Women's rights

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding Chinese women forced to strip naked, slapped and detained in police stations in Malaysia. Home Minister Azmi Khalid has affirmed that it is police abuse and promised that the government will take the necessary action. In one incident, a […]

[RE: UA-183-2005: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-127-2005: Main suspect identified in alleged rape incident at Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-149-2005: Rape victim at the Bandaranaike International Airport receives death threats and urgent protection is required] —————————————————————————– UP-151-2005: SRI LANKA: Rape victim and her family’s safety […]

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia urging his intervention to commute the death sentence of three Sri Lankans; UP-34-2005: Death […]

[RE: UA-22-2004: NEPAL: Three young persons shot dead by security personnel and a girl among the victims was gang-raped before being killed in Pokahari Chauri-4, Kavre District] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the District Police Office (DPO) in Kavre, Dhulikhel refused to register the First Information Report (FIR) […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding 73 workers from the Orex Factory in Ekala, Jaela, Sri Lanka, who were unlawfully dismissed after the owner arbitrarily closed down the factory in 2002. The AHRC previously reported that the owner, Mohamed Mohamed Izzath deprived his workers of the Employees Trust […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received detailed information about an attempted rape in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand, by a local police officer on October 15. The officer, who was drunk at the time, allegedly forced his way into the house and tried to commit rape after extorting money from the […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal and disturbing case of rape of a 14 year-old girl in the town of Talawakelle.  The young girl was deceived, raped and then assaulted by three boys who then locked her up without food and water for two days.  When the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked by the incident of a Sri Lankan female passenger being raped by airport officers inside of the Bandarnayake International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka on 10 October 2005. The victim was reportedly threatened at knife-point and forcibly drugged before being raped. She was then put onto a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the murder of a 16-year-old girl following a Jirga calling for her death for having dishonoured her tribe. Ms. Bashi of the Luhar tribe left her parents home to marry Mr. Munaware of the Otho tribe. When her father and several relatives approached the elder […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of yet another honour killing case in Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to this information, 22-year-old, Ms. Soneet was killed by her husband, Mohammad Sidique on 17 September 2005. It was reported that Mohammed Sidique killed his wife on suspicion of her having […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information through its local partner MASUM in West Bengal that Mr. Gopen Sharma, a human rights activist was illegally detained, threatened and assaulted by the officers at the Block Development Office in Jalangi, Murshidabad District, West Bengal. Mr. Sharma was, at the time of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the rape of a young woman who was subsequently sold in a public auction on 20 August 2005 in Chirgaon village, Latehar District, Jharkhand for six rupees (13 US cents). Piary, a tribal woman was sexually abused by four people […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the rape of a 14-year-old girl in Galagedara, Sri Lanka on 29 July 2005. After the girl’s father reported the incident to the police, the alleged perpetrator was arrested but later released on bail. The victim is now unable to either go home […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another rape case committed by the government or security officials in Burma. According to the information received, two police officers, Tin Ko Oo & Kyaw Myo Min, together with a civilian named Naing Min, in Twente Township, Rangoon, Burma, raped a young woman […]

[Re: UA- 50 -2005: INDIA: Three and a half year wait for justice for the brutal murder of an Adivasi (tribal person) by a forest official in Gujarat] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on the case of Manishbhai Motibhai Vasava (30), an adivasi who was murdered by an Indian […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the alleged rape and murder of a woman in Hajipur village, 24 Parganas (North) District, West Bengal, India. Masoora Bibi, a widow lived in her in-laws house with her three children. On 18 June […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture of Gamini Senadeera and his wife, who gave birth prematurely to a stillborn child due to police perpetrated torture on 21 April 2005 (See: UA-75-2005). According to reliable sources, the perpetrators are suspected to have carried out the torture at the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources regarding denial of access to land granted by authorities to Rehana, a resident of Gangoh, Saharanpur District, Uttar Pradesh. Rehana, a Muslim social activist was given about 9-1/2 bigha of land in 2001 for plantation under a lease agreement for 30 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by yet another honor killing case from Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the information we received, a 30-year-old woman and her 38-year-old uncle were shot dead by members of the woman’s family on 13 March 2005. It is reported that the perpetrators […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by yet another honor killing case from Shikarpur District, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the information received, an 18-year-old bride, Ms Arbeli (18), was killed by her groom Yousif and six other persons just two hours after the marriage formalities on 21 March 2005. […]