Urgent Appeal Case

INDIA: Disappearance; Potential police cover-up; Police failure to properly investigate; failure of West Bengal Human Rights Commission to properly assess police investigations and report. ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, regarding the possible trafficking of a woman and a potential […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the abuse of a poor coconut vendor at the hands of the Border Security Forces (BSF) in Muradpur village, West Bengal. Khalil Uddin is a hawker, selling coconuts mainly in Dakshin Ghoshpara village, under […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of a man while in police custody at the Rakwana Police Station, Sri Lanka. Helwala Langachcharige Susantha Kulatung, a father of four, was taken into custody by five officers from the Rakwana Police on 18 April 2005. The officers allegedly began […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Yoma-3 news service, Thailand that a young man and his brother were jailed in Burma after attempting to complain about a police assault because of a pro-democracy tattoo one of the men bears. According to the information, one of the men is […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of a woman, Shiroma Doreen Fernando (41), who died due to a transfusion with the incorrect blood type after undergoing a surgical operation at the Negombo Base Hospital on 26 April 2005. Fernando was undergoing an operation to remove swelling from […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, regarding a lawyer who first failed his client and then allegedly assaulted a reporter who was inquiring into the matter. Mr Jenarul Haque, a lawyer at the Berhampore District Court, is accused of failing to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)-Mindanao regarding the illegal arrest and torture of four farmers by military forces, which falsely accused them of involvement in a rebel group on April 1, 2005, in Laak, Compostela Valley. They were illegally detained inside the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the long delay in the trial of three men named Jejhon Macalinsal, Aron Salah and Abubakar Amilhasan. They were arrested by the police of General Santos City on 24 April 2002, who accused them of being involved in the 21 April 2002 Fitmart […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that K.A. Ganga Kalpani, gave birth prematurely after being tortured by the Embilipitiya police, resulting in her child being stillborn. Ganga Kalpani, who is from Galwanguwa, was tortured along with her husband, Walakadage Gamini Senadeera.  At that time she was five months pregnant. Kalpani […]

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that the police in West Bengal, India have taken little action regarding the murder of 22-year-old Mintu Sheikh on 13 April 2003. According to information received from MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, not only have the police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the National Campaign of Dalit Human Rights, (NCDHR, a Jaipur, Rajasthan based Centre for Dalit Rights) and People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a human rights organisation, regarding the brutal murder of Mr Mohan Lal Meghwal, a Dalit youth activist. On 1 March […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) that the City Prosecutor in Tagum City, Mindanao, who investigated the alleged killing of a couple by military on 8 September 2004, has not filed murder charges in court, despite concluding his resolution to the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources regarding denial of access to land granted by authorities to Rehana, a resident of Gangoh, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh. Rehana, a Muslim social activist was given about 9-1/2 bigha of land in 2001 for plantation under a lease agreement for 30 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) regarding the detention of five torture victims for over two years without trial. The victims were arrested on 8 April 2003 in Cotabato City, Mindanao and were charged in connection with the March and April 2003 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by new information received regarding the savage treatment of citizens by a military-sponsored civilian militia group called ‘Defense Committee against the Maoists’. In the most horrific case, this group cut off a part of the hand of a man before forcing him to eat […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) – Mindanao about a man named Pegie Boquecosa (24) who has been detained more than two and a half years without trial since his arrest on 11 September 2002 due to deliberate negligence of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a healthy leg of Ms. Citthi Naseera (48) was mistakenly amputated at the Negombo General Hospital on 1 March 2005. She is still in hospital. In the meantime, the hospital authorities attempt to cover up the case. Up until now no inquiries have […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the killing of a Mr. Don Wijerathna Munasinghe by the Maharagama police in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Mr. Munasinghe was arrested for a petty traffic offense on 10 April 2005 and severely tortured by the police. He succumbed to his injuries and died […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the continual and apparent deliberate delay in seeking justice for a victim of torture against two accused police officers. Suresh Pradeep Kumara, who was alleged tortured by IP Indrajith of the Mt. Lavinia police station, and PS Bandara of the Kantale police station, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding misconduct displayed by a police official and an officer of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) during its investigation into the complaint of torture victim Bernard Janapriya (32). Janapiya filed a complaint against a sergeant and 2 policemen for assaulting him on 10 […]