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The International Press , which is comprised of representatives from the world¡¦s media community, including Reporters Without Borders, is extremely concerned over the ongoing spate of violent attac...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to report that a police inspector being tried for the assassination of Gerald Perera is still working for the state as an officer. T...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a local feudal leader and his family, the Khans, who control affairs in Ingoli village, Gujarat, are behind the s...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights group based in Madhya Pradesh Spandan, Samaj Seva Samiti (Spandan) regarding three children who died...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009 By Basil Fernando (July 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) “Lasantha from the Leader paper went overboard. I took care of him. Poddala agitated and his leg was broken. Now a fe...

The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is alarmed by the recent publication of the article ‘Traitors in black coats flocked together?’ on the website of the Sri ...

In the follow up to the love marriage of Miss Firdous Shaheen with Mr. Zamir Lone, the administration of Pakistani Kashmir recovered Mrs Rshida and Rubina, Zamir’s mother and sister on July 12, after...

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2009 By Basil Fernando (July 13, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Lawyers are officers of the court. Any attack on them in relation to their official functions . The publication of a stat...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from South China Morning Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from South China Morning P...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from V. Anandasangaree, President ¡V TULF to His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of S...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man who was abducted by soldiers, tortured and held incommunicado for over three months remains in detention over que...

On July 8, 2009, late at night, around 60 persons, claiming themselves as Taliban, attacked the house of a Journalist, Mr. Rahman Bunaireeri, at Poland, Buner district, North West Frontier Province (N...

The concern expressed by the Kerala State Police Officers’ Association regarding the safety of police officers in the backdrop of the recurring incidents of assaults upon police officers in the ...

By Mr. Amir Murtaza. The research was conducted by a group of students headed by Amir Murtaza conducted the research. The use of children as domestic servants is certainly one of the most pervasive fo...

The UK government should order an independent judicial inquiry into mounting evidence that its security services and law enforcement agencies were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects in Pak...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Human Rights Initiative (HRI), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur regarding the murder of two...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———— A Statement from Human Ri...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you about the recent torture and killing of a farmer in front of his family. The soldiers, who were on a military operation,...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a couple who belong to different religious sects and who chose to marry freely are currently in hiding due to thr...

This is a discussion among several imaginary characters. These imaginary characters do not represent any living persons. The Characters A journalist who is conducting the interview, a senior police of...