Category: Basil Fernando

SRI LANKA/WORLD: Josefina Bergsten’s documentary “The Activist”

Announcements, Basil Fernando, Sri Lanka March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Admin 0 Comments

The full documentary can be viewed HERE. Josefina Bergsten is a producer of several social documentaries. Some of these documentaries are, “Unjust – a story of three surviving widows of three human rights activists who were assassinated in their countries”. They were, Munir Said Thalib from Indonesia, who was assassinated by poisoning while travelling in an Indonesian Garuda Airlines to the Netherlands; Mr Somchai Neelaphaijit, a senior human rights lawyer in Thailand who was abducted while travelling in Bangkok and thereafter disappeared; and Jerad Perera a Sri Lankan torture victim who was pursuing his cases before the courts and who was murdered while he was travelling to work by bus.

SRI LANKA: Extrajudicial killings with impunity are increasing

Basil Fernando, Extrajudicial killings October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Admin 0 Comments

The table given below sets down 09 extrajudicial killings, 01 attempted killing – 09 of which are at the hands of the police at various police stations and the other, in a prison. These 10 incidents are the ones reported to the Asian Human Rights Commission based in Hong Kong during this year. However, at this stage we are unable to state how many more such killings may have taken place.

WORLD: How should the work on the Asian Charter for Human Rights be carried forward?

Asian Charter, Basil Fernando, World September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Admin 0 Comments

by Basil Fernando The following is a presentation made at a workshop organized by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the May 18th Foundation (14-16th September 2017) on the preparations for the 20th Anniversary of the Asian Human Rights Charter 1998. This paper addresses the direction the Asian human rights movement should take in order to contribute to the improved enjoyment of rights in Asian countries.