Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that 16-year-old P.W. Pushpakumara, a student of Gonapinuwela Saralankara School, Gonapinuwela, Galle District, Sri Lanka, was assaulted by a teacher on 3 March 2005 and arbitrarily suspended by the school principal on that day. It is surprising that the assault occurred despite the school […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the possible negligence by a local court in General Santos City, Mindanao, Philippines, which has resulted in the delay in the arraignment of five persons. Under Section 7 of the Republic Act 8493, an act which ensures speedy trial […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of a case concerning alleged bribery and theft on the part of a local politician from Ragama, Sri Lanka. According to our sources, Mr Henry Bernard had his motorbike stolen by unknown persons in March 2004 and the matter went to court. When […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information through its local partner MASUM in West Bengal that Mr. Gopen Sharma, a human rights activist was illegally detained, threatened and assaulted by the officers at the Block Development Office in Jalangi, Murshidabad District, West Bengal. Mr. Sharma was, at the time of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that three policemen from the Bureau for the Prevention of Abuse of Children and Women in Colombo were taken by the Tamil rebel group (LTTE) in Arippu on 10 September 2005 and have been detained since then, after they had gone to a LTTE […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the killing of an unarmed man allegedly at the hands of Border Security Forces (BSF), despite the victim pleading his innocence in regards to the allegations the BSF were making against him. According to witnesses, on 24 August 2005, Mr. Ashutosh Roy […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the forced deportation of 232 Burmese migrant workers from Daechapanich fishing net factory in the Khon Kaen province in north-east Thailand. The workers were facing severe stress due to the working conditions and therefore approached the MAP Foundation (Migrant Assistance Program) for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the suspicious death of a man following his being taken into custody by security forces. Chandra Bahadur Basnet, alias Manoj, along with his friend, Santosh Champlagain was detained by police force officers at the Dhankuta Hotel for no stated reason on 24 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the discrimination of a person belonging to the Schedules Caste, vying for the post of a lecturer, by the District Inspector of School (DIOS) and college authorities in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Lal Bahadur Ram appeared for the Intermediate Education Service […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal arrest and torture of a school boy by the Pannala Police on 3 August 2005. Mohommed Lufrash was detained by the police, despite their intention being to arrest his father. Upon detention, Sub-Inspector Jayanath proceeded to torture the victim, striking […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the rape of a young woman who was subsequently sold in a public auction on 20 August 2005 in Chirgaon village, Latehar District, Jharkhand for six rupees (13 US cents). Piary, a tribal woman was sexually abused by four people […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Galagedara, Sri Lanka on 29 July 2005. After the girl’s father reported the incident to the police, the alleged perpetrator was arrested but later released on bail. The victim is now unable to either go home […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) in Luzon that a person who was illegally arrested, detained and tortured by the military in San Narciso, Quezon, Luzon on 27 August 2003 was convicted and sentenced to death. The victim, Generoso Rolida, was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the opposition party leader Mohammed Nasheed, who is the chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party(MDP), was arbitrarily arrested by the police in Male, Maldives on 12 August 2005. He was later charged with sedition and terrorism under very suspicious circumstances and is currently […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture and arrest of human rights activist, Mohammad Musa Azami, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 18 August 2005 by the police. On 13 August 2005, Mr Subash Chaudhary, a dalit, attempted to rape his younger sister, whose name cannot […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the illegal occupation of a room in a primary school building in Kanchra village, Bardhaman District, West Bengal by the local police. In January 2001, while mediating between a village fight, the police started […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Initiative for the Development of People’s Advocacy (PIAR) in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia regarding the illegal detention and torture of 23 year old Alfred Ulu. Alfred was illegally detained by the Kupang police in February 2005, and then sent to the Penfui […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the latest attempt at intimidation of a human rights defender in Thailand. According to the information we have received, a grenade was thrown at the parked car of Wiwat Thamee, the coordinator of a group working with non-ethnic Thai people in the north […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged torture of a man by police attached to the Gokarella Police Station. On 4 July 2004, Mr H.M. Susantha Herath was taken into custody by Sub-Inspector (SI) Ellepoloa, Sergeant (Sgt.) Perera and two others from the police station. Upon his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of a 17-year-old boy at the hands of the police, following his arrest on seemingly fabricated theft charges. Raj Kumar Rai had used his employer’s motorbike to go to a market to buy some vegetables. Upon leaving the market, Raj discovered […]