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PAKISTAN: Land ownership for secure peasant livelihood in Pakistan

Our story is simple. We believe that enormous imbalance in political power sustains intense and widespread oppression. The threat of being deprived of food and shelter is a form of imposed violence th...

SRI LANKA: Justice must be served: An appeal by lawyers on impeachment process

Lawyers for Democracy (LfD), raises serious concerns with the process that has commenced to impeach the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Hon. Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake. The impeachment follows in the wake ...

SRI LANKA: Drawing back from a ruinous precipice

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Times, Colombo, Sri Lanka, written by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——R...

SRI LANKA: It’s Not Mahinda vs. Shirani; It’s the Rajapaksas vs. the Rest

No questioning arises from subservient lips”. Andrée Chedid (For Rushdie) Ideally Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranaike would have prevented her husband from accepting Rajapaksa largesse; ideally. Ide...

SRI LANKA: Commonwealth Secretary-General concerned about parliamentary move to impeach Sri Lankan chief justice

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma today expressed concern about the recent move by the Parliament of Sri Lanka to impeach the country’s Chief Justice, Dr Shirani Bandaranayake. Spea...

CAMBODIA: A Cambodian that tolerates dissent sends the right message to President Obama

Phnom Penh, 15 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its condemnation at the arrest today of eight community activists in Thmar Kaul Village, Po Se...

SRI LANKA: Impeachment Of CJ: Government must adhere to international standards of due process says ICJ

The impeachment process against Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake must follow international standards of due process says the International Commission of Jurists. “Many people in Sr...

SRI LANKA: UN expert concerned about reprisals against judges urges reconsideration of Chief Justice’s impeachment

GENEVA (14 November 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Gabriela Knaul, today expressed serious concerns about reported intimidation and atta...

CAMBODIA: Authorities disrupt two Civil Society events planned in parallel with the ASEAN Summit and threaten to arrest any protesters during the visit of President of the United States, Barack Obama

CCHR Freedom of Expression Alert – Phnom Penh, 14 November 2012 According to a public announcement by the Civil Society Committee (the “Committee”) of ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEA...

PAKISTAN: Living amongst dying, but for how long?

Saturday evening a traumatized friend tried to describe cold blooded murder witnessed at sunset outside his home in Gulshan Iqbal. A young man carrying a piece of cloth on his shoulder was calmly shot...

SRI LANKA: Make the Impeachment Boomerang on the Rajapaksas

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by Tisaranee Gunasekara who is a Sri Lankan columnist based in Colombo Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——̵...

SRI LANKA: Shameful stifling of freedom of expression

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Times, Colombo, Sri Lanka, written by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...

SRI LANKA: BASL has failed to act positively

The series of events which are naked attacks on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in the recent past are well recorded.  These events culminated in the unprecedented action of the...

SRI LANKA: Judging a judge — Politics and pitfalls in the process

For the third time in 30 years, Members of Parliament have launched impeachment proceedings against a Chief Justice of Sri Lanka setting the stage for a crucial struggle for the preservation of indepe...

SRI LANKA: Hell Hath No Fury….

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by Tisaranee Gunasekara who is a Sri Lankan columnist based in Colombo Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...

SRI LANKA: The final nail in the coffin of the judiciary

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Times, Colombo, Sri Lanka, written by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...

CAMBODIA/VIETNAM: Open Letter to His Excellency Ngo Anh Dung, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia, calling for the guilty verdict in the case of two imprisoned Vietnamese songwriters to be overturned

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to the Ambassador of Vietnam in Cambodia. CCHR...

INDONESIA: Tatchell arrested at Indonesian President protest

West Papuan flag unfurled – Arrest for breach of the peace President accused: War crimes in West Papua & East Timor London – 1 November 2012 The State Visit to the UK of Indonesian Pre...

PAKISTAN: ‘One Billion Rising’ campaign to end violence against women in Pakistan

The Aurat Foundation is spearheading efforts in Pakistan as part of a global campaign called One Billion Rising (OBR) to end violence against women. The call for One Billion Rising campaign has bee...

SRI LANKA: New Sri Lanka report on the Judiciary, the Attorney General and State Immunities

The Sri Lankan government must immediately cease its assault on the independence of the judiciary, the International Commission of Jurists said in a new report released today. The 158-page report, Aut...