Post Tagged with: "Asian Human Rights Commission"
AHRC documentary on ‘police torture epidemic’
(Srilankamirror) – The Asian Human Rights Commission today (May 10) announced the release of a new documentary entitled: The police torture epidemic in Sri Lanka. It has been directed, filed and edited by Josefina Bergsten; translated by Harshi Perera and Nilantha Illangamuwa; sound editing by Mark Chappell of Fork Media. The 21-minute film was produced [...]
Lalith, Kugan held at Police welfare building – AHRC
(Srilankamirror) – The Asian Human Rights Commission, as well as other human rights organisations have kept up a constant vigil on Lalith Kumar Weeraju and Kugan Murugan who were abducted on December 10, 2011 while engaged in putting up posters for the Human Rights Day. In a statement, the AHRC says there had been no [...]
AHRC alleges absence of political will to stop abductions
(Srilankamirror) – The Asian Human Rights Commission alleges that there is an absence of political will to stop abductions in Sri Lanka. In a statement, the AHRC says the recent abductions of Mr. Gunaratnam and Ms. Attigala, merely highlighted the long standing problem. The concern about the absence of political will on the part of [...]
