Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the illegal arrest and detention of a man and his appearance before a Magistrates Court on fabricated charges, following his lodging a complaint against a criminal who has alleged connections with police personnel involved in this case. Mr H. A. Chaminda was detained […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the sexual abuse of a seven-year-old boy in Sri Lanka. For the protection of the victim and his mother, we cannot reveal his name or that of the perpetrators. We can reveal, however, that the incident happened in the vicinity of Seeduwa. According […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, of the illegal detention of Mr. Ashok Gupta by the Serampore police, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. Although the Serampore police had an arrest warrant for Mr. Gupta, based on a complaint of assault […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of Mr Marasinghe Arachchige Anura Dissanayaka by the police sergeant Nimal of the Wadduwa Police Station on 24 January 2005. After being severely hit around the head by Sergeant Nimal, who was drunk at the time of the assault, Mr Anura […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned that railway staff Mohammad Musharaf Hossain was severely assaulted by two police escorts of senior police officers in West Bengal, India on 4 January 2005. Mr. Hossain refused the request of the two police guards to open the level-crossing gate at Krishnagar to allow […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that Rabin Hansda, a 34 year-old mentally ill man, was killed by three members of the Border Security Force (BSF) on 23 January 2005 in the southern district of Dinajpur, West Bengal, India. Hansda was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a disabled police constable was brutally tortured by the Bandaragama police after being illegally arrested on 17 January 2005. The actual reason for his arrest is unclear. However, the victim alleged that he was harassed and intimidated because one of his torturers, Inspector […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two men named Rajendra (Raju) Kale and Anna Lashkare, along with six other persons, were inhumanely tortured on 7 November 2004 by the Newasa police in Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, India. Eight people including Raju and Anna were arrested by the Newasa Police on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that a young man named Kartik Ghosh committed suicide after being tortured by a local businessman and an assistant sub-inspector (A.S.I.) of the Baluhati Police Camp under Domjur Police Station in Howrah District, West Bengal, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that five persons were killed and another seriously injured in Uttar Pradesh, when they were thrown from the Farakka Express Shikohabad by army jawans [soldiers] from Rajputana Rifles into the path of an oncoming train […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE), a human rights organisation in Manipur, India, about the indiscriminate killings, arbitrary detention and torture of innocent civilians by the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) on 18 January 2005 in Wangoo Nungai Sabal Noyaikhong Mapal, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is extremely concerned about the discriminatory relief operations against Burmese migrant workers affected by the tsunami by the Thai authorities. According to the latest information, due to the tsunami, about 2,300 Burmese workers were killed, 4,000 went missing, and over 3,000 are taking shelter at an abandoned […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by new information received by Asia Forum, a local human rights organisation, of the attempted second re-arrest of a person by Nepalese security forces following his release from detention on Supreme Court orders. According to Asia Forum, Mofiuiddin Khan was first arrested on 28 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Tharuka Fernando has been severely injured by a criminal who has a nexus with the Panuadura police on 19 December 2005. It was reported that despite the fact that the Panadura police arrested an illegal drug dealer, Samantha, at […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that four men, namely Laxaman Pun, Prithvi Gautam B.K. (also known as Suraj), Sher Bahadur Budha (also known as Dinesh) and Lok Bahadur Pun (also known as Paisas), were shot dead by security forces on 26 December 2004.  No inquiry was conducted before their execution. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, that a woman named Mrs. Gedulal Mondal, was raped and then killed by a suspected unqualified doctor on 28 December 2004, in Baishnav Nagar, Maldah District, West Bengal. Though the doctor has now been arrested, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that torture and rape victim Hasna Mondal from East Daukimari, District Jalpaiguri, West Bengal is still waiting for the perpetrators to be punished, ten years after the brutal incident. A complaint was filed the day […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding bribery and corruption by police personnel from the Mahiyangana Police Station in Sri Lanka. On 18 December 2004, police stopped Mr. A.M. Thilak Adikari and charged him with having tinted side glass shutters on his vehicle. The police also revoked his licence and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is sharing information it has about items urgently needed for the people affected by the tsunami in Indonesia/Aceh. Prompt foreign aid is required to assist those who have lost so much in this terrible tragedy.   If you require further details, please contact us or Oxfam GB in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to you to report further illegal arrests and the forced disappearance of four persons in Parbat District.  According to the information we have received, Tulsi Giri (62), Baburam Parajuli, and Hariratna Puri (57), who reside in Tilahar Village Development Committee (VDC)-8 in Parbat District, were illegally […]