Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by a local human rights organisation Nervazhy based in Thrissur, Kerala state concerning the case of Mr. Hithin who was abused and tortured by the state police officers. It is reported that Hithin, a Dalit, was taken into custody by the police officers and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 1 October 2008 the police allegedly assaulted a man. He tried to prevent a boy at a restaurant from being beaten by the police. As a result he was taken into police custody and again severely beaten by the police. CASE DETAILS: (Based […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the OYO Papua Foundation that nine women have been subjected to ill-treatment after being labeled as ‘Suranggi‘ (witches) by local religious leaders in Seya village, West Papua. They were segregated from their family members and forced to live rough in the jungle where […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the police allegedly assaulted a family of venders in Battambang city, Battambang province, Cambodia on 25 October 2008. The police damaged their trays and severely assaulted the father of the family. Their beating caused him to sustain serious injuries and lose consciousness. CASE DETAILS: (Based […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a police captain named Ros Man assaulted and kicked a 14-old boy named Pheak Vuthy with his boots. This occurred when he arrested him during a protest by traders against the levy of a fee on 26 November 2008 at the border post of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Kuruwita police assaulted a boy on the road and forcibly took him, with his brother,  into police custody and later fabricated charges against him in collaboration with a Judicial Medical Officer on 31 August 2008. CASE DETAILS: (based on the testimony of Liyanage Buddhika […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continued detention of a labour lawyer after having been arbitrarily arrested from his house on murder charges. He first briefly disappeared on October 23 but was later found to be in police custody. Apart from the murder, he was also falsely […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of threats and harassment made against a man by police officers since May 2008 in Sri Lanka. He would not pay money to them. He has been repeatedly arrested and falsely charged after he refused to give them any bribes. CASE DETAILS: Rajagopalan Manalan […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that prison guards allegedly tortured a young man at Prey Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. As a result of this torture, Heng sustained a fractured skull and died in a hospital in Phnom Penh on 21 November 2008.  CASE DETAILS: (Source: Am Sam […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a mixed civilian and military force beat villagers and torched their homes in a forced eviction at Anlong Krom in Chey Sena village, Ta Ken commune, Chhouk district Kampot province, on 17 and 18 November 2008. Seven villagers were injured, three of whom needed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MINBYUN-Lawyers for a Democratic Society that thugs hired by a company and members of its staff assaulted workers and demolished their temporary tents while they were asking for reemployment. The workers have been holding a protest near their company for over three years. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a police officer raped a woman on 7 October 2008 but due to tardy action by police authorities the officer was able to escape arrest. A colleague of the accused has been assigned as the investigating officer. CASE DETAILS: A man known as […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from local sources that a man named Mr. Abdul Matin Shikdar was illegally arrested by the Kanaighat police on 28 September 2008 on a fabricated charge of stealing electrical transformers. He was in police remand for two days and detained in Sylhet Central Jail. […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to them. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received two cases regarding arbitrary arrest and detention of three men by police without orders from the court. A young man has been detained for over three months without being produced before the court and two men, one of whom is a member of political organisation, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR), Thailand that another community radio station has been raided and had its equipment taken without warning or explanation, other than that it was allegedly operating without a permit. The matter is currently with the public prosecutor. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a father and his 14-year-old son were illegally arrested and taken to Kurunegala Police Station by officers on 11 July 2008. The officers did not produce them in court within the required statutory 24 hours. During nine days’ detention, the officers tortured the […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to them. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern about the continuing threats to four union leaders, including a union president, and dozens of other workers. Others preferred not to divulge their names. The soldiers had deliberately warned them, one after another that they would suffer consequences if they not stop their […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that seven police officers assaulted a man and his daughter when they arrested him near a garden in Battambang city, Battambang province on October 2, 2008. He was severely injured due to the beatings and when he was brought to the hospital, the police forced […]