Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture of a 19-year-old boy named Dhanuka Tisara by the Kalutara South police after his illegal arrest on 2 July 2006. The police accused the victim of committing murder without any evidence to support this, while brutally torturing him. The victim […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of Mr. Sadiq Ali and how he was threatened by a superior officer when he approached the officer to lodge a complaint regarding the incident. Not only was Sadiq beaten by law enforcement officers, but the police admit that they […]

[RE: UA-176-2004: SRI LANKA: Another alleged police murder of a man by the Moratuwa police; UP-05-2005: SRI LANKA: Mt. Lavinia police’s apparent inaction to arrest/prosecute those responsible for the death of a torture victim, Mr. M. Ranson Peiris] ——————————————————— UP-142-2006: SRI LANKA: Court hearing of a torture case postponed 22 times due to deliberate inaction […]

On July 17 the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) issued an appeal on the alleged torture, armed robbery, illegal detention, and attempted rape and extortion of two persons in Saraburi, just northeast of Bangkok in Thailand. According to Uthai Boonnom, he and his partner were taken–at gunpoint and blindfolded–to a house in the forest where […]

THAILAND: Abduction; illegal detention; torture; robbery; attempted rape; threat to life; forced confession; attempted extortion; corruption; impunity; non-investigation; denial of redress ——————————————————- Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received detailed information about the alleged torture and armed robbery of a man and woman by the police in Thailand. Uthai Boonnom and Amporn […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of a situation regarding B. Nimal, who was illegally detained by the Wanduramba police because his son had disappeared with a young lady. It is suspected that the parents of the lady influenced the police into detaining Mr. Nimal for the purpose of […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Legal Aid Institute of Jakarta (LBH Jakarta) that three security guards from Indonesia’s National Intelligence Body (BIN) assaulted a student and a motorcycle taxi driver. Untung Surapati, a 21-year-old student at the Indonesian Christian University (UKI) and Lukman, a motorcycle taxi driver were assaulted […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the death of Mudalige Sunil Fermin Perera, who died on 6 July 2006 due to torture by prison guards (See further: UA-221-2006). Despite the victim’s death, no criminal inquiry has yet to begin looking into his murder. Although two prison officers have been interdicted […]

[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 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by its local partner, The Advocacy Forum, of a case regarding the brutal torture of Mr. Teksu Rai by the officers from the Maharajgunj Ward police station. It is alleged that Rai had refused to pay off police officers when they demanded a monthly […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-164-2006 July 10, 2006  A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA – Torture, worse than absurd – (this is the beginning of a series of statements which shows both the worst than absurd situation that result in torture and the worse attitudes in dealing with the complaints of torture […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that M.S.F. Perera who was allegedly tortured by prison guards at Kuruwita Remand Prison has succumbed to his injuries at the National Hospital in Colombo on 6 July 2006.  He was arrested on mistaken identity on the allegation of making bomb threats by telephone.  Another […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a brutal torture of a 24-year-old man named D Chamara Lanka by the Kurunegala police during his arbitrary detention from 27 to 30 May 2006. He was arrested on the allegation of his involvement in a theft case. The manner he was tortured […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that its poster issued on the occasion of the June 26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in the Philippines has been altered by some unknown persons who inserted a different picture but retained the name and logo of the AHRC. The altered posters, which […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your urgent intervention to support a young man named Amitha Deepthi Kumara who is currently in illegal police custody and receives continued torture at the Meegahathenna Police Station in Sri Lanka. The police arrested him on the allegation of his involvement in a case of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a woman named Mrs. Rasheda Khatun, the Family Planning Inspector (FPI) of the health and family planning department in Satkhira District, was tortured by the Sub Inspector of Police (SI) in the office room of the Superintendent of Police (SP) in Satkhira District, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that four persons, including a pregnant woman were tortured while one was arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Paikgachha police in Khulna district on 3 May 2006. The victims received considerable injuries due to the police torture. One of the arrested persons was later […]

[RE: UA-136-2005: SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police; UP-97-2005: SRI LANKA: A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to legal technicality; UP-98-2005: SRI LANKA: Rohitha remains in chains in hospital due to legal technicalities; UP-99-2005: SRI LANKA: Rohitha released] ———————————– […]

A Joint NGO Statement WORLD: Prohibitions against torture under attack     As we observe the annual U.N. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, we would like to celebrate advances that have been made to end the deliberate infliction of pain on others to obtain confessions, gather information or any […]

Although Pakistan is now an elected member of the new UN Human Rights Council, the practice of torture throughout the country is on the rise. Since its election on May 9, 2006 gross human rights violations including torture and forced disappearance have been committed against political and religious groups in Pakistan. Twenty persons from the […]