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[RE: UA-03-2004: A man who gave up illicit liquor sale was tortured by police from the Katugastota Police Station on 12 January 2004 and UP-72-2004: A torture victim has received threats by Katugastot...

In recent days there has been serious concern about the rise of deception in Sri Lanka, relating to the use of funds received from all over the world for the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that five persons were killed and another seriously injured in U...

D.G. Premathilaka was initially arrested without any charges and tortured on 8-9 January 2004 by officers attached to the Katugastota police station. Premathilaka subsequently made complaints and inqu...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE), a human rights organisation in Manipur, India, about the...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by new information received by Asia Forum, a local human rights organisation, of the attempted second re-arrest of a person ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Tharuka Fernando has been severely injured by a criminal who has a nexus with the Panuadura police ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that four men, namely Laxaman Pun, Prithvi Gautam B.K. (also known as Suraj), Sher Bahadur Budha (also known as Dinesh) ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, that a woman named Mrs. Gedulal Mondal, was raped and then kille...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that torture and rape victim Hasna Mondal from East Daukimari, D...

[Re: UA-180-2004: SRI LANKA: Ministry of Health announces list of medical items required to deal with tsunami aftermath; and UP-02-2005: SRI LANKA:  List of items urgently required in Kalutara, Matar...

Dear friends, The AHRC has received information that Mt. Lavinia police, who is in charge of the investigation into the death of Mr. M. Ranson Peiris is purposely evading being present at the non-su...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is extremely concerned about the pathetic state of relief operations carried out in India for victims of the tsunami, especially in the states of Tamil Nadu an...

There are heartening stories coming from Thailand regarding the importance communities and the government are attaching to the problems of children and their need to return to school.  In many places...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to you to report further illegal arrests and the forced disappearance of four persons in Parbat District.  According to the information w...

(UP-01-2005: SRI LANKA: Police officers interdicted regarding three torture cases of Gerald Perera, Lalith Rajapakse and Channa Prasanna Fernando; UP-54-2004: SRI LANKA: Urgent protection is necessary...

In recent days, the work carried out by UNICEF in Sri Lanka to draw attention to the plight of children affected by the tsunami is most laudable and is an example that must be taken up by others if ch...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is sharing the updated information about items urgently needed to the people affected by tsunami through local authorities in Kalutara, Matara and Batti...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Kavirathna Priyantha Kumara de Silva (37) was severely tortured by the Sub Inspector (S.I.) Weerasi...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of death of two young children on 20 December 2004 after the explosion of an army shell, which had been carelessly discard...