Administration of justice

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture death and fabricated case against Mr. Juprianto. These things were committed by the police officers of Luwu police station (Polres Luwu), in Luwu regency, South Sulawesi province. Police tortured Juprianto to death to get a confession that he had stolen a […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. L.A.L. Charlis and Mrs. R. Indrani of 271/D, Kattappuwa Galhinna, Ankumbura, Kandy District, were abducted by group of men and later arbitrarily arrested, detained, and tortured by police officers attached to the Weeraketiya Police Station. The victims state that they were subjected […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Shanmugam Selvarajah from Velikkulam in Vavuniya was abducted by an unknown group of persons on 21 June 2016. He was later found near the Settikulam area in Varikuttiyar in Vavuniya. Repeated complaints by relatives to the Vavuniva Headquarters Police Station seeking immediate […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Santhiyogu Anton Dani, a resident of Mannar, was illegally arrested by military officers on 29th June 2016 at St. Peters Church in Mannar. He was continually tortured before being released without any charges and not being produced before a court of law. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a torture death conducted by police officers in the North Central Timor regency (TTU), East Nusa Tenggara province. Mr. Marianus Oki was illegally arrested, detained and tortured to death in police custody. An investigation has been conducted with no significant progress. Marinus was […]

On June 20, the delegation of ALRC submitted a 160-page report on enforced disappearances and extra judicial killings in Pakistan, citing the cases and also the updated list of disappeared persons. The delegation of WGEID, led by Ms. Gabriela Guzman, secretary of WGEID and Human Rights Officer, Protection, Religion, Accountability & Human Security Session, expressed […]

We are sharing with you a Tamil translaton of an Article published by the Asian Human Rights Commission, in Commemoraiton of the International Day in Support of Torture Victims, where the “… Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRC SL) marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in a rather unusual and impressive way. […]

This week Just Asia focuses on the changes in Sri Lanka’s government and human rights situation since 2015, through an exclusive interview with Dr. Clifford Perera and Mr. Basil Fernando. Dr. Clifford Perera is Senior Lecturer & Medico-legal specialist, Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, while Basil Fernando is the Director for Policy […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 10-year-old girl has been tortured on the instructions of her teacher at Anula Devi Girls’ College in Galle District, Sri Lanka. The teacher ordered the class to beat the 10-year old girl on the head, considering it a minor crime; 44 students […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Niroshan Chamara Rupasinghe of the Kandy District was tortured by two traffic police officers attached to the Katugastota Police Station on 13th November 2015. Later he was treated at the Kandy Teaching Hospital. Police have filed fabricated charges against the victim alleging […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the result of the trial process with respect to the assault and torture to death of Mr. Salim Kancil, a land rights defender and environmental activist, who fought against illegal sand mining in Selok Awar-Awar Village, Lumajang Regency, East Java Province. The judges […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Udayan Livingston Bastian of Ambatenna in Kandy District died under mysterious circumstances on 3 July 2015. Despite repeated requests by close relatives of the deceased, the police have refused to hold an investigation into his sudden death. His relatives demand justice. The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Subramaniam Rubini of Katugastota, Kandy District, has been harassed by police officers attached to the Katugastota Police Station on the whims of a former lover, Selvam. Police officers from Headquarters and the Katugastota Police Station demanded that she pay a sum of […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information provided by the Land Reform Commission (KPA), a national NGO documenting land conflicts, and other national NGOs against human rights violations in the mining area. Police and military security forces forcibly attacked and shot villagers protesting against the Cipta Buana Seraya coal mining Company (PT. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Velauthapilai Renugaruban, a British citizen who was visiting his relatives in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, has been illegally arrested, detained, and severely tortured by Sri Lankan police officials. He is being accused of aiding and abetting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) […]

Beginning with Thailand this week, Just Asia covers three human rights defenders who have been accused of criminal defamation and violation of the Computer Crime Act for publishing a report detailing 54 cases of torture by the Thai Army in the country’s southern provinces. The three defenders, Pornpen Khongkachonkiet, Director of the Cross Cultural Foundation […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit Baltistan (GB), a newly occupied territory of Pakistan federation, has hurriedly upheld the sentences of 12 human rights defenders for 40 years, with a fine of Rupees 500,000 each, to debar their leader, Mr. Baba Jan, […]

This April, Nepal’s transitional justice bodies, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission of Investigation on Enforced Disappeared Persons (CIEDP), began recording testimonies on serious human rights violations narrated by victims of the decade-long civil war. CIEDP has extended the June 16 deadline by one month, as complaints related to conflict-era cases have […]

Dear Friends, The AHRC has received the following information from its partner organization MASUM in West Bengal. A man, about 21 years of age, was allegedly forcibly picked up by Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) personnel. He was on Indian land, on his farm near the Indo-Bangladesh border.  CASE NARRATIVE: The victim, Manojit Mondal, aged 21 […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to mark 31 May 2016 as an important date in Thailand’s history with respect to the protection of human rights defenders. On this day, the Provincial Court in Thailand, Northeast, delivered its official verdict, convicting two military officers accused of violent assault against villagers who opposed a mine […]