Urgent Appeal Case

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the gang rape and alleged murder of a Hindu girl from the Meghwar caste by influential people belonging to the ruling party of Sindh Province. The police of District Umer Kot (formerly Amar Kot) have botched up the whole investigation in an effort […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you of the harassment and assault of several persons by military officers of the 73rd Infantry Battalion in separate incidents. In one instance, soldiers restricted the victims from buying supplies, accusing them of buying excess goods for rebels. In another instance, the soldiers […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding land confiscation conducted by the Indonesian Army in Urut Sewu, Kebumen Regency, Central Java Province. The Army has not obeyed the law; it has claimed the land without supporting evidence. The conflict has not been resolved since 2011 due to lack of law […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Advocacy Forum (AF) that a group of human rights defenders, namely Mr. Ajit Thakur from the National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Raj Kumar Mahaseth from Advocacy Forum – Nepal, Mr. Dev Kumar Mahato from WOREC-Nepal, Mr. Dipendra Das from Manav Adhikar Surakshya […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the arbitrary arrest and detention of two university students in Central Luzon over a year ago. The victims were conducting research when the military illegally arrested them. They were interrogated about the whereabouts of the New People’s Army (NPA) and its firearms, […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Indian Army personnel in Kokrajhar District of Assam have gang raped Mrs. Sarita Devi, who is eight months pregnant, during raids carried out for “Operation All Out” on 8 August 2015. The incident took place when soldiers attached to 10 Bihar Regiment arrived […]

Dear Friends, According to information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission, Mr. Anthony Kingsley, a casual labourer living in Hantana Estate, Kandy had been arrested by police officers attached to the Crime Branch of the Kandy Headquarters Police Station. This took place during a church procession in full view of the public. He was […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal attack on members of the Evangelical Church of Indonesia, who were protesting outside a mosque in Karubaga, Tolikara, Papua, by police officers of the Tolikara police resort (Polres Tolikara). One elementary school student died as a result, while 11 adults were […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission regrets to inform you that eight persons were arbitrarily arrested while three men were tortured in separate incidents in Mindanao. All the victims were detained on the basis of fabricated charges. They were also accused of being rebels and members of the New People’s Army (NPA). CASE DETAILS: […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal arrest and detention of the Lampusay siblings. One of the victims is a former volunteer educator of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines – Northern Mindanao (RMP-NMR). The Lampusay siblings were accused of being members of the New People’s Army […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest, illegal detention, and torture of two young men by the Jacobabad District Police, Sindh. One of them is a young schoolteacher and, in his case, the Magistrate Court has refused to take action against the police officials despite evidences of […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding three women being sentenced to four months imprisonment, with labor, for leading a peaceful prayer. In March, the women led a peaceful prayer for the student protesters who were marching from Mandalay to Yangon and calling for amendments to the National Education Law. One week […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to express concern regarding the disrespect of the religion and dignity of 20 prisoners presently detained in General Santos City Jail. Tortured detainees were prevented from complaining due to threats to their families. CASE DETAILS: (Based on the testimony of 20 prisoners of General Santos City Jail, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about a 17 year old young man. His grandmother was missing and later found dead, floating in the Maussakele Reservoir nearby. The family members sought police help to investigate for a possible crime. Without proper investigation the young man was arrested, tortured and pressured […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young man named Mehmood Ahmed Kharani has been killed by the police in a fake encounter. Additionally, policemen have abducted Mehmood’s elder brother, Daud Kharani, on 19 May 2014 for not paying the extortion amount and for not robbing the petrol station […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information about the lack of access to medical facilities by the women of Sunabeda Plateau in Nuapada District of Odisha. The women belonging to the remote villages located in the Sunabeda Plateau have not been able to avail the service of institutional delivery because of lack […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture of Mr. Suhaili by the Police Drug Force (Satnarkoba) of Bangka Police Resort (Polres Bangka), resulting in his death. Suhaili was a narcotics dealer and an alleged source of income for one of the officers; during the sweeping operation he […]

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a Labour rights’ activist is being prosecuted for allegedly trespassing on land confiscated by the military. She was arrested in July 2015. The charge relates to her helping farmers’ whose land was seized in the Bago Region. She visited the region several times […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Sudirman, a drug dealer, who was burnt alive by Brigadier Sony Saputra, a police officer of the Karimun Police Resort (Polres Karimun), and the Officer’s friends. Sony was hImself involved in the drug business, benefiting from the same. When […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of Fiki Arfindo (13), by police officers of the Widang Police Sector (Polsek Widang), Tuban Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. The police arrested Arfindo without any arrest warrant, and without proper investigation forced him to confess to […]