකාරයෙන් එක සමාන ඇදුම් කට්ටල වලින් සැරසී එක සමාන ආයුධ ඇතිව කටයුතු කල බවත්, එම සිද්ධීන් ‘සීසීටීවී’ […]

The weekly Times column, “Focus on Rights” by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, in the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, on 08November 2015, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Kishali Pinto Jayawardena At one time, we had women survivors of rape and abuse in Sri Lanka praying that the Goddess Kali may visit their attackers when they […]

The landmark election is scheduled to conduct on tomorrow (Sunday, November 8, 2015). Around 90 political parties with 6,065 candidates, around 10,500 national and international election observers, and over 40,000 polling stations are set to play the role. This may not fully achieved what the people are dreaming of but it may give positive outputs […]

නීතිඥ බැසිල් ප‍්‍රනාන්දු නොබෝදා පත්කරන ලද ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිසම විසින් ඔක්තෝබර් මස 29 වන දින විශ්ව විද්‍යාල ප‍්‍රතිපාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව ඉදිරිපිටදී ශිෂ්‍යයන් කණ්ඩායමකට පොලිසියේ කැරලි මර්ධන ඒකකය විසින් පහර දීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පරීක්‍ෂණයක් පැවැත්වීම ආරම්භ කිරීම සතුටට කරුණකි. එම පරීක්‍ෂණ කොමිටුවේ වාර්තාව සති දෙකක් ඇතුළත නිකුත් කරනු ලබන බවට ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිසමේ ප‍්‍රකාශකයෙකු විසින් නිවේදනය […]

A Press Releasefrom the Nepal Dalit National Social Welfare Organisation (NNDSWO), Dalit NGO Federation (DNF), The Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO), and the Jagaran Media Center (JMC) on behalf of the Dalit Civil Society Organisations Coalition and by the International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN)forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) UN Nepal UPR Review calls […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the situation of two Burmese student leaders who have recently been arrested after being fugitives for nearly 7 months. Kyaw Ko Ko and Lin Htet Naing both played a leading role during the student protest earlier this year, against a controversial national education law passed by […]

An eight years old girl, Miss N (real name withheld), who is the daughter of Meer Muhammud, from Golrachi Village, in the Badin District of Sindh Province has been raped by a religious leader in the mosque. Her Quran teacher, Imam Khameesa, someone who is also a local mosque leader, reportedly raped her on 25 […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the arrest of Patrick Kum Jaa Lee for sharing a photo on Facebook. Husband of a human rights activist, Patrick has been charged with defaming the military by his photo sharing, and faces up to three years imprisonment. During Burma’s election campaign period, Patrick […]

The historic parliament election is due to be held on 8 November 2015 in Burma/Myanmar. This election is seen by some as the country’s first free and fair election in 25 years, and that the future of democratic reform will depend on the outcome of this election. The central issue is whether the military rule […]

This week AHRC TV first highlights the 70th anniversary of the birth of the United Nations with excerpts from the recent Asian Alliance against Torture conference, where delegates discussed the future of the UN. Bijo Francis, AHRC’s Executive Director, also gives his take on the significant achievements but also colossal failures of the UN Universal Human […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding a young woman being arrested and brought to trial over a post on social media. Lt. Col Kyaw Htin, an Army general staff officer of the Southwest Command in Pathein, filed case against the woman over a post that allegedly insults the Burmese military. […]

මැග්නා කාර්ටා යනු කුමක්ද? එය සෑදුවේ කුමක් සඳහාද? එයින් පවසන්නේ කුමක්ද සහ ඉතිහාසයේ වඩාත්ම වැදගත් ලියවිල්ලක් ලෙසට එය සලකනු ලබන්නේ සහ සමරනු ලබන්නේ ඇයි? මොන්ටි පයිතන් හි ටෙරී ජෝන්ස් විසින් හඬ කවනු ලැබූ මෙම කෙටි ඇනිමේෂන් චිත‍්‍රපටය මගින් ඔබ ව මධ්‍යතන යුගයේ එංගලන්තය වෙත රැුගෙන යනු ඇත. එය වර්ෂ 1215 හි පාලනය ගෙන ගිය නපුරු ජෝන් රජු ගේ පාලන […]

Aftab Alexander Mughal In a landmark judgment on 7 October the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) upheld the death sentence of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, 30, who murdered the former Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, a liberal Muslim, on 4 January 2011. Qadri, one of Taseer’s official bodyguards from the Elite Force, shot him 27 times with […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the state of freedom of expression in Burma, at a time when Burma is awash in election campaigns. Rather than allow for the people to air their opinions as befits a democratizing nation, the government has chosen to suppress freedom of expression and Internet freedom and […]