Corruption

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation working on Dalit rights in Gujarat, regarding the rape and subsequent trafficking of a 15-year-old Dalit girl. Four non-Dalit villagers, including a village head are accused of the crime. The victim though had filed a complaint to the […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the police allegedly ordered parents to pay a bribe of 150000 riels (US$37.5) each if their sons were not to be arrested after these youths had damaged a party sign in Soeung commune, Bor Keo district, Rattankiri province. On 2 July 2008, they arrested […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was informed by Advocacy Forum- Nepal of the alleged brutal torture of three girls by the officers from the District Police Office, Surkhet, Nepal, which happened on 14 May 2008. Out of three victims, two are 13-year-old minors. The form of torture in this case was very […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from ODHIKAR, a Dhaka-based human rights organization that a man was found dead after he was left by Detective officers in hospital on 19 April 2008. The police claimed that Fakir felt ill during police remand and was taken to the hospital. However, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from local human rights organisation, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) regarding the case of bonded labour of children in Chaturpur village in Newariya of Jaunpur district. It is reported that the children are forced out at gunpoint by a local landlord. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) about a murder case in Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Despite the Superintendent of Police conducting an investigation into the case from 8 August 2008, the police have not arrested the suspects. On the contrary, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that a two-year-old boy, whom we reported on May 29 to be suffering severe malnutrition has died. His death came just days after we reported his condition. A further 13 children face the same fate if immediate action is not taken by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation working on Dalit rights in Gujarat, about the case of a teenage girl, originally from the tribal community in Rajasthan, raped by a mill owner. The victim worked with her brother for 11 months at a mill in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar Pradesh state, regarding the case of a three year old Mushar girl who is severely malnourished and struggling for her life. CASE DETAILS: Poonam is three years […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar Pradesh state, regarding the case of Gudia who may die from acute malnourishment in Varanasi. The case depicts once more the complete failure of the government programmes […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Guria, a local human rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh, India, regarding the attempted kidnapping of two girls in Varanasi. The person involved in the incident was promptly apprehended by the locals and handed over to the police. But the police registered a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation working on Dalit rights in Gujarat about the murder of a Dalit (lower caste untouchable community according to the caste Hindus in India) by upper and dominant caste persons in Kasumbad village, Gujarat. The murder was the culmination […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar Pradesh state, regarding the corruption of the Public Food Distribution System (PDS) shopkeeper. The state government acknowledging the corruption and malpractice cancelled the PDS shop’s license but […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Paikgachha police had been harassing a family following a land dispute between two persons, which is beyond the jurisdiction of the police. Sub Inspector Mr. Manjurul Alam forced Mr. Mokbul Hawladar to appear before the police along with his wife and children. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Human Rights Alert (HRA), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, Manipur about the murder of Mr. Longjam Uttamkumar Singh who was gunned down by armed persons in civilian dress on the 29 March 2008 in Imphal, Manipur district. Following the killing, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police authorities have allegedly received bribes for arbitrarily arresting people from a community involved in a case land dispute. It is reported that when the villagers exposed corruption of the police and the harassment they were suffering, the police threatened them to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar Pradesh state regarding the Kanjar community in Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The Kanjars, a low caste community in Uttar Pradesh, suffer from hunger and the lack of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation in Uttar Pradesh, regarding the deteriorate living conditions of the Musahar community (Untouchables) of the Mahboobpur village, Bhadohi Block in Sant Ravidas Nagar district. The Musahars have been deprived of […]