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SRI LANKA: Balagolla police mislead a magistrate and prepare charges against the wrong person
URGENT APPEAL: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that police in Balagolla have deprived a woman of her right to redress and grossly mislead a magistrate by presenting the wrong person in court. The woman was run over and severely, permanently injured by a negligent motorcyclist, but because she refused to settle or to accuse the wrong person, her case has been closed.
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	INDONESIA: No prosecution 21 years after Talangsari incident
	JOINT STATEMENT: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence (KontraS) are disappointed about the continuing delays in launching investigations into the Talangsari case. 47 villagers were killed and many tortured and disappeared when the military attacked the Talangsari village. For the last 2 years, the Attorney General has neglected the recommendations of the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
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[AHRC Forwarded Article] TURKEY: Girl buried alive in honour killing :2010-02-09	UPDATE (Philippines): Two torture victims rearrested with 41 others on questionable charges:2010-02-09
[AHRC Forwarded Statement] THAILAND: The Year 2009: Ten Steps Forward and Ten Steps Backward - Human Rights:2010-02-09	SRI LANKA: Balagolla police mislead a magistrate and prepare charges against the wrong person :2010-02-09
[AHRC Article] PHILIPPINES: The Fruits of Holy Dissent :2010-02-09	SRI LANKA: A political analyst has been missing since the election run-up :2010-02-04
[AHRC Joint Statement] INDONESIA: No prosecution 21 years after Talangsari incident :2010-02-08	BANGLADESH: Journalist tortured in police vehicle in Rangpur:2010-02-03
Read More..	[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Twenty-eight tribal children in two villages have died of malnutrition in the last three months in Madhya Pradesh:2010-02-03
	SOUTH KOREA: Two rights activists are arbitrarily detained :2010-02-02
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] PAKISTAN: Dr Afia needs justice which is seen to be done, Barrister Amjad Malik :2010-02-05	UPDATE (Philippines): Court acquits four torture victims after nearly seven years of trial:2010-02-02
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Amnesty International Calls on Sri Lankan Government to Permanently Release All Civilians:2010-02-05	NEPAL: Risk of improper investigation into the murder of an 8-year-old Dalit girl, allegedly sacrificed for good omens:2010-02-01
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: End Indefinite Detention of Tamil Tiger Suspects:2010-02-03	PHILIPPINES: Torture and filing of questionable charges against three peasant community organisers:2010-02-01
[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] ASIA: Making Justice Happen: IBJ Fellowship for Innovative Criminal Justice Projects :2010-01-27	BURMA: Activist due to be sentenced over alleged bombing plot :2010-01-26
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SRI LANKA: Balagolla police mislead a magistrate and prepare charges against the wrong person

INDONESIA: No prosecution 21 years after Talangsari incident