Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Varnakulasingham Arulanandam was rearrested by the Terrorist Investigation Division after he was released by a court of law for lack of evidence. He has been severely tortured, his wife has only been allowed to visit him twice and there is no indication […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Gopalan Surendra (32) was involved in a minor traffic accident. When the police ‘arranged’ a lawyer for him Surendra decided to employ his own. This angered the police and they have intentionally delayed his case which should have been an open and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a human rights organization, working on women and children’s issues was banned by the government of Gilgit-Baltistan, in the Northern area of Pakistan, due to the pressure of Muslim extremist groups. The government through a notification asked the AGHE to immediately close down […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Janaka Darshana Kumara was arrested on suspicion of rape by Officer-in-Charge of Sub Police Watch, Deniyaya, while Janaka was at his sister’s place. He was taken to Matara Headquarters Police Station where he was tortured brutally, harassed sexually and detained illegally by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Punchibandage Indrani was severely tortured by the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Rajanganaya Police Station. On this day police officers including the OIC came to Indrani’s home and assaulted her brother- in-law. Prior to the beating neither the OIC nor any of the officers […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the custodial torture of Mr. Suntharallngam Ketheeswaran at the Tangalle Prison. Ketheeswaran was severely beaten by an inebriated prison guard and despite the severity of the injuries he has suffered no medical attention has been provided. CASE NARRATIVE: On Saturday February 23, 2013 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur regarding continued eviction of floating hut dwellers and destruction of their floating huts at Loktak Lake by the Loktak Development Authority (LDA) of the Government of Manipur and Manipur Police on 23 February 2013. Worryingly, the assault […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police of Kushtia district tortured five women from one family. Three of them were detained arbitrarily, followed by illegal arrests and raids on their house without a warrant. One of the teenage girls, studying in college, was sexually abused by police officers […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young man was tortured and killed in military custody within 24 hour of his arrest. The only apparent reason for his arrest was the fact that he passed by a military zone along the Indian border in Pakistani held Kashmir. His body […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of twenty prisoners at the Abepura Correctional Facility, Papua, on 21 January 2013. Information gathered by local activists reveals that the torture was conducted by three prison guards with the acquiescence of the head of the prison. The victims were beaten […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest and torture of seven Papuans which took place on 15 February 2013. The victims were driving home in two cars when the police stopped them as they were looking for two pro-independence activists. The victims were later brought to the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the case of a 14-year-old domestic worker in Burma who was repeatedly raped, assaulted and subsequently trafficked by her employer in 2012. Since she went missing, her mother tried to file a case in the police station but was surprised to find a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a father sold his two young daughters so that he could marry a second wife. The police of two different stations are after the first wife, who is hiding with her children, in order to arrest her and hand over the two minors […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arrest of a teacher in Pangkep, Makassar, South Sulawesi. He was arrested on 4 February 2013 following his comment on a social media website which was considered to be offensive to the Regent of Pangkep. He is being charged with a provision […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned for the fate of Rohingya asylum seekers who have been arrested in the past weeks in police sweeps of remote areas in Songkhla’s Sadao district near the border with Malaysia and the other provinces. They have fled from Burma, where they have been subjected to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Sujani Weerakkodi, a government employee working as a Science and Technology Officer was verbally abused and physically assaulted by a senior Buddhist monk at her offices on 22 January. Her immediate superior and the police refused to take action against the monk […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information regarding the judgement of the Muaro Sijunjung District Court which was delivered on 29 January 2013 on a torture case of two minors by four police officers. The two minors were found hanging dead in the bathroom of Sijunjung Sub-District Police Station in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young girl of school-going age has been assaulted by an ex-soldier. When she reported the matter to the police very little was done to investigate the assault and the victim and her family believe that this is due to the influence of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a conceited police officer killed a young man and shot and injured his younger brother, when father was trying to get help from the courts and the judiciary the police officer along with his junior policemen attacked and tortured him with the intention […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti about brutal police assault on villagers who were peacefully protesting against forcible acquisition of their lands. The 12 platoon strong mobilisation that culminated in the assault started around midnight and the police finally entered the village around 4 in […]