Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and arbitrary detention of Nihal Kithsiri. Nihal was arrested by SI Silva and PC Bandara and taken to the Horana Police station without being charged.  The victim was allegedly inhumanly and brutally assaulted all over his body.  He says that the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring to your attention a situation which is ongoing at the Anuradhapura Hospital Dialyses Unit.  In an article that appeared in the Daily Mirror on 5 January 2006 entitled ‘Dialysis machine is old say Medical Specialists’, the author, Wijitha Kumarasiri, reported on the appalling situation […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Wijethileka who was shot twice in the back by two Opanayake police officers.  The victim was running away from an unprovoked attack by the Opanayake police on a crowd of villagers who were looking at several valuable gemstones discovered […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man, who was arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the Kotwali police continues to remain in Barisla jail despite having had no official charges laid against him. The victim, Imon Chowdhury came into conflict with his father-in-law, who did not recognise the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the torture of a man, M.H. Priyantha Minipura (25), by policemen attached to the Ayagama police post following his arrest for allegedly possessing prohibited liquor on 24 December 2005. The victim’s left ear sustained severe injuries, resulting in complete hearing loss after […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a 27-year-old man, Navinna Arachchige Manjula Prasad, was brutally tortured by policemen attached to the Pamunugama Police Station on 18 December 2005. Prasad was on his way home when the policemen stopped him and took him to the police station for questioning […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three persons were killed by police fire in the Kustia district. The policemen were working under a Mobile Court led by a class one magistrate who was conducting an operation to seize ‘illegal’ sugar cane crushers from farmers. The firing by the police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the latest bomb blasts in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on 31 December 2005. According to local human rights groups Kontras (Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence) and Kontras Sulawesi, the blasts killed eight civilians and injured 49 others. There were apparently two bombs […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man by police personnel from the Horana Police Station. SA Akila Chaturanga was detained by the police on 22 December 2005 and arrested for a seemingly fabricated charge of cattle theft. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another case of police torture in Sri Lanka. On 20 December 2005, Amila Prasad was allegedly severely tortured by several policemen attached to the Thanamalvila Police after being arrested without any charges. He is presently being treated for his injuries in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of yet another case of illegal arrest, detention, brutal torture and the subsequent filing of fabricated charges against the victims on 28 February 2005. The arrest of victims S. D. Kodituwakku, who is a hotel owner, and his employees, A. B. Abeywardena, A. Ruwantissa […]

INDIA: Police brutality, torture, lack of action by the National Human Rights Commission and failure of rule of law ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local human rights organisation PVCHR based in Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi that an innocent man is under continuous threat from the local police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arrest of two prominent human rights activists, Mr. Kem Sokha and Mr. Yeng Virak, which took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 31 December 2005. Mr Kem Sokha is a nationally well respected politician who has consistently advocated for democracy and is also […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the brutal torture of an innocent man, Haron Abubakar Buisan (25), following his arrest over mistaken identity on 12 December 2005 in General Santos City, Mindanao. While in police custody, Buisan was repeatedly kicked, beaten all over his body with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that in Naogaon, Bangladesh, attempts are underway to illegally occupy the land of a Hindu temple depriving the local Hindu community from offering worships at the temple. It is alleged that the land grabbing is attempted by a local Muslim family with the assistance […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a person was taken into custody by the security forces in Nepal and since arrest his whereabouts are not known and that the person is feared to be murdered in custody. Advocacy Forum, the local partner of the AHRC has informed us that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the killing of a man, Udaya Kumara, by policemen attached to the Mount Lavinia police station on 19 December 2005. After the victim’s death, the policemen involved allegedly fabricated stories to justify Udaya’s death. The police claimed that Udaya tried to throw a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by police officers from Kharda Police Station on 14 December 2005. The victim, Mr. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal was illegally taken into custody from his house on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the shocking beating to death of two marine officers on 21 September 2005 and the subsequent arrest of 12?villagers in Muang district, Narathiwat province, southern Thailand. The marine officers were reportedly involved in a shooting incident that killed two villagers and wounded four […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed by a reliable source that two girls, aged 12 and 15, and five other detainees were arrested on 26 November 2005 by the Nepalese army on allegations of being involved in ‘terrorist activities.’ They have been detained incommunicado until December 15, 2005, when a human […]