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Today, 17 July 2007, international communities who always strive for justice and fight against impunity celebrate the World Day for International Justice. The communities that consist of victims, huma...

“Ratification and implementation of the convention in responsible manner showed the Indonesia’s seriousness in order to promote and protection of human rights, especially the right of freedom from t...

on June 26, 2007, and focuses on the ongoing problem of torture in Nepal. It is based on the daily monitoring of 35 police detention centres in Nepal, during which Advocacy Forum has alone documented ...

(We refer to earlier communications regarding the Sri LankanÂ’s Chief JusticeÂ’s proposed visit to Hong Kong to attend a meeting at the City University. Kindly see SRI LANKA: The Sunday Times publishe...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Development & Cooperation written by Mr. Baseer Naveed, senior researcher of AHRC. The complete article can be found at http://w...

We, the undersigned, express our grave concerns regarding the sudden twist of events in the murder trial of Mongolian national, Altantuya Shaariibuu, which has led to an unfair delay in the court proc...

(Note: We are reproducing the report published on June 14 2007 by the International Crisis Group. The Executive Summary and Recommendations follow below). ____________ *INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP R...

For immediate release 15 June 2007 Meeting with the President of Sri Lanka yesterday, the Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) expressed serious concern about the grave h...

Further to our previous public statement of 11 June 2007, we, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) are concerned that the conduct of the President’s Commission of Inqui...

Press release, 06/14/2007 by AI (Geneva) President Mahinda Rajapakse, as Head of State, must take personal initiative to end the human rights crisis in Sri Lanka, said Amnesty International’s Se...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following motion made in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom regarding the arrest and detention of Dr. Binayak Sen. The Asian Human Rights Commiss...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A ...

The following statement was issued today by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, and the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, su...

We are forwarding the full text of the affidavit filed by the suspended Chief Justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry regarding the ordeal he suffered at Army House on March 9, 2007 when he was restrained...

(Following is the text of Mr. Muneer MalikÂ’s speech which he delivered on May 26, 2007 when the Supreme Court Bar Association held a seminar on “separation of powers and judicial independence&#...

SINDH BAR COUNCIL Sindh High Court Building (Annexe) Karachi. Dated: 15/05/2007 RESOLUTION This extra. ordinary meeting of the Members of the Sindh Bar Council held on 15th May 2007 strongly condemns ...

APRIL 27, 2007: (Update to LRWC statement of March 19, 2007) LRWC deplores President Musharraf’s March 9, 2007 suspension of Iftikar Mohamed Chaudhry from his office as Chief Justice of the Supr...

The Kathmandu Post Chronicling the truth http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=106686 By MANJUSHREE THAPA The essay form–now fancifully called literary nonfiction or creative nonfictionÂ...

The following press release was issued by the Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka on April 17, 2007 – http://www.freemediasrilanka.org/index.php?action=con_news_full&id=523&section=news (W...

(New York, April 12, 2007) – The Sri Lankan government is abusing antiterrorism legislation to clamp down on journalists who expose human rights abuses, official corruption, or otherwise question the...