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AHRC Statements 2006
 
WORLD: Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the execution of Saddam Hussein - 2006-12-31

SRI LANKA: New Year's Wish List for 2007 - 2006-12-29

BANGLADESH: Sedition charges against leading Bangladesh lawyers involved in writ challenging assumption of office by chief adviser-Part 1 - 2006-12-27

BANGLADESH: Sedition charges against leading Bangladesh lawyers involved in writ challenging assumption of office by chief adviser-Part 2 - 2006-12-27

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: the Executive Director of the AHRC replies to some comments published in a review article in the Island - 2006-12-23

INDONESIA: A state mechanism by which victims are able to press for justice is urgently needed - 2006-12-22

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: AHRC responds to press release by Mdm. Kumaratunga’s office - 2006-12-22

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: RE: Accession of the Republic of Sri Lanka to the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture (OPCAT) - 2006-12-22

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Further information on our initial complaint of October 26, 2006 to the former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga's appointment as a Senior Consultant to UNESCO - 2006-12-22

SRI LANKA: Reporting on torture - Ours is a concern beyond a mere legal issue - further correspondence with the Chairman of Wijeya Newspapers Ltd - 2006-12-21

SRI LANKA: Judicial Service Association should not look for scapegoats for public loss of confidence in the judiciary - 2006-12-21

THAILAND: Three months of hypocrisy - 2006-12-18

INDIA: Savage rape & killing of Dalit family a wake-up call for India - 2006-12-18

INDIA: Uttar Pradesh government ignores hunger tribunal findings - 2006-12-15

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: current situation of the Tea Plantation Workers - 2006-12-15

THAILAND: Police reforms mean command responsibility - 2006-12-14

THAILAND: Former DSI chief must be interrogated over human rights cases too - 2006-12-13

SRI LANKA: Abductions and disappearances continue in Colombo and elsewhere unabated and the state turns a blind eye - 2006-12-13

THAILAND: Self-censorship causing serious damage - 2006-12-12

PAKISTAN: Inaction of judiciary encourages continuing disappearances - 2006-12-12

[AHRC Human Rights Day] INDIA: Failed justice mechanisms ensure most Indians do not benefit from economic development - 2006-12-10

[AHRC Human Rights Day] ASIA: Flawed criminal justice systems negate the realisation of human rights in Asia - 2006-12-08

[AHRC Human Rights Day] ASIA: Extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture and other forms of gross human rights violations still engulf Asia’s nations - 2006-12-08

[AHRC Human Rights Day] PHILIPPINES: An improved criminal justice system is key to upholding human rights - 2006-12-08

[AHRC Human Rights Day] SRI LANKA: Human Rights Day Statement: Killing match in Sri Lanka intensifies - 2006-12-08

[AHRC Open Letter] CAMBODIA: Illegal sale of state property to a private businessman violates basic rights of people - 2006-12-07

PAKISTAN: More than 140,000 people to be displaced in Karachi by Pakistan Railways and the city government - 2006-12-06

INDONESIA: The Attorney General’s refusal to uphold the law results in the denial of justice to victims of gross human rights violations and the sustenance of the prevailing culture of impunity - 2006-12-06

SRI LANKA: Do newspapers like the Sunday Times, Daily Mirror and Lankadeepa contribute to the prevalence of endemic torture in Sri Lanka? - 2006-12-05

PAKISTAN: AHRC supports focus of Pakistan’s human rights community on disappearances to educate the public about this major human rights problem in the country - 2006-12-05

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] INDIA: MASUM’s Fact Finding Report dated 2 December 2006 - 2006-12-05

ASIA: Effective protection of human rights: National human rights commissions and rule of law mechanisms - 2006-12-04

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] BANGLADESH: Meandering Thoughts on Moudud, the Madam, and Mega-Mendacities - 2006-12-04

THAILAND: If not Somchai's bones, whose bones? - 2006-12-04

SRI LANKA: Change of judge in Gerard Perera murder case without cause may jeopardize possibility of finding justice - 2006-12-02

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Discriminatory village head opposes school for Dalits - 2006-12-01

SRI LANKA: SC decision on the case of D.A. Nimal Silva Gunaratna vs. ASP Ranmal Kodituwakku requires a response from the Attorney General and IGP - 2006-11-30

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Human rights and humanitarian crisis continues in Sri Lanka: Intensified scrutiny needed from Human Rights Council - 2006-11-30

PAKISTAN: Arrested activists from Balochistan should be released forthwith - 2006-11-30

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: Fact finding report on attacks against lawyers and judges - 2006-11-29

SRI LANKA: Second anniversary of a heinous crime - the assassination of torture victim Gerard Perera to prevent him from testifying in court - 2006-11-24

[AHRC Open Letter] PAKISTAN: Serious issues remain over closure of radio station - 2006-11-24

NEPAL: Government and Communist Party of Nepal sign peace agreement - 2006-11-24

THAILAND: Investigate institutions that kill, not just killers - 2006-11-23

THAILAND: No way to justify the coup - 2006-11-22

CAMBODIA: Police officer deserves commendation for arrest of son - 2006-11-22

INDIA: The optimism and good intention of the Supreme Court of India must not be allowed to be subverted by politicians - 2006-11-22

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: For the sake of human rights unequivocably stand up or voluntarily step down - 2006-11-21

SRI LANKA: Government has not yet taken any credible steps to investigate gross abuses of human rights - 2006-11-21

PHILIPPINES: Concerted attack on human rights groups must be strongly resisted - 2006-11-17

ASIA: Implementation of international human rights norms and standards cannot take place without radical reforms to justice systems - 2006-11-17

[AHRC Paper] SRI LANKA: Thoughts of a Sinhalese about some Sinhala habits - 2006-11-16

CAMBODIA: Government continues to threaten critics - 2006-11-14

SRI LANKA: Only international human rights monitoring can ensure credible inquiries into the death of Nadarajah Raviraj and others - 2006-11-11

CAMBODIA: Prosecutor has duty to prosecute in all criminal cases - 2006-11-10

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Serious questions about "blacklists" demand answers - 2006-11-10

SRI LANKA: Will it be too late for the arrival of international assistance to monitor gross violations of human rights? - 2006-11-10

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Amnesty International calls for inquiry into attack on displaced civilians - 2006-11-09

[AHRC Open Letter] PAKISTAN: We demand proper investigation, prosecution & punishment of the murderers of Faraz Ahmed Naveed - 2006-11-09

THAILAND: Military rule must end before rule of law begins - 2006-11-09

SRI LANKA: The launching of a signature campaign by victims of past disappearances to demand authentic investigations and against sham commissions - 2006-11-08

SRI LANKA: The AHRC protests Sushita R. Fernando's unfair and biased report published in the Daily Mirror - 2006-11-08

NEPAL: AHRC welcomes the historic agreement between the SPA and Maoists, but cautions on the issue of impunity - 2006-11-08

PAKISTAN: Remembering Faraz Ahmed - 2006-11-07

SRI LANKA: Commission to investigate disappearances - real or fake - 2006-11-07

INDONESIA: Refusal to cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms in investigation of Munir's death - 2006-11-06

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: HRC Commissioner exhibits lack of concern for human rights crisis in the country - 2006-11-06

PHILIPPINES: Election of the Philippines to U.N. bodies does not exonerate its bleak human rights record - 2006-11-04

INDIA: Policing in India only works when it affects the rights and security of the rich and influential, for the poor and needy… who cares! - 2006-11-03

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Apology for Tak Bai must be followed by prosecutions - 2006-11-03

PAKISTAN: International intervention urgently needed into Damadola killings - 2006-11-03

SRI LANKA: The principle of accountability - AHRC replies to an article in LANKAWEB on the issue of the accountability of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga Bandaranaike - 2006-11-03

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: UN role needed to ensure that killers of human rights lawyer successfully prosecuted & tried - 2006-11-03

SRI LANKA: The AHRC replies to the Island Newspaper on the authoritarian style of rule of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike - 2006-11-02

THAILAND: Somchai, Tak Bai, secrets & lies - 2006-11-01

[Forwarded Letter by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Lawyer under threat call upon the Bar Association of Sri Lanka to intervene - 2006-10-31

SRI LANKA: Today's Sunday Times publishes a false report on the famous torture case at the Welipena Police Station - 2006-10-29

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Demanding good prosecutions in respect of extra judicial executions - 2006-10-26

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Objection to the former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga's appointment as a Senior Consultant to UNESCO - 2006-10-26

THAILAND: Prime minister ignorant of the Philippines & the south - 2006-10-25

SRI LANKA: PEACE TALKS - Will both parties agree to international human rights monitoring at the peace talks in Geneva? - 2006-10-25

SRI LANKA: An author's revelations require a response from the state and also civil society in Sri Lanka - 2006-10-24

THAILAND: Problems of Tak Bai are the problems of Thailand - 2006-10-24

WORLD: Eid greetings from the Asian Human Rights Commission - 2006-10-23

SRI LANKA: Judicial role and the failure of investigation into of crime including gross human rights abuses - 2006-10-20

THAILAND: False criminal cases much more than a problem of money - 2006-10-20

CAMBODIA: Government must intervene to end violent & illegal police assaults on demonstrators - 2006-10-20

SRI LANKA: Difficulties in finding justice for torture victims - the judgment in the case of Korala Liyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara is due today - problems of justice - 2006-10-19

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - One month on, fact vs. fiction - 2006-10-19

SRI LANKA: Palitha Thissa Kumara's case - the Supreme Court holds torture committed - High Court holds charge not proved - an appeal to be filed by the torture victim - 2006-10-19

SRI LANKA: Show cause notice on lawyer Elmo Perera has no basis in law and is an attempt to silence critical voices among the legal fraternity pursuing public interest issues - 2006-10-18

THAILAND: Military junta won't bring justice to south - 2006-10-18

CAMBODIA: Appeal Court must ascertain new evidence & set free two wrongly accused of Chea Vichea murder - 2006-10-18

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: International Monitoring Mission for Sri Lanka - 2006-10-17

SRI LANKA: The Muhamalai and Habarana incidents show the marginal role the political authority is playing in the present conflict – what will the team of experts commissioned by the Co-Chairs do? - 2006-10-17

PAKISTAN: University of Karachi must lodge criminal complaints against attempted rapists - 2006-10-17

CAMBODIA: Chea Vichea murder case & the urgent need for witness protection law - 2006-10-13

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - Courts must rule on coup - 2006-10-13

PHILIPPINES: Witnesses and victims of extrajudicial killings and torture deserve protection and compensation too - 2006-10-13

BANGLADESH: Removing dust is the government's job - 2006-10-13

THAILAND: 1997 CONSTITUTION - Celebrating 11 October 1997 - 2006-10-11

INDIA: India must abolish death penalty and ratify the 2nd Optional Protocol of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights - 2006-10-11

SRI LANKA: The AHRC writes to OHCHR and AI about the implications of the decision by the Supreme Court in the Singarasa case on human rights monitoring in Sri Lanka - 2006-10-10

PHILIPPINES: Killing of a bishop and further threats to others expose a failure of the country’s protection mechanism - 2006-10-10

BANGLADESH: Courts of justice or courts of the home ministry? - 2006-10-10

CAMBODIA: Independent & competent courts needed more than a human rights committee - 2006-10-09

SRI LANKA: Chandra Fernando leaves the post of Inspector General of Police with a dark legacy – will the new IGP change the course? - 2006-10-09

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP--Constitutional fictions - 2006-10-09

INDONESIA: Verdict in the murder case of Munir – the courts mock justice - 2006-10-06

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - How to make courts independent? - 2006-10-06

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: “The Killings Must Stop” - 2006-10-06

CAMBODIA: Will donors decide for or against the rule of law? - 2006-10-05

BANGLADESH: What is really needed to maintain law & order - 2006-10-05

SRI LANKA: Only the practice of telling the truth can bring back respect for Sri Lanka's international diplomacy - 2006-10-04

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Statement to country delegates at the second session of the U.N. Human Rights Council: 29 September 2006 - 2006-10-04

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - The right man for what job? - 2006-10-04

SRI LANKA: Why a Presidential Commission cannot ensure protection of human rights and why foreign observers cannot play a positive role in such a commission? The case for an international monitoring mission - 2006-10-04

PHILIPPINES: Bishop is latest victim of extrajudicial killing - 2006-10-04

SRI LANKA: Arrested gang of abductors may escape due process of law because of political interference from the government - 2006-10-03

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] CAMBODIA: A statement to the Human Rights Council by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia, Mr. Yash Ghai - 2006-10-03

SRI LANKA: The Sri Lankan state shows complete disregard for its international human rights obligations - 2006-09-29

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - Misunderstanding the coup - 2006-09-29

CAMBODIA: Government again silencing critics - 2006-09-27

SRI LANKA: Diplomacy on human rights issues seriously under threat - 2006-09-27

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP--No way forward but backward - 2006-09-27

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: The order of the United Nations Human Rights Committee dated 26 June 2006 on communication number 1250/2004 - 2006-09-25

SRI LANKA: Further information regarding the recent Supreme Court decision on the Singarasa case - 2006-09-25

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP--Someone had to do something? - 2006-09-25

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP--What is benign? - 2006-09-21

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - Restore civilian government immediately - 2006-09-20

SRI LANKA: The recent judgement of the Supreme Court on the Singarasa case is an attack on the sovereignty of the people - 2006-09-20

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP - Junta poses grave dangers to lives and liberties - 2006-09-20

SRI LANKA: Have no illusions – the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka is a part of the human rights violation mechanism - 2006-09-19

THAILAND: What will the government do about NHRC drug war death findings? - 2006-09-19

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Need for a UN mission & problems for application of international law - 2006-09-19

SRI LANKA: Supreme Court removes country from obligations under international law, raises unprecedented questions for UN - 2006-09-18

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: The Wider Implications of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Crisis in Jaffna - 2006-09-14

NEPAL: Appointment of Army Chief under investigation for gross abuses must be rescinded - 2006-09-14

CAMBODIA: Law abolishing parliamentary immunity is unconstitutional & unacceptable - 2006-09-14

SRI LANKA: White vans without number plates; the symbol of disappearances reappear - 2006-09-13

SRI LANKA: European Parliament resolution on Sri Lanka - 2006-09-11

PHILIPPINES: The administration of impunity - government seeking to shield alleged killings mastermind from justice - 2006-09-11

SRI LANKA: Subverting justice regarding the Muttur killings and repeating the legacy of immunity for gross abuses of human rights - 2006-09-11

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Open Letter to His Excellency President Mahinda Rajapaksa from the ICJ - 2006-09-07

INDIA: What can be done when the chain goes mad? - How police impunity is killing the rule of law in West Bengal and beyond - 2006-09-07

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Statement from Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions - 2006-09-06

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Bar Council of India is urged to take immediate actions in the case of illegal arrest, torture, continuing detention and fabrication of charges against a human rights lawyer and activist in Manipur - 2006-09-06

[AHRC Open Letter] INDONESIA: Government must come clean on murder of Munir - 2006-09-06

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] NEPAL: Denunciation of Nepal's acting Military Chief and Amendment of Army Act - 2006-09-05

NEPAL: A travesty of justice - military personnel who tortured 15 year old Maina Sunuwar to death must be tried by a civil court - 2006-09-05

CAMBODIA: Beautification for some must not be the impoverishment of others - 2006-09-05

SRI LANKA: While the president himself is threatened by sleeping policemen who will safeguard and protect the citizens of the country? - 2006-09-04

INDIA: Government must tackle custodial torture before it can talk about justice - 2006-09-04

PAKISTAN: EARLY WARNING--Pakistan approaching catastrophe; UN Security Council intervention needed now - 2006-09-01

CAMBODIA: Revelations of former police chief must be followed with investigations and suspensions - 2006-08-31

NEPAL: Prosecute acting Army Chief and remove the Army Act's machinery of impunity - 2006-08-31

[AHRC Open Letter] ASIA: Japan's leadership needed to address forced disappearances - 2006-08-30

ASIA: Still a long way to go to rule of law & human rights in Asia - 2006-08-29

ASIA: Leadership needed to end impunity for perpetrators of disappearances - 2006-08-29

PAKISTAN: UN Human Rights Council must respond to bombing of Balochistan - 2006-08-28

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Humanitarian situation on the Jaffna peninsula - 2006-08-25

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Urgent need for Ombudsman to demonstrate efficiency in resolving cases - 2006-08-25

BANGLADESH: Lawless law-enforcement & the parody of judiciary - 2006-08-24

THAILAND: Another lost opportunity on human rights for deputy PM - 2006-08-24

INDIA: Would the BSF director be immune from court martial? - 2006-08-24

PHILIPPINES: A credible inquiry needs to be begin into extrajudicial killings and General Jovito Palparan in particular - 2006-08-23

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Your inquiry from the Daily Mirror about the undated photograph of the unresolved problem of the disappearances - 2006-08-23

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Warring Sides Must Let Aid Reach Civilians - 2006-08-22

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan civilians urgently need protection - 2006-08-21

PHILIPPINES: Can the government overcome General Palparan's resistance to abandon the practice of gross abuses of human rights - 2006-08-18

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: The illusion of democracy and need for a UN special envoy on Bangladesh - 2006-08-18

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: UN should stop deploying Bangladeshi peacekeepers until government disbands Rapid Action Battalion - 2006-08-17

SRI LANKA: The cries of Muslims in the East and others facing danger should find a response from the United Nations - 2006-08-17

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Bangladeshi women the victims of systemic violence and denial of means for redress - 2006-08-16

PHILIPPINES: Lack of political will to stop extrajudicial killings demonstrates drift from democracy - 2006-08-16

INDIA: Government of Kerala must criminalise torture to prevent custodial deaths - 2006-08-15

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Please intervene to end Bangladesh's unremittent killing contest - 2006-08-15

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Inquiring officer of Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission must inquire impartially into cases rather than trying to broker for respondents - 2006-08-15

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Determined UN involvement needed to address uncontrolled torture in Bangladesh - 2006-08-14

SRI LANKA: The on-going carnage that no one seems to worry about - 2006-08-14

SRI LANKA: Death threats to senior police and collapsed rule of law - 2006-08-11

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Urgent need for UN experts to visit and assess Bangladesh judiciary - 2006-08-11

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights obliged to respond to rampant killings, torture and impunity in Bangladesh - 2006-08-10

PAKISTAN: Court delays, rights violations and impunity give no cause for celebration of Supreme Court's Golden Jubilee - 2006-08-10

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Failure to establish National Human Rights Commission makes Bangladesh unsuitable for UN Human Rights Council - 2006-08-09

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Please raise question of forced disappearances in Thailand with visiting Deputy Prime Minister - 2006-08-09

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Failure to address rampant corruption makes Bangladesh unsuitable for UN Human Rights Council - 2006-08-08

WORLD: Jos?Poblete, Somchai Neelaphaijit and the disappearance of impunity - 2006-08-08

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Failure to stop extrajudicial killings makes Bangladesh unsuitable for UN Human Rights Council - 2006-08-07

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: The NLG condemns the killings of members of the legal profession in the Philippines - 2006-08-07

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Failure to criminalise torture makes Bangladesh unsuitable for UN Human Rights Council - 2006-08-04

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SINGAPORE: Why the case of Dr Chee Soon Juan and another must go to trial - 2006-08-04

SRI LANKA: UN Human Rights Committee holds that Sri Lanka has violated the rights of torture victim Lalith Rajapakse - 2006-08-04

SRI LANKA: Gerald Perera murder trial - a witness tells the court of how the murder was carried out - 2006-08-04

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Blatant mistreatment of psychiatric patients and violation of their basic human rights - 2006-08-03

[AHRC Open Letter] BANGLADESH: Failure to separate judiciary and executive makes Bangladesh unsuitable for UN Human Rights Council - 2006-08-03

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: The murder of Police Inspector Douglas Nimal and his wife - 2006-08-03

PHILIPPINES: Carrying out of President Macapagal Arroyo's instructions on investigations into extrajudicial killings will take over 14 years - 2006-08-03

[AHRC Paper] SRI LANKA: J.R. Jayawardene's obsolete and ancient mind did not comprehend the political and social dynamics of adult franchise - 2006-08-02

SRI LANKA: HRCSL is increasingly becoming farcical - 2006-07-31

PHILIPPINES: Three more shootings as violent pogrom is allowed to continue - 2006-07-31

PAKISTAN: Judiciary responsible for failure to address disappearances - 2006-07-28

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Will local officials act on child deaths? - 2006-07-28

PHILIPPINES: The story of Fr. Terry, a Pastor in Pangasinan – an update on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines - 2006-07-27

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Alleged rights abuses by army demand full investigations, not whitewashing - 2006-07-27

SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan workers are not slaves -- Chief Justice's equating employers with the nation has no basis in law - 2006-07-27

INDIA: Human dignity is the true measure of development - 2006-07-27

THAILAND: Thai Criminal Court sets an example for eliminating electoral corruption by sending Election Commissioners to jail - 2006-07-26

SRI LANKA: The following of a Lee Kwan Yew model aggravated the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis - 2006-07-25

PHILIPPINES: The president fails to take decisive steps to end extrajudicial killings - 2006-07-25

PHILIPPINES: AHRC reproduces an article "Papal Nuncio twits GMA on slay spree" - an update on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines - 2006-07-24

THAILAND: UN recommendations matter - 2006-07-24

[AHRC Open Letter] WORLD: What are your qualifications to be UN Secretary-General, Deputy Prime Minister? - 2006-07-24

PHILIPPINES: Police "solve" cases but killings continue - 2006-07-21

SRI LANKA: Torture, worse than absurd - 2006-07-21

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Stopping the extra-judicial killings must be a priority in your State of the Nation Address (Sona) - 2006-07-21

THAILAND: UN charge that killings "official policy" cannot be ignored - 2006-07-20

[AHRC Open Letter] WEST ASIA: Response to terrorism in the far west of Asia - 2006-07-19

THAILAND: The impossibility of complaint against the police - 2006-07-18

SRI LANKA: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has stopped investigations into 2000 disappearance cases to avoid having to pay government compensation to the victims - 2006-07-18

[Forwarded Report by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: No investigations ‘without special directions from govt’ – Human Rights Commission dumps 2,000 uninquired complaints - 2006-07-17

SRI LANKA: Revelations of the former president J.R. Jayawardene's liability for Black July 1983 - 2006-07-17

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA: Investigating complaints is a duty of the state - 2006-07-17

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA: Violent crime by state officers causing lawlessness - 2006-07-12

INDIA: Mumbai blasts must be promptly and impartially investigated - 2006-07-12

BURMA: Bloody killings expose myth of "state stability" - 2006-07-11

SRI LANKA: Torture, worse than absurd - 2006-07-10

INDIA: Plea bargaining and the ghost of Malimath - 2006-07-07

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA:The case of Chamila Bandara, HC Kandy 231 of 2005 -- The matter of the serving of the indictment on the accused - 2006-07-07

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Attempt to abduct human rights commissioner should be of grave concern for diplomatic community - 2006-07-07

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Police chief must aim to identify, arrest and prosecute killers of human rights defenders - 2006-07-06

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Reminder of the murder trial of Gerald Perera at the Gampaha High Court on July 21, 2006 - 2006-07-06

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Attempt to abduct human rights commissioner and Thailand's role in the UN Human Rights Council - 2006-07-06

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Lawyers Council must act firmly on alleged attempted abduction of NHRC member - 2006-07-05

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Invitation to attend the murder trial of Gerald Perera at the Gampaha High Court on July 21, 2006 - 2006-07-05

PHILIPPINES: Torture is foremost about the state - 2006-07-05

CAMBODIA: Systematic government attacks on the poor - 2006-07-05

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: NHRC must resolutely defend its members or risk their lives and its mandate - 2006-07-04

[AHRC Forwarded Report] SRI LANKA: Report of the Fact Finding Mission to Pesalai by the CPA and INFORM - 2006-07-04

PAKISTAN: Unconstitutional & illegal Finance Bill opens the door for slave labour - 2006-07-04

SRI LANKA: The Supreme Court increasingly under executive control has extended its attack to civil society organisations - 2006-07-04

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Close collaboration between the accused and the three police witnesses - 2006-07-03

PAKISTAN: Alleged theft of Norwegian money for human rights victims must be investigated - 2006-07-01

[ALRC Statement] THAILAND: Justice depends on witness protection - 2006-06-30

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Protesting your recognition of new commissioners of Human Rights Commission - 2006-06-30

THAILAND: Suspected plan to abduct NHRC member demands immediate response - 2006-06-30

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: 'Murder of five Tamil youths highlights need to end impunity' – Govt must protect witnesses to Trinco killings – HRW - 2006-06-29

[Forwarded Open Letter by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Transparency International Sri Lanka writes to the President on the Draft Bill on Reconstruction and Development Authority - 2006-06-29

SRI LANKA: No avenues available for redress of human rights abuses - 2006-06-29

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: An open letter to President Arroyo by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) - 2006-06-29

CAMBODIA: Support for rights of workers to march - 2006-06-26

WORLD: ‘War on terror’ threatens ‘war on torture’ - 2006-06-23

BANGLADESH: Bangladesh urged to remove barriers and take credible action to ensure protection of torture victims - 2006-06-23

INDIA: Downward spiral of the rule of law undermines India’s position as a regional player - 2006-06-23

INDONESIA: As a result of government reluctance to address torture, state officers continue to enjoy impunity - 2006-06-23

NEPAL: Accountability for perpetrators of torture and redress for victims urged - 2006-06-23

PHILIPPINES: Outlawing torture must be a priority to show commitment to human rights - 2006-06-23

SRI LANKA: Government's hypocritical human rights policy and its failure to eliminate torture - 2006-06-23

THAILAND: Failure to ratify UN Convention against Torture damaging Thailand's international reputation as well as the lives of victims - 2006-06-23

CAMBODIA: Government must introduce legal provisions combating torture - 2006-06-23

PAKISTAN: State widespread use of torture must be brought to an end - 2006-06-23

[ALRC Statement] THAILAND: Show support for UN special mandates by giving access - 2006-06-23

[A Joint NGO Statement] WORLD: Prohibitions against torture under attack - 2006-06-23

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] NEPAL: Highlights of the eight-point agreement between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)and the Seven-Party-Alliance - 2006-06-19

[AHRC Paper] SRI LANKA: How has the judiciary been diminished in value since 1978 and why? - 2006-06-19

SRI LANKA: The only way to genuinely mourn the spread of the carnage in the country is to address the fundamental causes of the total crisis in Sri Lanka. - 2006-06-16

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Open letter from the AHRC to the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights - 2006-06-16

[AHRC Open Letter] NEPAL: The urgent need to disarm and disband vigilante groups in Nepal, following the death of three-year old child - 2006-06-15

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Flight, Displacement and the Two-fold Reign of Terror - 2006-06-15

THAILAND: Non-appearance of state officials defeats court authority and breaches constitutional rights - 2006-06-15

[AHRC Paper] SRI LANKA: A former high court judge recalls Suranjith Hewamanna - 2006-06-14

SRI LANKA: The language of absolute presidential power - 2006-06-14

PHILIPPINES: The importance of new laws in implementing human rights standards - 2006-06-12

SRI LANKA: President's onslaught on the supremacy of the Parliament - 2006-06-12

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: If the present generation destroys Sri Lanka's legal foundations, what is left for the future - 2006-06-10

WORLD: US administration's attacks on judiciary threaten human rights and the rule of law globally - 2006-06-09

SRI LANKA: Implications of Court of Appeal judgment on 17th Amendment of the Constitution - 2006-06-09

PHILIPPINES: Sense of urgency sorely needed in rights abuse investigations - 2006-06-08

PAKISTAN: An estimated two hundred thousand fisher-folk risk losing their livelihoods to transnational bidders in ongoing fishing rights auction - 2006-06-08

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: FMM condemns President’s appointments to independent commissions - 2006-06-08

THAILAND: Steps to acknowledging forced disappearances - 2006-06-07

SRI LANKA: Challenge to presidential immunity should be pursued before UN Human Rights Committee and other bodies - 2006-06-07

SRI LANKA: Honouring Suranjith Hewamanna, a model courageous lawyer - 2006-06-07

THAILAND: Street protest is democratic process - 2006-06-05

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Will not the UN resist authoritarian actions in Sri Lanka to bypass the Constitutional provisions in order to make appointments to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal and several vital independent institutions? - 2006-06-05

SRI LANKA: Seventh day of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions--Good faith and necessity no defence for President's flouting of constitution - 2006-06-04

SRI LANKA: Sixth day of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions -- Sri Lanka is ceasing to be a law based society - 2006-06-03

SRI LANKA: Fifth day of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions -- The AHRC mourns the loss of the authority of the Attorney General - 2006-06-02

SRI LANKA: Fourth day of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions--The government is destroying rather than protecting the judiciary - 2006-06-01

SRI LANKA: Third day of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions--Inability and unwillingness of lawyers to challenge legal wrongs - 2006-05-31

THAILAND: Lower courts set important precedent on constitutional rights - 2006-05-31

SRI LANKA: A call for a week of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions - Day Two - 2006-05-30

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: President continues with unconstitutional appointments-This time embarrassing the Judiciary! - 2006-05-30

INDONESIA: Effective state responses needed in dealing with earthquake aftermath - 2006-05-29

EAST TIMOR: Increased international support for a peaceful resolution urged as fledgling nation sinks into crisis - 2006-05-29

SRI LANKA: A call for a week of mourning against executive interference into the judiciary and other independent institutions - 2006-05-29

SRI LANKA: The President of Sri Lanka is more powerful than the supreme law of the country and makes appointments to courts contravening the Constitution - 2006-05-27

CAMBODIA: Police abuse their power and illegally arrest factory workers - 2006-05-26

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Protestor appointments to HRCSL - 2006-05-26

SRI LANKA: Presidential ban of the Da Vinci Code film is an act of dictatorship without any basis in law - 2006-05-26

SRI LANKA: Failure to govern not failure of state, and its implications for human rights - 2006-05-26

PHILIPPINES: Task force on killings must start with witness protection - 2006-05-26

[AHRC Open Letter] CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Trial - a request to advance judicial independence in Cambodia - 2006-05-26

CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge trial a golden opportunity to advance judicial independence, not executive control - 2006-05-25

PAKISTAN: Venomous government official threatens freedom of press while a stale Government remains voiceless - 2006-05-25

BANGLADESH: Government's hypocritical talk on upholding rule of law and human rights - 2006-05-24

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Saving Sri Lanka from Brink of Disaster - 2006-05-23

SRI LANKA: Punchihwewa denies prior knowledge of appointment to HRCSL and refuses to accept the position - 2006-05-23

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: UN Secretary General's visit an historic opportunity for progress on human rights at a critical time in Thailand - 2006-05-23

SRI LANKA: Proposed anti-terrorism measures will in fact bring back period of terror - 2006-05-22

NEPAL: Welcomed landmark proclamation strips King of key powers - 2006-05-22

INDIA: Human rights pledge to the international community needs to become reality - 2006-05-20

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Position paper on Constitutional Council & Independent Commissions in Sri Lanka - 2006-05-19

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] NEPAL: House of Representatives Proclamation - 2006-05-19

SRI LANKA: Authoritarian appointment of Commissioners must be rejected - 2006-05-19

THAILAND: Historic constitutional debate will determine future of democracy in Thailand - 2006-05-17

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Open letter to the Attorney General – the case of Lalitha Rajapakse - 2006-05-15

CAMBODIA: Prime minister's outburst invites questions about Cambodian judiciary - 2006-05-12

BURMA: The 1974 Constitution and challenge for Burma's courts - 2006-05-12

UNITED NATIONS: People's engagement with Human Rights Council must now begin - 2006-05-11

THAILAND: DSI director must be sacked and investigated - 2006-05-11

SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council a new forum to discuss Sri Lanka's human rights record - 2006-05-11

INDIA: Snail pace progress at the National Human Rights Commission ?the Commission must accept responsibility - 2006-05-10

SRI LANKA: Presidential immunity an expression of legalised tyranny guaranteed by 1978 Constitution - 2006-05-10

SRI LANKA: Chief Justice cursing the corrupt without taking legal action indicates justice system failure - 2006-05-08

INDONESIA: Pledge must be followed by action as Indonesia bids for Human Rights Council membership - 2006-05-08

THAILAND: Who should be boss of the Department of Special Investigation? - 2006-05-08

INDIA: UN Human Rights Council candidacy - promises contradict performance - 2006-05-05

INDIA: Anyone drafting a new Indian Police Act must consider people’s perceptions of the police in India today - 2006-05-04

NEPAL: Momentum is key in ensuring positive change toward peace, development and human rights in Nepal - 2006-05-04

THAILAND: Four things that Thailand must do if it wants to join the Human Rights Council - 2006-05-04

CAMBODIA: Brutality and impunity of the Cambodian security forces must be stopped through criminal prosecutions - 2006-05-03

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Open letter to the Minister of Constitutional Affairs and the Ministry of Law Reforms on proposed Bill of Rights - 2006-05-03

INDONESIA: Flawed state institutions unable to uncover Munir's killers - 2006-05-03

CAMBODIA: A salute to the workers' defiance of politically-motivated ban on demonstrations - 2006-05-02

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: UN Special Rapporteur calls for urgent measures to end political killings and to strengthen protection for human rights in Sri Lanka - 2006-05-02

SRI LANKA: The thirteenth anniversary of the violent death of a gross human rights abuser - 2006-05-01

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission has ceased to function - what will you do about it? - 2006-04-28

[AHRC Open Letter]: SRI LANKA: An open letter to DIG Kandy; Cruelty towards a family by the police - 2006-04-28

THAILAND: Does anyone have the right to make a list for killing and kidnapping people? - 2006-04-28

SRI LANKA: The murder of the Inspector and his wife calls for drastic changes in the police hierarchy including the replacement of the IGP in order to ensure rule of law and witness protection - 2006-04-27

THAILAND: Army chief's "blacklists" admission must be followed by high-level investigations - 2006-04-27

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Escalation of violence and the absence of human rights monitoring bodies in Sri Lanka - 2006-04-27

THAILAND: King's remarks a watershed for democracy and the rule of law - 2006-04-27

PAKISTAN: Protests against disappearances deserve public support - 2006-04-27

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Allegation of corruption by Sub-Inspector of Police Mr. Vijayan of Thrissur Traffic Police Station; request for inquiry - 2006-04-27

NEPAL: Parliament to meet and usher in crucial period of change towards democracy and human rights in Nepal - 2006-04-27

INDONESIA: Supreme Court should set clear guidelines in death penalty review - 2006-04-26

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Complaint regarding apparent malpractices that seems to be taking place in the case of Mr. Chamila Bandara - 2006-04-26

SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka faces a problem far greater than the escalation of violence - 2006-04-26

THAILAND: Democracy on trial in Narathiwat - 2006-04-26

PHILIPPINES: UN General Assembly must reject the Philippines' Human Rights Council bid - 2006-04-25

THAILAND: Department of Special Investigation or Department of Sporadic Interest? - 2006-04-25

CAMBODIA: New law removes custodial sentence for defamation but restricts freedom of expression - 2006-04-25

NEPAL: Rekindling the flame of democracy in Nepal - 2006-04-25

SRI LANKA: Civil society in Sri Lanka must learn lessons from the people's movement in Nepal - 2006-04-25

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] NEPAL: Continuing fight for democracy by the people of Nepal - 2006-04-24

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: The Constitutional Council must function -- a meaningful interpretation needed - 2006-04-24

SRI LANKA: 17th Amendment crisis – immediate appointment of the nine members of the Constitutional Council is the way out - 2006-04-24

THAILAND: Use of political attack mobs must be condemned, ringleaders charged - 2006-04-24

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] NEPAL: International community’s response to King Gyanendra’s address criticised by detained Nepali activists - 2006-04-24

NEPAL: World must support people's aspirations to oust coup leader and restore democracy - 2006-04-24

NEPAL: Coup leader Gyanendra must be ousted and brought to justice by popular demand - 2006-04-22

BANGLADESH: UN General Assembly urged to reject Bangladesh's Human Rights Council bid - 2006-04-21

BURMA: Bad boys and good cops in the press - 2006-04-19

PHILIPPINES: Abolish capital punishment to show real sincerity on human rights - 2006-04-18

NEPAL: Immediate solution to the growing crisis needed to avert catastrophe in Nepal - 2006-04-18

INDIA: Professor T. V. Eachara Varier, the symbol of perseverance and fearlessness passed away - 2006-04-14

SRI LANKA: From independent commissions to presidential playthings - 2006-04-13

SRI LANKA: Candidature for membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council must not be accepted - 2006-04-13

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: President Violates 17th Amendment to the Constitution - 2006-04-13

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: President usurped powers of the Constitutional Council; TISL condemns appointments to Police Commission and Public Service Commission - 2006-04-12

CAMBODIA: Ban on protests against prime minister legalises absolute rule - 2006-04-12

SRI LANKA: President blatantly violates constitution by appointing members to 17th Amendment commissions - 2006-04-11

CAMBODIA: Prime minister of Cambodia must honour promise to decriminalise defamation - 2006-04-10

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Re: Rescuing a girl orphaned by the tsunami from having to be sheltered in a prison - 2006-04-10

[AHRC Papers] SRI LANKA: A commentary on the recent case of the prime minister's fundamental rights violation - 2006-04-10

CAMBODIA: Attacks on UN special envoy and human rights staff in Cambodia reminiscent of Pol Pot tactics - 2006-04-07

[Forwarded Statement] NEPAL: Nepal's civil society must act now - 2006-04-07

NEPAL: Shouts of an exhausted and anguished people must be heard - 2006-04-07

SRI LANKA: Proposal to destroy independence of Sri Lankan HRC must be vehemently opposed - 2006-04-04

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Government attempts to continue Human Rights Commission by means other than compliance with 17th Amendment - 2006-04-04

SRI LANKA: Chief justice warns judiciary is becoming a joke - 2006-04-03

PHILIPPINES: Law needed to stop torture and systemic negligence in the Philippines - 2006-03-31

SRI LANKA: Human Rights Commission will cease to function from April - 2006-03-30

ASIA: Three outstanding Asian widows jointly nominated for 2006 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights - 2006-03-30

CAMBODIA: Prime Minister's attack on UN representative must be condemned - 2006-03-30

CAMBODIA: Investigation of 1997 grenade attack on peaceful demonstrators must be conducted effectively and report made public - 2006-03-29

SRI LANKA: Fear syndrome may also extend to Auditor General's department - 2006-03-28

THAILAND: No obligations, just public relations - 2006-03-27

CAMBODIA: Judge and prosecutor of Rattanakiri provincial court must be sacked and tried for corruption - 2006-03-27

THAILAND: Here is Angkhana, there is Porntip... where is Sombat? - 2006-03-24

SRI LANKA: Auditor General under attack - 2006-03-23

INDONESIA: Ratification of key human rights instruments must be followed by legal reform - 2006-03-22

HONG KONG: Changes in Hong Kong's policing needed to meet international obligations - 2006-03-22

CAMBODIA: The authorities must ratify the First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR now - 2006-03-22

PHILIPPINES: No law to address persistent forced disappearances in Philippines denies the possibility of redress - 2006-03-20

CAMBODIA: Restrictive law on demonstrations will further consolidate dictatorial rule - 2006-03-17

UNITED NATIONS: A second chance for all - the AHRC welcomes the establishment of the United Nations Human Rights Council - 2006-03-16

PHILIPPINES: To justify the use of torture is a constitutional and human rights violation - 2006-03-16

SRI LANKA: Draft Contempt of Court Act must be enacted promptly - 2006-03-15

CAMBODIA: Government should remove obstacles to freedom of expression - 2006-03-13

SRI LANKA: President's wish of transparency can only come true with the elimination of delays in justice - 2006-03-09

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Brutal beating of a person by the police was not a "justifiable degree of force" - 2006-03-09

SRI LANKA: The elimination of corruption requires court delays to be dealt with - 2006-03-08

CAMBODIA: Effective measures must be taken to stop massive land grabbing - 2006-03-08

PAKISTAN: Government of Pakistan must open its ears to the women's cry - 2006-03-08

SRI LANKA: Delays in courts -- everyone's karume - 2006-03-06

SRI LANKA: the father of a victim of extra-judicial killing is threatened with death for pursuing justice - 2006-02-28

CAMBODIA: Immediately abolish Cambodia’s criminal defamation law and withdraw legal actions against human rights activists - 2006-02-28

SRI LANKA: The role of the Judicial Services Commission in World Bank reform project - 2006-02-28

[Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: A Statement by University of Colombo Law Teachers Association on Independence of the Judiciary - 2006-02-27

[AHRC Open Letter] Re: the arrest, torture and killing of another Sri Lankan citizen on the basis of mistaken identity: the case of Lelwala Gamage Nandiraja, killed by members of the Weliweriya and Pitigala Police - 2006-02-27

PHILIPPINES: State of emergency must not be used to attack human rights defenders - 2006-02-24

SRI LANKA: Judges' resignations demand a response from the president - 2006-02-21

ASIA: Somchai Neelaphaijit selected for 2nd AHRC Human Rights Defender Award - 2006-02-20

SRI LANKA: Torture victim subjected to a TB patient spitting in his mouth wins fundamental rights application at the Supreme Court - 2006-02-17

NEPAL: Supreme Court ruling on the Royal Commission for Corruption Control and the release of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba welcomed - 2006-02-15

SRI LANKA: Bypassing the 17th Amendment is a move towards the return to absolute power - 2006-02-14

[Forwarded Statement] SINGAPORE: Statement of Chee Soon Juan submitted to the High Court, Singapore at the Bankruptcy Petition Hearing on 10 February 2006 - 2006-02-13

SRI LANKA: The JSC issue - the opposition must act to bring the issue of resignations before a parliamentary select committee - 2006-02-10

BANGLADESH: Thousands still in detention following an arbitrary, politically-motivated crackdown against the poor - 2006-02-08

CAMBODIA: Sam Rainsy and Cheam Channy granted royal pardon: Simply a respite when the institutions of repression are still there - 2006-02-07

THAILAND: What can be done when a constitution cannot be enforced? - 2006-02-07

SRI LANKA: JSC resignations present a window of opportunity for much needed corrective action - 2006-02-06

SRI LANKA: Two senior judges quit the Judicial Service Commission as a matter of conscience - 2006-02-03

Nepal: over 600 persons arrested on the first anniversary of the royal coup - 2006-02-02

NEPAL: human rights in a black hole one year after the royal coup - 2006-02-01

BURMA: Supreme Court of Burma has an historic opportunity to take a stand for criminal justice - 2006-01-31

INDIA: Lower judiciary of West Bengal run by police constables - 2006-01-27

THAILAND: Somchai case reveals flaws in Thai constitution - 2006-01-26

CAMBODIA: Withdrawal of libel suits should be followed by removal of criminal defamation law - 2006-01-25

SRI LANKA: Presidential immunity does not extend to violations of the Constitution - 2006-01-25

NEPAL: over 200 persons arrested, including allegations of beatings and arbitrary detention orders, in the continuing crisis in the country - 2006-01-22

NEPAL: the imposition of a day-time curfew and further arrests in the deepening crisis in Nepal - 2006-01-20

NEPAL: Human rights defenders targeted - over a hundred persons arrested in a serious escalation of repression in Nepal - 2006-01-19

PHILIPPINES: Claim of Philippine government to improved law enforcement far from reality - 2006-01-18

NEPAL: the illegitimate government steps up its repression by enforcing curfews and a total, indefinite ban on demonstrations - 2006-01-17

[AHRC Paper] SRI LANKA: Institutional reform: An alternative approach to the resolution of Sri Lanka's continuing anarchy - 2006-01-13

THAILAND: Challenges to justice in Thailand posed by abduction of Somchai Neelaphaijit will not disappear - 2006-01-12

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: A functioning and effective policing and judicial system is required if extra-judicial killings are to be properly prosecuted and prevented - 2006-01-11

SRI LANKA: 20 forced disappearances reported in December 2005 - 2006-01-11

SRI LANKA: Defence Ministry advisor must express loyalty to Sri Lankan Constitution or resign - 2006-01-10

SRI LANKA: Six years after Chemmani exhumation: Inquiry commission needed to review attorney general's department - 2006-01-05

SRI LANKA: Functioning National Police Commission essential in eliminating crime within Sri Lanka - 2006-01-03

[AHRC Open Letter] CAMBODIA: The arrest of a senior politician committed to human rights and another prominent human rights activist on December 31, 2005 for organising human rights day activities on December 10 - 2006-01-03


 
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