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SRI LANKA: Council conclusions on Sri Lanka

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

SYRIA: The civil society activists behind bars

The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists is following up with deep concern the developments of the deteriorated conditions of human rights activists and civil society in Syria, where the security a...

SRI LANKA: United Nations Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka – SC/9659

We reproduce below the United Nations Security Council resolution of Sri Lanka on 13thMay 2009 which was published by the Department of Public Information – News and Media Division – New York The fo...

SRI LANKA: Repeated Shelling of Hospitals Evidence of War Crimes – 30 Attacks Reported on Medical Facilities since December

(New York) – The Sri Lankan armed forces have repeatedly struck hospitals in the northern Vanni region in indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. Commander...

INDONESIA: World Ocean Conference (WOC) Burdened with the Human Rights Violations

(Jakarta, May 12, 2009) The World Ocean Conference (WOC) “Climate Change Impacts to Ocean and The Role of Ocean to Climate Change” is currently held in Manado, North Sulawesi, 11-14 May 20...

SRI LANKA: Satellite Images, Witnesses Show Shelling Continues

Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Human Rights Watch forwa...

SRI LANKA: Secretary-General, Appalled At Killing Of Hundreds In Sri Lanka, Urges Government To Explore All Options To Bring Conflict To End Without Further Bloodshed

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the UN General Secretary. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from UN General Secreta...

CAMBODIA: To Be a Judge, Be Ready To Bribe: Students

To be eligible for positions as judges in Cambodia’s court system, students say they must pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. There is even an expression among the students: “Witho...

MALAYSIA: Authorities arrest 80 writers, activists, members of parliament during protests

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is deeply worried that the new Administration under Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has begun a swoop of those publicly opposed to the takeover of the nort...

SRI LANKA: Widow of assassinated Journalist Wickrematunge on the World Press Freedom Day Conference

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge, widow of Lasantha Wickrematunge and 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Laureate on the World Press ...

THAILAND: Minister of Foreign Affairs and EU Ambassadors visit WGJP office

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kasit Pirom hosted a delegation of ambassadors from 15 EU countries on a two-day tour to meet with government agencies, NGOs and religious institutions located in ...

NEPAL: Abridged transcript of a speech made by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, former Prime Minister of Nepal

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement of the former Prime Minister of Nepal Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The statement is the abridged transcript of Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s spe...

NEPAL: An appeal on the occasion of Loktantra Day

A statement by 19 citizens, Kathmandu, 24 April 2009 Having gathered on the occasion of the third anniversary of Loktantra Day, we citizens from different walks of life, in making public our views on ...

ASIA: Rural and Indigenous Women Claim our Right to Food!

You claim that although the food crisis we suffered globally in 2008 is only a cyclical phase, the serious structural problems remain. The structural problems affect much more people in developing cou...

SRI LANKA: LTTE Is No Excuse For Killing Vanni Civilians

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following document from the University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna) UTHR(J) in Sri Lanka, which is available in full online. Asian Human Rights Commis...

SOUTH KOREA: “Preview of harsher things to come”; HK-based group condemns brutal arrest of an undocumented worker in South Korea

“The brutal assault against a Chinese undocumented woman migrant worker in Daejon, South Korea by authorities is an omen of even more vicious acts to come against undocumented migrants. We condemn th...

SRI LANKA: Use International Clout to Press Both Sides to End Humanitarian Disaster

(London, April 14, 2009) – The Commonwealth and its members should use their combined diplomatic influence to press the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to cease ...

SRI LANKA: Secretary-General’s Statement on Sri Lanka

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Secretary General of the United Nations. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from...

SRI LANKA: Stop Shelling ‘No-Fire Zone’ – UN Security Council Action Needed to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe

(New York, April 8, 2009) ¡V The Sri Lankan government should stop firing heavy artillery into the ¡§no-fire zone¡¨ in the northern Vanni area where some 100,000 civilians are trapped by the sepa...

SRI LANKA: “Disgraceful” failure to identify those responsible for newspaper editor’s murder three months ago

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Reporters without Borders. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———...