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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Muttiah Chandra Mohan was arrested after an incident with officers from the Teldeniya Police Station. The offic...

The on-going disagreement between the National and International Co-Investigating Judges at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) over the appointment of Judge Laurent Kasper-Ans...

(Hong Kong, January 19, 2012) A workshop was held for the undergraduate students of the Criminology Department of the Sri Jayawardanapura University on December 19 and 20 2011 on rule of law and preve...

The continued prosecution of human rights activist Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie, on murder charges based on forced confessions, indicates how human rights are understood in his society of Sulu,...

(Hong Kong, January 17, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed that Melanie Cordon, the Overseas Filipino Worker who was arrested in Saudi Arabia has been released after serving her...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following editorial published by the Daily Star, an English-speaking national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 17 January 2012. The original editorial can ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Front Line Defenders regarding the case of Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie. You can...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the continued prosecution of Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie, a human rights defender of Tausug roots (one of the indigenous Musli...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disturbed by the arrest of 29 people including those from a religious group for praying in front of the construction site of the naval base in Gangjeong vil...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding various threats, including death threats, to the former ambassador of Pakistan to the United States of America...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Transcurrents, written by Kishali Pinto Jayawardene. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following editorial published by the Daily Star, an English-speaking national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 15 January 2012. The original editorial can ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement published by the Daily Star, an English-speaking national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, on 14 January 2012. The statement can be availa...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Malaysian Support Group for Democracy in Thailand on behalf of Mr. Somyot Pruksakasem...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, written by University of the Philippines (UP) Professor Raul C. Pangalangan. Asian Human Rights Commis...

The Prime Minister of India referring to the 42 percent malnutrition among children under-five in the country as a ‘national shame’ has created a flurry of reports and debates, most of the...

The incident of abductions of persons followed by secret killings in Bangladesh has been a matter of serious concern for everyone. People having different backgrounds, including lawyers, university st...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned of the decision of the Hon. Attorney-General to take over the prosecution of a Private Plaint filed in the Magistrate’s Court of Panadura, without t...

Think Centre Human Rights Defender Award 2011 http://www.thinkcentre.org/article.cfm?ArticleID=3107 Jolovan Wham — Executive Director of HOME (Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics) ...

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has issued its determination regarding the complaint made by a Sri Lankan citizen, A.S.S. Pathmini Peiris, in connection with the murder of S.K.A. Sugath Nish...