Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that when Mr. Dadallage Ajith Kusumsiri (38) of No.113/1, ‘Sriya Niwasa’, Kandakatiya Aluth Para, Ratmalwala, Tangalle in Hambantota District attempted to make a complaint against threats and intimidation he found himself becoming the victim. He was tortured and forced to pay a bribe by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Don Prasanna Dilrukshana Aquinas Mallawaarachchi was falsely accused of having an extramarital affair and severely tortured by an Inspector of Police at the Mamunuwa Police Station. His mother and the lady he was accused of having the relationship with were also severely […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Mihindukulasuriya Anthony Vinisious Fernando is an elected Municipal Councilor of the Negombo Municipality and a businessman by profession. In July he witnessed lease holders in the area he is responsible for taking names of vendors and asked what they were doing. The […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an update from MASUM regarding the case of Krishna Mondal. MASUM and the AHRC had reported earlier (AHRC-UAC-096-2012) that the Border Security Force (BSF), in January 2012 tortured Krishna, against which MASUM helped Krishna to file a complaint at the local police station. MASUM has […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the local administration of the two districts of Punjab province and the owners of kiln factories are using the accusation of committing blasphemy against a human rights organization and its staff for raising their voices against bonded labour. They are also demanding wage […]

(Hong Kong, August 3, 2012)  Mr. Eran Wickramaratne, a member of parliament called for elimination of widespread practice of torture in Sri Lanka as in many other countries of the region in an interview to a radio program. He hoped that all members of Sri Lankan parliament regardless of their political affiliations will come together […]

(Hong Kong, August 3, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission has welcomed the release from prison on an amnesty today of Phyo Wai Aung, a young man falsely accused, tortured and imprisoned over the April 2010 bombing, and has called for him and other freed victims of gross abuses of human rights in Burma to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an 18-year old 10th grade student, Dipen Limbu, was tortured after being accused of extorting money from local shopkeepers. He was tortured repeatedly, first in a hotel in front of which he had been arrested by three police officers in civilian clothes from […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) that the family of Mr. Majim Sardar, a victim of illegal detention and custodial torture, is on the brink of starvation. Mr. Sardar is a tribal man from district of Murshidabad in West Bengal. The victim has already lost […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a human rights defender and fisherfolk activist has been abducted by the local police. It is alleged 70-80 officials from the police and other agencies along with henchmen of the perpetrators attacked the Kakkapir Village, Karachi, Sindh Province at 3am early in the […]

We are pleased to forward the full text and the audio of an interview with Mr. Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and ABC Kimberley about the meeting of the parliamentarians held in Hong Kong between July 21-24, 2012. You may listen to the audio recording of the interview here. The full text of […]

Speech given by Abbasi Nusrat Bano, a member of the Provincial Assembly, at the meeting of Asian Parliamentarians On Sunday afternoon, (July 22), Abbasi Nusrat Bano, a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, delivered this speech to great applaus as part of the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians in the Asian Alliance against Torture and […]

(Hong Kong, July 25, 2012) Parliamentarians from eight Asian states and civil society representatives, who met at Hong Kong for the first Asian parliamentarians’ meeting organised by the Asian Alliance against Torture and Illtreatment (AAATI), demanded firm actions from Asian states to end torture and ill-treatment in the region. Along with civil society representatives, dignitaries […]

Speech delivered by Pakistani Senator Saeed Ghani as part of the deliberations in the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians in the Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-treatment. On Sunday afternoon, the Pakistani Senator, Saeed Ghani, affiliated with the Pakistan People’s Party delivered this speech as part of the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians against Torture and Ill-treatment. […]

(हङकङ, 19 जुलाई, 2012) एशियाली देशहरुमा व्यापकरुप्मा फैलिएको यातना र अंानवियेव्यवहारलाई कसरी रोक्थाम गर्न सकिन्छ भन्ने बिषयमा छलफल गर्ने उद्देश्यले एशियाका विभिन्न देशका सांसदहरु हङकङमा मिलेर विचार विमर्श गर्दैछन । उक्त तीन दिवसीय बैठक हङकङको कौलन शहरमा  21 जुलाईबाट शुरू हुन गैरहेको छ ।  यो बैठक संयुक्त राष्ट्रसंघको संधि‘यातना तथा अन्य अमानवीय र अपमानजनक व्यवहार […]

The following is a speech by Basil Fernando, Director for Policy and Programme Development at the Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong. The speech was delivered at the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians in Hong Kong on the 22 July 2012, as part of the Asian Alliance against Torture and Ill-treatment. Basic Argument for the Elimination […]

यह बासिल फर्नान्डो, निदेशक नीति एवं कार्यक्रम विकास, एशियन ह्योमन राइट्स कमीशन (एएचआरसी), हांगकांग द्वारा यातना के खिलाफ एशियाई सांसदों की बैठक में 22 जुलाई 2012 को दिए गए भाषण का मूल पाठ है. यह बैठक एशियन अलायंस अगेंस्ट टॉर्चर एंड इल-ट्रीटमेंट द्वारा बुलाई गयी है. पुलिसिया यातना के अंत के लिए बुनियादी तर्क पुलिसिया […]

아시아인권위원회 성명서 아시아: 경찰고문 근절을 위한 기본 논의   영문원본 아래는 홍콩에 있는 아시아인권위원회에서 정책 및 프로그램 개발 이사를 맡고 있는  바실 페르난도씨의 연설문입니다. 이 연설문은 고문 및 가혹행위 근절을 위한 아시아 연합이 주최한 아시아 의원회의 기간 중 2012년 7월 22일에 발표된 내용입니다. 경찰 고문 근절을 위한 기본 논의 경찰 고문은 무엇을 의미하는가? 만약 우리가 […]

On Sunday afternoon, former member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Pushpa Bhusal delivered this speech as part of the deliberations in the Meeting of Asian Parliamentarians against Torture and Ill-treatment. Eight Parliamentarians from a number of Asian countries and several prominent human rights activists are participating in this four day meeting. By Pushpa Bhusal, Nepal […]

POUR PUBLICATION IMMEDIATE COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE AHRC-STM-148-2012-FR Communiqué de presse de la Commission asiatique des droits humains Nous partageons ci-dessous le discours suivant de Basil Fernando, directeur du développement des politiques et des programmes de la Commission asiatique des droits humains basée à Hong Kong. Ce discours fut prononcé le 22 juillet 2012, au cours […]