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Search this section: Advanced Search	AHRC Statements 2005   [Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: Privilege speech on political killings in the Philippines - 2006-08-04 Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission! - 2005-12-23 HONG KONG SAR: Legitimate protests against threatened livelihoods and police responsibility to remain within legal parameters - 2005-12-22 SRI LANKA: Will Sri Lanka's new president obstruct the functioning of public authorities through non-implementation of constitutional provisions? - 2005-12-22 PHILIPPINES: Tribute to Sister Marianni - 2005-12-19 HONG KONG SAR: Police brutality and inhuman treatment of WTO protestors condemned - 2005-12-18 [AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to the Solicitor General C.R. De Silva - 2005-12-15 NEPAL: Nepal Celebrates Human Rights Day by Arresting over 100 Activists - 2005-12-15 SRI LANKA: Transparency necessary in arson investigation of Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission - 2005-12-14 PHILIPPINES: Government must intervene if the killings of activists are to stop - 2005-12-08 ASIA: The Absence of the Rule of Law and the Actualisation of Human Rights: A Contradiction that Must Be Resolved - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] BURMA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] CAMBODIA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] INDONESIA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] SOUTH KOREA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] NEPAL: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 [AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005 - 2005-12-07 SRI LANKA: Does the Attorney General want Sri Lanka to renege on its strict obligation to implement decisions of the U.N. Human Rights Committee? - 2005-12-06 THAILAND: DSI must promptly and assertively answer the question "Where is Somchai?" - 2005-12-02 INDIA: Culture of accountability necessary in addressing hunger and starvation deaths in West Bengal - 2005-11-30 SOUTH KOREA: Police brutality against protesting farmers must end - 2005-11-28 [Forwarded Statement] PHILIPPINES: BREAKDOWN! A Letter of Appeal to the Church and Media - 2005-11-25 SRI LANKA: First anniversary of the assassination of Gerald Perera; justice delayed is justice betrayed - 2005-11-24 PHILIPPINES: Government's failure to legislate on torture is a betrayal of Filipinos' constitutional rights - 2005-11-24 THAILAND: Vigorous public discussion needed to address and counter disappearances - 2005-11-23 INDIA: Children suffer from empty rhetoric and ineffective schemes in India - 2005-11-18 SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka must honour its Constitution and the commitments made to the United Nations Committee Against Torture - 2005-11-17 [ALRC Statement] NEPAL: The business of impunity - the Police collude with the Army concerning the torture and death of 15 year old girl Maina Sunuwar. - 2005-11-16 SRI LANKA: One month after the attempted arson on the HRC premises no criminal action taken against any person - 2005-11-12 INDIA: Calcutta High Court again violates fundamental rights of thousands through barbaric eviction order - 2005-11-10 NEPAL: Proposed code of conduct an attempt to suppress civil society - 2005-11-08 SRI LANKA: The role to be played by Sri Lankan courts in eliminating widespread social demoralisation - 2005-11-07 SRI LANKA: Sensible discussion on drafting code of conduct for Sri Lankan judges must include devastation of legal profession - 2005-11-04 THAILAND: Thailand's public prosecution turning justice into farce - 2005-11-04 SRI LANKA: The IGP is not above the law - 2005-11-03 PHILIPPINES: Fear overwhelming the lives of ordinary Filipinos - 2005-11-03 SRI LANKA: AHRC welcomes Sri Lankan Bar’s resolution to introduce a code of conduct for judges - 2005-11-01 SRI LANKA: Serious concerns over the lack of an effective official investigation into the attempted arson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka’s headquarters in Colombo - 2005-10-20 SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan lawyer under grave threats amid growing efforts to intimidate human rights workers and institutions - 2005-10-17 ASIA: Launch of discussions on drafting Asian Charter on the Rule of Law - 2005-10-07 INDONESIA: Rehabilitation and redress for massacre victims essential for true commemoration - 2005-10-06 SRI LANKA: Officers charged with criminal offenses protected by the Inspector General of Police - 2005-10-03 THAILAND: What the UN Human Rights Committee has asked of Thailand, and what it means - 2005-10-01 NEPAL: Nepal's democratic constitution in danger; international intervention needed - 2005-09-30 SRI LANKA: The Auditor General’s report on tsunami mismanagement should not be ignored - 2005-09-29 SRI LANKA: Threatened strike by doctors exposes an ugly face of the Sri Lankan medical profession - 2005-09-23 In memory of Simon Wiesenthal, human rights pioneer - 2005-09-23 [Forwarded Statement] NEPAL: A forgotten emergency – An appeal to de-recognize the dictatorial regime - 2005-09-22 INDIA: Announcement of people's tribunal on hunger in Jalangi, West Bengal - 2005-09-22 SRI LANKA: Scandal at the Inland Revenue Department needs to be investigated and brought under criminal investigation promptly - 2005-09-15 SRI LANKA: Meningitis caused by neglect and the responsibility of Sri Lanka's religious leaders - 2005-09-02 SRI LANKA: A message for the coming election period in Sri Lanka - 2005-09-01 [Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Under age child recruitment on the increase August 2005 - 2005-08-26 MALDIVES: Opposition party leader in Maldives must be released and democratic reform expedited - 2005-08-25 THAILAND: Latest attack on human rights defender in Thailand underscores need for fast and effective intervention - 2005-08-20 SRI LANKA: Foreign Minister's Assassination and The Law and Order Situation - 2005-08-15 INDIA: Indians still to receive true independence - 2005-08-15 CAMBODIA: International community must vigorously oppose imprisonment of Cambodian MP - 2005-08-10 SRI LANKA: The failure to investigate cases of severe medical negligence, including the abduction of a newborn baby, at Negombo Base Hospital - 2005-08-03 PHILIPPINES: Starvation in all parts of Philippines requires immediate government action - 2005-07-25 SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan IGP shows double standards in speeding up trial - 2005-07-25 THAILAND: What is the point of Thailand's Department of Special Investigation? - 2005-07-22 SRI LANKA: Constitutional Council scandal: Opposition may be at fault but responsibility lies with president - 2005-07-21 SRI LANKA: Extrajudicial killings reflect absence of command responsibility within Sri Lanka's policing system - 2005-07-19 THAILAND: Missing lawyer case an exemplary failure of human rights in Thailand - 2005-07-17 THAILAND: To make ICCPR reality Thailand must strengthen institutions - 2005-07-15 SRI LANKA: Immediate protection required for threatened court magistrate - 2005-07-13 SRI LANKA: A street movement to fight zero justice in Sri Lanka - 2005-07-12 SRI LANKA: The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the strike at the Negombo Hospital - 2005-07-11 SRI LANKA: Unwillingness of the Sri Lankan state to address nasty policing: Tuberculosis patient tortured and neglected - 2005-07-11 SRI LANKA: Ambepitiya murder trial – lessons to be learned - 2005-07-07 PHILIPPINES: Witness protection key to addressing unrestrained killings in Philippines - 2005-06-30 INDONESIA: Attorney general must take up responsibility to prosecute criminals in Indonesia - 2005-06-29 NEPAL: Trauma treatment should be integral to Nepal's human rights monitoring operation - 2005-06-27 ASIA: Governments of Asia obliged to respond to rising popular sentiment against torture - 2005-06-23 PHILIPPINES: Torture practiced with impunity and without fear of prosecution - 2005-06-23 INDONESIA: The government’s willingness to implement the Convention against Torture is questionable - 2005-06-23 SRI LANKA: As a sign of protest, let us stand by the victims of torture - 2005-06-23 INDIA: Failure of the justice system means impunity for torturers - 2005-06-23 THAILAND: Growing repugnance of barbaric torture in Thailand - 2005-06-23 THAILAND: Defamation charges against forensic scientist protect reputation of no one, damage reputation of Thailand - 2005-06-22 SRI LANKA: Better management could address Sri Lanka's delays in justice - 2005-06-15 THAILAND: Thai police are in no position to dispute the findings of forensic scientists - 2005-06-15 THAILAND: Thai police must under no circumstances be given power over missing-persons centre - 2005-06-09 SRI LANKA: We urge the Sri Lanka Rupawahini to interview the victim of alleged negligent amputation - 2005-06-08 THAILAND: U.N. inquiry into missing human rights lawyer must be accompanied by examination of the nexus between disappearances and torture in Thailand - 2005-06-03 SRI LANKA: A further killing in Colombo and possibility of escalation of violence - 2005-05-31 SRI LANKA: The Bindunuwewa Massacre and Sri Lanka’s defective justice system - 2005-05-30 NEPAL: U.N. mission to Nepal: money arrives; time to act - 2005-05-30 SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Government Medical Officers' Association must STOP attempts to obstruct justice - 2005-05-27 ASIA: Forensic science an integral part of effective criminal investigations to prevent human rights abuses in Asia - 2005-05-20 SRI LANKA: Asian Tribune joins the smear campaign against the victim of negligent amputation and the Asian Human Rights Commission - 2005-05-18 THAILAND: A missing-persons centre, missing police and missing debate in Thailand - 2005-05-18 NEPAL: Comprehensive monitoring of human rights in Nepal - 2005-05-17 SRI LANKA: Death threats and escalation of violence in Sri Lanka - 2005-05-17 SRI LANKA: Landmark U.N. Human Rights Committee decision finds that Sri Lankan state violated the rights of Tony Fernando - 2005-05-13 SRI LANKA: Medical negligence undermines the right to health in Sri Lanka - 2005-05-11 SRI LANKA: Lack of police discipline a threat to Sri Lanka's national development - 2005-05-04 SRI LANKA: Murder of Sri Lankan journalist exposes government inability to address assassinations aimed at causing instability - 2005-05-03 INDIA: U.N. Secretary General's visit to India should produce results on human rights - 2005-04-27 PHILIPPINES: Philippines Commission on Human Rights ignores its mandate in eviction of families in Davao - 2005-04-26 SRI LANKA: Another innocent man is killed by police torture? who will be the next victim? - 2005-04-20 BANGLADESH: A nation terrified by extra judicial killings and the widespread use of torture by police - 2005-04-20 PHILIPPINES: Philippines government must expose emerging army and police links to activists' killings - 2005-04-18 INDIA: The role of a human rights commission is not to demoralise human rights defenders - 2005-04-15 PHILIPPINES: Unrestrained killings of activists in Philippines demand immediate government action - 2005-04-13 THAILAND: So where are Thailand's judicial bodies? - 2005-04-11 THAILAND: To uphold the Constitution of Thailand, axe criminal libel - 2005-04-09 SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan President’s intervention might save the lives of three migrant workers in Saudi Arabia - 2005-04-08 [ALRC Statement] U.N. Secretary General's statement on radical human rights reforms a wake-up call to the global human rights community - 2005-04-08 SRI LANKA: The Government of Sri Lanka must take a more proactive stance to save the lives of three Sri Lankans on death row in Saudi Arabia - 2005-04-04 ASIA: Three countries in human rights limbo: Nepal, Burma/Myanmar and Cambodia - 2005-03-31 SRI LANKA: Death sentences passed against three Sri Lankans -- Rights of the family and the public - 2005-03-24 THAILAND: Anticipating Thailand's missing-persons centre - 2005-03-23 SRI LANKA: Foreign Minister's condemnation of torture needs to be backed by action in Sri Lanka - 2005-03-23 SRI LANKA: Death sentence requires the intervention of the Government of Sri Lanka - 2005-03-22 NEPAL: Human rights trapped in language: Nepal's address to the UN Commission on Human Rights - 2005-03-18 SRI LANKA: Fear syndrome continues to grip the Sri Lankan nation - 2005-03-17 [ALRC Statement] Open letter to the global human rights community: Let us rise to meaningful dialogue - 2005-03-17 SRI LANKA: An awakening to the delays in Sri Lanka's adjudication process - 2005-03-15 SRI LANKA: Torture complainant fears threats to his life plotted by ASP Ranmal Kodithuwaaku - 2005-03-11 NEPAL: Time to act: State-sponsored mob violence unleashed in Nepal - 2005-03-09 THAILAND: No penalties for generals and no rule of law in Thailand - 2005-03-09 NEPAL: escalating violence and the need for international intervention - 2005-03-08 SRI LANKA: Gerald Perera's murder trial may not begin for another 5-7 years - 2005-03-08 SRI LANKA: AHRC supports Deputy Solicitor General's call for top priority to be given to the improvement of forensic facilities in Sri Lanka - 2005-03-03 MALAYSIA: Rights of migrants in Malaysia gravely endangered; present crackdown must immediately stop - 2005-03-01 NEPAL: The aftermath of the coup: Nepal may lose its middle class - 2005-03-01 SRI LANKA: Lalith Rajapakse acquitted; the Sri Lankan government must file charges against the police for fabrication of cases - 2005-02-21 NEPAL: Time to act -- New guidelines instruct Nepalese media to tell lies - 2005-02-21 SRI LANKA: New president to the Bar Association of Sri Lanka brings a time for reflection and reform - 2005-02-17 NEPAL: Time to act - Recall of ambassadors from Nepal must be followed by decisive international action to defeat absolute monarch - 2005-02-15 NEPAL: International Community needs a strategy: Coup wiping out Nepali democracy is consolidating itself; life and liberty of many is at risk - 2005-02-10 NEPAL: February will be a chilling month for democrats, human rights workers and media in Nepal - 2005-02-07 SRI LANKA: Reestablishment of the rule of law in Sri Lanka: True or fake? - 2005-02-07 CAMBODIA: The silencing of the Cambodian parliamentary opposition should be stopped - 2005-02-04 SRI LANKA: Independence Day: An opportunity for fundamental change in Sri Lanka - 2005-02-03 NEPAL: Nepal's return to absolute monarchy threatens the life and liberty of many - 2005-02-03 MALAYSIA: Malaysia should be more humane on migrants and the crackdown must be stopped - 2005-02-01 NEPAL: Immediate intervention needed to save human lives in Nepal - 2005-02-01 THAILAND: When the purpose of an inquiry is to achieve nothing - 2005-01-31 SRI LANKA: Is deception raising its head in the tsunami relief efforts? - 2005-01-27 SRI LANKA: Police officers habitually torture and threaten complainants, endangering the security of Sri Lankan citizens - 2005-01-26 ASIA: Moral obligation to get the children in tsunami affected areas back to school - 2005-01-10 INDIA: India, stop discriminatory relief operations to victims - 2005-01-10 SRI LANKA: The Challenge after the Tsunami: Getting the Children back to School in Sri Lanka - 2005-01-05 INDONESIA: Speedy and better coordination of relief work by the Indonesian Government could help Aceh recover - 2005-01-04
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