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By Nilantha Ilangamuwa In case of fraudulent agreements, only such shall be valid as are entered into by spies. – Arthashastra by Kautilya She was an icon who gave her energy to develop Sri Lankan c...

The Ahmadis, a sect that believes in Islam and claims to be an ardent follower of it, has been declared as non-Muslim under the Pakistani legislation. Evidently, the Government of Pakistan has not onl...

“History had a slow pulse; man counted in years, history in generations” — Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon It was another extrajudicial killing. And, it happened two days ago. Thi...

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 ...

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, acco...

ඔක්තොම්බර් 10, 2012 ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම පසුගිය ඔක්තෝම්බර් 07 වැනි දින, මහ�...

“Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike d...

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,...

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...

“An ignorant mind believes itself omniscient and omnipotent; those impulses in itself which really represent the inertia and unspent momentum of its last dream it regards as the creative forces ...

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 ...

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Honourable Hatta Ali, Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court The Honourable Hatta Ali Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court ...

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks, It still looks home, and short excursions makes; But rattling nonsense in full volleys breaks, And, never shocked, and never turned aside. Bursts out, res...

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 ...

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 seriousne...

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 poor...

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)...

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 mass...

Introduction The primary objective of a fair and free democratic election has to be the creation of truly representative institutions at all levels, federal, provincial and local government levels ...

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 ju...