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SRI LANKA: Arbitrary shootings and recklessness by the Opanayake police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of Mr. Wijethileka who was shot twice in the back by two Opanayake police officers.  The victim was ...

BANGLADESH: A man arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the Kotwali police remains detained in Barisal jail 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man, who was arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the Kotwali police continues to remain in Barisla jail despi...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Attorney General withdraws criminal case against school staff who tortured a student 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture of a 16-year-old student, Sahan Tharaka, by his teachers and the Assistant Principal of hi...

SRI LANKA: A man suffers hearing loss after being tortured by the Ayagama police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the torture of a man, M.H. Priyantha Minipura (25), by policemen attached to the Ayagama police post following his arr...

UPDATE (India): Custodial death of a 28-year-old man in Kerala 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three police officers responsible for the custody and murder of a 28-year-old man, Mr. Udayakumar, was arrested and later ...

SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a 27-year-old man by the Pamunugama Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a 27-year-old man, Navinna Arachchige Manjula Prasad, was brutally tortured by policemen attached to the Pamunugama Pol...

BANGLADESH: Three people, including a schoolboy, killed and sixteen injured by police fire in Kustia district 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three persons were killed by police fire in the Kustia district. The policemen were working under a Mobile Court led by a ...

SRI LANKA: Six years after Chemmani exhumation: Inquiry commission needed to review attorney general’s department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2005 AS-002-2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) SRI LANKA: Six years after Chemmani exhumation: Inquiry commission needed to review attorney g...

SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man by the Horana Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man by police personnel from the Horan...

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and torture of a man by the Thanamalvila Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another case of police torture in Sri Lanka. On 20 December 2005, Amila Prasad was allegedly severely tortured by sev...

SRI LANKA: Police severely tortured five men and subsequently filed fabricated charges against them 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of yet another case of illegal arrest, detention, brutal torture and the subsequent filing of fabricated charges against...

INDIA: Uttar Pradesh police stocks cartridges to murder an innocent man 

INDIA: Police brutality, torture, lack of action by the National Human Rights Commission and failure of rule of law ————————————...

SRI LANKA: Functioning National Police Commission essential in eliminating crime within Sri Lanka

The recent drug menace plaguing Sri Lanka has been linked to police corruption. On December 31, 2005 the Inspector General of Police was reported to have said that the country’s drug problem can...

SRI LANKA: Use of anti terrorism laws to suppress media and human rights organisations – the Sunday Leader episode and CBK’s UNESCO issue

AS-001-2007 January 2, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission SRI LANKA: Use of anti terrorism laws to suppress media and human rights organisations – the Sunday Leader episode a...

BANGLADESH: Minority community deprived from offering worships in Naogaon 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that in Naogaon, Bangladesh, attempts are underway to illegally occupy the land of a Hindu temple depriving the local Hindu com...

NEPAL: Yet another person reported missing and feared killed by security forces 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a person was taken into custody by the security forces in Nepal and since arrest his whereabouts are not known and that th...

SRI LANKA: Police kill a man and subsequently fabricate stories to justify his death 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the killing of a man, Udaya Kumara, by policemen attached to the Mount Lavinia police station on 19 December 2...

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by...

NEPAL: Two girls and five other detainees are refused adequate access to lawyers and family members by the Udaypur police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed by a reliable source that two girls, aged 12 and 15, and five other detainees were arrested on 26 November 2005 by the Nepalese army o...

Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission!

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends greetings to everyone, wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year. We wish particularly to extend our greetings to those members of our network from aro...