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2008 AHRC Press Releases
 
SRI LANKA: The gruesome treatment of a woman - abduction of children and threats to lawyers appearing for alleged terrorists brought to the notice UN General Secretary - 2008-12-30

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDONESIA: Investigate forcible destruction of homes by the police in Riau - 2008-12-26

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Investigate Journalists' Attackers - 2008-12-26

ASIA: YouTube presentations on Burma, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and the UDHR - 2008-12-22

PAKISTAN: Sindh high court hears the constitutional petition against the illegal arrest of eight women and four children - 2008-12-22

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] BURMA: Lawyer's Testimony Highlights Distorted Justice - 2008-12-18

BURMA: Release U Aung Thein and U Khin Maung Shein – a YouTube presentation - 2008-12-18

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Tamil Tigers Abuse Civilians in Stronghold - 2008-12-17

WORLD: The 2008 AHRC Human Rights Report for eleven countries now available on the internet - 2008-12-17

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] ASIA: Special Issue of the Sur Journal on Human Rights of People on the Move: Migrants and Refugees - 2008-12-17

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: BBC World Service and Sunday Leader newspaper censored - 2008-12-15

SRI LANKA: Implications of Human Rights Lawyers in the Defense Ministry Website - 2008-12-11

PHILIPPINES: Day 7-8: Farmers march, prays at historic places of land struggle - 2008-12-11

ASIA: AHRC message on the 60th Anniversary is on YouTube - 2008-12-10

PHILIPPINES: Day 6: Urban poor shares farmer's plight on land struggle - 2008-12-10

PHILIPPINES: Day 5: Farmers takes grievance at the heart of regime's power - 2008-12-09

ASIA: 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 2008-12-08

BURMA: New web page on imprisoned lawyers launched - 2008-12-05

PHILIPPINES: Day 4: Run, hunger strike physically costly to farmers - 2008-12-05

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Free Journalists Unfairly Held - 2008-12-05

PHILIPPINES: Day 3: Farmers run against landlords - 2008-12-04

PHILIPPINES: Day 2: Solo protest seeks land reform extension - 2008-12-03

PHILIPPINES: Day 1: Farmers run and go on hunger strike against losing lands - 2008-12-02

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Hundreds of thousands trapped in the Wanni need urgent shelters - 2008-11-26

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: Relatives of Krue Se victims lodge complaint to lawyers council - 2008-11-21

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: FMM fears for physical safety of journalist Tissainayagam in Magazine prison - 2008-11-20

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] BURMA: UN experts strongly condemn the severe convictions and unfair trials in Myanmar - 2008-11-19

BURMA: Transfers to remote jails are "death sentences": AHRC - 2008-11-19

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Ensure Security of Human Rights Defenders - 2008-11-11

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Live censorship on government TV station amid criticism of new broadcasting law - 2008-11-10

BANGLADESH: A quandary for the prisoners - 2008-11-07

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Statement of the International press freedom mission - 2008-11-03

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] WORLD: Press Conference by Special Rapporteur On Torture - 2008-10-28

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: University fires professor for alleging provincial elections were rigged - 2008-10-14

SRI LANKA: the Bar Council resolution on the grenade attack on the house of J.C. Weliamuna, a lawyer, a human rights advocate and anti graft campaigner - 2008-10-13

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] HONG KONG: A Petition to abolish injustice levy against foreign domestic workers - 2008-10-09

PHILIPPINES/HONG KONG: Involuntary return to the Philippines of a domestic worker complaining of ill health and payment lower than the contractual agreement must be investigated - 2008-10-09

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Karuna's presence in Parliament a travesty of justice - 2008-10-08

SRI LANKA: A senior lawyer, R.K.W. Goonersekere's disclaimer that the Daily News failed to publish - 2008-10-08

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Breakdown of Law and Order - the Grenade attack on the house of senior lawyer Mr. J.C. Weliamuna - 2008-10-08

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Attack against human rights lawyer threatens rule of law and independence of the bar - 2008-09-30

SRI LANKA: A grenade attack on the house of a senior lawyer involved in cases relating to anti-corruption and human rights abuses - 2008-09-28

[ALRC Press Release] BURMA: New publication marks anniversary of Saffron Revolution - 2008-09-25

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: End cycle of impunity and deliver justice to victims - 2008-09-11

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] THAILAND: WGJP calls on government to ratify the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances - 2008-08-30

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] CAMBODIA: Lake filling must not lead to forced evictions - 2008-08-27

PAKISTAN: Human rights defender Aitzaz Ahsan nominated for prestigious UN Prize - 2008-08-21

PHILIPPINES: Mindanao lawyers reaffirm concerns over "vigilante killings" - 2008-08-08

SRI LANKA: A further false report from the 'Peace Secretariat' - 2008-08-05

SRI LANKA: The apology of Prof. Rajiva Wijesinhe of the Peace Secretariat - 2008-08-05

PHILIPPINES: Delay endorses extrajudicial killing, inequality before law - responses to Abadilla Five case - 2008-07-29

ASIA/HONG KONG: AHRC supports petition to suspend levy of all foreign helper's contracts - 2008-07-25

SRI LANKA: Illegal detention, torture and fabrication of charges for possession of heroin against Sarath Kumara Naidos by the Moratuwa Police - 2008-07-25

SRI LANKA: Trinity College teacher is illegally arrested and tortured - 2008-07-23

[ALRC Press Release] INDIA: Endemic delays bring down Delhi justice system–new report - 2008-07-23

PHILIPPINES: Responses to Abadilla Five case reveals judicial delay a shared experience - 2008-07-02

SRI LANKA: Human rights organisations mark the Day in Support of Victims of Torture - 2008-06-27

SRI LANKA: Death threats to petitioners to Supreme Court - 2008-06-23

PHILIPPINES: Abadilla Five writes pleading for "compassion and help" - 2008-06-17

PHILIPPINES: Abadilla Five marks 12 years in jail - 2008-06-12

CAMBODIA: Petition for an end to land grabbing in Cambodia - 2008-06-12

PHILIPPINES: AHRC begins blog documenting various forms of arbitrary killings - 2008-05-26

BURMA: Human rights lawyer honoured with award - 2008-05-23

[AHRC Joint Press Release] UN: Sri Lanka's Defeat a Victory for Human Rights Council - 2008-05-23

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: Nepal Tibetan Solidarity Forum appeal for Tibet - 2008-05-13

PHILIPPINES: Appellants invoke UN's decision holding government responsible for delay - 2008-05-13

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: The Members of IIGEP Stand by their Concluding Public Statement - 2008-05-05

PHILIPPINES: Lawyers seek to nullify Abadilla Five's conviction - 2008-05-05

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] INDIA: Peoples' Tribunal on Custodial Torture to be held in Varanasi - 2008-04-26

[AHRC Fowarded Press Release] INDIA: Dr. Binayak Sen of Chhattisgarh, India is conferred with the 2008 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights - 2008-04-24

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] NEPAL: "Recasting Justice" Outlines Crucial Next Steps for Nepal's Constitution - 2008-04-22

SRI LANKA: AG told to appeal in the Gerald Perera torture case - 2008-04-09

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] UNITED NATIONS: UN Human Rights Council turns special rapporteur on free expression into prosecutor - 2008-04-02

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Appeal to protect the shrine of our lady of Madhu from all military presence and operations - 2008-04-02

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Trinco and Muthur: The Truth Behind The Killing of Students and Aid Workers - 2008-04-01

PHILIPPINES: Bishop's intervention sought for a sick detainee - 2008-03-27

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Army seizes control of public SLRC television - 2008-03-19

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] SRI LANKA: Tamil Journalists Arrested and Beaten by Police Acting on Wrong Information - 2008-03-13

THAILAND: Angkhana urges UN on missing husband, torture - 2008-03-12

SRI LANKA: Arrest and torture of journalists - 2008-03-11

THAILAND: Blog campaign launched on national rights body - 2008-03-04

[AHRC Forwarded Press Release] IRAN: Sentencing to death of a journalist from Iranian Baluchistan - 2008-02-28

[ALRC Press Release] ASIA: The ALRC submits seven country reports to the UN's Universal Periodic Review mechanism - 2008-02-28

THAILAND: Victims have "no confidence" to pursue cases against police without security, investigators told - 2008-02-22

REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Keep rights body independent, petitioners urge - 2008-01-30

SRI LANKA: Police witness to killing of torture victim detained after reversing evidence in court - 2008-01-29

PHILIPPINES: Campaign pushing for prompt review of prisoners' sentence launched - 2008-01-22

WORLD/SRI LANKA: A group calls for a broad alliance to fight against lawlessness and corruption - 2008-01-10


 
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