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Month: March 2009

Burma’s cheap muscle

Posted on March 26, 2009December 21, 2015 by Article 2

Burma Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Police stations around Burma have a sign at their gates saying, “May I help you”, but for most citizens the hope is […]

Complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee

Posted on March 23, 2009December 18, 2015 by Article 2

Sandamali Pathmini, wife of Sugath Fernando, Negombo, Sri Lanka Individual complaint (by representation) under the First Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 6 February 2009 […]

How police in Pakistan purchased a man’s penis

Posted on March 23, 2009December 21, 2015 by Article 2

Pakistan Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong In 2007 a young cook from Larkan distict, Sindh province was arbitrarily arrested, kept in custody for three days and brutally beaten. […]

Submissions on Sri Lanka to the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council

Posted on March 23, 2009December 21, 2015 by Article 2

Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Prevention of impunity requires clear leadership from the government February 25, 2009, ALRC-CWS-10-10-2009 The Asian Legal Resource Centre welcomes the statement made by 10 […]

The milking cow that is law enforcement in the Philippines

Posted on March 21, 2009December 21, 2015 by Article 2

Philippines Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Although it is the duty of investigating officers and prosecutors to ensure that grounds exist upon which to charge someone with a […]

Policing in Negombo

Posted on March 20, 2009December 18, 2015 by Article 2

Basil Fernando, Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The key events in the case of Sugath Nishanta Fernando and his family, as narrated to […]

Documents on the case of Sugath Fernando

Posted on March 19, 2009December 21, 2015 by Article 2

1. Unheeded requests from the Fernando family for state protection  An Affidavit [unofficial translation] I, Siyaguna Kosgodage Anton Sugath Nishantha Fernando, of 349/2A Jayamawatha Road, Dalupata, Negombo, being a Catholic, […]

The price of fighting the state in Sri Lank

Posted on March 17, 2009December 18, 2015 by Article 2

Julianne Porter, Journalist, Hong Kong In September 2008 Sugath Nishanta Fernando was shot dead while sitting in his lorry with his 12-year old son. His murder wasn’t entirely out of […]

Disconnected policing and the justice trade in Bangladesh: The case of Abdur Razzak

Posted on March 10, 2009December 18, 2015 by Article 2

Bangladesh Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Although people across Bangladesh know very well that the country’s justice system is actually a marketplace where police and court staff sell […]

Introduction: Use of police powers of arrest and detention for profit in Asia

Posted on March 2, 2009December 18, 2015 by Article 2

Basil Fernando, Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong This edition of article 2 (‘Use of police powers for profit’, vol. 8, no. 1) deals […]

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