Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another farmer has been killed and a community organizer disappeared. Policemen shot dead farmer Arturo Tolentino in front of his wife and children on October 26 2007 in Samal, Bataan. Another activist, Pedro Calilung, had been reported missing after he was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another disappearance. The victim, Eldrin Mathew, was taken by four persons on the pretext of questioning on 14 February 2007. His whereabouts remain unknown since then. The perpetrators were seen putting a placard marked with “Police” in the dashboard of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, regarding the case of Mr. Pahalu Musahar who is currently detained by the Cholapur police in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. It is reported that the police has detained Pahalu to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police have refused a the case of a young man who disappeared, at a government hospital since it happened. The hospital also denied providing the man’s medical report to the family. It is alleged that he was killed in the hospital prison […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a 46-year-old villager, Leo Casal, was shot and tortured by soldiers following his arrest in 10 December 2006 in Loreto, Agusan del Sur. While in military’s custody, he was denied medical attention and legal representation. It was only on May 4 this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you regarding the continued inaction of the police into the alleged sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl by her father. The girl’s grandmother filed a complaint at the Panwila police station in Kandy on 18 June 2007, but they have done nothing to investigate […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged abuse of a child maid by the officer of the Rapid Action Battalion-1 in Dhaka and his wife on around 24 May 2007. The victim was brutally assaulted by the couple and as a result, her one […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been closely monitoring the case of U Than Lwin, who was assaulted after leading a prayer meeting in Burma for the release of political prisoners. His assailant ran into the office of a government-backed organisation; however, the police were refused access to investigate. Since Than Lwin […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture, illegal arrest and detention and the fabrication of charges of a 42-year-old man by the police. He was brutally tortured and denied medical treatment. His lawyer informed court about the torture but despite of the threat to his life the Magistrate […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from KontraS regarding the arbitrary arrest and alleged assault of a man by Benteng police sector in Tangerang City on 4 July 2007. The man was falsely charged after torture by the police. CASE DETAILS: According to the information received from KontraS (The Commission […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that two activists were shot dead respectively by armed group. One activist was shot dead in front his wife and children on 17 July 2007. Another activist was dead after a shot on June 15 2007. CASE DETAILS: (based on the Alliance for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Human Rights Alert, based in Imphal, Manipur that Ms. Najma Latif alias Soniya, a girl aged 15 years was assaulted by the officers attached to the 22 Maratha Light Infantry stationed at Mayang Imphal. It is reported that the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the alleged extra-judicial killing of 12-year old girl Kamala Shah by a member of the Nepalese army on June 23, 2007. The police have still not registered an FIR or begun investigating this serious incident, which is providing impunity to those responsible for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information of two more alleged killings by the police in Burma that appear to have been successfully covered up. Although in both cases complaints have been made to the authorities, no action is known to have been taken against any of the accused officers. After both […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the gruesome stabbing unto death of a 27-year-old woman by Army personnel or members of the Special Task Force (STF) in Paduwankarai, in the Batticaloa District. Accordingly several personnel in military uniform had come to the house she was staying and shouted her […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from SUARAM, a human rights organization in Malaysia, that 228 asylum seekers and refugees from western Burma were arbitrarily arrested by the immigration officers and a civilian group on 25 June 2007. Two days later, on 27 June 2007, 41 more refugees were arrested. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two cases relating to torture and abduction allegedly committed by the Young Communist League (YCL) which was affiliated to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) (CPN (M)). After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Nepal and CPN (M) on 21 November […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that one woman was denied to file First Information Report (FIR) the District Police Office and the District Administration Office, Kavrepalanchowk district. The district police authority did not receive the FIR whereas the authority of district administration office tried to take their duty over […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced abduction and disappearance of Mihindukulasuriya Laxman Suresh Fernando by armed men in Munnakkara, on 2 March 2007. His whereabouts remain unknown and the police have been failed to investigate. The AHRC is severely concerned about the ongoing disappearances in Sri Lanka. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from KontraS (The Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence) regarding the illegal arrest and alleged extra-judicial killing of Caci Bin Tibu by the Tombolo Pao Police on 26 June 2007. The victim was arrested without a warrant, and later his body was returned […]