Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that yet another instance of child torture has been committed within a Sri Lankan police station. Two boys, 14 and 15 years of age were brutally assaulted by officers from the Ambalangoda police station. The officers initially arrested the boys […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urges you to voice your support for the parents of children killed and injured in an attack on a bus by armed men, who are demanding that the police investigate and arrest the real persons behind the attack. The family members claim that a police officer organised […]

Men illegally arrested and tortured by Matale Police, and falsely charged with stealing money SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest; torture; false charges ——————————————————————— It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that three men have been illegally arrested and tortured by police officers in the Matale Police custody. They were released […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received another case of honor killing from Shikarpur district, Sindh province, Pakistan. According to the information received, on 14 July 2004, Ms. Sabhai (40) was shot dead by her younger brother Aashiq Ali (32) alias Babu in front of her son at the bus stop near […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the mysterious death of 14-year-old boy R.M. Salinda Probashana allegedly on 23 June 2004. He was missing after he went to school on June 22 and his body was found on the railway track the next day. The police tried to convince the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Centre for Organisation Research & Education (CORE) on the exra-judicial killing of a 32-year old woman named Thangjam Manorama by the personnel of the paramilitary force 17 Assam Rifles on 11 July 2004. Her body was found at around 5:00 p.m in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Advocacy Forum, a local human rights NGO in Nepal about another attempt by the army to weaken the judiciary by ignoring court orders. For the last several months, the army and the police in Nepal have been repeatedly re-arresting people immediately after […]

SUMMARY The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned that four out of five torture victims represented by missing Thai lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit remain in custody, while the police officers allegedly responsible for their torture continue in their posts. The five men, who were accused of involvement in terrorist activities, were allegedly heinously tortured […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the illegal arrest and torture of 24 year-old Halneththi Susil Indrajith Silva by the Paiyagala Police. Silva was standing outside his house when the police suddenly appeared. He went inside the house but the police forced themselves inside, dragged him out and beat […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an another torture case from Welawa, Sri Lanka. According to the information we have received, a young man named Nanumuralage Roshan Jayaweera (26) was illegally arrested and brutally tortured by the Wariyapola police on 14 July 2004. In particular, when the victim went to the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a 16-year-old boy named Balawedage Sahan Tharaka was severely assaulted by his teachers on 19-20 July 2004 and has been warned to leave the school. He is in year 11 of the Bulathsinhala Madya Maha Vidyalaya [Central College]. Due to a brutal assault, he […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that a Thai army officer, his wife and another person accused of brutally murdering a Burmese migrant worker have escaped justice for two years, apparently because of the officer’s influence and position of authority. The victim, Ma Suu (18), sustained fatal injuries in July […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the illegal arrest and assault of Mrs. M. Piyawathi by the Baduraliya Police on 31 May 2004. After the arrest, she was taken into police custody along with her 22-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son. Later, the Baduraliya Police charged her and her two […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the arrest, detention and torture of Wilfredo Damalerio and James Francis Defiesta, that took place on 27 June 2004 at about 9:00 am in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Mipangi, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley, Mindanao, Philippines. On allegation of being members of the New Peoples Army, soldiers […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a person named Mr. Soumyendu Mondal was arrested from his house by the police from Kharagpur Police Station and was killed while in custody on 6-7 July 2004. It is reported that once the victim was killed while in custody the kharagpur police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of another re-arrest of four people by security personnel in violation of court orders in Morang, Nepal on 14 July 2004. More seriously, it was reported that the security forces arrested these four persons as soon as they stepped out from the judge’s chamber […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by another “honor killing” case reported from Shikarpur district, Sindh Province, Pakistan. Even though AHRC has issued several honor killing cases, the state government of Sindh province as well as the government of Pakistan have not taken any serious action to abolish this brutal […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that 29 year old Mageswaran a/I Ramasamy was found hanging in the toilet of the Petaling Jaya Police Headquarters, where he had allegedly gone to file a police report. The police have been quick to state that this is a case of suicide and […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the illegal detention of Terrance Fernando from 21 February to 25 June 2004 at the Kaduruwela Police Station in Polonnaruwa. He was arrested without charge, tortured and detained for four months. After his release in June, Fernando was told that the crime he […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by information regarding the assault and abduction of Pastor Wilson Fazal, on 16 May 2004 in Quetta, Pakistan. Prior to this incident, three churches in Quetta had reportedly received letters instructing them to expel all Muslims from their institutions and to abandon their preaching and […]