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The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) is shocked to hear of the sudden and irregular arrest of SAFMA founding Secretary General Imtiaz Alam in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday (November 5th, 2007)...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour  said today she is alarmed over the suspension of fundamental rights and  imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan. Pakistan has...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open invitation from the Tji Hak-soon Justice & Peace Foundation, requesting for nominating candidates...

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) is gravely concerned for the safety and wellbeing of peaceful demonstrators including monks, arrested or missing after the demonstrations of August and September 2...

A. INTRODUCTION To the casual observer, Singapore appears to be a cosmopolitan city-state with a functioning democracy based on the rule of law. After a century as a British colony, Singapore became s...

Three months after its last hearing, the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission (HRC) has not fixed a date to recommence the inquiry into the disappearance of Socialist Equality Party (SEP) member Nadaraja...

COLOMBO, 13 OCTOBER 2007 I wish to thank His Excellency the President for inviting me to visit Sri Lanka and the Government of Sri Lanka for facilitating my program.   I would like to thank Minister...

Your Excellency, As religious groups, academics, media, civil society, political groups and individuals in Sri Lanka, we express our fullest support towards the peaceful protests initiated in your cou...

As a friend and as one who has visited your great country, and conscious of the historical and cultural links between Myanmar and Sri Lanka, I am immensely saddened to learn of the recent events in My...

We, the undersigned Members of Parliament, respectfully urge you and the governments that you lead, to work together in full cooperation to strongly encourage the Myanmar government to deliver genuine...

Dear friends in the solidarity movement, Today, about 200,000 people rallied the streets in Burma (in Rangoon and different cities). The Buddhist monks are leading the pro-democracy rallies, defying m...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward you the following press release dated September 24, 2007, regarding the Commemoration of Semanggi II from the Commission for th...

PUBLIC STATEMENT – THE IIGEP REITERATES CONCERNS OVER THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY On 18 September 2007, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (the IIGEP)’ submitted i...

Human rights in the sense of human solidarity has created a new universal and equal language going beyond racial, gender, ethnic or religious boundaries. That is why we consider it a doorway to dialog...

Dr. Chee Soon Juan’s appeal against his conviction for attempting to travel without a permit will be heard tomorrow at the Supreme Court at 10 am before Judge Choo Han Teck. In March 2006, the S...

European and US embassies urged to protect threatened journalist Reporters Without Borders today voiced deep concern about the safety of top investigative journalist Iqbal Athas and his colleagues on ...

On the occasion of International Day of Disappeared, Advocacy Forum (AF), a national human rights NGO, stands with the families of disappeared persons and demands that the whereabouts of those who hav...

As human rights defenders, we are very concerned by the news that the British Government is officially hosting the Chief of the Army , General Rukmangat Katuwal in London this week. At the time of the...

As human rights defenders, we are very concerned by the news that the British Government is officially hosting the Chief of the Army , General Rukmangat Katuwal in London this week. At the time of the...

forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: the Supreme Court Judgment reversing the suspension of the We reproduce below the judgment given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the...