Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged police assault of a 57-year-old woman in East Denpasar, Indonesia after she was arrested on 3 January 2007 by the police, on suspicion of counterfeiting money, the charge of which she denies. The victim was severely assaulted by police officers and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a journalist was allegedly tortured and fabricated charges were laid against him by the Kalpitiya police in Sri Lanka on 24 March 2007. The police beat him and forcibly poured liquor into his mouth and water on his body after the arrest. He […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Cambodian authorities are attached below […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Abujam Shidam, a college teacher in Mapipur who was arrested on fabricated charges and tortured while in custody by the Manipur State Police. The case reported by the Human Rights Alert, a local human rights organisation based in Imphal, […]

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the violent and arbitrarily arrest of a man being investigated by officers from the Excise Department on suspicion of being in possession of illicit liquor on 29 November 2006. The arresting officers had no warrant or evidence and proceeded to violently assault the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform that the remaining nine torture victims have already been released from the provincial jail in La Trinidad, Benguet on 20 December 2006. They were released after the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge, Benigno Galacgac, dismissed the criminal charges the police filed against them […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a farmer who was repeatedly stabbed after he was forcibly abducted, tortured and held in captivity survived an attempt on his life on 12 December 2007 in Compostela Valley, Mindanao. There are allegations that those responsible could have been soldiers deployed in […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Cambodian authorities are […]

During year 2006 there has been no relief in Human rights violations.  On the contrary, as in previous years cases such as torture, disappearances and violence against women has increased. The government lacks the capacity to carry out its obligations under international norms. Pakistan is remains in the severe grip of military control it has […]

In addition to the general statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for International Human Rights Day on December 10, we are also making the brief comments below on the human rights situation in several Asian countries. A more comprehensive report will be available soon. Sri Lanka The most violent place in Asia […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the prolonged detention of two farmers in Davao Oriental province, the Philippines. Both of them have been detained for almost three years without any progress in their case because the prosecution witnesses failed to appear in court on six occasions. One of […]

INDONESIA: Torture; failure of delivering legal redress to torture victims; impunity; un-rule of law ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the recent developments in the criminal case filed by Mr. Kurniawan, following his unwarranted arrest and subsequent brutal torture by the police in Bekasi province on 8 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learn that a torture victim was allegedly arrested by Kompong Cham provincial police officers in front of the Kompong Cham provincial court on 27 November 2006, while attempting to file a case against two torture perpetrators. We strongly condemn this arbitrarily arrest and detention of the […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the torture of a man who was arrested falsely by police in Seeduwa, Negombo Division, Sri Lanka. The victim was arrested in relation to the charge of robbery of the house in Prasanna Sandaruwan which is under the area of control of the […]

INDIA: Inhuman and cruel assault; threat; intimidation; corruption; impunity; failure of criminal justice system ————————————- Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, its local partner in West Bengal, regarding the brutal assault of a poor labourer by the Border Security force (BSF). It is also alleged that when the […]

[RE: UP-183-2006: BANGLADESH: Santa’s life is under extreme threat of death now; UP-181-2006:Santa’s family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal; UP-114-2006: Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband; UP-112-2006: Court dismisses charges against alleged perpetrators; UP-101-2006: Judicial Probe Commission ignores specific complaint against the […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Cambodian authorities are attached below […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara, who was brutally tortured by the Kalutara South police on 2 July 2006 (See further: UA-241-2006). The victim and his family say that they do not expect any […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Cambodia authorities are attached […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner in Kerala, India that an innocent man named Mr. C. R. Suresh was allegedly assaulted by Sub Inspector (SI) Shamsudeen of the Pudukkad police station on 2 October 2006. It is alleged that the same officer had in the past […]