Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and arbitrary detention of a 28-year-old man, Fitriyanto (Sanep). Sanep was tortured allegedly by police officers attached to the Resort Police Office Belitung Timur, (Markas Kepolisian Resort Belitung Timur), Bangka Belitung on 12 September 2005. The police reportedly forced him to […]

[RE: UA-22-2004: NEPAL: Three young persons shot dead by security personnel and a girl among the victims was gang-raped before being killed in Pokahari Chauri-4, Kavre District] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the District Police Office (DPO) in Kavre, Dhulikhel refused to register the First Information Report (FIR) […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of 16-year-old, W.K. Nilantha who was taken by two home guards to the Uragaha Police Station and severely tortured by police officers.  According to the victim, several policemen tied his hands behind his back and hung him from the ceiling with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Seneviratne Goshara Mudiyanselage Upali Nissanka who was arrested, detained and tortured by Sub Inspector (SI) Ariyaratne and three constables of the Nawula Police station on 21 October 2005.  Mr. Nissanka was accused of stealing the trishaw he was riding […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal about the arrest and detention of Mr. Samir Dutta of Kalyangarh Kalitala Police Station, 24 Parganas (North), West Bengal, India on mistaken identity.  The victim was taken into custody and further tortured brutally forcing him to admit […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Kaluthara Guruge Thilan Suranga Jayasinghe, who was arbitrarily arrested upon false accusations and was allegedly severely tortured and detained by the Dambulla Police.  Mr. Jayasinghe claims he was beaten and kicked in the face, head and stomach by police officers, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a police sergeant was tortured and subsequently arrested by policemen attached to the Wadduwa police station.  The victim’s motorbike and mobile phone were also confiscated.  The victim sustained considerable injuries and was admitted to the Panadura hospital where the doctor chained him to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Vidhanelage Ajith Wickramage, who was arbitrarily arrested by police officers from the Galewela Police Station, and his mother, who was verbally assaulted and threatened by the police officers.  Mr. Wickramage claims that he was brutally tortured by the police, who […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that two men, namely Michael Bautista (22) and Benjamin Agustines (19), both laborers and residents of Dagohoy Paradise, Barangay Dadiangas North, General Santos City, Mindanao, were severely beaten allegedly by a member of the Joint Task Force GenSan (JTFG), a military contingent assigned in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding 73 workers from the Orex Factory in Ekala, Jaela, Sri Lanka, who were unlawfully dismissed after the owner arbitrarily closed down the factory in 2002. The AHRC previously reported that the owner, Mohamed Mohamed Izzath deprived his workers of the Employees Trust […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has just received information on two cases of inhuman police torture committed separately by the Matara police and Hikkaduwa police.  In the first case, Mr. Damith Vijitha Kumara, was arrested by the Matara police at his workplace along with his mother and sister.  He was stripped naked […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that a man, Manoj Thalis (26), was severely tortured by policemen attached to the Gokarella police station on 24 September 2005. Police arrested Manoj whom they accused of being an accomplice of a man they earlier arrested for murder, but […]

SRI LANKA: Police misconduct; custodial torture; threat and intimidation, government inaction —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal and inhuman attack on a student by a member of the Aralaganvile Police Station on 7 August 2005. M. S. Duminda Aluthe was taken into custody after having been […]

[RE: UP-32-2005: SRI LANKA: Please write a letter to the Attorney General to speed up Gerald Perera’s murder trial; UP-23-2005: Gerald Perera’s murder trial may not begin for another 5-7 years, UP-14-2005: The assassin of Gerald Perera has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department, UP-76-2004: Gerald Perera died after gunshot; His family needs urgent […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information through its local partner MASUM in West Bengal that Mr. Gopen Sharma, a human rights activist was illegally detained, threatened and assaulted by the officers at the Block Development Office in Jalangi, Murshidabad District, West Bengal. Mr. Sharma was, at the time of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal arrest and torture of a school boy by the Pannala Police on 3 August 2005. Mohommed Lufrash was detained by the police, despite their intention being to arrest his father. Upon detention, Sub-Inspector Jayanath proceeded to torture the victim, striking […]

[RE: UP-03-2005: SRI LANKA: Further threat to the life of torture victim Channa Prasanna Fernando, UP-01-2005: SRI LANKA: Police officers interdicted regarding three torture cases of Gerald Perera, Lalith Rajapakse and Channa Prasanna Fernando; UP-54-2004: SRI LANKA: Urgent protection is necessary for the torture victim; UA-122-2004: SRI LANKA: Second torture of a torture victim who […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Initiative for the Development of People’s Advocacy (PIAR) in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia regarding the illegal detention and torture of 23 year old Alfred Ulu. Alfred was illegally detained by the Kupang police in February 2005, and then sent to the Penfui […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged torture of a man by police attached to the Gokarella Police Station. On 4 July 2004, Mr H.M. Susantha Herath was taken into custody by Sub-Inspector (SI) Ellepoloa, Sergeant (Sgt.) Perera and two others from the police station. Upon his […]

[RE: UA-136-2005: SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police; UP-97-2005: A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to legal technicality; UP-98-2005: Rohitha remains in chains in hospital due to legal technicalities] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased […]