Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is sharing with you the interview conducted with the mother of one of the five men we reported to have been tortured and continuously held in detention over questionable charges. The victim’s mother described in tears the visible torture injuries she had seen of her son and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received details of a complaint that two brothers have lodged against police in Pegu, Burma over a serious assault. According to them, a group of local police in plain clothes beat them up after the police thought that one was using his mobile phone to take […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that the Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the guilty verdict on the Abadilla Five. The SC affirmed the earlier decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) which imposed a penalty of life imprisonment on them. The accused will be filing a Motion […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a serious case of police violence which occurred on 15 August 2010 at Sekhuwana chock in Nawalparasi District. In this incident, a 40-year-old farmer, Rudal Yadav, was arrested by 10 policemen, handed over to the Indian police, without following any legal extradition procedure […]

On 31 August 2010, the upper house of the Indian parliament, the Rajya Sabha, constituted a Parliamentary Select Committee to review the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010. The Committee, chaired by Mr. Ashwini Kumar has Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, Mr. Shantaram Laxman Naik, Ms. Brinda Karat, Mr. Naresh Gujral, Dr. Janardhan Waghmare, Mr. Ahmad […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was illegally arrested, arbitrarily detained and severely tortured by officers of the Urubokka Police Station. He was later released without any charge but there are no official records of his arrest and detention. He was later admitted to the Teaching Hospital […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man who was severely tortured by officers of the Kiribathgoda Police Station later succumbed to his injuries. Following his arrest the officers of the police station turned over his body to the Teaching Hospital of Ragama. Later at the inquest two police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the bodies of a lawyer and his cousin from Balochistan province have been found. Both bodies bore marks of severe torture. They had been allegedly arrested by the Frontier Corp (FC), a paramilitary force of Pakistan. Another lawyer and four other persons were […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Sri Lankan Navy arrested a civilian and later handed him over to officers of the Maravila Police Station. They in turn handed over the victim to officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Later the CID officers tortured the victim and denied […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man who was severely tortured later succumbed to his injuries. He was arrested by police officers attached to the Kirindiwela Police Station who later fabricated the story that the deceased had fallen out of a police vehicle. However, several villagers witnessed the […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the local police in Thrissur district, Kerala state has illegally detained and tortured a student, for refusing to admit a charge of theft alleged against him. It is reported that the police officers detained the student in custody for more than 44 hours […]

By Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza Last week, the government of Pakistan announced it would push the National Assembly to pass the long-awaited Acid Control and Burn Crime Prevention Bill this month. The bill, first introduced in January 2010, emerged from collaboration among the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), National Commission on Status of Women, United Nations Development Fund for Women, and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man had been tortured while in the custody of law enforcement officers who arbitrarily arrested him. The officers did not produce an arrest order or explain to him why he was being taken into custody. The victim was taken to the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the custodial death of Mr. Mizanur Rahman, who was extrajudicially killed by the Gulshan Police in Dhaka after having been kept in arbitrary detention for two days (For further details, please see our original appeal here: AHRC-UAC-107-2010). The AHRC has received the statement […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was severely tortured before being illegally arrested and detained by officers of the Welippena Police Station. Following the torture the officers displayed the man in public before the villagers before taking him to the station where they later filed fabricated charges […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a farmer, who was last seen being tortured while in the custody of members of a paramilitary unit of the military, has disappeared since January 2010. The perpetrators were formerly members of an illegal armed group before becoming members of the Citizen […]

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the five men, whom the police arbitrarily arrested in San Fernando, Pampanga, had been tortured while in police custody. One of the victims, who revealed his ordeal in an interview, said the police suffocated him, severely assaulted him, burnt his skin with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Sri Lankan Navy arrested a civilian and later handed him over to officers of the Maravila Police Station. They in turn handed over the victim to officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Later the CID officers tortured the victim and detained […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that police officers attached to the Ganemulla Police Station have illegally arrested, detained and tortured a civilian. Later the police filed fabricated charges against him. After the victim sought justice by filling a fundamental rights application he was further threaten.  CASE NARRATIVE:  Balapu Waduge […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the killing of three brothers, one of whom was a minor, on the pretext of a ‘legitimate encounter’. The police claimed that the victims had exchanged fire with them. Thus, the police claim their deaths to be justifiable. However, this is questionable […]