SRI LANKA: Life of human rights defender in danger

Mr. N K Illangakoon, Inspector General of Police, SRI LANKA, igp@police.lk Re: SRI LANKA: Life of human rights defender in danger Dear Inspector General of Police, Name of the victim: Mr. Wijetunga Appuhamilage Herman Kumara the Secretary General of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) and the head of the National Fisheries Solidarity [...]

Nepal: Play an important role to protect child rights

Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister of Nepal, Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Nepal. info@opmcm.gov.np, bhattaraibaburam@gmail.com Re: Nepal: Play an important role to protect child rights Dear Prime Minister, I share your hopes for a peaceful, democratic future for Nepal and its people. Nepal has been a State Party to Convention on the [...]

SRI LANKA: Former soldier arrested and arbitrarily detained

Ms. Eva Wanasundara, Attorney General, ag@attorneygeneral.gov.lk Re: SRI LANKA: Former soldier arrested and arbitrarily detained Dear Attorney General of Sri Lanka, Name of the victim: Mr. Saman Sampath Rajapakse (34) of No: A/182/24, Adurapotha, Kegalle Alleged perpetrator: Officers attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Sri Lanka Police Date of incident: 5 February [...]

SRI LANKA: A Tamil man of Indian origin was arrested, tortured and laid with fabricated charges

Mr. N K Illangakoon, Inspector General of Police, New Secretariat, Colombo 1, SRI LANKA, igp@police.lk Re: SRI LANKA: A Tamil man of Indian origin was arrested, tortured and laid with fabricated charges Dear Inspector General of Police, Name of the victim: Mr. A Navajeevan (27) of Rawatte Lower Division, Ukuwela in Matale District Alleged perpetrator: [...]

A Tweet To Mohammed

Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year old journalist and blogger from Saudi Arabia, is currently in jail in Jeddah awaiting trial on apostasy charges. On February 5, the day Moslems celebrated Mohammed’s birthday, Hamza sent the following tweet addressing the prophet: “On the day of your birthday, I won’t bow before you (…) I loved certain things [...]

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