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(This is the second of a series of statements that will be issued on this subject) The wide circulation of death threats through a letter from a group calling itself the Mahason Battalion last week ha...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continued detention of a labour lawyer after having been arbitrarily arrested from his house on murder cha...

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL), as well as the Pro-Labor Legal Assistance Center (PLACE), SENTRA, the Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (CODAL), the Public Interest Legal Cent...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-276-2008 October 27, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: Black warrant for a young man is issued despite blood money being paid to the victim...

(This is the first of a series of statements that will be issued on this subject) The wide circulation of death threats through a letter from a group calling itself the Mahason Battalion last week has...

Dear Friends, As we are closely monitoring the case of the forced eviction of residents of the Dey Kraham community, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has obtained information that nine residen...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of threats and harassment made against a man by police officers since May 2008 in Sri Lanka. He would not pay money to t...

In May of this year a Jirga, an illegal tribal court, was held against a girl of 17 years in which she was declared as Kari (having had an illicit relationship with someone). This was done, according ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that prison guards allegedly tortured a young man at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. As a result of this torture, H...

Mr. Priyasath Dep – Acting Attorney General Attorney General’s Department Colombo 12 SRI LANKA Via Fax: +94 11 2 436 421 Hon. Acting Attorney General, Re: Request to Appeal against the Judgment of t...

Several months ago eight women, three of them minors, were buried alive in Balochistan, reportedly by the same men. Those responsible have close ties to the provincial government and to the police, an...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a mixed civilian and military force beat villagers and torched their homes in a forced eviction at Anlong Krom in Chey Sena vi...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society that thugs hired by a company and members of its staff assaulted workers a...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a police officer raped a woman on 7 October 2008 but due to tardy action by police authorities the officer was able...

We write to you in reference to the recent judgment delivered by the High Court judge of Negombo on 9th October 2008 acquitting the accused in the abovementioned case under the Convention Against Tort...

The success of the first phase of Chandrayann-1, undertaken on Tuesday, 21 October 2008, entitles India to claim membership in the elite club of countries that have proved their technological and fina...

Mr. W. Dayaratne, President, Bar Association of Sri Lanka Hulftsdorp Colombo 12 Sri Lanka Facsimile: 94 11 2448090 Email: wdaya@slt.lk Dear Mr. Dayaratne, By now the Bar Association must be aware of ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local human rights organisation, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) that Vishal, a th...

The article: Election pledges a matter of By Jo Baker There will be little sleep tonight for the inmates of Adiala Jail’s death cells, but though the rooms in Pakistan’s notorious northern...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AHRC-STM-271-2008 October 22, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SOUTH KOREA: Time to define ‘torture’ in Penal Code Whenever being asked by the ...