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INDIA: U.N. Secretary General’s visit to India should produce results on human rights

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...

INDIA: Police Inaction on Illegal Occupation of land belonging to Social Activist 

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...

PHILIPPINES: Court orders trial of five torture victims detained over two years without trial 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) regarding the detention of five torture victims for over two years w...

NEPAL: Military-sponsored vigilantes savage treatment of citizens 

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...

PHILIPPINES: Philippines Commission on Human Rights ignores its mandate in eviction of families in Davao

The Philippines Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) is an independent body in the Philippines that has the authority under the 1987 constitution to initiate an investigation and make recommendations bas...

PHILIPPINES: A person detained over 2 years without trial due to prosecutor’s misconduct 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) – Mindanao about a man named Pegie Boquecosa (24) who has ...

SRI LANKA: A woman’s healthy leg was amputated at the Negombo General Hospital due to mistaken identity 

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. ...

INDIA: Municipal employees starving and sick in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

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...

UPDATE (Thailand): Government commits to giving witness protection to missing lawyer’s family 

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing; UA-94-2004: Severe torture victims still in custody while police torturers remain in posts; UP-14-2004: Mr. Somchai N...

UPDATE (India): UNICEF still avoiding responsibility in providing assistance to starving women and children in West Bengal

[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...

UPDATE (Indonesia): State intelligence officers delay Munir investigation 

Dear friends, According to updated information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Indonesian police have named two further suspects in the death of human rights activist Munir. ...

SRI LANKA: Victim dies after severe torture by the Maharagama police in Colombo District 

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...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The inefficiencies of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on two torture cases

[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...

BANGLADESH: A nation terrified by extra judicial killings and the widespread use of torture by police

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...

SRI LANKA: Another innocent man is killed by police torture? who will be the next victim?

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...

SRI LANKA: Torture victim disillusioned as police departmental inquiry against torturers is repeatedly delayed 

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...

UPDATE (Thailand): Wife of missing human rights lawyer intimidated 

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing; UA-94-2004: THAILAND: Severe torture victims still in custody while police torturers remain in posts; UP-14-2004: THA...

UPDATE (Philippines): A call for speedy resolution of a case filed against the military in the killing of Indigenous People (IPs) in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has receive updated information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) that charges and violations of Indigenous People’s ...

PHILIPPINES: Philippines government must expose emerging army and police links to activists’ killings

The arrest of a suspect in the killing of Fr William Tadena has given a little emotional relief and glimpse of hope to the relatives of human rights defenders and political activists killed during rec...

SRI LANKA: Need for inquiry into police and inquiring officers conduct in investigating a torture victim’s complaint 

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...