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All most all the investigation officers in the Human Rights Commission ( HRC ) have gone to attend and enjoy the carnival, ‘Deyata Kirulla’, a publicity programme organized by the Governme...
Dear friends, Mr. Saman Sampath Rajapakse (34) of No: A/182/24, Adurapotha, Kegalle was working as a soldier attached to the Commando Regiment of Sri Lanka Army. At the request of his family members, ...
An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission, Advocacy Forum, Concern for Children and Environment (Concern) Nepal, Backward Society Education (BASE) Nepal and Himalayan Human Rights Monitor...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that in 2008 Mr. A Navajeevan (27) of Rawatte Lower Division, Ukuwela in Matale District was working as a motor mechanic...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that two more residents of the Bhuvan valley tea garden of Assam died, having denied medical attention. Belbat...
One of the advisors to the Sri Lankan president went to Vavuniya last Saturday (February 25) to talk to the people displaced by ‘the war’ and was interviewed by a BBC correspondent. The pr...
In the past 5 months — October 2011 to February 2012 — there has been a disturbing rise in the number of abductions, especially in and around the capital, Colombo. Out of 29 abductions and...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding continuous death threats to environmental rights activists at Sonargaon in Narayanganj district for re...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from Guria, a local human rights organisation based in Varanasi, India concerning the case of Maya (name changed...
On 15 February 2012, a government cabinet meeting decided to table a revised version of the Bill on Inclusion before the Parliament. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned that the prov...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 15-year-old girl was raped with the connivance of her mother. Despite repeated complaints to several police stati...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) concerning yet another case of torture by the Border Security Forc...
February 22, 2012 An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Justice of Myanmar/Burma U Tun Tun Oo Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel...
මාධ්ය නිවේදනයයි AHRC-STM-034-2012-SI පෙබරවාරි 22, 2012 ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ නිවේ...
By Nilantha Ilangamuwa “As your attorney general I’m sorry to have to tell you that the present picture of crimes in the United States is far from good. In fact I would say it is shocking – part...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) concerning the case of custodial torture and fabrication of a false ca...
Mr. Rajitha Seneratne, the Cabinet Minister for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development, when answering a question to a BBC Sinhala Service correspondent regarding the shooting of a fisherman at a...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 19 year old woman was abducted, raped for more than a year and sold with the connivance of high officials of the ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is calling for court observers at the resumption of the trial of ten activists, who are being prosecuted under Criminal Code on trespassing and c...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Lanka E News, written by JC Weliamuna. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the ...
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