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SRI LANKA: Widespread practice of torture; the case of arbitrary arrest, detention and missing ———————————————...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that more than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have decided to go on an indefinite hunger strike beginning today (Jan. 7) in order to dem...

SRI LANKA: Widespread practice of torture; another case of brutal assault by the police ————————————————...

Regarding our previous appeal and update on the case of two people tortured to death at the same police station in Sri Lanka (see http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2002/379/ and http://www.ahrchk....

BHUTAN/NEPAL/INDIA/UNHCR: Denial of the right to refugee; Political maneuvering, stagnation and human rights violations ———————————...

ASIAN CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM 2002 – The Session on National Human Rights Commissions (December 10, 2002) National Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka; A Disappointing Institution The Sri Lankan Co...

SRI LANKA: Widespread practice of torture; inhuman treatment but no justice —————————————————̵...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a 25-year-old man was tortured by the police at the Kirindiwela police station – the same police station where a 70-year-old man, ...

The Article 11 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh states that; “The Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for the...

P. A. Piyadasa of Papiliwela in Veralugampola was arrested by a group of policemen from the Kirindiwela police station at midnight on Nov. 20, 2002, while he was sleeping in his home. In the early mor...

On 22 November, we issued an appeal about a Dalit woman who was paraded half-naked to humiliate her into giving up on a land claim (see at http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2002/377/). We have rec...

According to reliable sources, a Dalit woman in Kishanganj in the India state of Bihar was tormented and paraded half-naked by a group of people who wanted to teach a lesson to her family for not givi...

SRI LANKA: The widespread practice of torture; Illegal arrest, torture and fabrication of charges by police —————————————&...

SRI LANKA: Assault, fabrication of charges by police, and an attack on freedom of expression ———————————————&#...

Regarding the special report, 'Torture committed by the police in Sri Lanka' by the Asian Legal Resource Center (ALRC) on October 3, 2002, you can find a comment on the report at the following site; ...

Mr. Lamahewage Lal Meddagoda (36), a coconut plucker who lived in Seeduwa South, was a father of three children (two daughters and one son). He was arrested by the Seeduwa Police with another person n...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that Amnesty International (AI) has issued a press release to urge the government of Sri Lanka to end torture.  In the press release, AI urg...

BANGLADESH: State terrorism; Mass arrests and torture by the army ———————————————————&...

This is an update on the attack at the office of IDAR-O-INSAF (Institute for Justice and Peace) on 25 September 2002, which left seven activists dead and one seriously injured. The sole witness of the...

SRI LANKA: Risk of life; Need protection and counseling for the victim of rape and family by the state ——————————————...