Torture

ආසියානු මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසමේ නිවේදනයයි ආසියාව: වධ හිංසාව මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම සඳහා ආසියානු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීේවරුන් රැස් වීමට නියමිතයි (හොං කොං, ජූලී 20, 2012) ආසියානු රටවල් කිහිපයක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීනවරුන් එක් වී එම රටවල සෑම තැනම පාහේ ලෙස පැතිර ගොස් ඇති වධ හිංසාව සහ කෲර සහ අමානුෂික සැලකිලි භාවිතය මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම සඳහා සාකච්චා කිරීමට නියමිතය. හොං කොං හී […]

POUR PUBLICATION IMMEDIATE COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE AHRC-PRL-027-2012-FR Communiqué de presse de la Commission asiatique des droits humains (Hong Kong, 19 Juillet 2012) Des parlementaires de différents pays asiatiques s’apprêtent à se réunir afin d’examiner les façons de mettre fin à la torture et aux mauvais traitements dans leurs pays. Une conférence de trois jours se […]

(Hong Kong, Hulyo 20, 2012) Nakatakdang mag-usap sa isang pulong ang mga mambabatas mula sa iba’t ibang bansa sa Asya para pag-usapan ang mga paraan paano matigil ang malawakang praktis ng tortyur sa kani-kanilang bansa. Ang tatlong araw na pulong ay gaganapin simula bukas, Hulyo 21, sa Kowloon, Hong Kong. Ang meeting na ito ay […]

UNTUK PUBLIKASI SEGERA SIARAN PERS AHRC-PRL-027-2012-ID (Hong Kong, 19 Juli 2012) Anggota parlemen dari berbagai negara di Asia bangga untuk bertemu dan mendiskusikan cara-cara untuk mengakhiri praktik penyiksaan dan perlakuan tidak layak di negara mereka. Rapat yang berlangsung selama tiga hari ini akan berlangsung di Kowloon, Hong Kong, dimulai pada 21 Juli. Rapat ini merupakan […]

(Hong Kong, July 19, 2012) Parliamentarians from several Asian countries are poised to meet and discuss ways to end the widespread practice of torture and ill-treatment in their countries. The three day meeting will take place in Kowloon, Hong Kong, starting on July 21st.  The meeting is a significant step towards the implementation of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report from MASUM that a group of Border Security Forces (BSF) in West Bengal, India has shot dead 45-year-old agriculture labourer, Mr. Razzak Seikh on 11 June 2012. This is yet another instance of extrajudicial execution committed with impunity by the BSF, contributing to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report from MASUM that a group of Border Security Forces (BSF) in West Bengal, India has shot dead 45-year-old agriculture labourer, Mr. Razzak Seikh on 11 June 2012. This is yet another instance of extrajudicial execution committed with impunity by the BSF, contributing to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received details of a case of a man who is currently being held in jail in upper Burma after being accused of connections with an armed group active in the region. According to witnesses, Lahtaw Brang Shawng is an ordinary villager displaced by civil conflict who […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture of Mr Ranjan Mondal by five BSF personnel attached to Kaharpara BSF Outpost No. 5 under 105th Battalion of BSF on 5 January 2012 Unlawful arrest, torture, caste-based discrimination and a culture of impunity amongst law enforcement and paramilitary […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a couple is facing death threats after filing a case under the Torture Compensation Act against a police officer in Danusha district. Ms Mukhiya filed a case at the Danusha District Court after being tortured by a police officer in relation to a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Priyashantha, a married bako operator with a young daughter, was publicly and brutally assaulted by the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Vanathavilluwa Police Station for a crime that he did not commit. Mr. Priyashantha attended a musical show in which his […]

96 hours after the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) firing in Kotteguda panchayat of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh state, the union government and the state government of Chhattisgarh are on defensive mode, finding excuses to justify the police action that killed 20 villagers, of which at least five are children. The firing occurred on 30 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Meheran, a married man with two children, was arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured for a crime that he did not commit. Several police officers attached to the Criminal Branch of Thambutthegama Police Station came into Mr. Meheran’s residence at 4am, woke him […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the harassment and intimidation of Mr Saiful Molla and Mr Khalil Mondal by BSF personnel attached to Kaijuri BSF Camp on 9.30pm on 21 April 2012 and 3.30pm on 22 April 2012. Unlawful arrest and detention, harassment, degrading treatment, religious discrimination […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning the torture of 35-year-old Mr Sudarshan Mondal on 3 November 2011 in yet another case of Border Security Forces (BSF) brutality in West Bengal, India. Torture, extrajudicial killings, religious discrimination and a culture of impunity are features of everyday life for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Jayasinghe, an agricultural labourer, was visited by police officers at his residence and assaulted without cause. His right leg was broken and he requires surgery so that he will be able to walk once again. The police officers did not show him […]

Dear friends, According to information that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received from Protection of People’s Rights, Nepal (PPR Nepal) that a 43-year-old man arrested under allegations of fraud has been tortured in the Central Investigation Bureau, Maharajganj, Kathmandu. He was arrested by police officers in plain clothes who did not identify themselves […]

(Hong Kong, June 28, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform that its new initiative, Torture: Asian and Global perspectives, was launched at an event that was jointly organized by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the Centre for Comparative and Public Law at the University of Hong Kong in the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, […]

I was amazed at how quickly the pieces of Torture: Asian and Global Perspectives fell into place, turning an idea for a magazine into a quality, finished product. When Nilantha Ilangamuwa, whom I’d previously worked with at the Sri Lanka Guardian, asked me to launch a magazine with him for the Asian Human Rights Commission, I knew […]

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following articles from the New Age, sent by ODHIKAR of Bangladesh. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A news report and an editorial from the New Age, sent by ODHIKAR, forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Mock trial calls for prosecution of people involved […]