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Human Rights Council begins: FORUM-ASIA addresses escalating crisis in Sri Lanka

March 3, 2009
5:32 am
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FORUM-ASIA will express concerns over the escalating human rights crisis in northern Sri Lanka, in a statement to be presented at the 10th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

10th session of the Human Rights Council will be held from 2-27 March 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. FORUM-ASIA and its members will intervene in human rights issues such as the right to adequate housing and freedom of religion.

Please click the following titles to read the statements:

Forced eviction lead six people killed in the Republic of Korea

Human rights situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mindanao, Philippines

Specific religious group becomes target of communal violence in Orissa, India

Escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis in northern Sri Lanka