Impunity

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that when Mr. Dadallage Ajith Kusumsiri (38) of No.113/1, ‘Sriya Niwasa’, Kandakatiya Aluth Para, Ratmalwala, Tangalle in Hambantota District attempted to make a complaint against threats and intimidation he found himself becoming the victim. He was tortured and forced to pay a bribe by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Mihindukulasuriya Anthony Vinisious Fernando is an elected Municipal Councilor of the Negombo Municipality and a businessman by profession. In July he witnessed lease holders in the area he is responsible for taking names of vendors and asked what they were doing. The […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an update from MASUM regarding the case of Krishna Mondal. MASUM and the AHRC had reported earlier (AHRC-UAC-096-2012) that the Border Security Force (BSF), in January 2012 tortured Krishna, against which MASUM helped Krishna to file a complaint at the local police station. MASUM has […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission greets with cautious optimism the landmark ruling of the Criminal Court in Bangkok to convict five police officers for the murder of a teenager during the “war on drugs” in 2004, and hopes that it will serve as a precedent of sorts for other cases of police and state officials […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) that the family of a single parent Ms. Sarathi Mondal from district Murshidabad in West Bengal is living under the continuous threat of eviction from the authorities without any rehabilitation. Ms. Mondal, who lost her husband long ago and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) that the family of Mr. Majim Sardar, a victim of illegal detention and custodial torture, is on the brink of starvation. Mr. Sardar is a tribal man from district of Murshidabad in West Bengal. The victim has already lost […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a human rights defender and fisherfolk activist has been abducted by the local police. It is alleged 70-80 officials from the police and other agencies along with henchmen of the perpetrators attacked the Kakkapir Village, Karachi, Sindh Province at 3am early in the […]

It is devastating for human rights activists the world over and those who stand for religious freedom, practise and tolerance, that the Government of Pakistan is not only stone deaf and dumb but also blind to the continuous murders of the followers of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. We have received the dreadful news that on […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Law & Society Trust. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the Law & Society Trust forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Law & Society Trust views the reported attack on the Mannar court house by a […]

Many things are said about Black July, 1983. That there were many culprits who caused the havoc that virtually destroyed the image of Sri Lanka and which gave justification for a prolonged period of violence. However, there was one man who was the creator of this havoc. It was then-President of the country, Junius Richard […]

After the sexual assault upon a woman in Guwahati, in Assam state early this month, a shocking event the national media in India competed in telecasting, and the despicable ‘culture’ discussion that followed, the country has scored again, internationally, for similar criminal conduct by Indian men. Impelled by sexual lust and contempt to women, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young girl continues to suffer after she was gang raped by the officials from the Pakistan Rangers and police. The authorities are pressuring her and her family members to compromise with the perpetrators. Her house was attacked with firearms and the henchmen […]

According to reports we have received, a group of criminals allegedly sponsored by a government minister, stoned the High Court and the Magistrate Court of Manner in a coordinated attack yesterday. A very tense situation is reported to be taking place in manner. According to information we have received, a mobile fishing hut was attacked […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report from MASUM that a group of Border Security Forces (BSF) in West Bengal, India has shot dead 45-year-old agriculture labourer, Mr. Razzak Seikh on 11 June 2012. This is yet another instance of extrajudicial execution committed with impunity by the BSF, contributing to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report from MASUM that a group of Border Security Forces (BSF) in West Bengal, India has shot dead 45-year-old agriculture labourer, Mr. Razzak Seikh on 11 June 2012. This is yet another instance of extrajudicial execution committed with impunity by the BSF, contributing to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the kidnap and trafficking of the then 16-year-old Sajida Khatun (name changed to protect identity) on 25 March 2011 and the refusal of personnel at Haroa Police Station to render assistance for her recovery. Efforts by Sajida’s father to register a case with […]

Basil Fernando The interview of the Defense Secretary Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse with the editor of the Sunday Leader on the airlifting of a dog deserves comment not because of anything surprising contained in the interview. Its importance lies in its banality. It reveals something that has come to be quite common and ordinary in the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture of Mr Ranjan Mondal by five BSF personnel attached to Kaharpara BSF Outpost No. 5 under 105th Battalion of BSF on 5 January 2012 Unlawful arrest, torture, caste-based discrimination and a culture of impunity amongst law enforcement and paramilitary […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an attempt was made to abduct Mr. Shantha Wijesuriya, a journalist for Lanka-e-news, Sri Lanka’s most widely read online news publication. Shortly after the publication of a controversial article in which Mr. Wijesuriya highlighted the link between a known criminal and the Rajapaksa family, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 16-year old girl was sexually assaulted but because police officers have a connection to the perpetrator, they are refusing to investigate the case and secure protection for the victim and her family. On 12 April 2012, Mr. Gunatunga cut down and stole a […]