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As you may be aware the Asian Human Rights Commission together with many other organizations has been carrying out a campaign to get the Sri Lankan Government to bring to justice the perpetrators of m...
SRI LANKA: Denial of right to vote resulted in mass deaths ———————————————————– ...
NEPAL: Innocent arrest and detention without any criminal evidence ———————————————————...
We have learned that a meeting addressed by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Mrs. Mary Robinson, with the theme 'Including the Excluded in South Asia', has completely ignored the ...
Commemoration of “Thirteen years ago my son, who was 22 years old, left home telling me he would return in 15 minutes or so. He never did. We are still waiting. We know he will not come, but we ...
There has been another instance of severe torture of a 'suspect' at the hands of the Sri Lankan police on the 6th of October. The person who suffered the torture was Mr. Namal Fernando, 37, a fulltime...
Regarding the campaign for the reduction of milk prices in Sri Lanka, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) issued an urgent appeal and several updates based on the work of the People's Campaign to...
A young Tamil woman, Miss S. Umadevi, 23, of Nawalapitiya, Imbulpitiya Estate has been abducted, raped and murdered on the 12th of September at Kopiwatte, Mallanda in Nawalapitiya on her way home afte...
Dear Friends, We would like to send you a copy of the 16th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallaths case. &nb...
Regarding our earlier urgent appeal (30-07-2001) on the unbearable increase of milk prices in Sri Lanka, we are sending the latest activity by the Movement of Mothers to Combat Malnutrition (MMCM) to ...
Dear Friends, We would like to send you a copy of the 15th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallaths case. For fu...
One of the most shocking cases of the violation of the fundamental human rights of women took place in broad daylight in the town of Talawakelle in the Central Province of Sri Lanka on August 12, 2001...
According to reliable sources in India, a Dalit (meaning "oppressed" - the name now used for those formerly called "Untouchables" in India) woman belonging to the Dasara community of Bellari in the In...
We would like to send you a copy of the 13th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallaths case. We would like to ...
Regarding our earlier urgent appeal (30-07-2001) on the unbearable increase of milk prices in Sri Lanka, we are sending you some information on the latest situation of the 'Reduce Milk Prices Campaign...
Dear Friends, We would like to send you a copy of the 12th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallaths case. For furthe...
Following is a report of the eminent fact-finding team who investigated one of the atrocities committed against a Dalit (meaning 'oppressed' - the name now used for those foremerly called 'untouchable...
Dear Friends, We would like to send you a copy of the 11th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath¡¦s case. For ...
Dear Ms. Robinson RE: CASTE IS STILL KILLING – PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE IT IN WCAR! It is hard to believe that the caste system in India can still be so entrenched that a young couple were publicly ...
In a stark reminder that caste discrimination is still rife in India, a pair of mixed-caste lovers were hanged in public last Monday by their own family members in Alipur village, Muzaffarnagar distri...
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