Police violence

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of H.M. Susantha Herath who was brutally tortured by the Gokarella police on 4 July 2005 (UA-146-2005). It is almost three years since the incident and the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRC) has finally made recommendations dated 26 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a peasant was murdered, one was abducted and several more were injured in an attack by a powerful group. After the passing of almost three months no one has yet been arrested. A session court has rejected the application for anticipatory bail before […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has obtained detailed information on the case of Ko Htin Kyaw, one of the persons who was illegally detained in Burma since August 2007 for being involved in the first protests against the sudden increases in fuel prices that led to the monk-led nationwide rallies in September. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned with the deliberate negligence of the Kanchanpur district police in the murder of a woman, who was allegedly murdered by her husband on 6 June 2008. According to information received from the National Alliance of Women’s Human Rights Defenders (NAWHRDs), the police delayed in […]

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) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights group working from West Bengal, India that a woman whose daughter was raped and murdered has been threatened at gunpoint to withdraw her case against the perpetrators.  The local police have refused to perform their duties to cooperate […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Kandy Police Station has failed to take proper and prompt action into the complaint involving the sexual abuse of a nine-year-old girl on 2 June 2008. The police, instead of arresting the suspect and investigating the case, told the girl’s father to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of yet another attack on a peaceful gathering of groups advocating religious freedom by a group of Muslims in Jakarta on 1 June 2008. The policemen, who were in the area when it happened, failed to intervene to prevent the attack. At least 28 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that five men had been arbitrarily arrested and beaten by the Kataragama police on 1 May 2008. One of the victims was admitted to a hospital due to the injuries he suffered. The victims were also falsely charged but were later released from police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the victims of land grabbing who went to the residence of Prime Minister Hun Sen to submit their petitions seeking his intervention were beaten by the police guarding his residence. Six of the victims were injured during the incident. CASE DETAILS: (According to information from […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man has died in police custody following his arrest after he was falsely accused of stealing a palm oil nut on 26 March 2008. The police officer and three unidentified companions, who had taken the victim with them, have not been […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the disappearance of two persons, one of them a student, in separate incidents in February and May of this year. The student victim was taken by persons who were described as policemen into a white van. The other victim was last seen on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that police authorities in Yangon had seized dozens of vehicles used by the relief workers to deliver urgently needed food and water for cyclone victims. The local officials were also reportedly taking drastic actions upon workers to prevent them from continuing their relief effort. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that another six persons have been killed on the pretext that they were either involved in criminal activities or had criminal records in General Santos City. The AHRC is seriously concerned by the continued failure by the concerned authorities to prevent these murders and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a mother, whose two teenage daughters had been raped, one remains missing after having been forcibly abducted, was refused by the police to have her complaints recorded at the police station. The policemen on duty also did not take action in pursuing the perpetrators […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continuing failure by the police and the local government to ensure protection and prevent the systematic murders in General Santos City. At least 29 persons, five of whom are minors, have already been killed from February 4 to May 16, 2008 […]

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 learned that a man was found dead with a broken neck and severe injuries on his head in a river in Takeo province on 8 May 2008. The police have classified the case as accidental drowning. It is suspected that the man’s death was a political […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of two men by police officers attached to Hikkaduwa Police Station on 2 April 2008. One police officer abused his position over a personal matter and assaulted them. He later laid fabricated charges against them. Although acknowledging this case, the OIC […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to bring your notice the cases of abduction and a serious assault which has not yet been adequately investigated and in which no perpetrators have been arrested. The incident appears to be connected with a political dispute between two area groups of the CPN-M, popularly known […]