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By Nilantha Ilangamuwa  Directions and instructions are determinations of action which have an influence upon a number of minor circumstances too numerous and unimportant for general laws. — Ca...

From the history of the media in South Korea, the government of the military dictatorship controlled media as well as newspapers and instructed them as to what should be posted and broadcasted. There ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the illegal arrest, detention and custodial torture which led to the death of Mr Abdul Qudoos Ahmad, a school ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express its concern toward the scrapping of the provision prohibiting amnesty for human rights violations in the Bills establishing the Truth and Reconcilia...

The criminal justice system of Sri Lanka is in decline. Across the country numerous reports document that illegal arrests and detention continues to happen indiscriminately. The Asian Human Rights Com...

Lahore, April 02: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has highlighted the difficulties in verifying cases of enforced disappearance in Balochistan and urged all concerned to play their role...

The Alliance of Media Organizations is disturbed by the recent wave of hate speeches and slanderous personal attacks directed against media personnel and human rights activists in the country, in the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the gang rape of a 14 year old girl (For further details, please see the original appeal: AHRC-UAC-064-2010)...

In the streets of Metro Manila, it is common to see photographs or posters of missing persons posted on walls and electricity poles, with details of the missing person and how to contact the relatives...

After the case of Mr. Kim Jong-Ik, a victim of illegal surveillance by the Prime Minister’s Office and exposure by a former official of the Office (for details: AHRC-STM-066-2012), more illegal...

A Press Release from the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) jointly signed by 89 other organisations Contact: John M. Miller, +1-718-596-7668; mobile: +1-917-690-4391, john@etan.org Ed McW...

Nilantha Ilangamuwa “Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still” – Thales of Miletus The Government of Sri Lanka announced just thre...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from MASUM, concerning the case of gruesome murder of four teenagers by the Border Security Force at Harudanga M...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding two activists, Mr. Song Kyung-Dong, poet, and Mr. Jeong Jin-Woo, a member of the progressive party, who sugges...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an editor of a daily newspaper was terminated from his job after threats of the filing of a blasphemy case against ...

An article from Friday Times forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Did the movement bring a fundamental change in the state and the society and the relationship between the two? Ayesha Siddiq...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from The Asia Foundation, written by Pema Abrahams on the shortcomings of the newly adopted NHRC Act. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong K...

Due to increasing international concerns over corruption, well established systems in the developed countries often become a model for other countries to adopt. Meanwhile, much research has been made ...

The Fisherfolk community in Pakistan is considered the poorest of the poor, dwelling in slum settlements along the 1129 kilometres coastline with no basic amenities. A high level of poverty prevails i...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young man was seriously tortured by the police of City Bhalwal, Sargodha, Punjab Province, and was forced to conf...