Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received another case of death cased by negligence of hospital staff. According to the information received, Ms. Deepika Prasadhi Jayasuriya (31) died while delivering a baby at the Kethumathi Maternity Hospital due to the alleged negligence of hospital staff on 23 July 2005 (Click to see […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a senior Pakistani journalist remains missing after being picked up by police officials on 24 July 2005. Mr Rasheed Channa had recently filed stories pertaining to the Sindh government, the conduct of its officials and Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the Chief Minister. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the illegal arrest and brutal torture of a couple by the Saliyawewa police on 26-27 July 2005. The incident happened soon after a security assistant belonging to the Saliyawewa police attempted to rape Mrs. Wijesuriya, after forcibly entered the victims’ house. In particular, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) and the Institute for the Development of Legal and Human Rights Study (LPSHAM) about the torture of at least four persons in the wake of the investigation of the May 28 bombings in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another rape case committed by the government or security officials in Burma. According to the information received, two police officers, Tin Ko Oo & Kyaw Myo Min, together with a civilian named Naing Min, in Twente Township, Rangoon, Burma, raped a young woman […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring to your immediate attention the situation faced by Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi, a human rights activist working for the Dalits and the backward class in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr Lenin and his colleagues have been subjected to death threats from the upper castes to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two men were injured, one of whom was hospitalised, after several policemen from the Wellawaya and Badureliya police stations assaulted them in separate incidents. Victim Ranshadhi Pethiyalage Jayasinghe (40) was illegally arrested, detained and tortured by the policemen from Wellawaya on 24 July […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the brutal torture of Azizur Rahman Shohel and his younger brother Atiquer Rahman Jewel by the Boalia police in Rajsahi District, Bangladesh on 27 July 2005. The victims were not only beaten with batons but were also given electric shocks. The police also […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) about the torture and murder of Paulus Erwin Kusvidiyanto. Paulus was tortured to death by three military officers and at least five civilians on 9 November 2004. On this charge, the three military […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the threats made to a group of human rights activists in Nepal. The first threat was made by a group of Maoists who insisted that the activists meet with them to discuss their work. When the activists refused to register with the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the very serious torture of two civilians named Rohitha Upali Liyanage and Sarath Bandara Ekanayake by the Wattegama police on 28 July 2005. According to the information we have received, the two men were brutally tortured by two police constables, who appeared drunk, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the Thai government’s decision to submit the “Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation, B.E. 2548? to replace the existing martial law and grant Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra absolute power to declare a state of emergency. Upon its signing by His […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is calling for your urgent intervention regarding the horrific torture in Nepal of a 27-year-old young man, Lokendra Khadka. He was illegally arrested by plain-clothed security personnel from the army barracks in Sinhadarbat at his sister’s house on 24 July 2005 and inhumanly tortured until the next day.  He […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal about the local police in Jalangi, Murshidabad District, not only shielding all the accused in a murder case but also fabricating a case against the victim. On 15 October 2004, Subhash Mondal and his elder […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission(AHRC) has received information from People’s Watch-Tamil Nadu of a caste-based assault on a Dalit woman in Vengamedu village, Perunthrai Taluk, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India, on 31 March 2005. The only reason for the assault and sexual harassment of Ms. Pappathi was that she used the pathway which […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to you seeking your urgent intervention into the brutal torture and horrific killing of 21-year-old Faraz Ahmed Naveed, the son of prominent human rights activist Baseer Naveed, on 8 November 2004. Faraz was himself a peace activist who had attended peace conferences in Canada in 2000 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the torture of an 11-year-old Gayan Sanjeewa Bandara by the Kahawatte police on 11 June 2005. The police arrested the boy suspecting him being involved in a theft. However, even if he did steal the money, the police have no right to torture […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the severe torture of a man by members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Jasimuddin road, Uttara sector- 7, Dhaka and RAB–1 Office at Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 15 July 2005. The victim was taken into RAB custody because he protested against the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged torture and extra-judicial killing of a man by the Kadawatha police, Sri Lanka. On 30 April 2005, Damikka Dissanayake had been enjoying himself at a musical show with friends. Later in the night, however, Damikka was seen being led away […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you information from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM) in Hong Kong regarding the alleged assault of four Filipino workers, three of whom were women, during a peaceful demonstration at the premises of the Philippines Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. One of the […]