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SRI LANKA: Act with restraint in responding to UN SG advisory panel report — Friday Forum

Former Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala on behalf of ‘Friday Forum’, a collective of concerned citizens calls upon all parties to act with restraint in responding to the Secretary General of ...

SRI LANKA: What happened to Bosnian women is happening to Sri Lankan Tamil women

Paul Newman Bangalore10 Jun 2011 — Posted 03-Jun-2011 — Vol 2 Issue 22 — During the war in Bosnia, the world was horrified by stories of war babies as women were the prime target of ...

SRI LANKA: Interview with the wife of Prageeth Ekneligoda, who disappeared 500 days ago

Reporters Without Borders / Reporters sans frontières 06-08-2011 (Audio interview available on the website (Sinhala / English) Eng : http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-interview-with-wife-of-cartoonist-08-...

THAILAND: FCCT calls for press and discussion on “UNJUST”, documentary film regarding 3 women Human Rights Defender in Asia

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong...

PAKISTAN: Commonwealth Journalists Association outraged over slaying of Syed Saleem Shahzad

June 01, 2011 The Commonwealth Journalists Association is outraged over the slaying of yet another Pakistani journalist and urges the Pakistan government to do all it can to find the perpetrators. The...

PAKISTAN: The Baloch Noam Chomsky is dead

PAKISTAN: The Baloch Noam Chomsky is dead Malik Siraj Akbar There is renewed anger across Balochistan over the dreadful assassination of one of the most popular icons of Balochi literature and civil s...

PAKISTAN: Freedom of expression, new law robs journalists of their sources

By Shamsul Islam A ban has been imposed on all government officials from interacting with the media under the new Protection and communication of official information rule. As per Rule 46 of the Punja...

PAKISTAN: Acid attacks — women and girls — PowerPoint

An article from the Women’s UN Report Network forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Acid attacks — women and girls — PowerPoint Dear friends, The Asian Human Right...

SRI LANKA: Lawyers for Democracy urges independent verification of facts contained in UN Report on Sri Lanka; asks for professional responses

A Press Release from Lawyers for Democracy forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Press Statement- Lawyers for Democracy The war in the North and East has come to an end. Due to the bla...

SOUTH ASIA: A poem for Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary — some gouge out the eyes of others

An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission SOME GOUGE OUT THE EYES OF OTHERS Basil Fernando Cry, Tagore, cry. Your nation knows you not. Yes, they have cerem...

SOUTH ASIA: A poem for Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary — some gouge out the eyes of others

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian, written by Basil Fernando. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article f...

NEPAL: Persistent impunity in Nepal

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

MALAYSIA: Stop legal action against Malaysian human rights defender for highlighting rights of migrant workers

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from Human Rights Now and FORUM-ASIA. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Joint Statement from...

PAKISTAN: Another Azad Kashmiri becomes the victim of ISI butchery

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Kashmir National Party, Azad Kashmir Chapter. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong &...

CAMBODIA: CCHR condemns cowardly homophobic attack and police negligence amidst otherwise joyful PRIDE celebrations

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&...

THAILAND: Thailand must learn the lessons of history

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD). Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A...

SRI LANKA: Justice on a razor’s edge — An interview with retired Supreme Court Judge C.V.Wigneswaran

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Leader, written by Dharisha Bastians. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article fro...

CAMBODIA: Civil society expresses concern over recent developments in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and urges the international community to speak out

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from several civil society organisations of Cambodia. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kon...

INDONESIA: West Papua — Violence against indigenous women

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article written by Fien Jarangga & Galuh Wandita. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Fien J...

PAKISTAN: Petition to President Zadarai urging the arrest of killers of fisherfolk activists

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) to President of Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commissi...