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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the severe torture of Aththana Gamaralalage Ravindra (26) by Inspector of Police (IP) Attapattu of the Katupotha Police S...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another “honor killing” case reported from the Shikarpur district, Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is happy to inform you that the two arrested human rights defenders Dinesh Prasain and Usha titikchu were released unconditionally from the Anamn...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Baburaj P.K, 44, was brutally tortured by police officers from the Guruvayoor Police Station and Pavara...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the illegal arrest of Dinesh Prasain and Usha Titikchu by the police from the Anamnagar City Police Office, Kathumandu at ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Vigil India Movement that a man named P.K. Joy was illegally detained in police custody and brutally tortured by he...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from JANANEETHI, a human rights organization in Kerala, India, that one man was beaten to death while another was seriou...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the illegal arrest and brutal torture of Vidanalage Dinesh Tharinda de Mel by the Moratuwa Police on 1 June 2004. Accordin...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two young men, Thusev Kamal Priyantha and Matarage Sudhrsana Priya Kumara, were severely assaulted by several polic...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our partner organization MASUM that a man named Kanai Santra died after being severely assaulted by the police whil...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Samuel Masih, 27, a suspect in a blasphemy case, who was in a critical condition after police constable Faryad Ali h...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very much concerned that an innocent young man named Wanigabaduge Mahinda has been shot arbitrarily by a police officer attached to the Wattala...

The statement by Amnesty International in its annual report for 2004 to the effect that Sri Lanka is experiencing “an improved human rights situation” is deeply disturbing and patently inc...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the torture and inhuman treatment of a prisoner, Kalpeliyanege Priyantha Anuruddha Shammi, by prison officer Rajive at the ...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that torture victim Kurundukarage Eranjana Sampath was arrested on fabricated charges by the Officer In Charge (OIC) of the T...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from the Dalit Human Rights Monitoring (DHRM) on the brutal attack on Dalits settlement in the Kalapatti village of Coimb...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the case of the two teenage girls killed in the instance of “honour killings” (FA-12-2004). Appare...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that Ms. Samina Khokhar, the sister of Irfan Khokhar, has received a death threat from unknown men who are believed to be co...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the information that two individuals who were ordered to be released from the Central Jail Nepalgunj by the appellate court on sep...

Dear friends, A number of human rights groups have informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that 19-year-old student Javaid Anjum was abducted on17 April 2004 and then severely tortured for f...