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SOUTH KOREA: MINBYUN highly welcomes the decision declaring the framework on the act on telecommunication that punishes false communication unconstitutional 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———&#...

PHILIPPINES: Ombudsman finally acts on torture case filed by Abadilla 5 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Philippine D...

PAKISTAN: Government must file FIRs for attempted murder against the religious leaders calling for the killing of innocent persons

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission received information that on 9 January 2011 according to police officials over 40,000 people gathered in the streets of Karachi, the capital of Sindh Pr...

NEPAL: Impunity for those who allegedly tortured three detainees

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture case of Gyan Bahadur Balami (Gyanu), Hermin Ratu Lama and Makar Bahadur Gharti Magar (Iman...

SRI LANKA: Further correspondence on unjustified listing in a Canada-based website 

We reproduce below a reply received from the Webmaster (who has refused identify himself) relating to the correspondence which we have published earlier, which does not answer any of the questions pos...

PAKISTAN: Instability and growing religious fascism is the result of the government’s manipulation in the assassination of Salman Taseer 

No action has been taken against the high ranking police officials responsible for hiring the killer of Salman Taseer and for allowing him to be a part of the assassinated governor’s security de...

SRI LANKA: Demand from the Webmaster — place.names@yahoo.com for revealing the details of the ‘Colombo Editor’ 

With reference to the earlier statement relating to a publication by A WHO’S WHO OF SOME LTTE ACTIVISTS, OPPONENTS etc., PAST AND PRESENT the AHRC has written to the webmaster to reveal the auth...

SRI LANKA: Letter from Professor Craig Scott regarding unjustified listing on your site of Mr Basil Fernando 

An Open Letter from Prof. Craig Scott forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Date: 6 January 2011 08:23 Subject: Letter from Professor Craig Scott regarding unjustified listing on your ...

SRI LANKA: AHRC tells the Canada-based Sri Lankan intellectual to stop distribution of false and defamatory material and a death list 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2011 AHRC-OLT-001-2011   An Open Letter to Dr. Chandre Dharma-Wardana – the AHRC tells the Canada-based Sri Lankan intellectual to stop distribution of fals...

PAKISTAN: Appeasement policy towards religious intolerance leads to murder of a governor 

The nation has suffered a great loss due to this tragic murder. A voice of sanity has been silenced. This has happened at a time when the kind of political leadership provided by Salman Taseer is most...

SRI LANKA: Dr. Chandre Dharma-Wardana admits to the publication of false and defamatory material and a death list 

Yesterday we published an open letter relating to false and defamatory material which also amounted to the publication of a death list. Kindly see : SRI LANKA: AHRC tells the Canada-based Sri Lankan i...

INDIA: Manipur Police detain journalist to silence the media

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local human rights organization based in Manipur, the Human Rights Alert (HRA), concerning the case of a journali...

SRI LANKA: Police refuse to conduct investigation into malpractice during the Sri Lanka Law College exam and threaten the life of the complainant

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a law student Mr. Dasanayaka Mudiyanselage Thushara Jayarathna of No: 4/8, Edirisinghe road, Nugegoda, a final year...

PHILIPPINES: Ombudsman pledges to resolve Abadilla Five’s torture complaint in a week

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that Merceditas Gutierrez, head of the Office of the Ombudsman, has pledged to resolve the complaint of torture of the Abadil...

BURMA: Human rights defender allegedly poisoned in cell

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about threats to the security and worsening health in prison of Ma Sandar, a human rights defender who was imprisoned on fabricated ...

SRI LANKA: The re-immergence of fear psychosis the Jaffna District 

Dear friends,   We wish to share with you the following statement from Networking for Rights (NfR) Sri Lanka.   Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   ————- ...

PAKISTAN: The year 2010 proves to be worst for media-19 media workers killed; 1500 retrenched 

Dear friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Ko...

INDIA: Journalist facing persecution for reporting about a mass grave in Gujarat

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning a concocted criminal case registered against a journalist in India, Mr. Rahul Singh, for reporting a mass gra...

SRI LANKA: New Year Wish List – 2011 

We hope that wishing for a happy new year in Sri Lanka is not just mere wishful thinking. We wish: 1. That Rizana Nafeek, facing a death sentence in Saudi Arabia, will be released as soon as possible....