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SRI LANKA: AFAD condemns harassments of disappeared journalist wife Sandya Ekneligoda by Sri Lankan official

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances. For inquiries, please contact to Ms. Mary Aileen Bacalso from the Asian Fe...

PAKISTAN: Supreme Court urged to take a stand on forced conversions, uphold justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Catholic (National) Commission for Justice and Peace. Asian Human Rights Commission Hon...

PAKISTAN: Monkey business-military set to expand media outreach across country

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Express Tribune, written by Kamran Shafi. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from T...

THAILAND: FACT call to stand up for free speech at Somyot’s lese majeste trial, starting on Wednesday April 18

A Press Release from Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 16-04-12 You’re invited! Come to support Somyot Pruksakasemsuk on these upcoming...

PAKISTAN: International Peasants Day – Sindhi peasants deprived of land rights; demand ownership rights of homes

KARACHI, April 15, Sindh is characterized with skewed land holding pattern where small minority has got hold of the large chunks of agriculture land resulting in expanding of their power base and depr...

SOUTH KOREA/BURMA: South Korean corporate and government should not exploit Burma’s liberal movement

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from a group of Korean NGOs. For inquiries, please contact to Mr. Na Hyun Phil from Korean House for International Solidarity by e...

SRI LANKA: Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) sees the series of abductions as the undisclosed state policy of the Government to suppress dissent

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Lawyers for Democracy. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Lawyers for Democracy...

INDONESIA: Open letter on torture and other human rights violations by the police in Indonesia

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Amnesty International to the Indonesian Minister of Justice and Human Rights. Asian Human...

INDIA: The Assam government’s eviction drive in Karimganj violates human rights

The Government of Assam has sent a 160 member-strong task force of forest officers to forcibly evict both the ‘encroachers’ and ‘other traditional forest dwellers’ living in the reserve forest...

SRI LANKA: Interviews of the abducted Premkumar Gunarathnam’s mother and his sister

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward you the following statement from the mother of Premakumar Gunarathnam and his sister. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong &...

SRI LANKA: Notice of disappearance of Kumar Gunaratnam and Dimuthu Atygalle and appeal for accountability

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward you the following statement from the movement for people’s struggle and the Frontline Socialist party. Asian Human Rights...

SRI LANKA: ‘Public awaking against injustice’ — Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Salem News interviewed one of the exiled journalists of Sri Lanka. (CHENNAI / COLOMBO) – Nilantha Ilangamuwa is an ambitious young journalist purged by the government for his conviction to uphol...

PAKISTAN: Verification of disappearance cases is vital

Lahore, April 02: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has highlighted the difficulties in verifying cases of enforced disappearance in Balochistan and urged all concerned to play their role...

SRI LANKA: Smear campaign against dissident voices

The Alliance of Media Organizations is disturbed by the recent wave of hate speeches and slanderous personal attacks directed against media personnel and human rights activists in the country, in the ...

PAKISTAN: Looking back at the Lawyers’ Movement

An article from Friday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Did the movement bring a fundamental change in the state and the society and the relationship between the two? Ayesha Siddiq...

NEPAL: New act a blow to human rights in Nepal

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Asia Foundation, written by Pema Abrahams on the shortcomings of the newly adopted NHRC Act. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong K...

SRI LANKA: Civil society urges government to stop hate campaigns and protect human rights defenders

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of Sri Lankan human rights defenders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement fro...

SOUTH KOREA: Statement of Gwangju Prize Laureates against Navy Base on World Peace Island Jeju

We Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Laureates remember Jeju Island in Korea as a peaceful island with beautiful scenery and tragic history. These days, however, the tearful crying of Jeju is echoing in ...

SRI LANKA: Ensure security of NAFSO leader Herman Kumara and Anura Roshantha of All Ceylon Fisher Falk Federation

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply disturbed by the threats faced by Mr. Herman Kumara of NAFSO and Mr. Aruna Nishantha Fernando of All Ceylon Fisher Folk Federation (ACFFF), ...

PAKISTAN: Supreme Court takes petition against Jirga system for regular hearing

A Press Release from National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and ...