Administration of justice

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the prohibition to setting up the church of Gereja Batak Karo Protestan (GBKP) in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, Indonesia. Without giving a clear reason, the South Jakarta mayor is reluctant to facilitate the GBKP in obtaining a permit to proceed. The Mayor also […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Sirikan Charoensiri. She is a human rights lawyer and legal and documentation officer at Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR). On 22 October 2016, Ms. Sirikan reported to the police at Bangkok’s Samranrat Municipality Police Station. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Yasin Mohammad Abdus Samad Talukder remains disappeared since 14 July 2016. On that day, personnel claiming to be law-enforcement officers picked him up as he was sitting waiting in his car. Yasin was waiting for his cousin to arrive at the Kakoli […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Kadireshan Ravishankar of No. 721, Dickoya Road, Dickoya, in the Nuwara Eliya District, was severly tortured by the Headquarters Inspector of Police (HQI) of the Hatton Headquarters Police Station on 23 September 2016. He was treated at the Dickoya Base Hospital. Though […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Rasika Jayasekara (33), his parents Mr. K.M J Bandara (69), and Mrs. W.M. Kumarihami (60) of No: 22/1, Waragolla Yaya, Senerathwela, Digana in Kandy District, were assaulted by his neighbour W.M. Senrathwela, and his two sons Danushka Lasantha and Nuwan Chanka. Rasika […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to Area Police Office Rangeli illegally arrested and illegally detained Gulephun Khatun and her husband. Gulephun Khatun, illegally detained for 24 days, has been tortured and even hung upside down for 30 minutes. Husband and wife are now released on […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the Phu Khiao Provincial Court scheduling a plea hearing for two student activists who have been arrested in Chaiyaphum province, northeastern Thailand, for distributing anti-constitution flyers. According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), on 15 August 2016, the Phu Khiao public […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and extrajudicial killing of a young engineer in a staged police encounter. The engineer was working on the construction of the China Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC), and the real reason behind the murder is still unclear. Some media reports suggest a […]

By Basil Fernando After the election of the new government, Sri Lanka’s foreign policy has been to show positive attitudes towards the protection and promotion of human rights. In international forums and in public declarations, it has declared that it accepts the international law on human rights, that it is committed to enforcing international agreements […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to District Police Office Nepalgunj have illegally arrested and illegally detained Rasheed Darji in spite of a stay order issued by the High Court. The police defied the Court decision, and arrested Rasheed due to the influence of his brother […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the Ratchaburi Provincial Court scheduling a conciliation hearing, for four activists and one journalist, indicted for alleged offences against Section 61 of Constitution Referendum Act B.E.2559 (2016) and the against the Announcement of Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy (CDRM) No. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of Mr. Asep Sunandar conducted by police officers of Cianjur police resort (Polres Cianjur), resulting in his death. Asep and two of his friends were arrested without any arrest warrant, and were not granted access to a lawyer during their interrogation. […]

Human Rights Commission, held a side event during the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council on the systematic killings of lawyers and human rights activists in oppressed regions of Pakistan. The participant speakers expressed their concern on the situation of human rights in Pakistan, stating that that the country’s record over the past six decades […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of Haris Azhar, a human rights defender and executive director of the Commission for the Disappearances and Victims of Violence / KontraS, a prominent national human rights NGO. After Haris disseminated information on the alleged involvement of high ranking police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Raviraj Kavichandran a resident of Pussellawa had according to the police, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on the night of his arrest at the Pussellawa police station on 18th Septemeber 2016. Raviraj’s family members claim witness to him being beaten up at […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an environmental activist, Mr. I Wayan Suardana (alias Gendo.) His critics reported him to the police for his rejection of the Benoa Bay Reclamation Plan in Bali. Mr. Gendo, who is part of the For-Bali coalition, has consistently refused to affirm the plan […]

This week Just Asia begins with Thailand, where the Administrative Court ruled in favor of the National Park officers who forcibly evicted and burned about 100 houses and rice barns of ethnic Karen villagers in Phetchaburi province. According to the September 7 verdict, since the Karen villagers illegally encroached into protected areas, the park officers […]

12th September 2016 Mr. Pujith Jayasundara  Inspector General of Police  New Secretariat  Colombo 1, Sri Lanka Dear Mr Jayasundara, The disappearance of Gayashan requires an inquiry by the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) The disappearance of Gayashan, a 20 year old youth from Ambalangoda while in the custody of the Hambanthota Police for the last 06 […]

아시아 인권헌장, 또는 민중헌장은 1998년 5월 17일 광주에서 공포되었다. 헌장은 수백여 단체들과 개인들의 지지를 받으며 아시아인권위원회가 전적으로 추진하였다. 헌장을 지지한 모든 단체이름은 헌장의 뒤 표지에 기재되어 있다. 아시아 인권헌장을 공포하는 일은 중대한 노력이었고 분명한 목적이 있었다. 헌장의 주요 목적은 개발도상국내 인권증진의 장애물을 다루는 과정을 착수하는 것이었다. 아시아 대부분의 국가들이 개도국에 포함되어 있는 상황에서, 개도국들의 특수한 […]

Just Asia begins this week with Sri Lanka; on the eve of the Sri Lanka Police celebrating 150 years of service, a TV programme was held discussing Sri Lanka’s policing service, its history and present status, and the country’s much needed criminal justice reforms. The discussion was attended by Mr Basil Fernando, Director of Policy […]