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AHRC Statements 2007
 
WORLD/PAKISTAN: Assassination of Benazir Bhutto and emergence of a draconian military power - 2007-12-28

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Replace the Ruling Tyranny of Pakistan with Real Civilian Democracy - 2007-12-24

WORLD/SRI LANKA: Update on Online Petition – send your Christmas greetings by signing the online petition for UN human rights monitoring in Sri Lanka - 2007-12-24

PAKISTAN: AHRC demands international inquiry into the violence against judiciary, lawyers, journalists and others - 2007-12-24

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Please take immediate actions to help tuberculosis patients in Varanasi - Uttar Pradesh - 2007-12-21

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: National Human Rights Commission Downgraded for Failure in Human Rights Responsibilities - 2007-12-20

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: The ALRC expresses support for the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on housing rights during the HRC review - 2007-12-19

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: End persecution of lawyers and judges - 2007-12-19

[AHRC Joint Statement] CAMBODIA: Leading rights groups support UN envoy - 2007-12-18

WORLD/PAKISTAN: Lawyer of the Year needs to be restored to his position as the chief justice - 2007-12-14

SRI LANKA: Petition for a UN monitoring mission in Sri Lanka - 2007-12-14

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] MALAYSIA: Government failing to respect the right to freedom of assembly Amnesty International - 2007-12-13

ASIA/SRI LANKA: UN human rights monitoring urgently needed to resuscitate criminal investigations - 2007-12-12

[ALRC Statement] MYANMAR/BURMA: Investigatory body must be proven to exist - 2007-12-12

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Human rights groups welcome Louise Arbour’s statement on Pakistan - 2007-12-12

[ALRC Statement] BURMA: Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar - 2007-12-12

WORLD/SRI LANKA: An appeal for continuous intervention with the Saudi Arabian authorities on Rizana Nafeek’s case - 2007-12-11

[AHRC Human Rights Day] SRI LANKA: Human Rights Day statement - The phantom limb in human rights protection - 2007-12-10

[AHRC Human Rights Day] ASIA: A year of historic struggles for human rights - 2007-12-10

[AHRC Human Rights Day] PHILIPPINES: Adequate protection and investigation integral to improve human rights - 2007-12-10

[AHRC Human Rights Day] PAKISTAN: the human rights situation in 2007 - 2007-12-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] CHINA: Condemnation against continued violence directed at a Shenzhen labour group: A joint statement from Hong Kong civil society organisations - 2007-12-03

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] PAKISTAN: Rule of Law in general and Mr. Muneer Malik in particular - 2007-11-30

SRI LANKA: Attack on Sunday Leader - Press freedom in a lawless country - 2007-11-27

CAMBODIA: Imprisonment for debt must be stopped - 2007-11-27

ASIA/PAKISTAN: Reinstate the ousted Supreme Court and prevent the plunge into lawlessness - 2007-11-26

CAMBODIA: Arrests that strike fear and destroy public confidence in the Cambodian judiciary - 2007-11-23

THAILAND: Denial of rights to most vulnerable will rebound onto all - 2007-11-23

SRI LANKA: One law for the judge and another for the witness – third anniversary of Gerald Perera's assasination - 2007-11-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Leader Publications printing house set on fire, printing machines destroyed - 2007-11-21

PAKISTAN: Sectarian killings in tribal areas and arrests of journalists aimed at continuing dictatorship - 2007-11-21

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Reflections from Trincomalee town and Mutur - 2007-11-21

WORLD: Arrested Lawyers of Pakistan's democratic movement need international support now - 2007-11-20

SRI LANKA: UN Human Rights Committee publishes its decision in favour of Lieutenant Dingiri Banda's application regarding torture by two Army Captains - 2007-11-20

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: Statement from concerned citizens on the shameful events in Nandigram in the last few days - 2007-11-19

PAKISTAN: Dubai-based TV channels forcibly shut down - 2007-11-18

WORLD: Pakistan's General Musharraf prepares for an ugly election - 2007-11-18

BURMA: State, not citizens, the cause of fear & alarm - 2007-11-16

SRI LANKA: The Case of Angaline Roshana - 2007-11-15

[ALRC Joint Statement] PAKISTAN: Canadian, Dutch and Hong Kong lawyers call for release of Pakistan lawyers and return to rule of law - 2007-11-15

BURMA: A country not in accordance with law--the case of Naw Ohn Hla - 2007-11-14

SRI LANKA: The Case of Palitha Tissa Kumara - 2007-11-13

INDIA: The state government of West Bengal is promoting organised crime - 2007-11-13

[AHRC Joint Statement] WORLD: Activists call for the restoration of democracy and respect for human rights in Pakistan - 2007-11-12

[AHRC Paper] ASIA: Using the law for social change - 2007-11-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: MAST FM103 Shutdown by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority - 2007-11-12

PAKISTAN: EMERGENCY - Election announcement nothing more than a vague diversionary tactic - 2007-11-12

PAKISTAN: EMERGENCY - Purpose of courts is to scrutinise other parts of government, not serve as rubber stamps for petty dictators - 2007-11-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: The International Bar Association calls upon the world’s bars and law societies to support lawyers and judges in Pakistan - 2007-11-09

SRI LANKA: The case of Lalith Rajapakse - 2007-11-09

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Arrest of media personalities - 2007-11-08

SRI LANKA: The case of Anthony Fernando - 2007-11-07

PAKISTAN: EMERGENCY - "Arrest" without criminal procedure and functioning courts is abduction - 2007-11-07

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: High Commissioner alarmed about Pakistan state of emergency - 2007-11-06

[ALRC Statement] INDONESIA: Reconciling a double standard: Invite the Rapporteur while encouraging torture - 2007-11-06

PAKISTAN: Appeal to the international community to take a firm stand for democracy and human rights - 2007-11-05

INDONESIA: Constitutional Court failed to make history in Indonesian human rights - 2007-11-02

[AHRC Paper] ASIA: The future opportunities for the eradication of torture and proliferation of universal human rights within the current global discourse - 2007-11-01

PAKISTAN: Appeal to international community, UNO and human rights organizations to stop military for taking non-constitutional actions - 2007-11-01

SRI LANKA: The case of Amitha Priyanthi - 2007-10-31

PAKISTAN: The government's lukewarm response to the plight of the victims of October 18 bomb blasts - many remain in agony and others are permanently disabled - 2007-10-31

PAKISTAN: Ms. Benazir Bhutto should desist from demonstrating fire arms at her meetings - 2007-10-29

SRI LANKA: Lawlessness within the policing system is alarming - 2007-10-27

PAKISTAN: Call for removal of DIG Manzoor Mughal from the investigation into the murder case of Faraz Ahmed Naveed - 2007-10-26

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] KOREA: The 11th Tji Hak-soon Justice & Peace Award - 2007-10-26

INDIA: Can courts and media be substitutes for governance? - 2007-10-26

CAMBODIA: Judicial independence still elusive 16 years after the peace accords - 2007-10-23

PAKISTAN: No action taken against police officers who tortured 8 persons in custody for several days - 2007-10-23

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SINGAPORE: Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession in Singapore - 2007-10-22

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] BURMA: LRWC calls upon the United Nations to send a mission to Burma to investigate murders, disappearances and detentions - 2007-10-22

PAKISTAN: Inquiry commission should be formed by Supreme Court to probe bomb blasts at Bhutto’s welcoming procession - 2007-10-21

SRI LANKA: Disappearances day, October 27 – denial of local or international investigations - 2007-10-20

SRI LANKA: Defenders of killings after arrest - 2007-10-18

CAMBODIA: The State must protect victims of crime - 2007-10-17

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Press statement by High Commissioner for Human Rights on Conclusion of her visit to Sri Lanka - 2007-10-16

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Human Rights Commission stalls inquiry into disappeared SEP member - 2007-10-16

ASIA: Orwell, Rajiva Wijesinha and the discussion on human rights monitoring in Sri Lanka - 2007-10-15

SRI LANKA: Louise Arbour’s visit is a test for political leadership of the country - 2007-10-12

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Can human rights be given up to promote trade? - 2007-10-12

PAKISTAN: Leading lawyers and Judges are continuously victimized by the Sindh government - 2007-10-12

[AHRC Open Letter] MYANMAR/BURMA: 19 members of a single human rights group detained, imprisoned or missing - 2007-10-11

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] BURMA: Stop the repression of peaceful dissent in Burma - 2007-10-04

SRI LANKA: Policing and pimping - 2007-10-04

[ALRC Statement] BURMA: U.N. Human Rights Council’s credibility is at stake in Burma - 2007-10-03

BURMA: Torture and inhuman treatment of detained protestors - 2007-10-02

INDONESIA: Delegation to Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission urges an end to impunity for the massacres of the past - 2007-10-01

BURMA: "Detained" must be treated as disappeared until located, identified - 2007-09-29

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA/MYANMAR: Singaporean citizens also at risk from indiscriminate shooting and killing by Myanmar security forces - 2007-09-28

ASIA: Burma's people determined confront the dictators; set an example for their neighbours - 2007-09-28

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] ASIA: Open Letter to the heads of Governments of ASEAN, China and India - 2007-09-28

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] ASIA: Response from the Christian Clergy in Sri Lanka to the Events in Myanmar - 2007-09-28

PHILIPPINES: Passing law against torture, disappearance an absolute necessity in addition to temporary court relief - 2007-09-28

[ALRC Joint Statement] PHILIPPINES: Extrajudicial killings - 2007-09-27

SRI LANKA: Will Sri Lankan Buddhist monks intervene to prevent a massacre of their Burmese counterparts? - 2007-09-27

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA: Appeal to the Reverend Sangha in Thailand on behalf of the Reverend Sangha in Burma (Myanmar) - 2007-09-26

[AHRC Open Letter] MYANMAR/BURMA: Myanmar's neighbours would benefit from its political transformation - 2007-09-26

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Indian judiciary's contempt for accountability and scrutiny is a shame - 2007-09-25

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Human rights situation requires Human Rights Council’s attention - 2007-09-25

WORLD: URGENT WARNING-- Bloodshed imminent in Burma - 2007-09-25

CAMBODIA: Constitution Day should remind the government of its obligations - 2007-09-24

[AHRC Open Letter] MYANMAR/BURMA: The moment for decisive action has arrived - 2007-09-24

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Children in armed conflict - 2007-09-24

BURMA: Protests fast accelerating towards uprising - 2007-09-23

[AHRC Open Letter] WORLD: Unreasonable delays in administration of justice corrupt due process and subvert people’s faith in the justice system - 2007-09-22

SRI LANKA: Will the Human Rights Council pull Sri Lanka out of its state of lawlessness? - 2007-09-20

INDONESIA: Penal Code Bill once again delayed; justice delayed - 2007-09-20

THAILAND: Martial law is the opposite of rule of law - 2007-09-19

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: The IIGEP reiterates concerns over the work of the Commission of Inquiry - 2007-09-19

BURMA: The alms bowl and the duty to defy - 2007-09-19

[ALRC Joint Statement] SRI LANKA: Killing and Enforced Disappearances of Religious Leaders and Attacks on Places of Religious Worship in Sri Lanka - 2007-09-14

PAKISTAN: Former prime minister is abducted and remains incommunicado in Saudi Arabia - 2007-09-14

INDIA: Violence suffices justice in India - 2007-09-14

[ALRC Joint Statement] ASIA: UN Human Rights Council statement in response to the High Commissioner for Human Rights - 2007-09-14

THAILAND: Courts still reaching good verdicts under 1997 Constitution; prosecutor still pursuing innocent victims - 2007-09-13

PAKISTAN: AHRC gravely concerned about the safety of lawyers and journalists - 2007-09-12

PAKISTAN: the AHRC calls for an immediate inquiry into the ruling party attacks on judiciary and lawyers - 2007-09-11

ASIA: Rule of Law and Elimination of Corruption - 2007-09-10

BURMA: Courts shut down because of protests - 2007-09-10

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Child soldiers being used as expendable pawns in armed conflicts - 2007-09-07

WORLD: Reflections on pictures – 1. India - 2007-09-07

PHILIPPINES: Poor record keeping by Police subverts court cases - 2007-09-07

INDONESIA: Munir, three years on and no justice: Indonesian justice system stands indicted - 2007-09-07

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Solidarity Message for Munir - 2007-09-07

SRI LANKA: The obligations of the one-man commission to reveal information regarding alleged returnees who were reported to have disappeared - 2007-09-06

[ALRC Statement] BANGLADESH: Bangladesh's State of Emergency is unjustifiable and ensuring abuses of human rights - 2007-09-06

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SINGAPORE: Chee Soon Juan's appeal in OA case to be heard tomorrow - 2007-09-06

[ALRC Statement] BURMA: International community is failing the people of Myanmar again - 2007-09-05

PAKISTAN: AHRC demands judicial inquiry into collapse of a bridge constructed by an organization of army which took the lives of more than 10 persons - 2007-09-05

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Council urged to act as thousands remain forcibly disappeared - 2007-09-04

SRI LANKA: Government treats disappearances as 'normal occurrences' - 2007-09-04

[ALRC Joint Statement] SRI LANKA: Killing and Enforced Disappearances of Religious Leaders and Attacks on Places of Religious Worship in Sri Lanka - 2007-09-04

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Release report on the murder of Jose Manegdeg III to his family - 2007-09-04

CAMBODIA: Immunity from prosecution for former King Sihanouk is illegitimate, unconstitutional and indefensible - 2007-09-03

PHILIPPINES: Police and prosecutor's failure emboldens killings of alleged criminals - 2007-09-03

SRI LANKA: The existing model of bribery commission needs to abandoned in favour of a better institution for the elimination of corruption - 2007-09-03

[ALRC Statement] SRI LANKA: Human Rights Council must act on killings and forced disappearances in Sri Lanka - 2007-09-03

[AHRC Forwarded Report] SRI LANKA: Life of journalist Iqbal Athas in danger after his revelations about purchase of Ukrainian Migs - 2007-08-30

THAILAND: Call to revoke decrees against rights of migrant workers - 2007-08-30

PAKISTAN: Military regime of General Musharraf unleashed a phenomenon of disappearances - 2007-08-30

SRI LANKA: Report reveals high levels of killings and forced disappearances - 2007-08-30

INDONESIA: What kind of conscience would Indonesia like to have? - 2007-08-29

INDIA: Media restrictions in Manipur are a step backward in resolving the armed conflict - 2007-08-29

BURMA: What will it take for the UN to act? - 2007-08-29

WORLD: Statement of a group of human rights activists and the AHRC on the International Day of the Disappeared - the need for urgent and serious action to prevent forced disappearances - 2007-08-29

BANGLADESH: Contradictory figures of accused persons offered by Foreign Adviser and DMP Chief - 2007-08-28

BURMA: "Arrest" in Rangoon epitomises lawlessness of a country - 2007-08-27

CAMBODIA: Suspicious custodial death underlines need for protection of suspects’ rights - 2007-08-27

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the attack on the house of a senior journalist and physical abuse of family members - 2007-08-24

[AHRC Open Letter] MYANMAR/BURMA: People of Myanmar deserve far more from UN than trivial and belated comments - 2007-08-24

SRI LANKA: Who bullies who? - 2007-08-24

BANGLADESH: The state of emergency must be withdrawn to avert further bloodshed - 2007-08-23

BURMA: Dramatic price rises, protests and arrests oblige international response - 2007-08-22

THAILAND: A long road back to human rights and the rule of law - 2007-08-20

THAILAND: Soldiers who assault must be prosecuted, not excused - 2007-08-16

ASIA: Policing with unskilled labour causes the collapse of rule of law - 2007-08-16

INDONESIA: Impunity rules as country marks 62nd Independence Day - 2007-08-16

BURMA: Public assaults and deaths in custody; no one to investigate - 2007-08-15

SRI LANKA: Dangers to life posed by the collapse of the rule of law - 2007-08-15

SRI LANKA: Who are ‘humans’? - 2007-08-14

PAKISTAN: Independence is betrayed in the name of militarism, pseudo nationalism and fundamentalism - 2007-08-14

INDIA: Sixty years of transformation from a colony into a dysfunctional state - 2007-08-14

SRI LANKA: In memory of Mr. K. C. Kamalasabeyson, PC the former Attorney General - 2007-08-13

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA/ MYANMAR: Trial of six workers' rights advocates an important challenge for ILO - 2007-08-09

INDIA: By the year 2020 there will be no indigenous population in India - 2007-08-09

PAKISTAN: Threat to impose an emergency should be resisted by the international community - 2007-08-09

INDIA: Developed country by 2020 where one can still sell his daughter - 2007-08-08

WORLD: Update - Dispute regarding CCS Elsuma (Pvt) Sri Lanka – legality and morality of a European company acting in third world - 2007-08-07

WORLD: Fear of a further contempt of court action in Sri Lanka - this time against a film producer - 2007-08-07

SRI LANKA: Medical council erases the name of a doctor for three years for failure to properly carry out his duties in examining a torture victim - 2007-08-06

INDIA: Forcing women to wear a chastity belt is a common practice in Rajasthan - 2007-08-03

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Proposal for EU observer mission is ill considered - 2007-08-02

[AHRC Open Letter] BURMA/MYANMAR: Concerted attacks on human rights defenders demand stronger and better-informed international response - 2007-08-01

WORLD: Foreign company based in Sri Lanka disregards worker's conditions and threatens their representatives and human rights defenders - 2007-08-01

BANGLADESH: IGP's acknowledgement of political interference and poor image an opportunity for widespread discussion on police - 2007-08-01

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Ensuring legal representation for migrant workers in terms of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations acceded to Sri Lanka in 2006 - 2007-07-26

INDIA: Reform criminal justice systems to end apartheid in India - 2007-07-25

[AHRC Forwarded Open Letter] NEPAL: British Government is officially hosting the Chief of the Army Staff of the Nepal Army - 2007-07-25

THAILAND: Unintelligible computer "law" passed under junta's watch - 2007-07-25

INDIA: Promises must be reflected in action in Uttar Pradesh - 2007-07-24

SRI LANKA: Seven years imprisonment for Inspector of Police and a constable for inflicting torture on a woman - 2007-07-24

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: the Supreme Court Judgment reversing the suspension of the Chief Justice, Mr. Iftehkar Chaudry - 2007-07-24

INDIA: Ten million skilled workers facing extinction in India - 2007-07-23

BURMA: Government by thuggery - 2007-07-23

[AHRC Open Letter] WORLD: An Open Letter to His Excellency the President of Sri Lankan on matters relating to the case of Rizana Nafeek and an appreciation of the role of the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 2007-07-23

WORLD: AHRC requests the assistance of Muslim scholars on the following questions - 2007-07-20

THAILAND: Criminal acts oblige criminal inquiries - 2007-07-20

PAKISTAN: Historic verdict reinstates chief justice, challenges dictatorship - 2007-07-20

SRI LANKA: AHRC condemns HRCSL's setting of a three month deadline for filing of complaints - 2007-07-19

INDIA: Women sold in Rajasthan in open markets - 2007-07-18

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the attack at the venue of the meeting at which the Chief Justice was to speak and calls for an inquiry into the incident - 2007-07-18

INDIA: What moves governments in India - 2007-07-16

WORLD: Rizana Nafeek’s appeal – lawyers file initial papers – a call for further appeals to the family and King and financial support for legal costs - 2007-07-16

WORLD: The AHRC protests against inaccurate reporting on Rizana Nafeek's case by the Daily News, Sri Lanka - 2007-07-12

WORLD: A teenager facing beheading in Saudi Arabia will be a test for Shariah law - 2007-07-12

INDONESIA: A critical review of the new witness protection law - 2007-07-11

THAILAND: Police reforms without public participation or constitutional law are meaningless - 2007-07-10

SAUDI ARABIA / SRI LANKA: UPDATE: Death sentence case in Saudi – a protest against unfair reporting by the Island Newspaper - 2007-07-10

WORLD: An appeal to Muslim scholars throughout the world - 2007-07-09

WORLD: An appeal to Muslim scholars throughout the world - 2007-07-06

SRI LANKA: The Sri Lankan teenager facing execution in Saudi Arabia: a tragedy misunderstood as a crime - 2007-07-06

THAILAND: A referendum comes; a coup is completed - 2007-07-06

INDIA: Police Complaints Authority in Kerala is a good move, but that alone is not enough - 2007-07-05

CAMBODIA: Monastic code and due process violated in defrocking and deportation of a Buddhist monk - 2007-07-05

PAKISTAN: 38 million people are denied their right to vote - 2007-07-05

SRI LANKA: Failure to investigate and prosecute - 2007-07-05

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking legal assistance for the young Sri Lankan woman facing the death sentence by beheading in Saudi Arabia - 2007-07-03

INDIA: Sympathy is not enough for victims of violence - 2007-06-29

HONG KONG: Announcement of a forthcoming conference on the Charter on the rule of law: The elimination of court delays to enable effective prevention of gross human rights abuses such as torture - 2007-06-29

NEPAL: Government's flawed disappearance probe commission an attempt at extending impunity - 2007-06-29

PAKISTAN: Police removes victim of gang rape from safe house - 2007-06-28

SRI LANKA: Put your money where your mouth is, Mr. Rajapakse - 2007-06-28

SRI LANKA: AG's reply to IIGEP; Kafkan metamorphosis of the Attorney General's role – Part Two - 2007-06-28

PHILIPPINES: Bombings a result of inept police work, insecurity - 2007-06-27

SRI LANKA: AG's reply to IIGEP; Kafkan metamorphosis of the Attorney General's role - 2007-06-27

PAKISTAN: Lawyers have ceremonial burial of ‘doctrine of necessity’ - 2007-06-27

THAILAND: Recording reveals extent to which judiciary compromised; demands public response - 2007-06-26

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Are you confident enough that Indonesian government understands the meaning of torture? - 2007-06-26

CAMBODIA: More effective measures are required to end torture - 2007-06-25

BANGLADESH: State urged to make torture a punishable crime in compliance with the UN Convention against Torture - 2007-06-25

PAKISTAN: Even the Chief Justice of Pakistan is not spared from torture - 2007-06-25

INDIA: Widespread use of custodial torture is a ticking time bomb - 2007-06-25

SRI LANKA: The Sunday Times publishes a false story about the CJ attending a meeting in Hong Kong - 2007-06-25

ASIA: To eliminate torture police reform must be given a central place in the human rights concerns of Asia - 2007-06-25

INDONESIA: Are Indonesia's policemen the criminals in uniform? - 2007-06-24

PHILIPPINES: Lack of law against torture and court delays deny redress for torture victims - 2007-06-24

THAILAND: Licence to torture must be revoked - 2007-06-24

SRI LANKA: The situation of torture worsens in 2007 - 2007-06-24

[ALRC Joint Statement] WORLD: UN Human Rights Council adopts institution-building text - 2007-06-22

SRI LANKA: Web references on Sri Lanka’s rotten criminal justice system and the need for reforms - 2007-06-22

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PAKISTAN: Invigorating courts - 2007-06-22

HONG KONG: Chief Justice Sarath Silva will not participate at the City University of Hong Kong Basic Law conference - 2007-06-21

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: The National Human Rights Commission of India is confused about its mandate - 2007-06-20

INDONESIA: How the Culture of Impunity Breeds Violence - 2007-06-20

PAKISTAN: One journalist killed and another missing after arrest - 2007-06-20

THAILAND: Investigators cannot be allowed to override prosecutors - 2007-06-19

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] MALAYSIA: Altantuya’s murder trial: judicial independence of Malaysia on trial - 2007-06-18

[ALRC Open Letter] ASIA: When is an enforced disappearance "clarified"? - 2007-06-18

[AHRC Open Letter] HONG KONG: Concerns regarding the participation of Chief Justice Sarath Silva of Sri Lanka in a conference entitled "Hong Kong Basic Law: The First Ten Years and its Future" - 2007-06-18

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Human Rights Crisis Deepens the Conflict - 2007-06-16

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Second Public Statement - 2007-06-15

INDONESIA: It is not a refusal but a betrayal - 2007-06-15

PAKISTAN: BBC correspondent attempting to investigate plight of seven women denied entry to army controlled district in Balochistan province - 2007-06-15

BURMA: Worrying resurgence of government-backed goon squads - 2007-06-15

SRI LANKA: The Attorney General being part of the Presidential entourage needs to be questioned by legislators - 2007-06-14

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Conduct of the Registrar of your High Court - 2007-06-14

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns arrests of campaigners in support of the Chief Justice in Punjab - 2007-06-14

[ALRC Joint Statement] CAMBODIA: Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Representative for human rights in Cambodia - 2007-06-14

SRI LANKA: A much compromised Attorney General's Department contributes to undermining of rule of law and democracy - 2007-06-13

[ALRC Statement] SRI LANKA: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers - 2007-06-12

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDIA: A Motion moved in the House of Commons, United Kingdom, on 7 June 2007 regarding the arrest and detention of Dr. Binayak Sen in Chhattisgarh - 2007-06-12

SRI LANKA: Presidential inaction against gross abuse of human rights contributes to continuation of violations - 2007-06-11

CAMBODIA: Donors must prioritise the rule of law and judicial independence in their aid package - 2007-06-11

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: The first statement of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons and responses from the President's Commission of Inquiry and the Attorney General's Department - 2007-06-11

SRI LANKA: AHRC calls for high level inquiry into forcible removal of several hundred Tamils from Colombo and further action for their protection - 2007-06-08

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: UN Experts condemn murder of two workers of Sri Lankan Red Cross - 2007-06-08

[AHRC Open Letter] ASIA: UN human rights officers must have enough skilled people to intervene on individual cases - 2007-06-08

PAKISTAN: Prime Minister suspends PEMRA ordinance but the battle for media freedom is not yet won - 2007-06-08

INDIA: A comparison between India and three African states - 2007-06-07

SRI LANKA: Abductions depict the insanity generated by absence of rule of law - 2007-06-05

PAKISTAN: Ordinance gagging media is unconstitutional and against all international norms and standards - 2007-06-05

SRI LANKA: Killing of two Red Cross volunteers after abductions from capital’s Central Railway Station - 2007-06-05

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Democratic activists from Cambodia and Pakistan write to the leader of the JHU on the issue of dictatorship - 2007-05-31

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: The affidavit of the suspended Chief Justice, Iftikhar M. Chaudhry - 2007-05-31

THAILAND: The judiciary is the real loser - 2007-05-31

[ALRC Statement] INDIA: Widespread corruption in the Public Food Distribution System causing starvation deaths - 2007-05-31

[ALRC Statement] SRI LANKA: Serious Concerns Affecting Sri Lanka's Judiciary - 2007-05-31

[ALRC Statement] CAMBODIA: The absence of the rule of law aggravating the human rights situation in the country - 2007-05-31

[ALRC Statement] PAKISTAN: Judicial subservience must be ended without further bloodshed - 2007-05-31

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the death threats to Karachi journalists and calls for inquiries - 2007-05-30

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: An Open Letter to the JSC regarding the Gampaha Magistrate’s order of justifiable homicide regarding the killing of two suspects in the Delgoda family massacre case - 2007-05-29

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary - 2007-05-29

CAMBODIA: Code of ethics for judges will not be effective without compliance mechanisms - 2007-05-28

SRI LANKA: Strengthening of the policing institution and not acting by “hook or by crook’ is the solution to lawlessness - 2007-05-28

INDIA: What is the difference between Chhattisgarh and Kerala? - 2007-05-26

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: The AHRC Open Letter to the Honourable Speaker and the Members of Parliament calling for a parliamentary debate on rule of law issues - 2007-05-25

INDONESIA: It is not "MALTREATMENT UNTIL DEATH" but "TORTURED TO DEATH" - 2007-05-23

[AHRC Paper] ASIA: Courts cannot allow bullshitting with justice - 2007-05-23

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: Resolution of the Sindh Bar Council condemning the brutality committed in the city of Karachi - 2007-05-23

INDONESIA: A wish list for the new Attorney General - 2007-05-22

SRI LANKA: An epidemic of lawlessness - 2007-05-22

PAKISTAN: Government must not allow violence to disrupt the address of the suspended Chief Justice to the Supreme Court Bar Association - 2007-05-22

INDONESIA: Victory in Munir's civil suit tempered by lack of further investigation - 2007-05-17

PHILIPPINES: Election violence and corruption expose the rotten state of the justice system - 2007-05-16

PAKISTAN: The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns violence unleashed by the military regime leading to killing of 30 persons in Pakistan - 2007-05-13

PAKISTAN: The military's violent suppression of the protest against interference of the judiciary needs to be vigorously resisted - 2007-05-10

PHILIPPINES: Allegation of use of torture inside police headquarters must be investigated - 2007-05-10

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: An Open letter to the Chairman of the HRCSL on the quantum of compensation in torture cases - 2007-05-10

CAMBODIA: New code must protect rights of suspects in police custody to prevent torture and secure fair trials - 2007-05-10

SRI LANKA: Lawlessness spills into mob killing of suspected thief - 2007-05-09

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Failure to perform state duties to investigate allegations of abductions and disappearances through the machinery of the investigating branch of the police; neglect of complaints made to state authorities - 2007-05-08

PAKISTAN: International community must intervene to ensure that the military regime is not allowed to impose emergency or martial law to subvert justice - 2007-05-08

PHILIPPINES: Should the police be given powers to prosecute cases? - 2007-05-04

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Role of UN is to uphold international, not domestic, law - 2007-05-03

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] PAKISTAN: LRWC repeats call for the reinstatement of Chief Justice Chaudhry - 2007-05-03

CAMBODIA: Dysfunctional criminal justice system has led to unfair trials and impunity for the mastermind behind Chea Vichea's murder - 2007-05-03

PAKISTAN: Failure to protect Chief Justice Chaudhry would be a blatant act of negligence on the part of the government - 2007-05-02

PHILIPPINES: Escalating poll violence symptoms of a corrupted, rotten system - 2007-05-02

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the arrest, detention and physical violence used against lawyers supporting Chief Justice Iftehkar Chaudry - 2007-04-30

INDIA: Bar Councils, lawyers and India’s destiny - 2007-04-27

SRI LANKA: Giving police powers to the military will pave the way to torture chambers in military camps - 2007-04-26

PAKISTAN: Detention of Chief Justice shows utter disrespect for independence of judiciary - 2007-04-26

PAKISTAN: Attack on independence of judiciary is now extended to freedom of expression and information - 2007-04-25

THAILAND: System still shields police killers and torturers - 2007-04-20

SRI LANKA: Getting the CID to investigate crimes and not expelling diplomats is the only credible answer to allegations of gross abuse of rights - 2007-04-19

PAKISTAN: Lawyers warn of possible imposition of martial law - call for support in their struggle for democracy and independence of the judiciary - 2007-04-17

CAMBODIA: Rule of law is more effective in eradicating land grabbing - 2007-04-16

SRI LANKA: Disappearance of persons and disappearance of the criminal investigation system - A response to Ambassador Richard Boucher’s comments - 2007-04-16

[AHRC Forwarded Article] PHILIPPINES: Int'l tribunal verdict – political killings stem from opposition to Arroyo's economic policies - 2007-04-12

THAILAND: Murder is not self defence - 2007-04-11

PAKISTAN: Government allows anarchy and chaos created by fundamentalists to continue in order to divert attention from judicial crisis - 2007-04-11

INDIA: Police criminal nexus and absence of a legal framework perpetuates crime - 2007-04-11

SRI LANKA: Government opposes call to play by the rules - 2007-04-10

THAILAND: Upon what does justice depend? - 2007-04-10

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: INVITATION to participate as Observers / Enthusiasts / Activists / Human Rights Defenders - 2007-04-07

INDIA: Is the election in Uttar Pradesh a contest between criminals? - 2007-04-06

NEPAL: Eradicating police extortion should be part of a comprehensive plan of action for ending impunity - 2007-04-03

SRI LANKA: The only rational alternative to continuous carnage of civilians is international monitoring of human rights as demonstrated in Cambodia, East Timor and Nepal - 2007-04-03

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: some serious concerns regarding media standards - 2007-04-03

SRI LANKA: The strike of two sparrow-like aircraft exposes the critical flaws of the political and rule of law systems - 2007-04-02

NEPAL: Gaur incident points to the need for a comprehensive action plan to end impunity - 2007-04-02

PAKISTAN: Victim of the severing of his sexual organ continues to suffer from bleeding and receives no state assistance - 2007-04-02

NEPAL: The need for a comprehensive action plan to end impunity - 2007-03-31

INDONESIA: People of Indonesia deserve nothing less than a transparent, effective and an easily accessible mechanism to address past and future enforced disappearances - 2007-03-30

CAMBODIA: The Cambodian government must not punish the Open Society Justice Initiative for allegations of corruption at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal - 2007-03-30

[ALRC Statement] ASIA: Support for Special Procedure on Torture in Asia - 2007-03-29

[ALRC Joint Statement] ASIA: Extra-judicial killings in Asia - 2007-03-29

[ALRC Joint Statement] ASIA: The shared responsibility of all member-states of the UN to act urgently on Darfur: case of Asian States - 2007-03-29

PHILIPPINES: Foreign interference--why not for a U.N. Human Rights Council member? - 2007-03-28

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] SRI LANKA: Army said to be holding Tamil journalist who went missing five weeks ago - 2007-03-27

THAILAND: Ninety-one judges & 14 years not to complete a trial - 2007-03-26

[ALRC Joint Statement] ASIA: Enforced disappearances in Asia - 2007-03-23

PAKISTAN: Restore the judiciary and end militaristic tyranny in Pakistan - 2007-03-23

CAMBODIA: The Bar Association's charge of exorbitant fees to foreign lawyers is immoral and is obstructing the Khmer Rouge trial - 2007-03-23

PHILIPPINES: Exoneration of Palparan and his troops exposes impossibility of seeking justice in dysfunctional system of justice - 2007-03-23

PHILIPPINES: Economic gains do not justify strength of democracy - 2007-03-22

BANGLADESH: National Human Rights Commission must not be a toothless tiger - 2007-03-22

CAMBODIA: Investigation of 1997 grenade attack on peaceful demonstrators and other criminal cases must be conducted and the report made public - 2007-03-21

INDIA: Nandigram might equate India with other dictatorships in Asia - 2007-03-21

SRI LANKA: Abuse of the powers of the AG's Department and Criminal Investigation Bureau can turn Sri Lanka into a situation like that of the Gulag Archipelago - 2007-03-20

PAKISTAN: As outrageous violations take place, to keep silent on the issue of the rule of law is nothing less than betrayal - 2007-03-19

THAILAND: The real thinking behind the coup--"What do the people know?" - 2007-03-18

[AHRC Open Letter] PAKISTAN: Torture victim is threatened by a federal minister - 2007-03-16

THAILAND: The struggle for rationality over barbarity - 2007-03-16

PAKISTAN: Reinstatement of the Chief Justice is the only credible solution to the present judicial crisis - 2007-03-16

INDIA: Bastar and Nandigram, where next? - 2007-03-16

THAILAND: Brutal killings must be met with due diligence, not further violence - 2007-03-15

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] INDONESIA: Black Thursday Silent Action: Solidarity for Victims of Human Rights Abuse - 2007-03-15

INDIA: Nandigram, the latest outcome of a failing justice system - 2007-03-15

BANGLADESH: One year later and still no justice for a tortured woman who continuously receives death threats - 2007-03-14

[AHRC Forwarded Statement] WORLD: Join petition to support the UN special procedures - 2007-03-14

CAMBODIA: The Cambodian government should start honouring its obligations after its ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture - 2007-03-14

PAKISTAN: Military regime at war with lawyers protesting attack on the Chief Justice - 2007-03-14

[AHRC Open Letter] INDONESIA: Talangsari: Effective intervention by Komnas HAM to obtain justice to the victims - 2007-03-13

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Request to permit construction of marker in recognition of Somchai Neelaphajit and other disappeared - 2007-03-12

PAKISTAN: Removal of the Chief Justice manifests the loss of judicial independence due to absolute executive control by the military regime - 2007-03-12

SRI LANKA: International criticism of failed criminal investigations and absence of witness protection highlights urgent need for a detailed rescue plan - 2007-03-12

THAILAND: Acting police chief must retract unwarranted verbal attack on human rights defender Angkhana Neelaphaijit - 2007-03-12

SRI LANKA: National Police Commission should request from the IGP an action plan to deal with lawless elements within the policing system - 2007-03-09

SRI LANKA: Admission of the involvement of law enforcement officers in abduction and killing of civilians is a bold move, but what really matters is how is it going to be dealt with? - 2007-03-07

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Denial of reality won't restore human rights - 2007-03-07

PHILIPPINES: Enactment of terror law emboldens commission of violations - 2007-03-07

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Special committee can begin prosecutions with 6 army officers - 2007-03-05

SRI LANKA: Expressions of peoples' anger against corruption censored through propaganda on anti-terrorism - 2007-03-02

THAILAND: For lack of a solution, no solution is also a solution - 2007-03-02

PAKISTAN: Women fighting for their rights and groups fighting for electoral reforms express frustration over government's failure to implement laws - 2007-03-02

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Intervention sought to secure release of human rights defender held on fabricated charges - 2007-03-01

[AHRC Reply] SRI LANKA: Clarifying a misunderstanding - 2007-03-01

PAKISTAN: The government's policy of appeasing fundamentalists is responsible for the murder of a female minister - 2007-02-28

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Why do they threaten us ? – 'Maubima' Editors - 2007-02-28

SRI LANKA: A serious attempt to control and suppress civil society organisations needs a response if further repression is to be halted - 2007-02-26

INDIA: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vyshya, Soodra and Dalits no more exist in India - 2007-02-25

PAKISTAN: The severance of the sexual organ of an arrestee indicates the collapse of police discipline and calls for high level police and government inquiries - 2007-02-23

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: Harvesting the body parts of the poor is sinful exploitation - 2007-02-22

[Forwarded Letter by the AHRC] SINGAPORE: SDP writes to International Bar Association about its conference in Singapore - 2007-02-22

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] PHILIPPINES: Press statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions - 2007-02-22

SRI LANKA: The government must explain the execution of three whose death sentences were said to have been reconsidered and the execution of another who was sentenced only to imprisonment in Saudi Arabia - 2007-02-20

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Tamil newspapers correspondent goes missing in the North - 2007-02-19

[Forwarded Report by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: CPA on Commission of Inquiry and IIGEP - 2007-02-17

SRI LANKA: Failure to provide adequate remedy even for crimes such as murder and rape - 2007-02-15

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] CAMBODIA: AHRC Fernando: "rule of law in Cambodia is being deliberately hindered by the elite who are benefiting financially from their draconian grip on power" - 2007-02-12

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] BANGLADESH: 29 persons killed by law enforcement agencies, 52027 arrested and slum eviction drives cause human rights violation during the first 30 days of emergency - 2007-02-12

SRI LANKA: Death threats and trivialisation of life in Sri Lanka - 2007-02-12

BURMA: Unintelligent talk about judicial corruption - 2007-02-10

SRI LANKA: Abductions, disappearances, death threats, confessions and increase of tension - 2007-02-08

SRI LANKA: Abductions and disappearances spread into trade union sector - 2007-02-07

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: SAR appeals to SL President to locate disappeared Vice-chancellor Raveendranath - 2007-02-07

INDIA: To cut court delays judges must change attitudes - 2007-02-07

[Forwarded Report by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Calls for witness protection - 2007-02-06

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] INDONESIA: 19 Indonesian Migrant Workers facing death penalty abroad - 2007-02-06

SRI LANKA: The fifty-ninth anniversary of Sri Lanka's Independence Day - caste factor destroys Sri Lankan dream of democracy based on universal franchise - 2007-02-05

[Forwarded Report by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Annual Report 2007 – Reporters without Borders - 2007-02-05

INDIA: The fake encounter killing of Abdul Rehman; encounter killings threaten the security of all Indians - 2007-02-02

PHILIPPINES: Publish report, protect witnesses & prosecute Palparan - 2007-02-02

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] INDONESIA: On resolution of Indonesia’s human rights abuses - 2007-02-02

THAILAND: Emergency decree legalises torture chambers - 2007-02-02

SRI LANKA: A disappearance every five hours is a result of deliberate removal of all legal safeguards against illegal detention, murder and illegal disposal of bodies - 2007-02-02

INDONESIA: Refusal to amend the law on torture lends support to its widespread use by the State officers - 2007-02-01

[AHRC Open Letter] THAILAND: Key issue for police reform is command responsibility - 2007-02-01

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] INDONESIA: Request for compensation for Tanjung Priok victims - 2007-02-01

BANGLADESH: A nation living in fear & hope - 2007-01-26

THAILAND: Bombing investigations reveal threats to rule of law - 2007-01-26

INDIA: Without drastic justice reforms the republic is meaningless - 2007-01-25

CAMBODIA: Malicious criminal lawsuits must be stopped - 2007-01-24

[AHRC Open Letter] INDIA: Re: Failure to provide adequate remedy under Article 2 of the ICCPR and under the law in India for a human rights defender who has complained of an attempted assassination on his life and further blackmail by the police - 2007-01-24

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: Retract statement justifying killing & order impartial investigation - 2007-01-23

THAILAND: Is it possible to restore public faith in the DSI? - 2007-01-23

BANGLADESH: Formal separation of judiciary must now be made reality - 2007-01-22

PAKISTAN: Courts have failed on disappearances - 2007-01-22

[AHRC Open Letter] PHILIPPINES: The national information agency is not a mouthpiece for police propaganda - 2007-01-19

PHILIPPINES: Police cannot exonerate themselves of wrongdoing by accusing others - 2007-01-16

PHILIPPINES: Police and military's union to investigate killing a 'systematic cover-up' - 2007-01-13

SRI LANKA: Presidential Commission on Disappearances requests President Rajapakse to take action on the abduction of Nishantha Chandrasiri - 2007-01-13

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] INDIA: Deaths in West Bengal during protest against new industrial project - 2007-01-12

THAILAND: Martial law rules in constitution's stead - 2007-01-12

BANGLADESH: A nation held captive to political power games - 2007-01-12

PHILIPPINES: Police exploit filing of libel and other charges to further intimidate workers on strike - 2007-01-11

CAMBODIA: Government silencing critics ahead of elections - 2007-01-11

PAKISTAN: Higher Judiciary is providing impunity to perpetrators in cases of disappeared persons - 2007-01-10

SRI LANKA: Sunday Leader journalist replies to AHRC complaints - 2007-01-09

BANGLADESH: Greedy politicians make nation's life stagnant, unsafe and uncertain to win power - 2007-01-09

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: The rights of the people to be accurately informed - 2007-01-08

[Forwarded Statement by the AHRC] SRI LANKA: Resist violence - make 2007 a year of peace - the Rt Revd Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of Colombo - 2007-01-08

SRI LANKA: Civilians killed by aerial bombing at Padahu Thurai near ILLUPAIKADAVAI - 2007-01-05

[AHRC Paper] ASIA: The law and Christian morality - the law and basic human rights - 2007-01-05

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the rearrest and disappearance of Baloch leader - 2007-01-05

SRI LANKA: Use of anti terrorism laws to suppress media and human rights organisations - the Sunday Leader episode and CBK's UNESCO issue - 2007-01-02

[AHRC Open Letter] SRI LANKA: Need to prosecute political leaders for acts of gross hr abuse – a reply to Ms. Dilrukshi Handunnetti - 2007-01-01


 
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