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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a man, Kudatanthrige Vasantha, was severely beaten with batons by policemen attached to the Ja-Ela police station on 3 Dec...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged raped of a 16-year-old girl belonging to a minority community by a young Muslim man in Basudia vil...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2005 AS-130-2005 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Philippines: Tribute to Sister Marianni The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) joins all t...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information concerning hunger and the loss of several lives due to starvation in the Yahukimo District, Papua Province, I...

The brutality and inhuman treatment of the protestors against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the Hong Kong police comes as a shock and must immediately be stopped. On December 17, 2005 unarmed ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the arrest and atrocities perpetuated by the local police in league with the district administration o...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Sulawesi (Kontras Sulawesi) and the Institute for the De...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a Hindu community was attacked by a group of Muslims during a religious programme being held by the Hindus. This took plac...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the arrest of various human rights defenders working in West Bengal along with victims of human rights violations ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary detention of three men, namely Nihal Kithsiri (30) and his friends – Kumara and...

The authorities in Nepal have once again illustrated their complete disregard for human rights, by arresting over 130 activists taking part in peaceful demonstrations on International Human Rights Day...

Dear Mr. De Silva, I am writing this letter in response to newspaper reports concerning a speech that you have made on the right to life, where you claimed that there are ‘improvements in the field o...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of hundreds of villagers and the destruction and burning of houses in Kontu Village, Muna ...

Serious doubts and suspicions have arisen about the investigation into the attempted arson of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) of Sri Lanka offices in Colombo, on October 11, 2005. Despite significan...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture of a man by police personnel from the Meegahawatte Police Station of the Kelaniy...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a woman was arrested, assaulted and intimidated by the Lalbag police after they illegally raider her house. The police arr...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation working in West Bengal, regarding the alleged murder of a man and the unsuccessf...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a sixty-year-old man was arbitrarily arrested and detained, then tortured by the Godakawela police on 30 October 2005. The...

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing… UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case tran...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the arrest, torture and subsequent death of a handicapped man in police custody at Harora po...