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PAKISTAN: Extrajudicial Executions by Army in Swat 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from Human Rights Watch. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from Human Rights Watch forwa...

BANGLADESH: Gulshan Police kill a detainee for failing to pay bribe

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a businessman was shot dead by the Gulshan Police in Dhaka after having been kept in arbitrary detention for two days. The inc...

NEPAL: International Justice Day 2010- FOHRID Urges Government of Nepal to ratify the Rome Statute of ICC 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from FOHRID, Human Rights and Democratic Forum, calling for the ratification of the Rome Sta...

SRI LANKA: Killing of a whole family at Eppawela 

This week an incident was reported from Eppawala where a couple and their two children, a son and daughter between 14 -15 years of age were murdered in the most brutal fashion. Their bodies were found...

PAKISTAN: The killing of Baloch leaders exposes the hate attitude of law enforcement agencies towards Balochistan 

The two prominent Baloch political leaders have been assassinated within three days by unknown assailants riding on motorbikes. It is alleged by the political and nationalist groups of the province th...

PHILIPPINES: Farmers evicted from their land without due process 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the lack of due process in the eviction of fifty families, nineteen of whom were farmer beneficiaries under the land reform ...

PAKISTAN: The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance has completed its 10 years but yet to be implemented 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from Mr. Anees Jillani advocate. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from Mr. Anees Jillani a...

INDIA: Permanent “State of Exception” in Indian-administered Kashmir 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Indian-Adminis...

PHILIPPINES: Two human rights defenders threatened to be killed

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continuing threats to two human rights defenders. Both of them have received letters containing messages...

SRI LANKA: Reducing the prosecutor’s role to a joke 

The endless chain of cases that are being filed against Sarath Fonseka, a Sri Lankan citizen and a Member of Parliament who is also known as the most vocal opponent of the ruling regime, is a mockery ...

PAKISTAN: Army Death Squads Conspire to eliminate Baloch intelligentsia 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Baloch Human Rights Council of Canada. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&...

SRI LANKA: A man is badly beaten by Saliyawewa police during an illegal arrest and is denied medical treatment

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the illegal arrest, detention and assault of a man by police from Saliyawewa Police Station. The victim was badly beaten by poli...

SRI LANKA: Two men are beaten and tortured with leeches by Matugama police; one faces fabricated charges

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the unlawful arrest and torture of a farmer by Mathugama police. The man was falsely accused of selling illi...

INDIA: Between the rock and a hard place 

The incident reported from Kerala state about the attack upon a college professor by a gang of eight persons on 4 July in Moovatupuzha, is yet another wakeup call for India. A criminal gang attacked P...

PAKISTAN: Jalib’s murder a blow to national integrity: HRCP 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —...

NEPAL: A child is in danger after he is tortured by the family of a policeman; his lawyers are threatened

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is extremely concerned for the safety and health of a young boy, after he was badly tortured by the family of a police inspector. The 14 year o...

SRI LANKA: Retired Senior Police Officer talks about the Devastating Degeneration of the Police Department 

SSP Angunawala (Rtd) who served the department for thirty six and half years commented on the reasons for the degeneration of the police department in a taped interview given to Janasansadaya, a human...

ASIA: Priorities in Police Reforms 

The purpose of reforms should be to eradicate the defects that exist at present, in the police. The main defects are that the system of criminal investigations is based on primitive methodologies and ...

ASIA: Priorities in Police Reforms 

The purpose of reforms should be to eradicate the defects that exist at present, in the police. The main defects are that the system of criminal investigations is based on primitive methodologies and ...

INDIA: AFSPA may be pious, but India is not a theocracy Lt. Gen Jaswal 

Avinash Pandey The Kashmir valley in India has witnessed more than 15 deaths in June alone, all of them caused by Indian security forces firing upon the protesting crowds. These crowds were comprised ...