Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of H.M. Susantha Herath who was brutally tortured by the Gokarella police on 4 July 2005 (UA-146-2005). It is almost three years since the incident and the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRC) has finally made recommendations dated 26 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from ODHIKAR, a Dhaka-based human rights organization that a man was found dead after he was left by Detective officers in hospital on 19 April 2008. The police claimed that Fakir felt ill during police remand and was taken to the hospital. However, the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that soldiers beat villagers when they protested against the grabbing of their land in Chey Sena village, Ta Ken commune, Chhouk district, Kampot province, on 23 June 2008.  Four villagers were arrested on charges of the robbery of a mobile phone and wrongful damage to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) that a man was dead on the way to a hospital after being beaten by police at Chakaria Police Station on 14 May 2008. A relative filed a case against those responsible but now his family […]

Today, 26 June, is a historical day for all mankind. Today, everyone around the world is commemorating theInternational Day in Support of Victims of Torture. On this day, everyone is coming together to support thevictims that have suffered a crime that is considered as common enemies of all mankind, which is called torture. Torture is, […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) At the seventh session of the UN Human Rights Council in March 2008, the ambassador of Thailand, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, said in response to a statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre that, “First, I wish to point […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) Giasuddin Mandol is an iron scrap dealer from the North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal. On August 2, 2007, at about 7:30 p.m., the subinspector of police at the Deganga police station, Ayub Ali, took Mandol […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) Nepal successfully held the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on April 10th, 2008 and was declared a Secular, Federal Democratic Republic by the Constituent Assembly of Nepal on May 28th. It is a significant milestone in Nepal’s history […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) Pakistan signed the Convention against Torture and other cruel, Inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment (CAT) on April 17, 2008, along with ratification of the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). It also signed […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) Article III, Section 12 (2) of the 1987 Philippine Constitution clearly prohibits the use of torture. Although the country¡¦s Constitution has long protected its citizens against torture, any person claiming a violation of this constitutional right has […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-172-2008 June 25, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission on the Occasion of the International Day against Torture INDONESIA: International review pointed out country’s torture problem (June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) In the second week of […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) The UN declared 26 June as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in 1997 in order to increase support for victims of torture in countries across the globe.  Many states, thereafter, have come forward to […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) Torture is a way of life at all police stations in Sri Lanka, whether the alleged crimes investigated are those relating to petty criminal offences, serious crimes or offenses under the emergency and anti terrorism laws. Assault […]

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.)  In the second half of the 1970s the Cambodian people experienced among the worst cases of systematic torture in the history of mankind when they were living under the Khmer Regime. In 1992, after the ouster of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Muslim Attorney Center (MAC) that the first inquest day regarding the death of Imam Yapa in Narathiwat, southern Thailand. He was allegedly tortured to death in a military camp on 21 March 2008. The trial will open in Narathiwas provincial court. The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a pastor who was released several days after he was abducted and tortured in captivity now fears for his life. Over a month after the incident took place in May 6, there has not been an adequate investigation or any effort by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a torture victim has suffered hearing loss after having been severely assaulted by Excise Officers on 17 May 2008. Furthermore, one of the officers has allegedly attempted to coerce sexual favours from the victim’s wife, urging her to cooperate with them to allow […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a man has been continuously detained without any charge after having been illegally arrested on 31 May 2008. The victim, who is presently detained at the Theldeniya Police Station, was arrested on the pretext that he had connections with a terrorist group […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two brothers were arbitrarily arrested on suspicion of being terrorists without any concrete evidence in the middle of April 2008 and allegedly tortured by the police. The police did not inform their relatives of the arrest. After suffering torture, one victim is showing […]