Arbitrary arrest & detention

Dear Friends, Doctors informed Chamila Bandara and his family on Aug. 19, 2003, that Chamila Bandara has lost the use of his left arm permanently. Chamila Bandara is at present being treated at the Paradeniya Teaching Hospital in Sri Lanka. He was illegally arrested and detained from July 20 to 28, 2003, at the Ankumbura […]

Dear Friends Please take action on the information below, forwarded from the organisation People’s Watch-Tamilnadu, which is a human rights organisation working for the protection and promotion of human rights in the state of Tamilnadu, India. People’s Watch-Tamilnadu have been taking action on behalf of the citizens of Tamilnadu and elsewhere regarding blatant violations of human […]

Dear Friends Please act on the information below, forwarded from OMCT, and write to the authorities in India, urging them to investigate, and take action against, those members of the Police in Vittukatti who carried out the inhuman acts of humiliation, sexual abuse, and torture. Case IND 040703 Arbitrary detention/Torture/Impunity The International Secretariat of OMCT […]

Dear Friends While AHRC welcomes the release of Tien Chua, Saari Sungib and Hishamuddin Rais, we urge the Malaysian Government to release the other detainees still in custody under the ISA. We should not forget those who are still detained in the Kamunting detention centre. According to information on the Malaysia Kini website (http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/2003060100110593.php) on […]

Dear Friends We are pleased to update you with the following on Michael ‘Tony’ Fernando: SET ASIDE ‘PATENTLY FLAWED’ DECISION SWIFTLY UN Rappoteur Tells the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Date Param Cumaraswamy, in a press release issued from Kuala Lumpur on 28 May […]

Dear Friends The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation of torture and incommunicado detention in Nepal. Thank you. Urgent Appeals Desk Asian Human Rights Commission ——————————————————————— NEPAL: OMCT Case NPL 160503 Arbitrary detention/Torture/Incommunicado detention Brief description of the situation: The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a […]

Dear Friends SITUATION: The International Security Act (ISA), that was enacted in the 1960s, remains frequently used to arrest, and indefinitely detain without trial, human rights and opposition campaigners. The ISA reportedly allows the authorities to arbitrarily arrest, detain incommunicado and interrogate activists, without granting them access to legal counsel or family visits for up […]

Dear Friends SITUATION: The International Security Act (ISA), that was enacted in the 1960s, remains frequently used to arrest, and indefinitely detain without trial, human rights and opposition campaigners. The ISA reportedly allows the authorities to arbitrarily arrest, detain incommunicado and interrogate activists, without granting them access to legal counsel or family visits for up […]

Dear Friends Press Release 13 May 2003 Alleged Assault on ISA Detainees in Kamunting Detention Centre – Malaysia The alleged assault on Tian Chua and Hishamuddin Rais by security guards in the Kamunting Detention Centre last Friday requires urgent and immediate independent inquiry. Custodial assaults of detainees by security officers are matters of grave concern. […]

Dear Friends Great news! Professor Salai Tun Than has been released! The Irrawaddy Online (05 May 2003) reported that, on Sunday, 4 May 2003, eighteen political prisoners, including Dr Tun Than, were released. Full story: http://www.irrawaddy.org/news/index.html?#dr, and part below: Dr Salai Tun Than arrived home yesterday (04 May 2003) from Insein Prison after serving 18 months […]

PHILIPPINES: Harassment, illegal arrest and detention conspired with landlord and the police ——————————————————————– The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), a well-known human rights organisation in the country, about the arrest and detention of a poor farm family under what are believed to be fabricated […]

SRI LANKA: Widespread practice of torture; the case of arbitrary arrest, detention and missing ——————————————————————– – Name of the Victim: KORALAGAMAGE Sujith Dharmasiri (23), unmarried and deserted the army on grounds of serious health problems. – Address of the Victim: Godaparagaha, Palathota road, Kaluthara south. – Responsible Police Station: Crime section of the Kaluthara south […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a young activist in West Aceh, Mr. Musliadi (26), was kidnapped from his office by six men suspected to be from armed forces on November 30, 2002. His whereabouts remain unknown. He possibly suffers physical assault and torture and may even be in risk of his life.

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) regarding cases of physical assault and fire shoot to civilians by the army. According to TFDP, the series of human rights violations, like arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and summary execution, has been committed by the government forces that are […]

BANGLADESH: State terrorism; Mass arrests and torture by the army ——————————————————————– The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that more than 3,000 people have been arrested in a joint operation named “Operation Clean Heart” to crack down on criminals in which nearly 40,000 army troops are taking part. AHRC is extremely concerned that […]

Name: Hettitantrige Lasitha Sameera Madusanga, 17 years old, a student of Gurukula MV studying in Grade 12 A/Level class in the Science stream Address: No. 245, Dias Place, St. Francis Mawatha, Dalugama, Kelaniya. Tel 907804. The Date of the Police Assault: 17th Oct 2002 after 4.00 p.m. up to 18th Oct 2002 Morning Alleged Perpetrators: […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sent an urgent appeal on Oct. 15, 2002, regarding the brutal action of the police in Mirpur in Pakistani-administrated Kashmir on Sept. 30, 2002. The detainees of Sept. 30 are still behind bars. The following report is an update regarding another brutal action of the police in Muzaffarabad, the […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that two foreigners and one Acehnese interpreter have been arrested and detained in charge of possession of information about the Acehnese independence movement by the Indonesian police in the South Aceh District on Sept. 10, 2002.

On Aug. 15, 2002, the members of the New People’s Army (NPA) ambushed a police team in Brgy. Pansoy, Sogod, Cebu, Philippines, injuring two policemen and one civilian. Immediately members of the 78th infantry battalion, under the command of Lt. Col. Jonas Sumagaysay, set up checkpoints in the area to block the fleeing rebels.

Indian police detained 13 people in New Delhi on July 11, 2002, including Mr. Gautam Navlakha, a human rights activist who is a member of the Indo-Nepalese Solidarity Forum that has advocated, among other things, an end to the state of emergency in Nepal and dialogue between the Nepalese government and insurgents to resolve the country’s problems through negotiations.