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The AHRC forwards a reflection on the current workings of some sections of the Sri Lankan media in relation to a recent case involving a head of the international non-governmental organisation (INGO) ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, India, about the apparent police inaction into...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, India, regarding the alleged murder of two...

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the bombings at Konduwattuvan, Ampara on April 2 and Mailambaveli, Eravur on April 1 which have killed and injured many innocent civilians. The government ha...

(This is the third in a series of statements on the challenges facing democracy, rule of law and human rights in Nepal at present. The first and second statements appeared on March 31 and April 2, ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR) in Uttar Pradesh that the Musahar...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information about the alleged subsequent pressure to teenage torture victims Alagiyawadu Lakmal Chathuranga and L.P. Pradeep...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you that a young woman was arrested and charged with theft without proper police investigation or concrete evidence against ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) has started an investigation into the torture case of...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you about a rape case happened in Khulna district, the victim has faced continuous threats from the alleged perpetrator due to the delib...

It was on January 26, 2007 that 24-year-old Mr. Hazoor Buksh Malik was arrested by the Market Police near the shopping market named Resham Gali in Larkana city, Larkana district, Sindh Province for no...

(This is the second in a series of statements on the challenges facing democracy, rule of law and human rights in Nepal at present. The first statement, NEPAL: The need for a comprehensive appeared ...

On Monday March 26, 2007 in the early hours of the morning two small aircraft entered the airspace over the Sri Lankan Air Force base at Katunayake, dropped three bombs and returned, unchecked to safe...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a case of alleged arbitrary arrest and the brutal assault of a policeman by the Baduraliya police in Mathugama...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by an alleged extra-judicial killings of two minors by one head constable of the Daharki police station, Daharki district, S...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from an reliable source regarding the alleged assault of a motorbike driver who refused to be extorted by local police i...

(This is the first in a series of statements on the challenges facing democracy, rule of law and human rights in Nepal at present.) The pulse of an uprising that brought down the centuries-old monarch...

The following is a joint statement by the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia), Asian Legal Resource Centre, and International NGO Forum on Indonesia Development (INFID) at the 4t...

The following is an oral submission made by Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) at the 4th Session of the Human Rights Council on March 26, 2007: Interactive dialogue – Special Rapporteur on Tor...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and human rights activists in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir are a...