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Dear friends, According to the information that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received around 150 men from Navanthurai, a village in the Jaffna District in Northern Province, were illegal...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) appreciates the efforts taken by the State Human Rights Commission of Jammu and Kashmir in conducting an enquiry and filing a report concerning the mass graves...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that three children have been on a token hunger strike for more than 50 days for the recovery of their mother who was ...
FOR PUBLICATION AHRC-ART-046-2011 August 24, 2011 An Article by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: One year after the floods-women continue their struggle to rebuild their lives & liv...
There is surely nothing wrong in demanding an end to the reign of corruption. And yet, for many in India it seems to amount to being “as good as undermining the Constitution”, or resembli...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The Sri Lanka Campaign for Peace and Justice. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong &...
Given the primacy of combating corruption to breathe life into the concept of democracy, the anti-corruption movement in India is indeed the country’s second movement for freedom. Given the magn...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Arab News, written by Mohammed Rasooldeen. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from ...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sunday Times. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong An article from the Sunday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commis...
Dear friends, Palle Gedara Srinath Saliya Jayaratne (17) surrendered himself to the Panvilla police as he had been accused of theft. After consulting a lawyer and receiving assurances from the polic...
A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, REDRESS Trust UK, and Human Rights Alert, Manipur, India A draconian legislation like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 and the concep...
[RE: AHRC-HAC-009-2010: India: Five children of Mawasi tribe currently suffering from malnutrition in the village where seven children died of malnutrition in 2008-09] Dear friends, The Asian Human Ri...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Wasantha Abeysinghe (43) of Air Force Road, Kimbissa in the Matale District was illegally arrested and severe...
Dear friends, Mr. Alexander Thayaparan (48) of No 352, Hospital Road, Mannar was illegally arrested by officers attached to the Sri Lanka Navy on 17 April 2009. Thayaparan is disabled as his leg was...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) congratulates Indians on their 65th Independence Day. The world’s largest democracy, has come a long way from what it was in 1947 – an impoverished...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Jinnah Institute, written by Shehrbano Taseer. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning yet another case of coldblooded murder committed by the Border Security Force (BSF) operating along the Ind...
Dear friends, Lieutenant Colonel Wickramasinghe Arachchige Ranjith Chandrasiri Perera (47) of No: 5B/27, Army Quarters, Kendalanda, Homagama is a commissioned officer attached to the Sri Lanka Army ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a journalist Mr. Nilupa Sanjaya Liyanagehewa of Neth FM, one of the Sri Lanka’s leading electronic media in...
The Rev. Rudge Pereira and his family have been living in Ward Place in their ancestral property for over 51 years. Since 2008 a group of people have been harassing the family during the day and night...
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