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Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that the police in West Bengal, India have taken little action regarding the murder of 22-year-old Mintu Sheikh o...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received new information concerning a man who died from an adverse reaction due to taking medicine on an empty stomach. Mr. Tilangi Mushhar, ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the National Campaign of Dalit Human Rights, (NCDHR, a Jaipur, Rajasthan based Centre for Dalit Rights) and People&...

The U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is visiting India at a crucial time. His proposals for reform of the United Nations remain high on the international agenda, and their fate rests on the support g...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by new information received regarding the savage treatment of citizens by a military-sponsored civilian militia group called...

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, Saharan...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a healthy leg of Ms. Citthi Naseera (48) was mistakenly amputated at the Negombo General Hospital on 1 March 2005. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Social Development Foundation (SDF) in Delhi, India of a disturbing case where the government is playing a vita...

[Re: HU-02-2005: 5 year-old girl, evicted from her home by government authorities, dies of starvation in West Bengal; HA-02-2005: Starvation deaths occurring in Murshidabad district, West Bengal; HU-0...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the killing of a Mr. Don Wijerathna Munasinghe by the Maharagama police in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Mr. Munasinghe was...

[Re: Case 1: UA-135-2004: Alleged illegal detention and torture of a man by officers at Kuruwita Police; UA-63-2005: Need for inquiry into police and inquiring officers conduct in investigating a tor...

There are two expressions the use of which brings about abject fear among all sectors of society in Bangladesh.  These terms are, ‘cross-fire’ and ‘Rapid Action Battalion’.  While the government...

The case of Don Wijerathna Munasinghe, who was arrested on 10 April 2005 and subsequently died of injuries allegedly received at the Maharagama Police Station, received wide publicity in the media.?Th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the continual and apparent deliberate delay in seeking justice for a victim of torture against two accused pol...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding misconduct displayed by a police official and an officer of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) during...

On April 11, staff of the West Bengal-based human rights group Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) went by appointment to raise their concerns over attacks on Gopen Sharma, a local human righ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the illegal arrest and torture of Vidana Arachchige Norman Krishantha Jayawardana (43), the assistant regional manager of Ma...

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 receive...

Update on Urgent Appeals: UA-35-2003: Two hundred Adivasis made homeless over land rights; UP-32-2003: Enquiry into the shooting of Adivasis in 2001; UP-34-2003: Landless people stand firm against ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, regarding the case of Mr. Gopen Sharma, a human rights d...