Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha seek National Human Rights Commission Help in Public Humiliation, Molestation of Woman
The Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) has written to the Bangladeshi National Human Rights Commission asking that it intervene in the case of the public humiliation and molestation of a […]
Arrest Commanding Officers in Weliweriya Incident – AHRC
The Asian Human Rights Commission has called for the arrest of commanding officers of the Sri Lanka Army following the incident of August 1st 2013, in Rathupaswala, Weliweriya in which […]
Sri Lanka should order independent and transparent inquiry into the deaths of protesters at Weliweriya – HRW
Human Rights Watch, an independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, has issued a statement calling for the Government of Sri Lanka to order an independent and transparent […]
Prominent Human Rights Defender Adilur Rahman Khan arrested in Bangladesh
Adilur Rahman Khan, a respected human rights defender in Bangladesh was picked up from his residence in Dhaka on the 10th of August by officers from the Detective Branch of […]
Lawyers Collective Sri Lanka Urges Govt to Control Armed Forces
The Lawyers Collective in Sri Lanka issued a statement Saturday, condemning the violence unleashed on civil protesters and the killing of a number of the same. The statement called on […]
Sunila Abeysekera to receive Didi Nirmala Deshpande Peace & Justice Award
The Jury appointed by the Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) to decide the nominations for first Didi Nirmala Deshpande South Asian Peace and Justice Award for 2013 announced […]
Reflections of Hope Award Goes to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban
By Tim Taley for Associated Press A Pakistani human rights activist who founded an all-girls school said the Taliban was “more afraid of the books than bombs” as he and […]
Rights body urges PM to free Naga political prisoners
The Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), while seeking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s intervention in expediting the ‘ Indo-Naga‘ peace talks, also demanded the release of all Naga “political […]
Sri Lanka allows International Bar Association delegation to visit country
The Sri Lankan government has lifted its ban on fact-finding visits by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI). The government has said that the institute is welcome to […]