Administration of justice

In an unprecedented move, the government of Pakistan has abruptly closed down 28 Turkish schools and colleges, issuing deportation orders for the 108 teaching and administrative staff to leave the country within three days. This arrangement was adopted on the orders of the Turkish government, prior to the arrival of Turkish president Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding regular shelling between India and Pakistan at the Line of Control (LoC) near villages in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir. In recent days, dozens of unarmed civilians have lost lives and many more have been injured, with some disabled for life. […]

A Statement from the International Peace Observers Network (IPON) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission. The International Peace Observers Network (IPON) expresses its deep concern about the precarious security situation and the continuing criminalization of human rights defenders (HRD) in the Philippines. Against this background, IPON welcomes the decision of the German Member of […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding two student activists who have been arrested in Chaiyaphum province, north eastern Thailand, for distributing anti-constitution flyers. According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), the Phu Khiao Provincial Court postponed an evidence examination session. This is due to the fact that […]

Dear Friends, The Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance (THRDA) has informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that Bijuli Prasad Mahaut (31), resident of ward number 1, Khajurakhurd Village Development Committee (VDC) of Banke District, and Tirath Ram Harijan (30), resident of ward number 9, Indrapur VDC, of Banke District, have been illegally arrested, been […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information provided by the Land Reform Commission (KPA), a national NGO documenting land conflicts. It is regarding land grabbing and a fabricated case against local farmers in Tulang Bawang, Lampung. The farmers and local community have been struggling to reclaim their lands since 1993, which were […]

The weekly Times column, Focus on Rights, titled ‘More (Legal) Horrors of Sri Lanka’s Counter-Terror Draft’ by Kishali Pinto Jayawardena, in the Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, on 06 November 2016, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Kishali Pinto Jayawardena The Government’s proposed draft on a new counter-terror law for Sri Lanka is rather like a thoroughly unpleasant […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward an appeal from Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). For more information, please contact:  Thai Lawyers for Human Rights  109 Soi Sitthichon Suthisarnwinichai Rd.  Samsennok, Huaykwang Bangkok 10310  Thailand  Tel: +6696-7893172 or +6696-7893173  E-Mail: tlhr2014@gmail.com,  Website: http://www.tlhr2014.com/ Thank you. Urgent Appeals Desk Asian Human […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the brutal attack and shooting committed by the police in Sanggeng, Manokwari West District, West Papua province. The incident was also reported by various media, including BBC Indonesia. By not following legal procedure while handling the case, the police shooting resulted in the […]

Dear Friends, According to information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Mr. Sumesh Jeevantha Kumara (17) and his mother, Mrs. Herath Mudiyanselage Podi Kumari (49) residents of 20/237, Puja Nagaraya, Mahiyanganaya in Badulla District, have been continuously harassed by police officers attached to the Mahiyanganaya Police Station. Sumesh was illegally arrested, detained, and […]

Dear friends, Mr. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Sarath Dissanayaka of Piliyandala, Colombo District was illegally arrested, detained and tortured by police officers attached to the Colombo Crime Division on 5 May 2016. His son also was arrested and tortured by the same team of police. While he was tortured at the CCD office, he was accused of […]

Dear friends, Mrs. Hashika Shashi Kanthi of Palugasdamana, Saliya Wewa in Puttalam District, was tortured by four policemen attached to the Saliya Wewa Police Station. At 10 pm on the night of 23 July 2016, they forcibly entered her home while her husband was away. At that time, she was 29 weeks pregnant, expecting her […]

Beginning with Thailand this week, the Provincial Court of Songkhla read the verdict of Appeals Court Region 9 regarding the case of Mr. Anat Hayeemasae, former member of the Satun Provincial Administration Organization (PAO). He had appealed the order of the Court of First Instance, which had sentenced him to 22-years-and-six-months-imprisonment for an offence against […]

Dear friends, Mahesh Kumara Fernando of Boralessa, Naththandiya, Puttalam District was illegally arrested, detained and tortured by police officers of the Wennappuwa Police Station. On 15th August 2016, he had an argument with his friend which never before turned violent. A telephone call to the police, by a neighbor, put into motion the following actions. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the abduction of four women and two men amidst fighting between two influential armed tribes, the Thaheem and Qambrani. Police from RD 44 Police Station, Jacobabad, kept the women illegally, holding them for ransom for 11 days at a private location, releasing […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Madushanka Liyanage , 23, of 271/D, Kattappuwa Galhinna, Ankumbura, Kandy District has made a complaint to the Rangala Police Station-reference No: CIB (2) 148/66 regarding the abduction of his legally married wife by her parents. The victim has provided all the necessary […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a prominent human rights NGO, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Surabaya branch office. It is regarding the arbitrary arrest of 40 farmers and two university students by police officers of the Blitar police resort (Polres Blitar). All of […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about the killing of an indigenous leader while on his way home in Compostela province. A week before the incident, the victim had been receiving threats to his life from members of the 66th Infantry Battalion of Philippines Army due to his anti-mining advocacy […]

Dear Friends, According to information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Ms. Thakshila Sumanasiri of No. 92, Vidura Gewatta, Kundasale, Kandy District, has made a formal complaint to the Sri Lankan Immigration Authority that a woman named Raji has made a fake passport under her name, using her birth certificate, and copy of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Jayasinghe Arachchige Dilip Pushpakumara (29) of No: 33, Madama Watte, Ekala, Ja-Ela in the Gampaha District was illegally arrested. He was detained and tortured by police officers attached to the Ja-Ela Police Station on 08th July, 2016. He was produced before the […]