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The kinds of punishments that are meted out in Sri Lanka today are not based on the making of distinctions between guilt and innocence. Within any system of criminal justice making distinctions on gui...

The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists is following up with deep concern the developments of the deteriorated conditions of human rights activists and civil society in Syria, where the security a...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that two men were detained for four days by the police without charge or legal record, and beaten severely each day to elicit bribe...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a girl was murdered on the . The police from four different districts were allegedly involved in the abduction and subsequent killing of...

We reproduce below the United Nations Security Council resolution of Sri Lanka on 13thMay 2009 which was published by the Department of Public Information – News and Media Division – New York The fo...

Dear Friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Human Rights Watch forwa...

(New York) – The Sri Lankan armed forces have repeatedly struck hospitals in the northern Vanni region in indiscriminate artillery and aerial attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. Commander...

(Jakarta, May 12, 2009) The World Ocean Conference (WOC) “Climate Change Impacts to Ocean and The Role of Ocean to Climate Change” is currently held in Manado, North Sulawesi, 11-14 May 20...

US Re-Engagement and Defeat of Azerbaijan Are Positive Results (New York, May 12, 2009) – The United Nations General Assembly’s election of Human Rights Council members today was marred by lack...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers are failing to act on a report made by a young girl, who was abducted and raped on 27 April. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that two indigenous Papuans have died and three others have been injured after the unrestrained use of lethal fire arms by the Mobile...

NAME: SINNAVAN STEPHEN SUNTHARARAJ WIFE’S NAME: VATHANA SUNTHARARAJ Stephen is a B.A. graduate in Sociology from the University of Jaffna. From 2001 to 2003 he worked as Assistant Lecturer in th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-105-2009 May 12, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BURMA: Imprisoned Burmese prodemocracy activist is awarded 2009 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Awa...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the UN General Secretary. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from UN General Secreta...

To be eligible for positions as judges in Cambodia’s court system, students say they must pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. There is even an expression among the students: “Witho...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) on 8 May had issued a statement exposing the controversial steps taken by the Rajasthan state government in the excuse of ensuring security in the state. The s...

This paper was presented to a conference organized by the World Council of Churches held in Bangalore India in April 2009 on Peace, Security and Development in South Asia. As a background to this pape...

On May 12, 2009, the United Nations General Assembly will hold elections to the UN Human Rights Council. Five seats will be available to the Asian region. Only five States from the region – Banglades...

[RE: AHRC-HAU-003-2009: UPDATE (India): Two children suffer from malnutrition in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated informa...

The Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) is deeply worried that the new Administration under Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has begun a swoop of those publicly opposed to the takeover of the nort...