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SRI LANKA: Ravaya public petition for reforms

A public petition for signatures for the constitutional reforms, by Ravaya forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Alliance of the Opposition should ensure the general public that the Co...

Sri Lanka: An open letter urging the president and the leaders of political parties to enact a “Recovery of Proceeds of Crime Act”

A Public Petition from the Citizens and Civil Society forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 30th October 2014 An Open Letter Urging the President and the Leaders of Political Parties to E...

ASIA: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2015 MARTIN ENNALS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (MEA)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:  THE 2015 MARTIN ENNALS AWARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (MEA) Nominations can be submitted electronically at www.martinennalsaward.org Deadline: 9 December 2014 The Award is g...

THAILAND: Two Burmese Koh Tao Suspects Recant Confessions, due to the use of Torture, to Koh Samui Provincial Public Attorney through the Lawyer Council of Thailand, Deny the Rape and Murder Charges of the British Tourists

( Hong Kong, October 23, 2014) 20th October 2014, The Human Rights Commission of the Lawyer Council of Thailand set up a working group to provide legal aid to Win or Win Saw Thun and Zaw Lin, the two...

SRI LANKA: Police Attack Student Protest March on 21 October

A protest march, organized by the Inter University Students’ Federation, was held yesterday. The students demonstrated to demand the government to: 1)      Increase Mahapola & Bursary p...

PAKISTAN: Will Aasia Bibi ever see justice?

Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law is once again in the headlines. The world’s media is talking about Aasia Bibi’s enraging and sorrowful story. She was accused of blasphemy in 2...

ประเทศไทย / พม่า: กรณี การปฏิบัติหน้าที่ของเจ้าหน้าที่และสื่อมวลชนใน คดีเกาะเต่า

แถลงการณ์ ขอ ให้ยุติการกระทำที่ละเมิดสิทธิของครอบครัวผู้ เสียหายและผ...

THAILAND / BURMA: Violation of the rights of the victims and alleged offenders must be stopped:The performance of the officials and media in Koh Tao murder case

Public Statement Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) and Union for Civil Liberties (UCL) October15, 2014 Violation of the rights of the victims and alleged offenders must be stopped:The performanc...

CAMBODIA: Killing of Taing Try a journalist investigating illegal wood transportation in Kratie province

A Statement from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)   Date:                                 15 Octo...

HONG KONG: OCLP strongly condemns police use of extrajudicial punishment and demands investigation of use of excessive force against protesters

This morning, in an attempt to forcibly disperse the crowd outside the Chief Executive’s Office at Lung Wo Road and the adjacent underpass, police exercised excessive force. The most unacceptabl...

HONG KONG: Witnessing a ‘new form of protest’

As protests in Hong Kong continue, there are growing fears of a crackdown. But the use of force would not work as it would ruin people’s trust in good governance, human rights lawyer Basil Ferna...

SRI LANKA: ‘Lawyers Collective’ condemns the attack on journalist

‘Lawyers Collective’ condemns the attack on journalist Chandana Kuruppuarachchi at Haliela a few days ago. This comes in the wake of the threatening of members of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka ...

SRI LANKA: Police brutality continues

‘Lawyers Collective’ condemns the killing of a suspect in police custody at Cinnamon Gardens while being taken handcuffed and the brutal attack on a girl at the Ratnapura Bus stand by a police off...

HONG KONG: Statement of the Hong Kong Bar Association on the Use of Force by the Hong Kong Police at Harcourt Road on 28 September 2014

1. The Hong Kong Bar Association (“HKBA”) is deeply disturbed by, and deplores and condemns, the excessive and disproportionate use of force by the Hong Kong Police on demonstrators gather...

SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to the President for Media Publication

Dear Mr. President, “You must be the change you want to see in the world” The Sri Lankan Lion roared at the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly reminding the global community that ...

PHILIPPINES: The fifth congress of Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances

The fifth Congress of Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), held in Manila from 22-25 September and attended by participants from ten countries – Bangladesh, Indonesia, Jammu a...

SRI LANKA: RajaniThiranagama commemoration focuses on Democratisation

Following the assassination of Dr. RajaniThiranagamaon 21 September 1989 by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a well-attended commemoration and a peaceful march were heldin Jaffna, in which large ...

PHILIPPINES: Sharing best practices in advocating for legislation against enforced disappearances

Conference Statement September 17-20, 2014, Manila, Philippines– We, the participants in the conference on “Sharing Best Practices in Advocating for Legislation Against Enforced Disappeara...

BANGLADESH: European Parliament adopts resolutions on Bangladesh’s human rights status

TEXTS ADOPTED Provisional edition P8_TA-PROV(2014)0024 Human rights violations in Bangladesh PE536.999 European Parliament resolution of 18 September 2014 on human rights violations in Bangladesh (201...