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SRI LANKA: Karuna’s presence in Parliament a travesty of justice 

The Sri Lankan Parliament should reject, through a vote of no confidence, the membership of Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, otherwise known as Karuna, who is alleged to have committed war crimes and cri...

SRI LANKA: Effective remedies and protection for torture victims in Sri Lanka 

An open letter to the Attorney General and the Inspector General of Police, Sri Lanka, following the killing of Mr. Nishantha Fernando REDRESS Is an International human rights organisation with a mand...

PAKISTAN: A man is going to be executed by hanging on October 8 – no remedy from the government

The father of two young girls will be hanged in the early hours of October 8, 2008 at Adiala jail after being convicted on a charge of murder on April 14, 1998. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali, the condemned prisone...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Hope in the case of Rizana Nafeek

To the recipients of communications through the AHRC network, Rizana Nafeek is a familiar name. The 17-year-old girl from a poor family from a conflict ridden area with a passport indicating her age a...

PAKISTAN: Death sentence of a man without legal representation; execution scheduled for Wednesday morning

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an appeal about the impending execution of a man which is scheduled to be carried out on October 8. The ‘red warrant’ ha...

USA/PAKISTAN: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is removed to a psychological facility and denied access to her family, lawyers and her government

According to information issued by the Ambassador for Pakistan in the United States Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who was missing along with her three children since March 2003 and arrested by American military...

SRI LANKA: Destroying the Fabric of Society

A statement by army commander Lt. General Fonseka published in the National Post in Canada, saying that “I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese, but there are minority com...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Absence of fair trial in alleged false charge against Mr. Akash

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that Mr. Akash, a human rights defender as well as journalist, has been facing unfair trial in an allegedly fals...

SRI LANKA: Another complainant — a medical doctor — is assassinated by an army officer

Dr. W.D.L. Indunil, a young lady doctor attached to Bandagiriya Central Dispensary in the southern Hambanthota district, was shot dead on the 29th of September, allegedly by an army officer. Dr. Indun...

SRI LANKA: Threats to the senior lawyer and human rights activist JC Weliamuna continue

Yesterday (September 30, 2008) at 1:30 pm an unknown person tried to enter the premises of Transparency International (TI) Sri Lanka at the address 28/1 Bullers Lane, Colombo. The TI officers obstruct...

SRI LANKA: Attack against human rights lawyer threatens rule of law and independence of the bar 

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) strongly condemns the grenade attack on 27 September against prominent Sri Lankan human rights lawyer, J.C Weliamuna, and calls on the Government of Sri L...

INDIA: Anti-terror law will be misused by extremist political parties

There is no universally agreed definition for the term terrorism. In the absence of a common definition, particularly when the argument – one state’s ‘terrorist’ is another sta...

SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to Lawyers and Bar Associations throughout the world

September 30, 2008 SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to Lawyers and Intervene to defend the lawyers of Sri Lanka against attacks, threats and intimidation The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) based in Hon...

GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan/India): At least 61 persons including minors are detained in India for alleged forged documents issued by Pakistan authorities

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. Please click the button for your participation. We also encourage you to send your appeal le...

SRI LANKA: Grenade attack against lawyer appearing for human rights victims

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring to your attention a serious threat to the lawyers who practice their profession independently and particularly those who appear f...

UPDATE (Nepal): Torture victim Sumitra is transferred to Morang District Police Office

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wants to inform you that a torture victim Ms. Sumitra Khawas, who had remained detained at the Area Police Office (APO) of Belbari, has been tran...

SRI LANKA: The plight of the thousands of internally displaced people 

At the plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Sri Lanka (CBCSL) held on 22 September 2008 the Bishops shared their concerns about the plight of the as a result of the ongoing war in t...

SRI LANKA: Grenade attack at the house of a senior lawyer: the Bar Association of Sri Lanka should now act to protect the professional dignity and the independence of lawyers

All eyes have now turned to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka as to how effective their actions will be in the aftermath of a grenade attack on the house of a senior lawyer, Mr. J.C. Weliamuna, on nigh...

SRI LANKA: A grenade attack on the house of a senior lawyer involved in cases relating to anti-corruption and human rights abuses

(Hong Kong, September 28, 2008) Last night at 11:40 pm in Colombo, Sri Lanka a grenade was thrown inside the house of the leading lawyer J.C. Weliamuna, who is the Executive Director of Transparency I...

SRI LANKA: The AHRC writes to judges in Negombo on the killing of complainants and death threats to lawyers

We reproduce below the text and title of a letter sent today by the AHRC to the High Court, the district court judge and the magistrates of Negombo September 26, 2008 Dear Sir/Madam Re: Letter to Judg...