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Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes this appeal to encourage you to sign this petition calling for an impartial and prompt investigation into the crimes committed by Mushar...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Meegahatenna police allegedly tortured a man on March 1, 2009 in Sri Lanka. After the torture, police manacle...

A comparison of the abduction of Varsha Jude Regi and the Delgoda family massacre The abduction and the killing of six-year-old Varsha in Trincomalee, followed by the deaths in custody of two of the a...

Following the violent 33-hour mutiny at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters on February 25 and 26, which saw more than 70 persons killed, the government has been swift to act. However the rising ...

Statement by Navanethem Pillay UN High Commissioner for Human Rights National Human Rights Commission New Delhi, 23 March 2009 Distinguished Members of the National Human Rights Commission and State C...

Sri Lankans looked at their TV screens and newspapers last week with shock and shame as the story of the abduction and killing of six year old Varsha Jude Regi of Trincomalee came to the attention of ...

Please find attached the link for a Study on the prevalence, determinants and causes of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CIDTP) in Sri Lanka. http://mat...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, stated on the 13th March: “Certain actions being undertaken by the Sri Lankan military and by the LTTE may constitute violatio...

Reporters without Borders, which has consultative status with the United Nations Human Rights Council, today asked the council to intercede on behalf of two imprisoned Sri Lankan journalists, J.S. Ti...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  March 18, 2009  ALRC-STM-002-2009 A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre ASIA: The region to benefit from the High Commissioner’s visit The Asian Legal Resource ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission is concerned to find two cases this month in Pakistan’s Punjab province that have targeted the Ahmadi minority sect. In one incident fifteen men in Sargodha dis...

GENEVA (OHCHR ¡V 13 March) — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed her growing alarm Friday at the increasing number of civilians reported killed and injured in the co...

(Hong Kong, March 16, 2009) The Asian Legal Resource Centre has produced a new report in the latest volume of article 2 (volume 8, No. 1) on the abuse of police powers of arrest and detention for mone...

Clearly demonstrating the iron will of the people of Pakistan to return to the rule of law and reassert the independence of the judiciary the people took to the streets, lead by the great movement of ...

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of a youth by officers attached to Moragahahena police for the purpose of obtaining information ...

The law enforcement community in Pakistan has been shamed once more by an incident in which three officers arrested a boy, beat and raped him in custody, and distributed a video of the rape. A year la...

For a government that came into power promising to champion the rights of lawyers and restore the independence of the judiciary, the cabinet of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza...

The government’s announcement that permission from the Ministry of Defence is required for all functions to be conducted with the participation of the general public, and that the approval of the nea...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Guria, a local human rights organisation working against women trafficking in Uttar Pradesh, regarding the case o...

A core element in any judicial function is impartiality. The common saying is that judges need not only to be impartial but need to be seen to be impartial. Over the centuries codes of conduct have be...