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The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the following YouTube presentations: A Reading of Lasantha Wickramatunge¡¦s final article in several parts in both English and Sinhala: ...

In order to diminish the number of unemployed persons and reactivate domestic economy, the president Mr. Lee Myung-bak has made a policy to booster construction work. At the moment, about 300 areas ha...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has received further details in the case of Ms. Zarina Marri, a 23-year-old schoolteacher from Balochistan province, who has been held incommunicado in an army tortur...

The Asian Human Rights Commission has received further details in the case of Ms. Zarina Marri, a 23-year-old schoolteacher from Balochistan province, who has been held incommunicado in an army tortur...

A letter has been written by six US ambassadors in their personal capacities to expressing their concern over the deterioration of the situation in the country and urged him to take steps to re-establ...

PHILIPPINES: former action star talks about gay rights online (Hong Kong, January 23, 2009) Many years ago he was famous as Rustom Padilla.  He was one of a brood of actor brothers, famous in his own...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you about the situation of the villagers in Davao Del Sur, who suffer from hunger and extreme poverty. Many of the villagers are...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the International Press Freedom Mission. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been collecting and documenting cases of illegal arrest and imprisonment of persons accused in relation to the September 2007 protests in B...

ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/sri-lanka-update-150108?opendocument 15-01-2009 Ever more civilians have been leaving areas held by ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-018-2009  January 21, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Justice Mark Fernando – an appreciation Justice Mark Fernando, who becam...

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was shot dead by police constables allegedly under the influence of liquor in Teminabuan, south Sorong Rege...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the International Press Institute. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —̵...

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan author...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been collecting and documenting cases of illegal arrest and imprisonment of persons accused over the September 2007 protests in Burma. In t...

His Excellency Ban Ki Moon The secretary General, United Nations Your Excellency, The Agonising Cry , Sri-Lanka We the Roman Catholic Priests and Religious serving the people in Wanni, the theatre of ...

FCCT panel on 21 January 2008 10 am – 11:30 am While Thailand is steadily progressing economically and many more are enjoying growing prosperity, this progress does not extend to all regions and peop...

The assassination of Lasantha Wickramatunga and his last powerful message has given rise to a discussion on the state of freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. A local group, Vikalpa, has published onlin...

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a case where the military officials are continuing to ignore a court order. The decision made by the Federal...

Reporters Without Borders today voiced its public support for a demonstration to be held in London on 15 January in protest at the killing of a prominent Sri Lankan editor. The demonstration will be t...