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PAKISTAN: Joint UPR submission on Pakistan (2012) by the Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network and IDSN 

A Statement from International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Pakistan will be reviewed for the second time by the UPR Working Group at the 14th UPR ses...

INDIA: BSF torture yet another person in West Bengal 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning another case of Border Security Forces (BSF) brutality in West Bengal, India. 60-year-old Ms Rupja...

SRI LANKA: An innocent man was illegally arrested, tortured and laid with fabricated charges by the Chilaw police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. N A Aruna Roshantha (42) of Mugunuwatawana, Chilaw in the district of Puttalam was illegally arrested, detained...

NEPAL: Bhutanese refugee tortured and threatened with false charges in Kathmandu 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 29-year-old Bhutanese refugee, Jit Bahadur Subba, having applied for third country resettlement was arrested from...

INDIA: An innocent person tortured by West Bengal police on suspicion 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, concerning the case of torture of an innocent person by the West Bengal state police. The victim in the case...

PAKISTAN: Human rights violations in Balochistan during the months from January to April 2012 

A Statement from Baloch Students Organisation Azad forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Baloch Student Organisation Azad (BSO-Azad) has documented the cases of alleged extra judicial kil...

NEPAL: Concern over the condition of the elderly, women and children rendered homeless by evictions

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the excessive use of force and the lack of due process in the eviction of the community living in the squatter settlements in Thapathali, Kathmandu on the ba...

INDONESIA: Police failed to protect Ahmadiyah mosque from attacks by Islamic fundamentalist group in Singaparna 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the attack directed by an Islamic fundamentalist group, Islam Defenders Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI) towar...

PHILIPPINES: Massive displacement of indigenous villagers in Agusan del Norte due to military operation 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about the military operations in Agusan del Norte that led to massive displacement of indigenous communities. The soldiers ha...

THAILAND: 61-year-old man convicted of lèse majesté dies in prison 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) regarding death in custody of lèse majest...

SRI LANKA: The Police Torture Epidemic in Sri Lanka — a documentary

(Hong Kong, May 10, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to announce the release of a new documentary entitled: The police torture epidemic in Sri Lanka. Directed filed and edited by Josefin...

BURMA: AHRC condemns death sentence for torture victim

(Hong Kong, May 10, 2012) The Asian Human Rights Commission has described the verdict of a court in Rangoon, sentencing a torture victim to death for his purported role in a bombing, as “farcica...

THAILAND: Death in custody of 61-year old grandfather jailed for allegedly sending four SMS messages

Thai The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to express our grief and extend our deepest condolences to the family of Mr. Amphon Tangnoppakul, who was found dead in prison custody on 8 May 2012. Amph...

BURMA: Court sentences ailing Phyo Wai Aung to death after patently unjust trial 

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PAKISTAN: Human rights defenders were tortured during jail custody in Gilgit-Baltistan 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the human rights defenders, Mr. Baba Jan Hunzai along with four companions was brutally tortured by the police and ...

THAILAND: Ah Kong died while serving a 20 year sentence in prison for a lèse majesté offence 

A Statement from group of Human Rights NGOs in Thailand forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Rights organizations demand the right to temporary release and right to health   May 8, 2012...

PAKISTAN: A maimed democracy that denies its citizens the right to vote

The Asian Human Rights Commission has had discussions with the leaders of the Ahmadis, a religious minority community of Islam, at Lahore, Punjab province. During these discussions it was found that t...