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[RE: UP-151-2005: SRI LANKA: Rape victim and her familys safety feared following the release of five suspects on bail; UA-183-2005: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the B...
Today, March 30, 2006 the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has nominated three outstanding widows of human rights defenders to receive jointly the prestigious 2006 , awarded by the May 18 Memorial...
In a news item published in the Island on March 29, 2006 outgoing chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, Radhika Coomaraswamy, confirmed that the terms of office of the Commission me...
SRI LANKA: Brutal assault of a minor; threat and intimidation; violation of the right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; violation of the right to educati...
Dear friends, In 2001, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reported on the death of Mr. Lasantha Jagath Kumara, who after five days of illegal detention and brutal torture at the hands of the Pay...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of V.M. Duminda Jayawardena by two policemen from the Mitiyagoda police station on 11 March...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2006 AS-051-2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA: Fear syndrome may also extend to Auditor General’s department Reports followin...
[RE: UP-040-2006: SRI LANKA: Supreme Court granted leave to proceed in a brutal torture case filed by Chamara Nimantha; UA-182-2005: SRI LANKA: Brutal torture and fabricated charges laid against the v...
[RE: UP-033-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats to 14-year-old boy and his family to withdraw complaint of brutal assault by teacher; UA-060-2006: SRI LANKA: Brutal assault on 14-year-old by his games teacher] &...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the failure to investigate the brutal assault on Rathnasiri Senadheera by Superintendent of Police Sal...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a case involving the illegal arrest and detention of a man by the Gokarella police, despite the latter being informed that t...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of an incident whereby two policemen from Poddala police are alleged to have repeatedly tortured a mentally ill man, who the...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that seven-year-old P.W. Tharanga Kumara, a student of Gonapinuwela Saralankara School, Gonapinuwela, Galle District, Sr...
While the incident of two Supreme Court judges resigning on the basis of matters of conscience is still very much a part of the public debate, the Auditor General of Sri Lanka has now also come under ...
Dear friends, Following in the footsteps of four cases of abuse of students by their teachers in Sri Lanka in recent months, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has now learned of yet another inc...
SRI LANKA: Brutal assault; falsified charges; denial of medial treatment; police inaction; failure to conduct an investigation; collapse of rule of law ———————...
[RE: UP-032-2006: SRI LANKA: Torture victim Tissa Kumara wins fundamental rights application at the Supreme Court; UP-023-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats made against Koraleliyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara mus...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of a student, M Rukman Asanka Perera by his school Buddhism teacher, Hiriwewe Gnaneswara on 9 Marc...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of a 39-year-old farmer from Pitigala Hill, Kalavana by two policemen from the Kalavana pol...
In an attempt to fill Sri Lanka’s legal lacuna, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka has adopted a draft Contempt of Court Act to be submitted to the government this month, March 2005. The draft bro...
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