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SRI LANKA: Assault on a female police constable by an Inspector of Police of the Matugama police station 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of a female police constable Sunethra Koswatte (WPC No 3134) by an Inspector of Police at the Matu...

UPDATE (Nepal): Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis 

[RE:UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: NEPAL: Immediate intervention required in Nepal’s deepening political, security...

THAILAND: Somchai case reveals flaws in Thai constitution

The Criminal Court in Bangkok on January 12 found that missing Thai human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit had been abducted and that a police officer was among a group of persons, all suspected to ...

INDIA: Corrupt police conniving with feudal landlords and utter neglect by the government facilitates extreme exploitation of tribal community in Uttar Pradesh, India 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights group working in Uttar Prades...

NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of further human rights violations, notably beatings and arbitrary detentions, in relation to the ongoing suppression of the democrat...

THAILAND: Police free alleged murderer for cash but detain four witnesses 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been in communication with the Burma Lawyers Council (BLC) in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand about the failure of local police to investigat...

SRI LANKA: Presidential immunity does not extend to violations of the Constitution

A strange notion prevails in Sri Lankan legal circles that presidential immunity extends even to constitutional violations. This is despite the fact that one of the grounds for the impeachment of a pr...

CAMBODIA: Withdrawal of libel suits should be followed by removal of criminal defamation law

The promise made by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to withdraw criminal defamation lawsuits against five human rights activists is welcomed by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The five acti...

PAKISTAN: City government forces eviction leaving thousands homeless and without food in Karachi

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of thousands of households in Rehmatya colony by Karachi City Government officials. The co...

UPDATE (Philippines): Investigation into the brutal torture of a man by mistaken identity begins 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in General Santos City, Mindanao has commenced its investigation into the case of ...

BANGLADESH: Turag police invade property in violation of court order 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Turag police forcefully invaded a disputed land, and the house located on it, despite a court order requesting them no...

GENERAL APPEAL (Nepal): Immediate intervention required in Nepal’s deepening political, security and human rights crisis 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to voice our grave concern for the allegations of human rights violations in relation to the repression of demonstrations in Nepal’s deep...

UPDATE (Burma): Two police to go to court over alleged rape 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received news that two police officers in central Burma have been charged with rape by a local court, despite attempts by the police to bribe...

NEPAL: Re-arrest of two Nepalese citizens undermines official court orders and rule of law 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information regarding the re-arrest of citizens in Nepal, indicating that the practice is still rife within the country. ...

PHILIPPINES: Female peasant leader killed in front of her family 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another peasant leader, Ofelia Rodriguez (61), was killed allegedly by gunmen believed to be military agents in...

INDIA: Caste Hindus attack tribal communities and the police connive with the upper caste and refuse to take action in Uttar Pradesh, India 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights group in Uttar Pradesh, India of at least three confirmed cases involving the tribal members of the ...

NEPAL: over 200 persons arrested, including allegations of beatings and arbitrary detention orders, in the continuing crisis in the country

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further allegations of human rights violations in relation to the repression of demonstrations in Nepal’s deepening political, security and human...

PHILIPPINES: Labour leader and his family face serious threats; three other labourers tortured by the military in Bulacan, Luzon 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is appalled by the serious threats made against the life of labour union leader, Enrico Estarez and his family. The threats were allegedly made b...

UPDATE (Burma): Ma Su Su Nwe hospitalised; Supreme Court to hear case 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

NEPAL: the imposition of a day-time curfew and further arrests in the deepening crisis in Nepal

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is releasing a follow-up statement to complement the information that it provided in a statement yesterday concerning the arrests of over 100 political leaders...