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Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Mr. Kariyawasam Wickramarachchilage Milan Saman Wickramasinghe (21) permanent resident of Kantale Police Divis...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received reliable information regarding death threats aimed at the human rights activist, Mr. Sudesh Nandimal Silva who is fighting for the rights o...

Dear Friends, Asian Human Rights Commission has received reliable information regarding death threats received by the Chariman of the Committee for the Protection of Rights of Prisoners – Mr. Se...

By Basil Fernando “A large crowd of people gather here every day,” a social worker told me, pointing to a two-storey building that is now a toddy shop. There was a banner with a familiar advertise...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), received information regarding the death of a patient at the Kuliyapitiya District Base Hospital. Mrs. Uragoda Appuhamilage Somawathi told the d...

Read Letter HERE We refer to the statement we issued yesterday “How some lawyers trivialise legal proceedings”. We produce below Fr Nandana’s letter to the relevant lawyer demanding that the la...

“Fr. Nandana Manatunga tortured the victim…” claims President’s Counsel, Mr. Nalin Ladduwahetty in his defence of a police constable in a torture case. The case of torture of Mr. Daundalage P...

Sanjeewa Weerawickrama [1] Torture is an act, a form of punishment, a horrible experience, causing severe physical pain and mental suffering. It uses force to make a person confess to a crime he did n...

Article by Basil Fernando I arrived at the Katunayake Airport and there was my friend whose car I usually use in my visits. On our way from the airport into the roads a conversation immediately starte...

Watch English Version Watch Sinhala Version The Asian Human Rights Commission is happy to present two video presentations; one in English and one in Sinhala by Mr. Basil Fernando on the Folk School ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mr. G P Rojan Asmi Rathnapala. He lodged a complaint on 20 May 2017 with the Cinnamon Garden Police Station. He owned...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Thilanga Roshan Perera who is a prisoner in New Dumbara (Bogambara) Prison, Kandy. According t...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding Mr. Kushan Shalika Herath (30), a teacher at the Kuliyapitiya Central College. Mr. Kushan has been transferred to Nar...

The weekly Times column, Focus on Rights, titled ‘Dangers of Unseemly Ministerial Outbursts to Free Speech’ by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, in the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, on 02 July 2017, forward...

A letter by Lakshan Dias (Attorney at law) sent to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 29.06.2017 Mr. Amal Randeniya Secretary to the Bar Association of Sr...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Mr. Harsha Dammika Dematawala, a teacher at Kuliyapitiya Central College. Harsha continually pointed out finan...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding Mr. Nihal Ajith Peiris of Helen Wawatha, in Wennappuwa Police Division in Puttalam District. On 25 June 2017 a...

READ FULL REPORT – HERE ලංකාවට අවශ්‍ය අධිකරණමය සංශෝධන එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මණ්ඩලයේ විනිශ්�...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received reliable information about a woman, Mrs. X, resident of Kebithigollewa Police Division in Anuradhapura District. She was sexually assaulted...

An article from “I am on unequal ground”, written by Dhaneshi Yatawara and published in the ‘Daily Mirror’ issue of 28th June 2017. forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission By Daneshi Y...