Impunity

Dear Friends, The Terai Human Rights Defenders Alliance (THRDA) has informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that police officers attached with Area Police Office Chapiya of Rupandehi District kept Kisalawati Harijan (37), resident of Manpakadi Village Development Committee (VDC) under illegal detention on 3 May 2016, and tortured her for an hour. The police […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Devatha Pedige Jayathilaka from Karandupana, in the Kegalle District, for no apparent reasons, has been produced before the Kegalle Magistrate Court, having been framed on fabricated charges by the Kegalle Police, on 27 June 2015. Meanwhile the Rambukkana Police have also filed […]

Dear Friends, According to information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission, Mr. Neil Silva an owner of a hotel in Kandy has been illegally arrested, detained and produced before the Magistrate of Kandy on fabricated charges by the police officers attached to the Peradeniya Police Station on 3rd December 2015. Mr. Neil Silva states […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to inform you that three police officers attached to Area Police Office Surkhet District have tortured two youth, aged 15 and 19. Following the torture, the policemen garlanded the young man and the juvenile with shoes and slippers and paraded them in the market. After […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) of Yogyakarta province, that the police along with vigilante groups forcibly dispersed the commemoration of the world press freedom day. By taking sides with vigilante and intolerant mobs, the police have failed to guarantee the freedom of press, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission received information that police officers attached to the Nawalapitiya Police have illegally arrested and severely tortured Ms. M K Malani, a resident of Dholosbage Estate, and later produced her before the Nawalapitiya Magistrate. She was detained when she tried to lodge a complaint at the Nawalapitiya police station […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding poet Maung Saung Kha being arrested and charged for allegedly defaming outgoing President Thein Sein, in a poem the poet posted on social media. He was arrested by in a court compound by policemen, who were wearing civilian clothes. Ever since, i.e. for […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that Ms. Nasira Parveen, a victim of police excess and inhuman torture, has attempted self immolation after her case for action against the Station House Officer, Kasowal Police Station, Punjab, was dismissed by a civil judge. The delinquent officer was exonerated of all […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to inform you that the police have detained five citizens, including juveniles, since 14 March 2016. The five are members of a family of alleged murderer Ajeev Budha Magar, from Bardiya District. They have been held in illegal detention at the Women Rehabilitation Home, Bardiya. […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the trial process into the case of the assassination of Mr. Jopi Teguh Lasmana Peranginangin (39), an environmental activist. Military judges have convicted the defendant with light punishment, and no further consideration has been made for the other military personnel involved in […]

Pakistani women, be they young or old, or even dead or alive, suffer rape by perverted elements that use rape as a tool to suppress and oppress half of the country’s population. One cannot fathom the moral bankruptcy of a society where a rape occurs every two hours. Going by the statistics, each day 12 […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture, arbitrary detention, extortion and abuse of power by the Punjab police against a family, the father and his two sons, for the past four years.  The only crime of the family was that they dared to use their civil rights […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to inform you that 4 police officers attached with the Ward Police Office Nepalgunj district have tortured a man until he fell unconscious. They accused the man (Dipu Sijali) of making noises at B.P. Chowk, Nepalgunj District. The victim has undergone medical investigation, and secured […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the death of Mr. Siyono while in the custody of Indonesia’s anti-terror police unit (Densus 88). Without proper investigation or court verdict, the police arrested Siyono on allegations of terrorism and tortured him to death. Subsequently, the police gave money as compensation […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that faith-based prejudice has led to the murder of a Christian businessman by Muslim meat sellers looking to grab land. The murderers are close aides of a political coordinator of a federal minister from the ruling political party. Due to the political clout of […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from Protection International Thailand (PI) and Human Rights Lawyer Association (HRLA) that on 8 April 2016 Mr. Supoj Kansong, a land rights activist and a key witness to the assassination of Mr. Chai Boonthonglek, was ambushed by an unidentified gunman. UPDATED INFORMATION As […]

Bangladesh police have once again killed protestors. This time four out of a few hundred villagers who protested on 4 April 2016 have been killed. The farmers were protesting against acquisition of their agricultural lands without consent or adequate compensation, for the purpose of establishing a coal-fired power plant at Gondamara Village of Banshkhali Upazilla […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 14-year-old girl was gang raped by influential persons from a political party, and the matter was settled with compensation of 1200 kilograms of wheat through the illegal jirga system. The girl’s father says he had no choice but to accept the compensation, […]

In medical science a placebo effect means a remarkable phenomenon in which a placebo–or a fake treatment, an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution, can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will be helpful. These days many people question as to whether the electoral […]

A Press Release from the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has issued the order no. 13/2559 on 29 March 2016 titled, “The Prevention and Suppression of Certain Offences Detrimental to the Maintenance of Public Order or Harmful to the National […]