Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the shooting of Ms. Yusniar and Mr. Disman. The shooting was allegedly conducted by police officers from Kuansing Police Station and Mobile Brigadier (Brimob) Unit of Riau Police Station. Due to the shooting, both Ms. Yusniar and Mr. Disman died. CASE NARRATIVE: A […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that more than 108 houses in Toba Tek district, Punjab province, have been illegally demolished by the provincial Department of Revenue with the help of the police. A journalist was injured by a gunshot from the henchmen of the land grabbers. 68 displaced persons […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that two Christian men are in imminent danger after they were arrested, without a legitimate investigation, for blasphemy. The police officers involved have not followed the penal code, which only allows such charges to be made after an investigation by the superintendent of police. Blasphemy […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a detailed report from a victim of torture on a string of violent violations committed by Kolonna police, both in the police station and a nearby hospital. His case comprehensively illustrates the lack of discipline or accountability in many areas of the policing system in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about an arbitrary arrest, faulty police procedure and fabricated charges by the Panadura North police. The case highlights the way in which a person with a criminal conviction, once in the sight of police, can become a convenient target for fabricated charges in other […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 23 May 2010, a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel opened fire indiscriminately and without warning in a small market place in Panchaboti, and later shot dead Mr. Iskandar Ali Barbhuiya, an innocent person on mere suspicion. The attitude of […]

Dear friends,  In recent months many protests and demonstrations have taken place in the country. Lawyers frequently attend such events in order to monitor police violence against protestors and demonstrators. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has documented one case which shows that a lawyer on the site appealing against the illegal arrest of demonstrators […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the soldiers from a field regiment stationed in Manipur Block, Hailakandi district, Assam illegally raided houses in Mohanpur village and in the process tortured the inmates, molested women and girls and even took their pictures at gun point. It is reported that the […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was abducted by members of the Young Communist League (YCL) on 7 May after he allegedly refused to give money to a Maoist activist, during the Maoists’ indefinite strike. His whereabouts remain unknown. The Maoist groups have denied any involvement in […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an Aceh-based journalist was beaten and threatened by a military officer. The journalist had published an article – against the request of the officer – about illegal logging in the area, and its possible involvement with the Alapan District Police Station (Polres), and […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned about the constant threat of censorship faced by BBC Pakistan, the independent radio station broadcasting in Urdu. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and the ministry of information and broadcasting, both under the strong influence of the Army, censored news bulletins that the BBC […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that three mining activists are still missing, months after being seen in the custody of soldiers, after their forcible abduction in March 2010. The victims’ families have been unable to secure their release or pursue effective legal action against the soldiers, due to […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers in Silchar Police Station, Assam allegedly harassed and threatened a victim of domestic violence in order to extort money from her, and neglected the investigation of her case. The victim’s father-in-law is a senior member of the District Bar Association and […]

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that 11 farmers, including four minors, were arbitrarily detained. Legally non-existent charges have been laid against them after the policemen arrested them. The farmers were requesting the landowner’s representative, who had come together with the policemen in Calamba City, Laguna to refrain from […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Chatkhil police, of Noakhali district have tortured a man to death on 13 May 2010. The witnesses told the AHRC that the body of the deceased torture victim had several marks from injuries. The police prepared a complaint and got it signed by […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Human Rights Alert (HRA) that in two separate incidents of indiscriminate firing two persons were killed and three others injured in Manipur. HRA is a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur state. The first incident happened on 6 May and the second […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a couple have been declared ‘Karo-Kari’ and sentenced to death by an illegal tribal court, but cannot get protection or redress from the Pakistan authorities. The tribal court was allegedly chaired by the bride’s uncle, a policeman, and includes her father, who is also […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that more than a hundred villagers were injured in an incident in which the police opened fire and assaulted protestors in Orissa on 15 May. The police have reportedly fired upon the villagers who had gathered at the entrance of their village to prevent […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the administration of Guro District has not sufficiently acted to protect tenants of a registered traditional business market from eviction by the property owner. The tenants, most of them elderly, had to campaign for years to have the market rightfully acknowledged as part of […]

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) had been informed that a farmer, whom soldiers had arbitrarily arrested over allegations that he was a commander of a rebel group, had been tortured and held incommunicado for six days. The soldiers did not turn him over promptly to police custody, but illegally detained him in […]