Torture

Today, March 30, 2006 the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has nominated three outstanding widows of human rights defenders to receive jointly the prestigious 2006 , awarded by the May 18 Memorial Foundation, Korea. The three are: Angkhana Neelaphaijit, wife of disappeared Thai human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit; Suciwati Munir, wife of murdered Indonesian human […]

[RE: UP-058-2006: BANGLADESH: Police seriously intimidate and threaten victim, her husband and her witnesses; UA-105-2006: BANGLADESH: Pregnant woman tortured by police in Dhaka] ———————————– UP-062-2006: BANGLADESH: Harassment and threats continue towards victim despite a High Court ruling ordering the alleged perpetrators to stop BANGLADESH: Torture; arbitrary arrest; harassment; lack of witness protection; intimidation; threats; rule […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of V.M. Duminda Jayawardena by two policemen from the Mitiyagoda police station on 11 March 2006. On March 11, at around 4p.m, Mr. Jayawardena was returning home when two policemen from the Mitiyagoda police station arrested him. At the time […]

[RE: UP-040-2006: SRI LANKA: Supreme Court granted leave to proceed in a brutal torture case filed by Chamara Nimantha; UA-182-2005: SRI LANKA: Brutal torture and fabricated charges laid against the victim by the Poddala Police, Galle District] ———————————– UP-055-2006: SRI LANKA: Torture victim faces threats to withdraw his fundamental rights case SRI LANKA: Torture; ineffective […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that a pregnant woman, who is diabetic patient, was tortured by the police on the street and in a prison van on 12 March 2006. This occurred in Dhaka during a demonstration of political parties while the woman was waiting outside her […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of an incident whereby two policemen from Poddala police are alleged to have repeatedly tortured a mentally ill man, who they accused of having stolen a mobile phone. When the police were informed that the missing phone had in fact been found, they […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by reports that officials in Rangoon, Burma beat a young man to death after which the police arrested two of his friends, who were also beaten, and have charged them with assault. Ko Thet Naing Oo and his two friends were reportedly beaten by […]

SRI LANKA: Brutal assault; falsified charges; denial of medial treatment; police inaction; failure to conduct an investigation; collapse of rule of law —————————————– Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the illegal arrest and brutal torture of Mr. P.G.R.  Jayasekera, a 56-year-old retired government servant from Ketandola, Ratnapura by the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of a student, M Rukman Asanka Perera by his school Buddhism teacher, Hiriwewe Gnaneswara on 9 March 2006. On March 9, at around 10 a.m, a group of parents had been protesting in the Jayanthi Navodya school premises about a proposed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is in receipt of information regarding the torture of Mr. Nar Bahadur Bista by police personnel from Mahendranagar District Police Office on 1 March 2006. Though arrested and detained on March 1, the victim was not provided a detention letter until March 12. After a lawyer from […]

[RE: UP-032-2006: SRI LANKA: Torture victim Tissa Kumara wins fundamental rights application at the Supreme Court; UP-023-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats made against Koraleliyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara must be dealt with immediately, UP-84-2005: The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara’s allegation; The Sri Lankan state’s unwilling to address nasty policing, UP-32-2004: Tissa Kumara receives further death threats; […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding continuing human rights violations from Kerala, India. The local police continue to use torture and assault as a means of criminal investigation. The lack of adequate laws to prevent torture and the disastrously poor quality of lawyers available deny victims an early, but […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a brutal torture of a young couple, namely Mr. D. Indika Wasantha and Mrs. Kumudini Malkanthi, by the Rathgama police on 16 February 2006. It is alarming that the police did not hesitate to assault the eight months pregnant woman, who was on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that 11 persons were brutally tortured and subsequently charged with fabricated charges following their arrest on 14 February 2006. They were arrested at a checkpoint in Abatan, Buguias, Benguet while backpacking. According to a report by the Cordillera Human Rights […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding continuing human rights violations in Manipur, India. The local police and the army under the cover of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is engaged in brutal acts and their deeds are left unchallenged in all impunity. In a series of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner, the Peoples’ Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), about bonded labour – effectively slavery – being practiced by brick kiln owners in Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh state, India. Dozens of families have reportedly been bought for small amounts of money […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the police have beaten a number of political activists and demonstrators during a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike and peaceful demonstration programme called by a 14 political opposition party alliance on January 22, 2006. One leading activist was also arrested and later released. Reports indicate […]

[RE: UP-023-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats made against Koraleliyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara must be dealt with immediately, UP-84-2005: The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara’s allegation; The Sri Lankan state’s unwilling to address nasty policing, UP-32-2004: Tissa Kumara receives further death threats; UP-28-2004: Police pressure the torture victim to withdraw case by threatening his family; UP-22-2004: Tuberculosis […]

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka held on February 17, 2006 that officers of the Welipenna police station severely tortured Koralaliyanage Palitha Tissa Kumara by forcing a tuberculosis patient to spit into his mouth and by beating him critically with cricket stumps, causing over 32 injuries.  This judgment by the Supreme Court is a condemnation […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday February 13, 2006, which declared the controversial Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) unconstitutional and ordered it to be scrapped immediately. This has paved the way for the release of ousted Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who had […]