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SRI LANKA: The arrest of Mr. Udul Premarathne

(Hong Kong, October 29, 2010) Following the arrest of the student leader, Mr. Udul Premarathne, the Asian Human Rights Commission has today written to the Inspector General of Police of Sri Lanka, Mr....

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: An Appeal to the Muslim World to save the life of Rizana Nafeek, a young innocent Sri Lankan girl facing the death sentence in Saudi Arabia 

The Asian Human Rights Commission earnestly requests the kind intervention of all persons of the Muslim faith to kindly intervene to save the life of an innocent Sri Lankan girl who went to Saudi Arab...

SRI LANKA: The Day of Commemoration of Forced Disappearances in the country — 27th October 2010 

Hundreds of families of disappeared persons will gather at Raddoluwa Junction at Seeduwa, Sri Lanka at the monument for the disappeared to commemorate the day. This monument was erected in 2000. In a ...

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Death sentence on Rizana Nafeek confirmed

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) draws your attention to the appeal made in 2007 into the case of Rizana Nafeek, who went to Saudi Arabia as a maid when she was 17 years old and ...

SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Death sentence on Rizana Nafeek confirmed

(Hong Kong, October 26, 2010) The death sentence of Rizana Nafeek has been confirmed and her case is now before an advisor to his Royal Highness the King who has the power to pardon her. There is good...

SRI LANKA: Undayas and Andayas and 1978 Constitution 

Nothing can be worse for a country in the modern world than to have a bad constitution. Anybody with common sense would not find it difficult to understand that proposition. The constitution lays down...

SRI LANKA: Rizana Nafeek — Death Sentence confirmed 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2010 AHRC-OLT-011-2010 An Open Letter to President Mahinda Rajapakse Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse President Socialist Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka C/- Office of the Pres...

SRI LANKA: Extrajudicial killings and custodial deaths must be stopped and investigated 

Extrajudicial killings and custodial deaths are happening because of: Refusal of the police and judiciary to investigate; The absence of investigations is the result of breakdown of the rule of law; W...

SRI LANKA: Death sentences carried out by the police in Sri Lanka 

When extraordinary explanations justify extrajudicial killings   By Sofie Rordam Arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings are an almost daily occurrence in Sri Lanka today. The police system ...

SRI LANKA: Attempting to impose payment for higher education on poorly paid wage earners 

Basil Fernando The attacks on the students and rhetoric against them appear in many of the reports covering Sri Lanka today. The Minister, S.B. Dissanayake is heard over television channels talking in...

SRI LANKA: Killing of Nimalarajan — A decade without justice 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Jour...

SRI LANKA: How does the constitutional question affect the question of Sri Lankan identity? 

SRI LANKA: How does the constitutional question affect the question of Sri Lankan identity? Basil Fernando  The question of ‘identity’ means who is a Sri Lankan? It could be spoken of pur...

SRI LANKA: Authoritarian Versus Democratic Government and the Case of Sri Lanka 

Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza Endemic over-simplification by internal and external actors and purposeful attempts to reframe political debates have ensured the conversation concerning Sri Lanka’s governme...

SRI LANKA: Crisis Group refuses to appear before flawed Commission 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement and joint letter from the International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong K...

SRI LANKA: Collapse of rule of law 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong   ————- An article from Sri Lanka Guardi...

SRI LANKA: Reflections on the Constitution — Part 5 

Basil Fernando Robberies- Police and 18th Amendment October 11 Anuradhapura – Rs. 1,100,000 — Rs. 1.1 million October 8 Nugegoda – Rs.1,400,000 — Rs. 1.4 million October 5 Rawa...

SRI LANKA: Reflections on the Constitution — Part 4 

Basil Fernando   Making a person disappear over a land dispute A place where there is no room for justice is not a nation but a madhouse. That is what Sri Lanka has become today. Ask anyone who h...

SRI LANKA: A man is shot dead by officers attached to the Pitigala Police Station

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was shot dead by police officers attached to the Pitigala Police Station on 27 August 2010. A wood cutter b...

SRI LANKA: The right without remedy — views and reflections on the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act 

Sofie Rordam   In Sri Lanka as globally, the most prevalent form of violence against women is domestic violence. According to a survey from 2006 by the Ministry of Child Development and Women’s...

SRI LANKA: Reflections on the Constitution — Part 3 

Basil Fernando The Constitution Places the Executive President above the Courts This picture shows the executive president sitting above the Supreme Court Complex. The Supreme Court is the highest cou...