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PAKISTAN: Thirteen people killed in fake encounter in Sahiwal district

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the extra-judicial killing of 13 men by the authorities in Sahiwal district, Punjab province on 10 February 20...

PAKISTAN: Attorney General Aware of ‘Massive’ Election-Rigging Plans 

Audio Recording Calls Into Question Government’s Commitment to Fair Elections   (New York, February 15, 2008) – In an audio recording obtained by Human Rights Watch (http://hrw.org/audio/2008/u...

SRI LANKA: Claymore mine kills and injures several children and civilians

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is aggrieved to share the news of the continuing extrajudicial killings of civilian men, women and even children in Sri Lanka. A claymore mine ta...

PAKISTAN: Life of a prisoner in Guantanamo is at risk

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the deteriorating health of a Pakistani prisoner detained in a U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The prison...

SRI LANKA: Police and jail guard allegedly torture a boy to confess

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged torture, by the Police, of a 16-year-old boy by the Sooriyawewa police on 20 January 2008 in Sri L...

SRI LANKA: Seven-year-old boy removed from school

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a seven-year-old boy has been deprived of his education due to a malfunction of the schooling system since 1 Novemb...

SRI LANKA: Mirihana Special Investigation Unit allegedly tortures a man after arbitrary arrest

Dear friends, The  Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mirihana Special Investigation Unit arbitrarily arrested and detained a man on 15 January 2008 in Sri Lanka. On t...

SAUDI ARABIA/INDIA/SRI LANKA: Death sentence of two Sri Lankan and one Indian in Saudi Arabia

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two Sri Lankans and one Indian were sentenced to death by the High Court of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on 11 June 2007....

PAKISTAN: Chief Justice and his family have now spent 100 days in detention

The detention of Mr. Iftekhar Choudhry, the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, has now run into its 100th day and during his detention all the members of his family, including his school-going childre...

SRI LANKA: Widespread thieving and fooling around with the Constitutional Council

From all around Sri Lanka there are constant reports of widespread thieving in the country, particularly around suburban town centres. This has gone so far as to affect even the dressing habits of wom...

UPDATE (India): Arrest of human rights activists stayed by the court

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the situation of the human rights activists associated with the People’s Vigilance Committee on ...

PAKISTAN: Police refuse to file charges against a provincial minister and his men who severely assaulted and detained activists

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the refusal of the police to register a complaint and file charges against a provincial minister and his armed...

SRI LANKA: New potentials for democracy in Sri Lanka

Although the Independence Day has passed all the people of Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and others alike are more worried than ever about the future of independence, meaning the future of dem...

PAKISTAN: Released lawyers are re-arrested

Three prominent lawyers who spearheaded the movement of lawyers, were again arrested and detained for a further month under the maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO). Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan, President...

NEPAL: Government must consult public before establishing two commissions for transitional justice 

Accountability Watch Committee Kathmandu, Nepal Press Statement Thursday Jan 31, 2008 Our attention has been drawn towards the recent reports in media that a meeting of the high-level political task f...

SRI LANKA: Teachers deprive a student from receiving education after getting forcible statement

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forcible deprivation of the education of a 13-year-old student by teachers in Sri Lanka on 19 November 200...

SRI LANKA: A man allegedly assaulted due to a private quarrel by the police who then filed fabricated charges against him

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of a man by the Tissamaharama police on 29 December 2007. The police severely assaulted him before...

INDIA: A man remanded in custody without charge

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Prahar, a human rights organisation based in Assam, India regarding the case of Mr. Elento Tripura. Elento was ...

PAKISTAN: An open letter by Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry, the Chief Justice of Pakistan 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry, the Chief Justice of Pakistan to various heads of states ...

SRI LANKA: Irresponsible comments by ministers endanger journalists 

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières Press release 29 January 2008 SRI LANKA IRRESPONSIBLE COMMENTS AND ACTION BY MINISTERS ENDANGER JOURNALISTS Reporters Without Borders appealed toda...