Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the illegal arrest and torture of Vidana Arachchige Norman Krishantha Jayawardana (43), the assistant regional manager of Matale and Polonnaruwa Districts of Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation, by the Wattegama police on 4 March 2005. The alleged reason for his arrest is due to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by yet another honor killing case from Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the information we received, a 30-year-old woman and her 38-year-old uncle were shot dead by members of the woman’s family on 13 March 2005. It is reported that the perpetrators […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on the death of Nallawarige Sandasirilal Fernando, a 36-year-old man who died of serious head injuries after he was assaulted by a policeman from the Panadura Police station on 26 March 2005 at his home in Wekaeda, Panadura, Sri Lanka. His death has seriously […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, regarding a police attack on a human rights defender, Mr Gopen Sharma, and his family. Gopen has been working in the hunger hit areas of Jalangi, Murshidabad District, West Bengal (Ref: Hunger Alert on this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to draw your attention to a particularly disturbing case involving a Mrs Nisha Neupane from Prithvi Nagar, Chitwan, who was arrested by Security Forces on 31 March 2005. Mrs Neupane is pregnant and requires continuous medical treatment for kidney problems. However, the police have detained Mrs […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the chief organiser of the branch of the Progressive Union in G.P. Garments (Pvt) Ltd in the Export Processing Zone, Biyagama, Sri Lanka, was threatened with his life to withdraw his union activities by the Personnel from the Special Task Force of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information regarding the assault of a police constable by several other personnel at a police post in Andiyagala on 3 February 2005. Many people witnessed this assault and the victim received a severely damaged eardrum as proof that he was beaten. Despite this, 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 an Under Trial Prisoner (UTP) due to lack of timely medical aid in Maldah District Jail, West Bengal, India. According to the Maldah jail authorities, Kalu Sk (35) complained of stomach […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the complete disregard for a court orders by the Beldanga police in a murder case in West Bengal, India. According to the information received, Mr. Saidul Mullick, a potato vendor, left home on 29 […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the assault and illegal detention of a hotel owner and cashier by five police officers. The two victims had asked the police to pay for food that they had taken and in response, the police assaulted the two and […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the assault and abuse of two adivasis by the upper caste of Nandav village, Gujarat, India on 8 and 15 December 2003, and the general denial of rights and dignity to the entire adivasi community. Jayeshbhai Vasava (22) was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the murder of an adivasi by an Indian Forest Department staff member on 20 September 2001. Manishbhai leaves behind a young wife and four young daughters. Almost three and a half years have now passed since this murder. Despite […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by yet another honor killing case from Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the information received, an 18-year-old bride, Ms Arbeli (18), was killed by her groom Yousif and six other persons just two hours after the marriage formalities on 21 March 2005. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Suara Bangsamoro, Moro Christian Peoples Alliance (MCPA) and the Concerned Citizens of Sulu (CCS) regarding the massacre of a civilian family allegedly by elements of the 53rd Infantry Battalion (IB), Philippine Army, under Col. Dennis Villanueva. The family was killed and two others […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of an incredibly urgent situation regarding regarding migrant worker, Mr. Edirisinghe Jayasooriyage Victor Corea, a Sri Lankan citizen (Sri Lankan Passport No. L 0997284), who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for an alleged charge of theft.  Presently he is being […]

Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City, UP-26-2005: Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the attempt on the life of Atty. Romeo Capulong, a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward you information regarding the fabrication of charges against a man by the Wadduwa Police. Mr U. Jayasiri Abeyratne and Mr Suseuhewage Asanka Kumarasiri were riding a bicycle near their homes when a lorry, owned by Kandurata Kuda – up-country umbrella makers, drove into them. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the death of an under trial prisoner (UTP)  at Alipurduar jail, Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India on 8 March 2005. Prajit Das (30) attached to an organisation called Kamtapuri Liberation Organisation (KLO) was arrested on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two young men were severely tortured by the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Panadura North Police Station and falsely charged with theft on 16 February 2005. It is reported that one of the men, W. Inuka Prasad Kumara Alwis, had a dispute with his […]

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that a young man was killed and four other persons were wounded by four Brahmins on 16 August 2004 in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, simply because they possessed the land which adjoins that of the Brahmins. All the victims […]