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It’s been three years after the brutal torture and murder of Aminul Islam and the climate of impunity continues in Bangladesh. The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) deeply c...
An article from The Sunday Times written by Kishali Pinto Jayawardene forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Constitution-making exercises in Sri Lanka are generally a coyly deceptive dance of...
Dear friends, The Monaragala Wellassa Subagya School, in the Monaragala District is a school providing education to children with special needs in several surrounding districts in the region. The scho...
Dear friends, Mr. Manabalasingham Rajkumar (44) of Siriwardana Place, Munnakaraya, Negombo in Gampaha District is a fisherman. He was admitted to the Negombo Base Hospital for urgent medical treatment...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. S. E. Logathayalan, a journalist working for the ‘Uthayan’ and the ‘Thinakkural’ Newspapers in Jaffna w...
Two persons, Mohsin Ali and Kashif Khan Kamran, have been in the illegal custody of Pakistan’s security agencies since 19 September 2011, i.e. for nearly four years now. They have not been produced ...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that three people were killed on March 8, 16 and 24, 2015 respectively. One of the victims was an indigenous member ...
In this week’s episode, AHRC TV covers stories from Indonesia. The programme begins with the latest in the decade-long fight for justice for slain human rights defender Munir Said Thalib: the nami...
A 17-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has passed an order whereby all executions awarded by the recently established military courts are stayed until pendency of a writ petition filed by ...
คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งอาเซียน (AHRC) ได้ทราบว่าสมาชิกของสหพันธ์เกษตร...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 14th April 2015 at around 9.45 p.m., three journalists have been threatened with their lives and from continuing...
( Hong Kong SAR, April 17, 2015) Despite the court order and provision in the 2007 Interim Constitution of Nepal, no law criminalising torture has been enacted. The Nepal Government failed to provide ...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a woman has been killed by her husband and brother-in-law, who claim to have been acting to defend “honour...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has gathered detailed information on the cell death of an innocent man at the Kalutara North Prison on 5th April 2015. Mr. Goniyamalimage Suraj P...
එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම (UNHRC) විසින්, පොලිස් භාරයේදී සිදුවූ ම...
by Basil Fernando A determination issued by the United Nation’s Human Rights Committee on 1st April 2015, reveals extraordinary failures on the part of Sri Lankan State agencies – the police, the...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Baswadi Meghwal Samaj and Anusuchit Jati and Samasat Jan Sangharsh Samiti, Nagaur, Rajasthan, about a brutal attack...
A Statement from The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has issued Order no. 3/2558 concerning the m...
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and KontraS to Mr. Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly, the Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights Mr. Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly Minister of Law and Huma...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding military intervention in academic discourse on the subject of Balochistan. A talk scheduled at the Lahore Univ...
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