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Basil Fernando For all Sri Lankan’s but particularly for those of the educated classes the problems that have come by way of political and constitutional change has created many emotional...
Basil Fernando In an article which appeared in the Island newspaper entitled, ‘Hardly the Death of Democracy or the Nation — Ten Points from a Political Scientist’, (September 11, ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was severely tortured before being illegally arrested and detained by officers of the Welippena Police Stat...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that man was abducted by a group of unknown persons in Dadalla, Galle. The relatives of the victim believe the abduction...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Sri Lanka Campaign. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-FST-073-20...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Free Media Movement. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ———&...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Steering Committee of Net Working for Rights (NfR) — Sri Lanka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ——...
The arrest of the printer of a poster and the holding of his family members to force him to surrender indicates the type of suppression that will be extended to all political activities now within the...
Today, the 9th September, Sri Lankans woke up to a country which has changed politically in its character and in its legal system. With the passing of the 18th Amendment Sri Lanka has abandoned libera...
Today in an emailed letter I received from a friend there was this sentence: “Sometimes, I feel that when institutions die, it’s even worse than people dying.” This is a profound ref...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Sri Lankan Navy arrested a civilian and later handed him over to officers of the Maravila Police Station. They ...
The 8th September will mark the end of an historical period and begin that of a dark dictatorship Today, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka will be passed by a fast-track-proce...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Suriya Wickremasinghe. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Suriya Wickremasinghe...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to the Ganemulla Police Station have illegally arrested, detained and tortured a civilian....
(Hong Kong, September 8, 2010) YouTube video (in Sinhala): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMnIfBLiSGM What are the philosophical legal fallacies involved in the 18th Amendment? What will be the n...
On September 8 (tomorrow) the government will move 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which is to be voted on that day itself to remove the constitutional limitation of two terms on the president and...
Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from a group of Sri Lankan citizens. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from a group of S...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an estate labourer was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Pussellawa Police Station and arbitrar...
A simple way of understanding the 18th Amendment is to compare it to the situation in the United States of America. The president of the United States is elected for a term of four years and is entitl...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from The Free Media Movement of Sri Lanka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&#...
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