Extrajudicial killings

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the post-mortem inquest into the killing of 19 young men by the police in southern Thailand during 2004 (UP-075-2007). At the end of May, a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Thailand told the court investigating the killings that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another two peasants were killed while six others were wounded when security guards of an influential landlord open fired on them on 4 June 2007. The guards started shooting at the farmers to prevent them from entering a portion of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding alleged extra judicial killings of at least 5 villagers in Pasuruan on 30 May 2007. Such incident happened for the reason that the villagers were trying to halt the cultivation process conducted by Rajawali Nusantara Corporation (RNC) in a dispute land. Several Navy […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is aware that over six weeks after two young men were killed and three seriously injured by soldiers in southern Thailand no action has been taken against the alleged killers, although the army has acknowledged responsibility. According to information that the AHRC obtained shortly after the incident […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the continuing failure by the leadership of the military to surrender their men, including a sergeant who is subject to arrest for the murder of a couple, Bacar and his wife Carmen Japalali nearly three years ago in Tagum City, Mindanao. Even […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about another post mortem inquest into the killings of people by the security forces in southern Thailand. The inquest concerns the police killing of 19 young men in at Sabayoi in southern Thailand on 28 April 2004. It relates to the Krue Se Mosque […]

Dear friends, As the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has already reported (UA-136-2007; UP-065-2007) police in Kalasin district of northeastern Thailand are accused of abducting and killing at least 24 persons in the past two years. We have already reported on the details of four cases; in this update we give the names and basic details […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another five activists have been killed while another one was forcibly disappeared in separate incidents in February, March and May of this year. These belated reports received from various sources clearly exposes the reality of the alarming state of insecurity the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received shocking information regarding the killing of three farmers and gruesome murder of a mother and her son in separate incidents on May 5 and April 2 respectively. The three farmers, namely Benjamin Gelongga, his son-in-law Richard Sarillo and nephew Bobby Quilo, were found dead in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very concerned about the lack of progress in the investigation prosecution of three army officers identified by a court as responsible for the killing of at least 28 young men. Meanwhile, one of the officers, General Pallop Pinmanee, is reportedly going to be reappointed to a […]

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) previously reported on an alleged killing of a young man in Kalasin, northeast Thailand, by the police (UA-136-2007). We have so far documented over 20 similar killings and forced disappearances by the same group of officers. In this update we give details of three more of their […]

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 from NGO Advocacy Forum Nepal that the District Police Office (DPO) and the District Administration Office (DAO) in Banke district, Nepal, have refused to register a First Information Report (FIR) concerning the extra-judicial killings in September 2002 of Mr. Dal Bahadur Thapa and his […]

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 since last year documented and closely followed the case of a teenager who appears to have been blatantly killed by the police in Kalasin province of northeastern Thailand, after they had already arrested and charged him. Although the alleged torture and extrajudicial killing of Kietisak Thitboonkrong […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article on the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal regarding extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. This article is written by Antonio Tujan Jr of IBON Features Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Antonio Tujan Jr of IBON Features on the verdict of the Permanent […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the Human Rights Alert, a human rights organisation working in Imphal, Manipur regarding the alleged murder of three persons by the Rapid Action Force (RAF) of Manipur State Police on 6 April 2007. It is alleged that the three men […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the killing of a 15-year-old boy by soldiers in southern Thailand. Abukoree Kasor was shot dead while he travelled with his brother-in-law by car on 9 March 2007. After he and the driver were shot, two units of soldiers came in pursuit of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the MASUM, a human rights organization in West Bengal, India, regarding the alleged murder of two minor boys by the Border Security Force (BSF) stationing in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. According to the information received, Asif Iqubal, aged 13, […]