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Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Garusinhage Priyantha (45) of Nelu-Yaya Kithulkote at Thanamalvila in Monaragala District was extrajudicially...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that VFM, one of the Sri Lanka’s leading national electronic media institutions networks, journalist Mr. Ruwan S...

JC Weliamuna, LLM (Colombo) Human Rights & Constitutional Lawyer, Eisenhower Fellow, Senior Ashoka Fellow Much has been said about the recent decision of the Government to end the Emergency in Sri...

There are only two days remaining before the execution of Zahid Hussain Shah, a Pakistani, who was sentenced to death on charges of drug smuggling in the People’s Republic of China. He will be e...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from India, written by Mr Vidhya Bhushan Rawat. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr V...

(Hong Kong, September 19, 2011) The Asian Human Rights Commission announces the publication of a new book, Gyges’ Ring — The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka by Basil Fernando. This book is ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Kirigalbadage Chaminda Sanath Kumara (38) of No: 171/1, Bodiya Road, Walapola, Papiliwala in the district of ...

What plans are underway to deal with the aftermath of this year’s flood?   Baseer Naveed with Stewart Sloan Ongoing flooding due to monsoon rains has inundated the entirety of the Sindh pro...

The Asian Human Rights Commission recently received from human rights defenders in Burma detailed documentation on the cases of five children, four boys and one girl, whom a trafficker in July 2011 so...

The recent bomb blast near the Delhi High Court has once again revived the debate regarding crime control and law and order in India. Acts of violence in all forms must be condemned. In that, the very...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) to Pri...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was drowned by police officers while in their custody. He was arrested on 11 August 2011 by the police offi...

A Joint Open Letter produced by NGOs from around the world H.E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre  President of the United Nations Human Rights Council  Email: hrcpresidency@ohchr.org  Fax: +41-(0)22-917-0490 ...

Erik Wendt & Therese Rytter, Rehabilitation & Research Centre for Torture Victims, Denmark It is well documented that torture, enforced disappearances and extra-judicial executions are carried...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from the Committee to Protect Journalists to the Prime Minister of Nepal, expressing concerns ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Awami Tahreek. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A ...

Dear friends,  Ms. Weerawila Gamage Sepalika (40) was illegally arrested and severely tortured by the police officers attached to the Ambalantota Police Station on 18 May 2011. Four police officers i...

Dear friends,  The Manokwari district court in West Papua has sentenced two peaceful activists to seven and a half months and two years imprisonment respectively. The trial was characterised by a ser...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) after its investigation to prosecute the policemen seen in a torture video in August 2010 for violatio...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to express its concern regarding the Attorney General of Nepal’s recent announcement that the government is preparing to go ahead with its plan to...