Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by a reliable source of the illegal arrest, detention and torture of Mohammad Abul Kashem Gazi, by policemen attached to the Khilgaon police on 24 November 2005. Mohammad was on his way to a market to buy spare parts for his refrigerator shop, when […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the suspicious death of an 18-year-old inmate, Arthur Esquelona at the General Santos City Reformatory Center (GSCRC) in General Santos City, Mindanao in early of December. According to the report, Esquelona died on his way to the General Santos City […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a man, Kudatanthrige Vasantha, was severely beaten with batons by policemen attached to the Ja-Ela police station on 3 December 2005. The police attacked Vasantha when he tried to help his wounded friend, Sumedha who was assaulted by the Private Security officers at a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged raped of a 16-year-old girl belonging to a minority community by a young Muslim man in Basudia village, Munshiganj district on 1 November 2005. The victim, Ms. X (name withheld), was on her way home after attending class at the Baliganon […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Sulawesi (Kontras Sulawesi) and the Institute for the Development of Legal and Human Rights Study (LPSHAM) regarding police torture of 10 suspects on 25 October 2005. The 10 men are suspected of killing three […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a Hindu community was attacked by a group of Muslims during a religious programme being held by the Hindus. This took place at the Hijlakandi village under Matlab North police station in Chandpur district. The attackers also demanded money from the Hindus for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the arrest of various human rights defenders working in West Bengal along with victims of human rights violations on 9 December 2005, the next day being the Universal Human Rights Day. The human rights defenders and victims were silently protesting in front of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary detention of three men, namely Nihal Kithsiri (30) and his friends – Kumara and Sumith Haputhatri who were severely tortured following their arrest on 7 December 2005 by policemen attached to the Horana police. They have not been […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of hundreds of villagers and the destruction and burning of houses in Kontu Village, Muna Island, Southeast Sulawesi. On 29 November 2005, police began forcibly evicting people in Kontu village despite their protests. On November 30, police destroyed three village […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture of a man by police personnel from the Meegahawatte Police Station of the Kelaniya Police Division, Sri Lanka. On 6 December 2005, the victim, W.P.R.L. Nissanka was going to the grocery store next to his house when policemen […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a woman was arrested, assaulted and intimidated by the Lalbag police after they illegally raider her house. The police arrested the woman after receiving money from a group of toll collectors, who had earlier beaten the woman’s son at the Sheikh Sahebbazar crossing. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation working in West Bengal, regarding the alleged murder of a man and the unsuccessful attempts by his wife to lodge a complaint at a police station. Munaruddin Seikh’s brother and Rafiqul Mondal were running a joint business for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a sixty-year-old man was arbitrarily arrested and detained, then tortured by the Godakawela police on 30 October 2005. The man was arrested from his home on a false compliant made to the police station by one of his neighbours. He was assaulted with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the arrest, torture and subsequent death of a handicapped man in police custody at Harora police station, North 24 Parganas District, West Bengal. On 8 August 1999, Abdul Hamid Molla was arrested by the police without any arrest memo, under […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another police raid on the free media in Nepal. According to the information received from INSEC, the human rights organisation in Nepal, armed policemen together with an engineer from the Ministry of Information and Communications raided the Sagarmatha FM station on 27 November […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man was arbitrarily arrested and detained then tortured and subsequently killed by the police attached to the Mohammadpur police station in Dhaka. The police arrested the man after suspecting him of involvement in a theft case, which took place in a jewelers […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning an alleged attack on three hamlets in South Sulawesi by a group of army personnel in retaliation over a traffic accident. On 29 November 2005, soldiers from Haerudin’s battalion attacked three hamlets, Karama, Bonto Gaddong and Ujung Moncong, Janeponto, South Sulawesi. They and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner organization, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) in West Bengal, India, about an incident involving mass lynching that occurred at the Guma railway station in 24 Parganas (north) district in West Bengal on 28 November 2005. The information revealed that there was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding Chinese women forced to strip naked, slapped and detained in police stations in Malaysia. Home Minister Azmi Khalid has affirmed that it is police abuse and promised that the government will take the necessary action. In one incident, a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged fabricated charges of sexual assault laid against a school teacher by the Saliyawewa police. Ms. Pavithra Karunanayake, having worked as a volunteer teacher of English for five years at the Weerapura School in Saliyawewa, was asked to present herself before […]