17th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Updates by the High Commissioner for Human Rights – General Debate Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Oral Statement Delivered by Ms. Giyoun Kim Monday, 30 May 2011 Thank you Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA appreciates the opening statement of the High Commissioner which [ Read more ]

16th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council On the Human Rights Situations in Sri Lanka (Item 4: Human Rights Situations that Require the Council’s Attention – General Debate) Tuesday, 15 March 2011 Thank you Mr. President. FORUM-ASIA urges the seized attention of the Council to the situation in Sri Lanka, in which the [ Read more ]

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the arrest of Mr. Jayampathy Bulathsinhala, and eleven other persons related to the printing trade in Sri Lanka. They were all arrested under the broad powers of the Prevention of Terrorism Act of 1982 for printing a poster related to an opposition party’s campaign against [ Read more ]