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In reference to the interdiction of 106 policemen who have been charged for serious criminal offenses before Sri Lanka’s high courts, a daily newspaper Divayina reported the country’s Insp...

The deputy permanent secretary to the Justice Ministry in Thailand noted on September 27 that the country has been asked by the UN Human Rights Committee to submit further information on the executive...

[RE: UA-34-2004: PAKISTAN: A 13-year-old girl was killed by her in-laws on the pretext of honour killing and her body was not found yet] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleas...

There is public concern in Nepal about the possible abolition of the 1990 Constitution–which historically established democracy in the country–by King Gyanendra. Such an act would be a rea...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that no action has been taken by the authorities in Sri Lanka to arrest or prosecute those police officers allegedly respons...

Last week, the Auditor General published a report concerning the numerous irregularities in tsunami reconstruction, rehabilitation and fund management. Covering the period from December 2004 to June 2...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that an 11-month-old baby, John Paul Mahinay, died of severe malnutrition and a hunger related disease in General Santos Cit...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of yet another honour killing case in Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to this information, 22-ye...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information that at least seven out of 16 families of farmers who were unfairly dismissed from work at a banana plantatio...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged murder of a young student monk at the hands of those whose care he had been...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the four farmers illegally arrested in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat province, Mindanao on 2 September 2005 by combined elem...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from People’s Watch – Tamil Nadu, a human rights organistion in Tamil Nadu, India, regarding Tamil prisoners languishi...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that according to the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), as well as local media sources, s...

Dear friends, The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Burma has stated that his organization is struggling to deliver food supplies to areas that are seriously affected by hunger a...

(UA-73-2004: THAILAND: Human rights defender faces preliminary decision in libel case on 21 June 2004 and UP-31 2004: THAILAND: Criminal Court decides to let libel suit against Ms Supinya Klangnarong ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you on 20 September 2005 detailing the police beating of Mr. Chheparuddin Mondal, which led to his death. We also commented that the pol...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informed you on 22 September 2005 that a people’s tribunal hearing on starvation and government neglect will be held at Bankim Niwas in Jalangi,...

[RE: UA-112-2005: THAILAND: Murder of Thai monk following an environmental and land dispute with local influential business figures] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) earlier info...

Simon Wiesenthal, one of the most important contributors to the modern human rights movement, passed away on September 20, 2005. Although known mainly for his work in exposing perpetrators of the Nazi...

Seven doctors from the Negombo Hospital threatened to go on strike if they were not provided with free legal aid in a case before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court, where they had been summoned to appea...