Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission This April 2004, democratic groups in Nepal have been engaged in daily demonstrations in the capital. They have been brutally attacked by […]
Month: April 2004
Urgent Appeals File: Mousumi Ari-A human body preserved like a fish & a rotted justice system in West Bengal
Asian Human Rights Commission & Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha In October 2003, 17-year-old Mousumi Ari, of Narayanpur Village, West Bengal, was murdered by her in-laws. Whereas the role of the state […]
The government of Nepal must stop the deliberate use of cruel and unnecessary force
Asian Human Rights Commission A group of journalists, law practitioners, intellectuals and human rights activists have come from various parts of Nepal to participate in the five-day (April 4?) Consultation […]
Some features of the new authoritarianism
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission These days, it is common to find governments that use the trappings of democracy to conceal an authoritarian character. For example, regimes […]
Remarks at the launch of ‘Endemic torture and the collapse of policing in Sri Lanka’
Professor Michael Davis, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong Asia is the only part of the world without any regional human rights institutions, and when I read this […]
Custodial deaths and torture in India
Asian Legal Resource Centre On 30 August 2003, police arrested Mr Babu, aged 37 years, of Kallur Village, Mukundapuram Thaluk, Thrissur, Kerala. They took him from his house without telling […]
Nepal: Acts of violence by the armed forces and impunity
Asian Legal Resource Centre Akash Sharma, an eight-year-old boy, is currently in critical condition after being shot by plain-clothed army security personnel in the Madheli Village Development Committee (VDC)-3, Sunsari […]
Book review: The right to speak loudly
Dr Ilaria Bottigliero, Lecturer, Department of Government & Public Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong Fernando, W J Basil, The right to speak loudly: Essays on law and human […]
Bringing the Convention against Torture to India
Consultation on the Convention against Torture, Kerala, India There is an enormous amount of violence occurring throughout the world, including India, however, domestic violence, religious and communal violence and child […]
A comment on ‘Endemic torture and the collapse of policing in Sri Lanka’
Jack Clancey, Lawyer, Hong Kong Reading the descriptions in this report on the torture carried out by the police in many parts of Sri Lanka reminded me that in 1776 […]