Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Vigil India Movement that a man named P.K. Joy was illegally detained in police custody and brutally tortured by head constable Sugathan of the Ettumanoor Police Station, Kottayam, Kerala with the concurrence of Sub-inspector (SI) George on 26 April 2003. More seriously, Joy […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from JANANEETHI, a human rights organization in Kerala, India, that one man was beaten to death while another was seriously injured by the police from the Thrissur Traffic Police Station, Kerala, India on 16 May 2004. A victim named Sajeev became unconscious due to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the illegal arrest and brutal torture of Vidanalage Dinesh Tharinda de Mel by the Moratuwa Police on 1 June 2004. According to his mother, who met her son at the police station, the police severely tortured him and his right hand was broken […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two young men, Thusev Kamal Priyantha and Matarage Sudhrsana Priya Kumara, were severely assaulted by several policemen attached to the Aluthgama Police Station without any reason on 26 April 2004. The two victims made a complaint to the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our partner organization MASUM that a man named Kanai Santra died after being severely assaulted by the police while he was in the Alipur court lock-up. More seriously, the police are trying to cover up the incident by lodging a false complaint against […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Samuel Masih, 27, a suspect in a blasphemy case, who was in a critical condition after police constable Faryad Ali hit him on the head with a brick cutter, died on 28 May 2004. Samuel was a tuberculosis patient who got TB while […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very much concerned that an innocent young man named Wanigabaduge Mahinda has been shot arbitrarily by a police officer attached to the Wattala Police on 13 May 2004. As a result of the shooting the victim’s hand has been severely injured and the victim is unable […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the torture and inhuman treatment of a prisoner, Kalpeliyanege Priyantha Anuruddha Shammi, by prison officer Rajive at the Kalutara Remand Prison. According to the information we have received, Rajive has tortured Shammi physically and mentally since he refused to give Rajive the money […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that torture victim Kurundukarage Eranjana Sampath was arrested on fabricated charges by the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the Thebuwana Police on 22 May 2004, after he refused to withdraw his complaint against the OIC. According to the information I have received, the victim […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the information that two individuals who were ordered to be released from the Central Jail Nepalgunj by the appellate court on separate charges, were instead re-arrested by the security personnel of the District Police Office, Banke on 17 May 2004. Kesham Bahadur Tharu and […]

Dear friends, A number of human rights groups have informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that 19-year-old student Javaid Anjum was abducted on17 April 2004 and then severely tortured for five days at the Jamia Hassan Bin Murtaza madrassa (Islamic religious school) in Toba Tek Singh, Punjab Province. The perpetrators accused him of theft and refusal to denounce […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that Irfan Khokhar, the information coordinator of Peace Worldwide, a Christian organisation based in Islamabad, Pakistan, was murdered by three men on the night of Feb. 7, 2004. Since his death, the family of the victim have been intimidated by Hafiz Atta ur Rehman, who […]

Dear friends, It has been brought to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, Neha Masih, has been raped at her home at Shamas-ul-Haq’s dairy farm in Rahwali where her father was employed. The dairy farm is also home to the alleged perpetrator, Mr. Abid, who works there with […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the information that another member of a party list organization has been killed in Mindoro Oriental, Philippines. Isaias Manano Jr, 23, was shot on his way home from visiting a mayoral candidate in Calapan city. Manano was the secretary general of Anakpawis-Mindoro Oriental (Toiling […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of two more cases of police torture in Sri Lanka. It is reported that both victims, Mr. Amal Fernando and Mr. Chandana were illegally detained and tortured: Fernando by the Kalutara police on 19 January 2004 and Chandana by the Bentota police on 16 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young man named Mr. Jinesh died in judicial custody on 20 April 2004 allegedly due to severe torture by the jail officers at District Sub Jail, Calicut, Kerala, India. The victim’s mother and his relatives strongly believe that Mr. Jinesh was killed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information that the family of honor killing victim is suffering from the police inaction. According to the information received, Ms. Wazeeran(50) was killed by her husband’s three nephews Zaheer (25), Qaaim-u-ddin (24), and Mohammad Salih (24) at her house in Rohrri Town, Sukkur District, […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the brutal torture by the Srirampur Police on Sri Tarun Mallick (45) on 10 April 2004.  The police officers from the Srirampur Police Station arrested Sri Tarun Mallick (45) on charge of molesting one of his students. Even though any inquiry was not started […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about extrajudicial killing of Muthuthanthrige Chamal Ranjith Cooray (30) by the police officers at the Modara (Moratuwa) Police Post and Moratuwa Police Station.  According to the information received, on 17 April 2004, Ranjith Cooray, who was suspected of stealing small money, was severely tortured […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by another case of honor killing from Sindh province, Pakistan. A 36-year-old women named Hazooran was killed by her husband, Gulshan Ali along with her brother-in-law on the pretext of honour killing on 14 April 2004. The woman’s brother has lodged a complaint to the […]