Arbitrary arrest & detention

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the detention of Dr. Binayak Sen, a medical doctor and human rights activist based in Chhattisgarh, India has been extended to a further period of 14 days. The AHRC had in the past forwarded an appeal issued by the Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Advocacy Forum, regarding two alleged brutal torture cases taken place in Banke district in May 2007. In one case, 8 young persons, including 6 minors, were arbitrarily arrested on 4 May 2007 and further brutally tortured by the officers […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Advocacy Forum, one of the leading human rights organizations in Nepal providing legal aid services to detainees that a woman was brutally tortured and suffered and sexually molested by the police on grounds that she was involved in setting fire to a government […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received yet another case of alleged arbitrary arrest and detention under the Special Power Act (SPA), 1974 from Bangladesh. We were informed that Mr. Obaidul Quader and Mr. Abdul Jalil, who are leaders of the Bangladesh Awami League party as well as the former ministers, were […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of a 65-year-old man by several members of the Kananke Police in the Matara District allegedly at the inducement of a third party. Later he was produced before the Magistrate’s Court under fabricated charges and remanded. When he complained to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that S. Kinsley de Silva (48) was brutally tortured by four army officers following his arrest at his residence on 10 May 2007. The military men, all attached to Army Unit at Old Sri Sumangala Boys School, arrested De Silva in Thalpitiya, Wadduwa without […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the inhuman treatment by the police towards a 29-year-old man, Mr. B Sumith Priyantha Fernando, on 26 March 2007. Mr. Fernando was illegally arrested, detained and was subsequently brutally tortured by a police officer, Officer- in Charge (OIC) of the Special Investigation Unit […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged torture of two men after their arbitrary arrest and detention in southern Thailand under the Emergency Decree on January 6 and 9, respectively. They were reportedly assaulted by the authorities in order to make them confess before Chang Hai temple military […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that another political activist, Orly Marcellana, narrowly avoided an attempt on his life on 10 May 2007. Marcellana is the husband of the late Eden Marcellana, a human rights activist murdered four years ago in Naujan, Mindoro Oriental. In another development, the complaint […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of a 36-year-old man, Mihindukulasuriya Lal Fernando, by several members of the Negombo Police who came to arrest him in three police vehicles. This was, allegedly after the victim had an argument with a prominent businessman in the area. When […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 53-year-old man, Mr. Premasiri Uduwatte, was allegedly threatened, arrested and briefly detained in lieu of his son by the Kahawatte police on 26 March 2007. The arrest was alleged to have been instigated by a wealthy gem merchant in the area. The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest under fabricated charge of an uncle and grandfather of a 3-year-old child who was knocked down by a motor cycle. A group of gang members who were allegedly friends of the motor cyclist came and assaulted the father and the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that the husband of a political activist, Usman Ali (40), was shot dead at a public market in Pikit, North Cotabato on 7 May 2007. Ali’s wife, Babai (43), is the leader of Suara Bangsamoro, a political party for Muslim minorities seeking […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal murder of Mr. Suherman, for reasons yet unknown, by Police Officers of the Medan District Police on the 11th April 2007. On the 11th April 2007, at around 3:30a.m., around 30 yet unidentified men claiming to be Medan District Police Officers […]

Kawan-kawan, Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) telah menerima informasi mengenai pembunuhan brutal terhdap Tuan Suherman, atas alasan yang belum diketahui, yang dilakukan oleh petugas Kepolisian Wilayah Kota Besar Meda pada tangal 11 April 2007.  Pada tanggal 11 April 2007, sekitar pukul 15.30 WIB, sekitar 30 orang tak dikenal yang menngaku sebagai Polisi dari Poltabes Medan […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the unlawful arrest and brutal murder of Mr. Marsudi Tri Wijaya, for reasons that are as yet unknown, allegedly by Police Officers of the Medan District Police on 11 April 2007. None of the perpetrators have been arrested to date, and there is […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged fabricated charges against Mr. J.D.Jayatilaka and his wife which were instigated in from 2001. Mrs. Jayatilaka was arrested for the allegation for illegal possession of grenades on 19 August 2001 and held under custody for 480 days until 17 December 2002. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information through its local partner the MASUM, a human rights organisation based in West Bengal regarding the illegal three-day police detention of two minors, including a 14 year- old girl. It is reported that the Juvenile Justice Board, Salt Lake, Kolkata has asked Police Superintendent […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and brutal assault of a man by the Ratnapura police on 15 March 2007. The victim, Mr. Kuruthanthrige Lakshman Gunasekera, a 43 year-old trader, was stopped in the evening by two police officers in civilian clothes and brutally […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that another farmer in Burma who was jailed for complaining against local officials has been released after her sentence was commuted. Daw Khin Win had appealed to a higher court against her conviction for supposedly making false complaints about local officials’ wrongdoing. […]