Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received shocking information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal that a person was illegally taken into custody from his house by the officers from Jalangi police station and brutally tortured. It is alleged that the officers raided the house at about 3am on […]

[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 Philippine authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Philippine authorities are […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, we also encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to the Philippine aurhorities. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Philippine authorities are attached below with this appeal. Thank you.] [RE: UA-275-2006: PHILIPPINES: Eight members of a […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2006 AS-196-2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission  BANGLADESH: Lawless law-enforcement & the parody of judiciary The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and its sister organisation the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) have today released a landmark new report on the collapsed and primitive policing and judicial systems […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received shocking information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that a torture victim and her family have been threatened by an intelligence officer from the Border Security Force (BSF) subsequent to the AHRC issuing an urgent appeal on the case. The AHRC is again calling for intervention […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the decision of the government of Kerala to initiate action on reported custodial deaths in police stations. However, while some may consider this to be a bold step by the state government–contrasted by feet-dragging in the central government of India on police abuses–in fact it is but a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding an illegal arrest, torture and fabrication of charges against Janaka Perera and Tilan Perera  of Panadura by the Panadura police in June 2002 (See further: Article 2, vol. 1 no. 4, “Case studies of torture committed by the police in Sri Lanka“).  The Special […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of a suicide involving a man named Mr. Asmat Ali after he was allegedly arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the Chhutipur camp police in Jessore district, Bangladesh on 3 August 2006. It is alleged that he committed suicide after he endured social humiliation and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an assault of a 15-year-old boy by a Sub Inspector (SI) at the Panadura (South) police station in Panadura, Sri Lanka on 2 August 2006. The reason for the boy’s assault was allegedly due to an accident involving two bicycles of both parties.  […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Kishore Kumar Das, who was a workshop mechanic, was arbitrarily arrested at his house on 20 July 2006 and detained in an undisclosed place in Jessore for 93 hours without any notice. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) then allegedly implicated him in […]

[RE: UA-082-2006: PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of 11 persons and the subsequent filing of fabricated charges against them; UP-063-2006: PHILIPPINES: Lawyers for 11 torture victims file motion to withdraw charges against them; UP-067-2006: PHILIPPINES: Torture victims file charges against policemen; UP-092-2006: PHILIPPINES: Plot to kill torture victims in jail; UP-099-2006: PHILIPPINES: Jail authorities’ failing to ensure […]

[RE: UP-129-2006: PHILIPPINES: An appeal for the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Office to act on the recommendation of the Commission on Human Rights to file murder charges against the military; UP-130-2006: PHILIPPINES: Court judge delays issuance of arrest warrants to military men charged with murder; UP-137-2006: PHILIPPINES: […]

[Re: UP-043-2006: SRI LANKA: Young man who was brutally tortured by the Horana police now threatened to withdraw his Supreme Court Case; UP-031-2006: SRI LANKA: Supreme Court granted to leave to proceed in a torture case for the compensation filed by S.A. Akila Chaturanga; UA-006-2006: SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC0 wants to inform you updated information about Mr. Premalal, whose torture case was reported by the Asian Human Rights Commission on July 21, 2006. (See further: UA-247-2006) He is seriously ill and undergoing treatment at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.  The doctors have confirmed that he has suffered severe kidney […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture of a man allegedly by Sergeant Samaranayake of the Wanduramba police. The victim was taken into custody on 11 July 2006, but was not given any explanation for this. On the way to the police station, and once inside, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information detailing the torture of a man by police officers attached to the Alawathugoda Police Station. The victim was beaten and humiliated by the police who accused him of being in possession of illicit liquor. They also threatened to disappear him if he did not […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to you in advance of your State on Monday, July 24. While we look forward to what you will be reporting regarding the present situation of your country and future plans, we would like to draw your attention to the state of human rights in the Philippines, which […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-172-2006 July 21, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)  SRI LANKA: Torture, worse than absurd  (This is the second in the series of statements which shows both the worst than absurd situation that results in torture and the worst attitudes in dealing with complaints of torture by the Sri […]

[Re: UA-221-2006: SRI LANKA:  Death in prison custody of illegally arrested man; second man seriously injured, UP-140-2006: SRI LANKA: Responsibility of prison officers for death of M.S.F. Perera and injuries to L.G. Munaweera] ——————————————————————— SRI LANKA: Threats to torture victim; denial of justice; collapse of rule of law ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local partner regarding a man who was allegedly taken into custody by police officers and brutally tortured in Kerala, India. It is alleged that Jayakumar, a tailor by profession, was taken into custody when officers from Mannuthy police station conducted an illegal […]