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Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that officers attached to the Dehiwela Police Station arrested a couple on 21 November 2007 who were allegedly torture...

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...

General Assembly Members Should Not Reward Rights Abusers with Votes (New York, April 20, 2009) — Serious human rights violations in Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia undermine ...

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...

(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 ...

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...

Basil Fernando B.R. Ambedkar was a man whose work unraveled the unique nature of the master-servant relationship in South Asia. Today is the anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar’s birth. Born to the family of...

(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...

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 ———...

Five media organisations in Sri Lanka issuing an investigative report entitled, ‘The Resurgence of Terror and the paramilitary forces in Sri Lanka,’ stated that covert operations are carri...

COLOMBO – The Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the HumanRights of Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kälin, expressed urgent concerns today for the lives of over 100,000 civilian...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls upon the Sri Lankan government to immediately release Mr Santha Fernando, secretary for justice and peace in the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police arrested and took a man to a police station, where they allegedly tortured him during the interrogation. ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police allegedly tortured a man, accused of murder, to force him to provide five names during interrogation in th...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that officers allegedly attached to the Special Task Force (STF) and the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arbitra...

On 27 March, the Mathara High Court sentenced former magistrate, Ms. Shyamini Mihinchiarachchi, to 45 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 60,000 (USD 600) on charges of entering false information in ...

To: Eastern European Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to welcome reports that Eastern European stat...

We are forwarding the text of a letter written by Sonali Wickrematunge, the widow of Lasantha Wickrematunge, a well known journalist and the editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper who was assassinated ...

To: Asian Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to urge Asian states to present a competitive slate for ...

Regional Groups Should Honor the Spirit of Council Membership Standards on Human Rights  (New York, March 25, 2009) — More than 30 human rights organizations from around the world today wrote ...