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The case of Rizana Nafeek, the underaged Sri Lankan housemaid who was found guilty of the death of a Saudi infant in May 2005, has taken a new turn. The court in Dawadmi where Nafeek was initially tri...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a father of three was arbitrarily picked up and tortured by police, first in a wood then at a police station, to fo...

Related Materials: Sri Lanka: End Illegal Detention of Displaced Population Keeping several hundred thousand civilians who had been caught in the middle of a war penned in these camps is outrageous. H...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young man is facing fabricated charges in Kandy Magistrate’s Court. The cases against him are patently fl...

Four pairs of eyes belonging to four siblings, the eldest of whom was fifteen, were fixed upon a scene happening on the morning of the 22nd of July at Beligahahandiya in Galle. What they saw in that m...

This article by Kishali Pinto Jayawardene appeared in the Sunday Times on July 19, 2009 ¡V Editor). The recommendation of the 2006 Commission to Investigate Serious Human Rights Violations (the Udala...

The International Press , which is comprised of representatives from the world¡¦s media community, including Reporters Without Borders, is extremely concerned over the ongoing spate of violent attac...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to report that a police inspector being tried for the assassination of Gerald Perera is still working for the state as an officer. T...

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009 By Basil Fernando (July 16, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) “Lasantha from the Leader paper went overboard. I took care of him. Poddala agitated and his leg was broken. Now a fe...

The International Bar Association Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) is alarmed by the recent publication of the article ‘Traitors in black coats flocked together?’ on the website of the Sri ...

SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2009 By Basil Fernando (July 13, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Lawyers are officers of the court. Any attack on them in relation to their official functions . The publication of a stat...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from South China Morning Post. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from South China Morning P...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from V. Anandasangaree, President ¡V TULF to His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of S...

This is a discussion among several imaginary characters. These imaginary characters do not represent any living persons. The Characters A journalist who is conducting the interview, a senior police of...

(This statement first appeared as an article in the Sri Lanka Guardian on July 4th 2009 – Editor) “The case of Shantha Fernando like several others is demonstrating sinister developments ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the case of a missing student Joyashan Yogendran has still not been taken up by Batticaloa police. It is alleged ...

Subject: [SL HR Advocacy] Sri Lanka: Politicised Courts, Compromised Rights – New Report from the International Crisis Group To: slhr advocacy slhradvocacy@googlegroups.com * INTERNATIONAL CRIS...

World Socialist Web Site By Sampath Perera – 1 July 2009 The Sri Lankan government has revived legislation that vests the Sri Lanka Press Council, a statutory body, with broad powers to restrict...

About a hundred criminals have been shot dead either in gun battles with the police or in mysterious circumstances like trying to attack police officers, even when handcuffed. This was revealed in an ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-149-2009 June 26, 2009 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Authorities complicit in widespread torture The International Day in Support of Victim...