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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a lawyer in Kandy has been ill treated by a high police official while trying to represent his client at a police enquiry. Thi...
Elaris Fernando of Kandana is a special friend of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). He passed away today, April 14, after suffering from worm illness. In 2002, when his grandson was tortured b...
A noted Human Rights Activist Ansar Burney on Monday said the trust he runs would provide legal and moral help to 17 Indians who allegedly killed a Pakistani man in Sharjah. Terming the death sentence...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team illegally arrested, detained and interrogated a number of men in February 2010. Though one...
Murad Khan Marri, who remained incommunicado for nine months and was brought into the limelight by the Frontier Corp (FC), being arrested for the murder of Chinese engineers; for carrying Indian curre...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian ...
Interim Observations of the Jury, 11th April 2010 The jury heard the testimonies of a large number of witnesses over three days from the States of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa as we...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-060-2010 April 12, 2010 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: The AHRC welcomes the formation of a Commission to probe missing persons’ cases ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines-Mindanao (TFDP) that the houses and properties, including the farms and tre...
DHARNA CUM FAST OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI from 15th April to 19th April, 2010 The steering committee of the Right to Food Campaign invites all of you to join us from the 15th to 19th...
The Asian Human Rights Commission joins other concerned groups and individuals around the world to condemn the blocking in Thailand of 36 websites. The websites were blocked under a state of emergency...
One of the basic prerequisites of a fair election is that agencies exist which are responsible for settling disputes that arise before, during and afterwards. These disputes take many forms, and are a...
Basil Fernando What makes a nation a nation is above all the justice that prevails within that nation. It is justice that creates the bond between the people. Justice connects one with the other. Just...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received new information about an extreme case of rape, attempted murder, corruption and impunity that took place in 2008 and 2009. The inc...
On 6 January Lt. Gen. Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin was appointed by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to the position of deputy defence minister. Sjarfie was the Jakarta military commander during the last yea...
The Union Cabinet of the government of India will today discuss about introducing a domestic law criminalising torture in the country. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the move and fi...
On 31 March 2010, another young worker of the Samsung semiconductors factory, Ms. Park Ji-yeon died. Ms. Park started working at the Onyang factory and was diagnosed with leukaemia at the age of 21. S...
Nilantha Ilangamuwa interviews Basil Fernando, Executive Director of the Asian Human Rights Commission in Hong Kong. (April 07, New Delhi, Sri Lanka Guardian) A group of monks who were representing an...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to report that a young torture victim has won a fundamental rights case in Sri Lanka. He has been awarded compensation and the case ...
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