Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from SUARAM, a human rights organization in Malaysia, that 68 Burmese protesters are being detained at the Pudu Police Station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after holding a peaceful demonstration opposite the Myanmar Embassy on 16 June 2005. They held the protest to call for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that 317 workers of the Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL), opposed to the government’s decision to privatize the company, have been arrested and detained on mass. The police and military forces have also raided the houses of labor union leaders and arrested their relatives, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the current grave human rights situation in Nepal. From this information we can confirm that at least 32 political activists and human rights defenders have been re-arrested by security forces in violation of court orders, since the royal takeover […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed by reliable sources that a 25-year-old three-wheel driver has been illegally arrested and tortured by two Police Constables attached to the Palmadulla police station. The victim has suffered severe injuries and has received medical treatment. So far, no action has been taken against the alleged […]

UA-99-2005: NEPAL: Two recent incidents involving threats to a Teachers’ Union leader and the re-arrest of citizens despite Supreme Court release orders Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHFC) has received information from a reliable source regarding two separate incidents of human rights abuse in Nepal. The first incident relates to threats being made […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by a reliable source that a 26-year-old man was allegedly severely tortured by Sub Inspector Ranaweera of the Pandaura Police, who was aided by his subordinates. The victim was also denied medical attention despite a doctor, who examined his medical health following the incident, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of  yet another honour killing case in Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the information received, a 16-year-old girl was killed by her husband and his cousins on the pretext of honour on 15 April 2005. It is reported that the perpetrator killed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding two murders and the subsequent violence that took place in Kirioya, Polonnaruwa district on 17 May 2005. It was reported that a man was shot dead while another was wounded following two separate shooting incidents allegedly perpetrated by forest officers. A forest official […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture and death of a man in Kollam District, Kerala, India. Mr. Rajendran (37) was in the business of selling floor cleaners. On 6 April 2005 when he went to Sankar hospital to meet the management, he was denied […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has heard a report through the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) radio service that a woman in western Burma was raped by a police officer, after which the local police chief forced the victim to marry her assailant. When the victim refused to then divorce him, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the death of a young student who received injuries in a clash between students and supporters of the Siliguri Unit of Student Federation of India (SFI) in Siliguri Hindi High School, West Bengal. On […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the murder of a young woman, about 24 years of age, in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh, at the hands of her in-laws who were demanding a dowry payment (payment of money and goods). Rukhsana married Athar Ali, from the same […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the death of a 53-year-old man after allegedly being severely and repeatedly tortured while under police custody following his arrest on 29 May 2005. The police allegedly arrested the victim on the charge of theft. It was reported that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture and illegal detention of a man at the Bapunagar police station in Ahmedabad City, Gujarat. It is alleged that on 28 April Amit (alias Montu) Babubhai Dabhi was taken by two policemen to the Amit Mill Police Chowky […]

SRI LANKA: Prescribing of Western medicines by Ayurvedic practitioner; over prescribing of medicines; medical neglect ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information regarding the death of a one-year-old child after an Ayurvedic practitioner, posing as a qualified medical doctor, prescribed medicines three times the amount that a child of […]

UA-87-2005: PHILIPPINES: Incidents of death, torture, disappearance and displacement of civilians during a military operation PHILIPPINES: Death resulting from denial of immediate medical attention; Torture; Disappearance; Indigenous Peoples Rights; Displacement; Violation of Protocol II regarding internal conflict Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a coalition of churches and human […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the arrest of three high profile union leaders in South Korea. According to the information we have received, Mr. Ahn Byeong-Soon, the General Secretary of the Korean Government Employees Union (KGEU), was arrested on 15 March 2005, and on March 17 the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged assault of a 10-year-old pupil by a schoolteacher on 12 May 2005 for not giving a satisfactory answer on the latter’s question during their English class. The boy was hospitalised for seven days and had to undergo succeeding treatment due to […]

NEPAL: Exceptional collapse of rule of law; Re-arrests; Undermining of court orders; Re-arrest ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information regarding the re-arrest of citizens in Nepal, indicating that the practice is still rife within the country. We are aware of at least eight different cases involving the re-arrest […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal about the illegal detention of a young boy, Rajiv, a class IX student of Maheshwari Vidyalaya, at the Golabari police station, Howrah, West Bengal. According to the police, Rajiv’s father, Mr Bhogendra Rai, who works […]