Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt from the Burma Lawyers’ Council (Thailand) that one woman and one girl are currently in jail in Burma for having attempted to obtain justice after being raped by a local official. The two, Ma San San Aye, now aged around 16, and Ma Aye Mi […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding yet another case of police torture in Sri Lanka. Halnetthige Nelsan Perera and Halnetthige Lenith Nuwan Peiris were severely beaten on 13 March 2004 by police officers outside the Pinwatta Cemetery, where Perera had earlier in the day buried his wife. The AHRC […]

Dear friends   The Asian Human Rights Commission is gravely concerned by the large number of innocent civilians being rounded up by the Government of Nepal. There are no records of their arrest, detention or release. According to a press release issued by the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, a team of the Commission […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 27 January 2004, Officer in Charge of Sandeshkhali Police Station, West Bengal, Mr Prabir Banerjee, led a large force that shot dead Mr Gaffar Mollah, an alleged bank robber, at his house in Jhupkali village. Mr Mollah appears to have been killed […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the illegal arrest, torture and detention of Mohammed Siddique, a lab technician in Malappuram, Kerala, India. Mohammed was arrested on 15 January 2004 after marrying Femina, daughter of Kunhimoosa in December 2003. The officers who arrested him told Mohammed that he would be released […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of extrajudicial killing of Dehiwatte Gedera Jayathilaka by the police at the Mahawela Police Station on 9 March 2004. According to the information we have received, the victim was arbitrarily arrested by the police from the Yatawatte Police Security Barrier on charge of possessing illicit liquor even though he had no liquor in his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 13-year-old girl named Koonjan was killed by her husband, Ahmedan along with other 4 of her in-laws in Kato Bangwar Village, Kandh Kot Town, Jaqcobabd District, Sindh Province on 4 March 2004. It is reported that Ahmedan killed his wife on the pretext […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a primary school teacher Ven Harankahawe Chandrawimala (Buddhist monk) has allegedly harassed children physically and mentally including in sexual ways, and consistently denied their religious freedom for last two years.  According to our source who followed up the case, child abuse by Ven […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on the attempt to cover up the murder of 17-year-old girl Mousumi Ari by the police, magistrate and the doctor.  Mousumi Ari, of Narayanpur Village, West Bengal, was murdered by her in-laws in October 2003. However, as her father-in-law is connected with the police, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of brutal torture on John Pollage Udays Saman Jayasuriya by the police at Kadugannawa Police Station on 9 March 2004. According to the information, when his car was stopped by the motorbike, the victim tried to identify two policemen in civilian clothes. However, this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 25-year-old woman named Ms. Shahul was killed by her husband, Mr. Manthar Ali Shar in Bakhshoo Ujan Village, Garhi Yaseen Town, Shikarpur District, Sindh Province on 21 February 2004. This is the third honour killing case reported to AHRC within last 40 days.  […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the arbitrary arrest of two persons named Mr. Ajit Bhar and Mr. Bablu Das by the police from Jangipara Police Station in West Begal, India. Both of the victims were charged for allegedly committing various offences against the state, even though there is […]

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of repeated rape and sexual abuse of two blind girl students by the hostel warden at the Shree Janata Higher Secondary School in Balewa, Baglung District of Western Region, Nepal. It has been reported from a reliable source that a 20-year-old Miss X and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 30-year-old woman named Ms. Hidayat was allegedly killed by her husband, Mr. Momin Ali Mahar in Dal village, Lakhi Ghulam Shah Town, Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan on 29 February 2004. The case was registered at the Chak Police Station. However, a human […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Hafeel (24) was arbitrarily arrested on 24 February 2004 by officers from the Perumbadappu Police Station and thereafter tortured to death within two hours of his arrest. It is reported that no case against the perpetrators has been registered […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that officers from the Chittaranjan Park Police Station in Delhi picked up six young men aged between 16 to 22, and forced them to clean the police station for almost six hours on 15 February 2004. The two boys out […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Bellanavithanage Sanath Yasaratne was allegedly assaulted and shot by the police from the the Baduraliya Police Station on 22 February 2004. The victim was died while being transferred to the general hospital in Colombo from the Wattaewa Hospital on that […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a human rights organization in West Bengal, that a young man was found dead in police lock-up by the police at Fansideoa Police Station in Darjeeling District in West Bengal on 9 February 2004. He was previously arrested […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source of extra-judicial killings of two young girls and one young boy, Reena Rasaili (18), Subhadra Chaulagain (17) and Tasi Lama, by security personnel in Pokahari Chauri-4, Kavre District in Nepal on 13 February 2004. It is alleged that Reena Rasaili […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt from the Burma Lawyers’ Council (Thailand) that a 15-year-old boy was sentenced to a juvenile detention facility after witnessing the attack on the National League for Democracy at Depayin, on 30 May 2003. The boy, Maung Chan Thar Kyaw, who is now in a camp […]