Basil Fernando, Director, Policy and Programme Development, Asian Human Rights Commission During the last 15 years the Asian Human Rights Commission and its sister organisation the Asian Legal Resource Centre […]
Introduction : Volume 14 Number 02
Basil Fernando
Policing in Negombo
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 […]
Introduction: Use of police powers of arrest and detention for profit in Asia
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 […]
Foreword: Dual policy approach needed on Burma
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Despite many decades of talk about democracy in Burma, things have further degenerated. Unfortunately, this […]
The Kafkan metamorphosis of Sri Lanka’s Attorney General
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka, C R de Silva, on 18 June 2007 […]
Foreword: Still no cure for political lunacy
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong While scientists and health practitioners have found ways to cure or alleviate many forms of […]
India’s false pride over human rights
Bijo Francis, Programme Officer, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Indians take pride in their country for many reasons, ranging from democracy to unity in diversity. This “pride speech” is […]
Torture is a political product
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong In Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Pakistan, India, China, […]
Legal systems, like ecological systems, can be destroyed by adverse conditions
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong When a legal system is exposed to adverse conditions for a length of time its […]
Comprehensive torture prevention in Sri Lanka
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Maintaining very close links with torture victims is the starting point for any serious work […]