Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply grieved about the vast amount of destruction and the many thousands of people who either died, have been missing or have in some way been affected by one of the worst natural disasters over the past many decades. Along with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, […]

INDIA: Almost 75,000 people are homeless after being forcibly evicted by the West Bengal government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation  INDIA: Forced eviction of the urban poor; Right to housing; Right to food ———————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about case of another forced eviction from West Bengal, India. […]

Three student leaders arbitrarily arrested by the police for shouting slogans against the monarchy NEPAL: Political right; Freedom of opinion; Arbitrary detention ———————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that three student leaders in Nepal have been arbitrarily arrested without warrant by the police only for shouting slogans against the […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the torture and false charges against a 15 year old boy in Sri Lanka. This is another example of brutal custom of torture and disregard for the rule of law in Sri Lanka. AHRC calls for your solidarity to pressure the local authorities […]

NEPAL: An 8 year old boy is in critical situation after being shot by army security personnel in Sunsari District NEPAL: Right of Children; Ill treatment of Children ———————————————————— Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that an 8 year old boy was shot by army security personnel in Sunsari District on 16 December […]

NEPAL: Discrimination based on sexual orientation ———————————————————— Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two young homosexuals were brutally assaulted by the Armed Police personnel near Ratnapark, central Kathmandu, on 6 December 2003. AHRC is gravely concerned of such regular assault, and torture of homosexuals in Nepal, especially by the […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received another torture case from Sri Lanka. A man named Bamunuarachchi Pathiranalage Sathkumara was brutally tortured by the police officers at the Kuliyapitiya Police Station. Please send a letter to the local authorities and request them to correct this matter immediately and take serious action to […]

INDIA: Ill treatment of children; Torture in police custody ———————————————————— The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is extremely concerned by the torture and illegal arrest of a child in West Bengal, India. On 16 October 2003, officers from the Magrahat Police Station, South 24 Parganas District arbitrarily arrested Salauddin Sk. at his house and tortured […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about another severe torture case from Kandy, Sri Lanka. According to the information received, Shiron Jeewantha Pallekanda, 22, was severely tortured after being arrested by the police from the Katugastota Police Station on 7 December 2003. The police have not provided any medical treatment […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the upcoming planned revision of the Law on Assembly and Demonstration of South Korea, which severely restricts the Korean people’s right to expression. On 19 November 2003 the Home Affairs Committee of the National Assembly approved a revision bill of the Law on […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that torture victim Mahadura Pandula Sri Thaminda was arrested by police officers from the Kandy Police Station on fabricated charges on 10 November 2003, after he refused to withdraw his complaint against the police. According to the victim’s family, the victim received threats from […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that the Appellate Court in Thailand ordered the extradition of Mr. Sok Yoeun to Cambodia on 28 November 2003. Mr. Sok Yoeun is a 67-year-old Cambodian national, who is a political prisoner and prisoner of conscience. This is the final decision regarding his case […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that one Dalit woman’s house in Baglung district was burnt down by her upper caste neighbor on 13 November 2003, after she refused to move away from the area. The police have taken no serious action to investigate the case until now. In Nepal, […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that S.L. Kulatunga had serious head injuries after being tortured by the Nivithigala police and died at the Genral Hospital of Colombo on 12 November 2003. After his death, thousands of persons gathered around the police station to express their anger about his death. According to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two migrant workers who were facing forced deportation by the Korean government have committed suicide. It is estimated that 120,000 illegal migrant workers who have been in Korea for more than four years are facing forced deportation by the South Korean government beginning […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police searched the premises of the People’s Watch-Tamil Nadu, a prominent human rights organization in Tamil Nadu on 5 November 2003. More seriously, it is alleged that the police had threatened the executive director of the organization during People¡¦s Watch¡¦s public hearings […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that 16-year old boy was brutally tortured by the police. The manner of torture was so brutal that clear evidence of violence against children, which violates Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Sri Lanka is a party. More […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a seven-year-old boy has been illegally detained and tortured by the police from the Polpithigame Police Station. According to the information from his mother, the boy has still not recovered from the shock. Your urgent action is required to correct this matter immediately. […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Korean-German scholar Song Du-yul, 59, who returned to Republic of Korea (ROK) after 37 years of exile in Germany, was arrested for allegedly violating anti-communist provisions in the National Security Law on 22 October 2003. He was arrested after he refused to make […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on another serious torture case in Sri Lanka. According to information we have received, an innocent man was brutally tortured by the police personnel attached to the Bentota Police Station including its Officer In Charge (OIC) and a Sub Inspector (SI). In particular, the […]