Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of 42 prisoners and detainees by prison guards at Abepura Correctional Facility on 30 April 2012 following an argument between one of the detainees, Selfius Bobii, and the Head of the Abepura Correctional Facility (Abepura Kalapas). The prisoners were beaten, kicked, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the illegal arrest, detention and custodial violence against three men in Murshidabad, West Bengal by police personnel of Salar Police Station. The victims are leaders of a local branch of the Indian National Congress party. While in the custody, the three victims were […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Miss S.H. Thushari Dilrukshi of Dikwella in the Matara District was illegally arrested by police officers attached to the Dikwella Police Station. She had earlier made a complaint of sexual harassment by a youth who also attacked and injured her father. Rather than […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture of 40-year-old Krishna Mondal on 1 January 2012 in yet another case of Border Security Forces (BSF) brutality in West Bengal, India. Torture, extrajudicial killings, religious discrimination and a culture of impunity are features of everyday life for Indian […]

Dear friends, On 6 June 2012, at 9 am in the Provincial Court in Lamphun Province, the Supreme Court verdict in a case involving three land rights activist in northern Thailand will be announced. The three defendants — Mr. Prawais Panpa, Mr. Rangsan Saensongkhaew, and Mr. Suebsakun Kijnukorn – face potential lengthy prison terms of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the illegal arrest, detention and torture of Mr Jalil Sardar and Mr Ramjan Tarafdar by personnel from Swarupnagar Police Station, Baduria Police Station and Kaijuri BSF Camp. Unlawful arrest and detention, torture, religious discrimination, fabrication of charges and a culture of […]

เรียน กัลยาณมิตร ในวันที่ 6 มิถุนายน 2555 เวลา 9.00 น. ที่ศาลจังหวัดลำพูน จะมีการอ่านคำพิพากษาศาลฎีกาในคดีเกี่ยวกับนักเคลื่อนไหวด้านสิทธิในที่ดินสามคนทางภาคเหนือ จำเลยทั้งสามคน ได้แก่ นายประเวศน์ ปันป่า นายรังสรรค์ แสนสองแคว และ นายสืบสกุล กิจนุกร ซึ่งมีโอกาสถูกพิพากษาจำคุกนานถึงสี่ปี สำหรับการเคลื่อนไหวยึดครองที่ดิน ในระหว่างปี 2545 – 2547 ชะตากรรมของชายทั้งสามคนจะถูกตัดสินด้วยคำพิพากษา เช่นเดียวกับสิทธิในที่ดิน และสิทธิในการดำรงชีวิต ของคนในภาคเหนือทั่วไป ทางคณะกรรมาธิการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งเอเชีย (Asian Human Rights Commission: AHRC) เรียกร้องให้ทุกคนที่เกี่ยวข้องเข้ารับฟังการพิจารณาคดีครั้งนี้ และเรียกร้องให้ผู้สนใจติดตามผลการตัดสินอย่างใกล้ชิด โดยคณะกรรมาธิการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งเอเชียจะส่งเจ้าหน้าที่ไปร่วมสังเกตการณ์คดีด้วย ตั้งแต่ช่วงกลางทศวรรษ 1990 (พ.ศ.2533) เกษตรกรและองค์กรพัฒนาเอกชนได้รวมตัวเป็นขบวนการปฏิรูปที่ดินระดับชุมชนในภาคเหนือของไทย ในปี 2544 เริ่มมีการยึดครองที่ดินซึ่งถูกทิ้งร้างไม่ได้ใช้ประโยชน์ โดยเฉพาะในที่ดินซึ่งมีข้อพิพาท แม้จะมีเหตุผลสนับสนุนตามกฎหมายจากการปฏิรูปที่ดินในไทยและกฎหมายการใช้ที่ดิน แต่ผลจากการปฏิบัติการเป็นเหตุให้ผู้นำชุมชนและสมาชิกในขบวนการถูกตั้งข้อกล่าวหาบุกรุกและทำลายทรัพย์สินส่วนบุคคล คำตัดสินของศาลฎีกาเกี่ยวข้องกับสองคดีที่มีจำเลยสามคน ได้แก่ นายประเวศน์ ปันป่า อายุ 64 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a doctor who helped the American forces to locate Osama Bin Laden, the former chief of the Al-Qaida terrorist group in Pakistan, was illegally arrested and tortured to confess that he was working as a spy for the USA. He was held incommunicado […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Jesuthasan Tennisan Leon (27) has been detained in Boossa Detention Camp for more than six months without being produced before any court by the state authorities. Leon was abducted by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2001, a period when […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning caste-based discrimination in the implementation of the Mid-Day-Meal scheme in Maregaon Village of Tehsil Gadarwara, Narshingpur, Madhya Pradesh. The monstrous failure of provincial authorities to distribute such welfare to those most in need is believed to be a reaction to a specific decision […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning another case of police brutality by personnel of Raninagar Police Station, under the captaincy of Sub-Inspector Nilanjan Roy of Raninagar Police Station, against 19-year-old Golam Mujtuba and a few of his friends from Char Majhardiar Village. Such impunity on the part […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture and attempted murder of Sanjit Mondal on 15 April 2011 in yet another case of Border Security Forces (BSF) brutality in West Bengal, India. Torture, extrajudicial killings, religious or caste-based discrimination and a culture of impunity are features of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the gruesome murder of 21-year-old Babu Seikh on 22 April 2012 in yet another case of Border Security Forces (BSF) brutality in West Bengal, India. Torture, extrajudicial executions, religious discrimination and a culture of impunity are features of everyday life for Indians […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the ongoing threats and intimidation by villagers of Jejalen Jaya towards Reverend Palti Panjaitan and the congregation of Batak Protestant Church (HKBP) Filadelfia. The congregation has been prohibited to conduct service of worship for years on a piece of land that legally belongs […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding intimidation from the Islamic Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) towards Ahmadiyah in Batam. Short after the religious minority group held its Friday prayer on 27 April 2012, the FPI came to Nagoya building (Ruko Nagoya) where the group members regularly hold its […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture, allegedly committed by the police officers of Narcotics Department of North Sumatra Provincial Police, on Munawir Alamsyah. The police performed excessive force while arresting him on 7 April 2012 and took him to a house for an interrogation before finally bring […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning another case of illegal arrest, detention and police brutality against Mr Golam Kibria from Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. This is yet another in a seemingly infinite number of cases wherein law enforcement agencies due to ingrained malpractices and callous attitudes have […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) concerning a case of rape of a young woman by and officer-in charge (OC) at Bhadrewswar Police Station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on 23 April 2012. The victim’s husband had just prior to this […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was deeply distressed to learn that a government employee, who opposed the construction of a huge dam that threatens to submerge the villages of indigenous communities, has been killed. He was murdered after he had allegedly been subjected to an overt surveillance. CASE DETAILS: (Based on the documentation […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning a case of the extended and illegal detention of three Indian nationals in Bangladesh past the completion of the jail term passed by the Senior Judicial Magistrate of Kushtia, who had also ordered their release and repatriation upon fulfilment of that […]