Police violence

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the refusal of the police to register a complaint and file charges against a provincial minister and his armed men in Punjab province. He allegedly ordered the assault, arrest and detention of six student activists and teachers, two of whom were women, where […]

Dear friends, As the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has previously reported that several residents in Dey Krohorm were injured or are facing criminal lawsuits in order to stop attempts by them to prevent their forcible eviction by a company in connivance with the authorities (UA-271-2007 and UAU-002-2008), yet another woman was reported to have been injured […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Prahar, a human rights organisation based in Assam, India regarding the case of Mr. Elento Tripura. Elento was taken into custody from his home on 9 November 2007 for unknown reasons and is now being held in judicial custody. CASE DETAILS: Mr. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the family of a man who was taken to serve as a porter for the Burma army was paid less than six US dollars as compensation for his death. The victim died in 2006 after he was taken from the central prison. Up […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault and mishandling of a case filed by a couple with the Panadura police in Sri Lanka on 16 September 2007. The couple identified one of the assailants as an employee of the Panadura police but no proper investigation has been conducted. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned from reliable sources that four police officers tortured and robbed a keeper of a Buddhist Centre, Muon Ham (42), on 8 December 2007 in Sre Ampil village, Chhoeu Teal commune, Kien Svay district. The policemen, armed with assault rifles and electric batons, stripped him of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources that a military police commander assaulted a man in Stung Treng province on 16 November 2007. The victim suffered injuries to his leg as a result of the assault. It is reported that the commander has a prior record of assault […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from MASUM, a local human rights organization in West Bengal, India, regarding the brutal attack by armed carders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] against the villagers in Nandigram. The three cases narrated below shows the extent to which the CPI-M […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that charges have been filed against the policemen involved in violently dispersing a group of public school teachers holding a peaceful demonstration in Manila. They were charged with criminal offenses by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Office of the Prosecutor in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) regarding the case of Mr. Prem Kumar Nut, a human rights activist who is facing death threats for approaching the local police to complain against a person in the locality. CASE DETAILS: Mr. Prem Kumar […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the MASUM, a local human rights organization in West Bengal, India, regarding the brutal attack by armed activists of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] against Nandigram villagers since 6 November 2007. According to the official government account, at least 3 persons […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the death of a man and the injury of his son due to an accident that occurred on 7 September 2007 in Sri Lanka. It is reported that the police officer collided with the victim’s motorbike, whilst the officer was driving under the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a casual labourer and his friend were brutally assaulted with a copper cable by the Dodangoda Police on 31 October 2007. They were accused of cutting electrical wires, a charge they denied. The Police then allegedly fabricated a case against them in the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a policeman arbitrarily shot and injured a man on 9 October 2007 in Kaliurang, Yogyakarta. The policeman did not identify himself and did not provide assistance and medical aid to the injured immediately after the shooting. It is reported that the policeman attempted […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the Bulathsinhala police who failed to conduct an investigation into the complaint of a man who was stabbed by some villagers on 1 October 2007. It is alleged that one of attackers bribed the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the police station concerned and the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Piliyandala police beat a man on 27 September 2007. It was only after the victim produced a letter from the office of a government minister that a high ranking officer at the station allowed him to lodge a complaint. However no investigation […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged attack on a student on 10 October 2007. He is the brother of a torture victim who was earlier tortured by the Vavuniya police (See further: UA-183-2007). His brother, the torture victim, has stayed in another place for security reasons. He is […]

In the Mount Livinia Chief Magistrate’s Court a journalist from the Sunday Leader, who was arrested on the strength of a telephone call made by a minister, was granted bail by the Chief Magistrate. The magistrate is reported to have reprimanded the officers of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for making the arrest in this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and fabrication of charges, of a man by the Matale police in Sri Lanka, on 26 February 2007. He was brutally kicked and beaten by the police and fabricated charges were laid against him. Despite making a complaint to the Human […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the prolonged and brutally torture of a man by the Kalutara South police, Sri Lanka on 14 October 2007. The police took him to the police station where started assaulting with a wooden baton, suffocating him by slamming water from a hosepipe onto […]