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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was founded in 1984 by a prominent group of jurists and human rights activists in Asia. The AHRC is an independent, non-governmental body, which seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief and redress for the victims of human rights violations.

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ශ්‍රී ලංකා: තත්කාලීන ලාංකීය සමාජය තුල වදහිසා විරෝධී පනත හා ජීවිතයට ඇති අයිතිය ස්ථානගත කිරීම

1994 දී ලංකාවේනීතිපොතට ඇතුලු වූ වදහිංසා පනත මේවසරේදී අවුරුදු 30ක කාලයක් සනිටුහන් කරයි. මෙතරම් දීර්ඝ කාලයක් ඔස්

SRI LANKA: Sharing basic documents relating to the...

Hong Kong, March 07, 2024  As there is a curiosity on the part of many persons and organizations about the Rule issued again

INDONESIA: Shrinking of public space on expression...

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY  Discussion at Yogyakarta State University Critics against the Regime Forcibly Dispersed by the Rector  

INDONESIA: Acquittal verdict of Haris and Fatia ...

(Hong Kong, January 16, 2024) The Panel of Judges at the East Jakarta District Court has issued an acquittal verdict regardin

INDONESIA: Emergency Protection for Human Rights D...

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the occasion of Human Rights Day In commemorating the International Human

INDONESIA: The Indictment of Haris Azhar and Fatia...

The trial process of Ms. Fatia Maulidiyanti, a Coordinator of the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence / Kon

INDONESIA: Rumah Warga di kawasan Simogunung Surab...

Hong Kong, October 26, 2023  TNI Angkat Udara (TNI AU) dalam hal ini Pangkalan Udara Muljono telah melakukan klaim sepihak t

SRI LANKA: IMF observations on an Independent Pros...

IMF in its recent report issued in September titled Sri Lanka; Technical Assistance Report-Governance Diagnostic Assessment,

SRI LANKA: If Tocqueville was to read our proposed...

By Basil Fernando Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville is the famous author of the book Democracy in America. I

SRI LANKA: Imprisonment of 5 Years for Non-Arrest...

By Basil Fernando The sentencing of a former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police for giving illegal orders not to arres

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