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Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Sri Lanka’s refusal to implement recommendations made by the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to brin...

International Human Rights Day on December 10 should be a moment in Asia to reflect soberly as to why on this continent, where more than half of the world’s population live, basic human rights a...

On December 5, the BBC Sinhala service reported the Attorney General of Sri Lanka as having said last Monday that urging the Supreme Court to alter a ruling is tantamount to undermining the independen...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you on a previous appeal we wrote (UA-220-2005) regarding the torturing of four persons, including one mentally disabled boy, by...

[RE: UA-183-2005: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-127-2005: Main suspect identified in alleged rape incident at Bandaranayake I...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged fabricated charges of sexual assault laid against a school teacher by the Saliyawewa police. Ms. Pavithra Kar...

[RE: UA-183-2005: SRI LANKA: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-127-2005: Main suspect identified in alleged rape incident at Band...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a mentally retarded boy along with three other persons were allegedly tortured by police attached to the Mahawela police s...

First anniversary of the assassination of Gerald Perera; On November 21 2004, Gerald Perera was assassinated while riding on a bus at noon. He was an employee at the Colombo Harbour who was pursuing a...

Dear friends, You will be aware that Sri Lanka has a new Executive President who was elected on 17 November 2005.  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is issuing this urgent appeal because of th...

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on a case of police malpractice and negligence that has led to the theft of a man’s motorcycle parts.  Mr. Fernan...

 including the appointment without delay of Constitutional Council members and NPC Commissioners The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes the commitments made on the 11th of November 2005 by th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the torture of a 14-year-old boy, Dulash Vimukthi Ranasinghe, by his language teacher, ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of 16-year-old, W.K. Nilantha who was taken by two home guards to the Uragaha Police Station and seve...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Seneviratne Goshara Mudiyanselage Upali Nissanka who was arrested, detained and tortured by Su...

The issue of attempted arson to one of the buildings of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka came to be discussed at the 35th Session of the UN Committee against Torture (the Committee) duri...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Kaluthara Guruge Thilan Suranga Jayasinghe, who was arbitrarily arrested upon false accusations an...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a police sergeant was tortured and subsequently arrested by policemen attached to the Wadduwa police station.  The victim...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Vidhanelage Ajith Wickramage, who was arbitrarily arrested by police officers from the Galewela Po...