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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked to learn about the assassination of a high ranking Sri Lankan military intelligence officer Major Nisam Muthalif today in Colombo. The AHRC condemns...

On 25 October 2000, more than 25 young Tamils at a rehabilitation centre in Bindunuwewa near Bandarawela in the south-central part of the island were attacked and killed by a Sinhalese group.  Who we...

[UA-67-2005: A woman’s healthy leg was amputated at the Negombo General Hospital due to mistaken identity; UP-51-2005: No investigation has yet been conducted into the mistaken amputation of a w...

The police have begun investigating a case of alleged negligence resulting in a woman’s leg being wrongly amputated at the Negombo Base Hospital in Sri Lanka. They are pursuing the matter under ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged assault of a 10-year-old pupil by a schoolteacher on 12 May 2005 for not giving a satisfactory ans...

From May 12 to 14, 2005 the Asian Human Rights Commission held a consultation in Hong Kong with a group of forensic and legal professionals to discuss the interplay between forensic science and human ...

Asian Tribune joins the smear campaign against the victim of negligent amputation and In a article, purportedly written by Sunil C. Perera, to the Asian Tribune the author attacks the story of Sitthi ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of a man while in police custody at the Rakwana Police Station, Sri Lanka. Helwala Langachcharige Su...

The increase in death threats and intimidation to activists and journalists in Sri Lanka are alarming. In particular, there is concern that the situation may degenerate into that similar to the terror...

In a landmark judgment, the U.N. Human Rights Committee has held that Sri Lanka, as a state party to the Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, violated one of ...

Within the last two weeks alone, the Asian Human Rights Commission has reported on three cases of alleged gross medical negligence in Sri Lanka. First, a 48-year-old mother alleged that her healthy le...

[Re: UP-51-2005: SRI LANKA: No investigation has yet been conducted into the mistaken amputation of a woman’s leg, UA-67-2005: A woman’s healthy leg was amputated at the Negombo General Ho...

Dear _________, Re: INDIA: Murdered adivasi’s family lives in starvation while no action taken regarding his death Name of the victim: Manishbhai Motibhai Vasava, age 30, resident of Katiskuva ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) refers to our urgent appeal issued on 22 April 2005 regarding the case of Ms. Citthi Naseera (48) who suffered the amputation of a healthy limb d...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that K.A. Ganga Kalpani, gave birth prematurely after being tortured by the Embilipitiya police, resulting in her child ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 4, 2005 AS-48-2005 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission  Lack of police discipline a threat to Sri Lanka’s national development Some of the views expressed...

[RE: UP-17-2005:  SRI LANKA: Lalith Rajapakse freed; Action needs to be taken against the police who falsely charged him, UP-81-2004: SRI LANKA: Continuing death threats to human rights activists and...

This April 28, 46-year-old Sivaram Dharmeratnam became the latest victim of abduction and murder in Sri Lanka. Sivaram, a highly-respected journalist for the Daily Mirror newspaper–where he was ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a healthy leg of Ms. Citthi Naseera (48) was mistakenly amputated at the Negombo General Hospital on 1 March 2005. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the killing of a Mr. Don Wijerathna Munasinghe by the Maharagama police in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Mr. Munasinghe was...