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As the world marks the 60th anniversary of the on 10 December, in a report released today Reporters Without Borders looks at the record of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, the main UN body conce...

A statement by the Rt. Rev. Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo The recent killing of a Hindu Priest, Sivasri Subramanyan Kamalraj of the Mariamma Kovil in Batticalao, is a tragic and senseless act ...

Government Abuses Anti-Terror Laws to Muzzle the Media December 2, 2008 The Sri Lankan government is shamefully using antiterrorism laws to silence peaceful critics in the media. This is no way for a ...

U Aung Toe Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel: + 95 67 404 080/ 071/ 078/ 067 or + 95 1 372 145 Fax: + 95 67 404 059 26 November 2008 Dear Chief Justice We a...

By IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) http://www.JusticeForum.info Madam President, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen: Cambridge, MA, USA, 19 November 2008 (InformPress.com) &...

By IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY Chief Justice of Pakistan http://www.JusticeForum.info New York, NY, USA, 17 November 2008 (InformPress.com) – It is a pleasure and an honour for me to be addressin...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Embargoed to 18.30 GMT 19 November 2008 The Sri Lankan government must immediately end its policy of blocking humanitarian aid needed to reach an estimated 300,000 ...

(New York, November 24, 2008) – The Sri Lankan government should take immediate steps to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the country’s Eastern Province, where there has been...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following speech by Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A speech by Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan forwarded by the As...

The relatives of the April 28th, 2004 incident will submit a complaint letter to the president of the Lawyer’s Council of Thailand on Saturday 22nd, 2008 at CS Pattani Hotel. During the April 28...

J.S. Tissainayagam, senior journalist who is on trial before the High Court has been moved from the remand prison to the magazine prison in Colombo on November 18. No reasons have been given for this ...

Five United Nations experts* strongly condemned severe convictions and the unfair trials of prisoners of conscience in Myanmar. Following one year of arbitrary detention, dozens of individuals who had...

A massive and unlawful crackdown by the Ministry of Justice and police force took place in the Seong-Sang Furniture Factory Complex in Masok (Namyangju City, Gyounggi-Do, Korea) on November 12th, beg...

This review is submitted to contribute to the Special Rapporteur on Torture’s survey of the implementation of recommendations made after his . 1  This review focuses on progress made in Nepal durin...

Data of Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) shows that 64 human rights defenders were at risk from state and non-state actors during the period of 16 July to 16 October. It was found that rights of...

Reporters Without Borders condemns the government pressure that led to the debate programme “Ira Anduru Pata” being cut short as it was being broadcast live on the evening of 4 November on...

International Bar Association (The global voice of the legal profession) 10th Floor, 1 Stephen Street, London W1T 1AT United Kingdom His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidential Secreta...

A Press Release from forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA: Statement of (The International press freedom mission consists of the following organisations): International Fede...

(Further to our statement of yesterday, October 28th we are forwarding the full text of the statement by the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman made on October 23rd at the 63rd Ses...

Though the concept of human rights was now universally accepted, Manfred Nowak, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, today warned that ill t...