Torture

Dear friends, A number of human rights groups have informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that 19-year-old student Javaid Anjum was abducted on17 April 2004 and then severely tortured for five days at the Jamia Hassan Bin Murtaza madrassa (Islamic religious school) in Toba Tek Singh, Punjab Province. The perpetrators accused him of theft and refusal to denounce […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from the Collective Campaign for Peace on the recent arrest, unlawful detention and torture of peaceful protestors and civil servants in Kathmandu, Nepal. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Collective Campaign for Peace. Urgent Appeals Desk Asian […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission has just know learned that Mr. K.P.Tissa Kumara, who was severely tortured by the Sub Inspector (S.I.) Silva of the Wellipenna Police Station on 3 February 2004, has been diagnosed by doctors as suffering from tuberculosis. In our previous urgent appeal issued on 13 February 2004, we reported […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of two more cases of police torture in Sri Lanka. It is reported that both victims, Mr. Amal Fernando and Mr. Chandana were illegally detained and tortured: Fernando by the Kalutara police on 19 January 2004 and Chandana by the Bentota police on 16 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) about another human rights violation on civilians committed by elements of the 66th Infantry Battalion (IB) belonging to the 6th Infantry Division (ID) based in Awang, Cotabato City, of the Philippine army. According to the […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the brutal torture by the Srirampur Police on Sri Tarun Mallick (45) on 10 April 2004.  The police officers from the Srirampur Police Station arrested Sri Tarun Mallick (45) on charge of molesting one of his students. Even though any inquiry was not started […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about extrajudicial killing of Muthuthanthrige Chamal Ranjith Cooray (30) by the police officers at the Modara (Moratuwa) Police Post and Moratuwa Police Station.  According to the information received, on 17 April 2004, Ranjith Cooray, who was suspected of stealing small money, was severely tortured […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding yet another case of police torture in Sri Lanka. Halnetthige Nelsan Perera and Halnetthige Lenith Nuwan Peiris were severely beaten on 13 March 2004 by police officers outside the Pinwatta Cemetery, where Perera had earlier in the day buried his wife. The AHRC […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of extrajudicial killing of Dehiwatte Gedera Jayathilaka by the police at the Mahawela Police Station on 9 March 2004. According to the information we have received, the victim was arbitrarily arrested by the police from the Yatawatte Police Security Barrier on charge of possessing illicit liquor even though he had no liquor in his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of brutal torture on John Pollage Udays Saman Jayasuriya by the police at Kadugannawa Police Station on 9 March 2004. According to the information, when his car was stopped by the motorbike, the victim tried to identify two policemen in civilian clothes. However, this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 30-year-old woman named Ms. Hidayat was allegedly killed by her husband, Mr. Momin Ali Mahar in Dal village, Lakhi Ghulam Shah Town, Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan on 29 February 2004. The case was registered at the Chak Police Station. However, a human […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that officers from the Chittaranjan Park Police Station in Delhi picked up six young men aged between 16 to 22, and forced them to clean the police station for almost six hours on 15 February 2004. The two boys out […]

This February, the families of Nemai Ghosh and Anesh Das were compensated 100,000 Rupees (US$2200) each by the government of West Bengal for their deaths while under police custody at the Malda Magistrates Court on 1 August 2002. The two, who had been arrested on petty charges, were locked in one of two holding cells […]

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) that the torture victim Omar Ramalan filed five criminal charges against several military personnel who were involved in torturing him. The case was filed on 23 February 2004 at the provincial prosecutor’s office in Cotabato City, […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named D.G. Athula Saman Kumara was illegally arrested on 16 February 2004 and is being tortured by the police officers at the Katugastota Police Station in Kandy, Sri Lanka. According to the report we have received, the victim, who is currently […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was brutally tortured by Sub-inspector (S.I.) Silva of the Wellipenna Police Station at Kathutrara district on 3 February 2004. The cruelty of the torture is unbelievable and the victim, who needs urgent medical treatment, is currently in the Remand Prison at […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that four individuals were arbitrarily arrested on 1 February 2004 by the security forces in Bajura (west part), Nepal, and are suspected of being seriously tortured while in custody. The four individuals, Messrs. Tula Thapa, Rajendra Adhikary, Ram Bhadur Rana and Man Bahadur Shah […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the police intimidation against the victims of the police attack in Baddegama village, Madahapola. On 31 December 2003, the Baddegama village people were brutally attacked by the 200 drunken policemen and their supporters. (Refer to: UA-02-2004: Brutal attack of the police on the people […]

Dear friends Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of brutal torture of Jayasekara Vithanage Saman Priyankara, 32, at the Matale Police Station. The officers poured boiling water on his genitals that caused severe burnt wounds. The victim was arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the police only because he was rude to a ‘Gramaarakshaka (village […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of Mr. Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Gunesekera by six policemen from the Mahiyanganaya Police Station on 31 December 2003. The victim was severely assaulted by the perpetrators with wooden bats solely because he did not see one policeman’s bicycle parked near the hotel. […]