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Background The Human Rights Council will be addressing human rights education in its upcoming 10th session (Geneva, 2?7 March 2009). It will discuss specifically a Declaration on Human Rights Educatio...

LAHORE, February 12, 2009: Five Ahmadis detained on charges of blasphemy in Layyah district have been held without virtually any proof or witnesses, the Human Rights Commission (HRCP) said on Thursday...

To: asie@rsf.org Reporters Without Borders Mr. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa Media and Information Minister Colombo Sri Lanka Paris, 10 February 2009 Dear Minister, We are dismayed to learn that the BBC ...

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya; the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. ...

The office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace – Pattani was searched by a group of 20 police and army officers in the early hours of February 8. The officers arrived in three pick-up trucks an...

05.02.2009 *The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation prevailing in Sri Lanka. The disregard for humanitarian standards shown by comba...

The long bloody civil war in Sri Lanka seems to be climaxing in a surge of violence. Like many in this region, I have been following these developments with growing alarm. A military outcome is possib...

IRIN, is the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. COLOMBO, 6 February 2009 (IRIN) – Some 1,600 civilians escaped fighting in the ...

Source: Amnesty International (AI) Date: 04 Feb 2009 Amnesty International has denounced the reported use of cluster bombs in a civilian area by the Sri Lankan military as a serious violation of inte...

Muslims live and worship freely in Australia despite occasional friction A Muslim cleric in Australia who said men have a right to force their wives to have sex has been told to apologise by Prime Min...

Government Should Not Appoint Palparan to Drugs Board (New York, February 3, 2009) – The Philippine government should investigate retired Major General Jovito Palparan for widespread rights violation...

Tamil Tigers Also Preventing Civilians from Fleeing Fighting (New York, February 3, 2009) – A Sri Lankan government statement that it is not responsible for the safety of civilians who remain in area...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statements on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka issued on February 3, 2009, by the United States and the United Kingdom, following the...

A Statement by a group of Bishops We are deeply concerned with recent reports of increasing civilian casualties in the Wanni war. Recent media reports have indicated that a significant number of civil...

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

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Date 28 January 2009 Reports emerging from Sri Lanka suggest that government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are violating the laws of war by...

We reproduce below a written complaint made by the President , Mr. Britto Fernando, to the Inspector General of Police regarding telephone calls received from an anonymous caller making death threats ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the International Press Freedom Mission. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/sri-lanka-update-150108?opendocument 15-01-2009 Ever more civilians have been leaving areas held by ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the International Press Institute. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —̵...