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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the arbitrary arrest and torture of three men by the Kandana police on 2 March 2005. Due to several assaults, two of the v...
[RE: UA-152-2004: PHILIPPINES: 127 families lost their homes due to illegal demolition in Davao City on 15 November 2004] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned b...
“Sri Lanka is now at the threshold of a major disaster”, said the Deputy Solicitor General, (DSG) Palitha Fernando. Speaking at a conference organised by the Sri Lankan Medical Associati...
[Re: UP-18-2005: NEPAL: Additional lists of arrested political leaders/activists and human rights defenders; UP-16-2005: NEPAL: List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders; Internati...
The February 1 coup in Nepal has brought the country under the control of the military, with no law controlling its actions. The number of persons under arrest–those under house arrest as well a...
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the crackdown on migrant workers begun on the dawn of 1 March 2005 by the Malaysian authorities. AHRC in a statement issued on 1 February 2...
Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Promotion of Church People’s Response (PCPR) in Eastern Visayas regarding the attempt on the life of Fr. ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a number of sources that three local government officials in Taunggut township, Arakan state, western Burma, have b...
[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing; UP-14-2004: THAILAND: Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit is still missing and the police may be involved in his disappearance; ...
[Re: UP-18-2005: NEPAL: Additional lists of arrested political leaders/activists and human rights defenders; UP-16-2005: NEPAL: List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders; Internat...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information that a 12-year-old boy named A.M. Shriyantha Bandara was severely assaulted by the officers from the Wattegama Polic...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the attack on an Awami League rally that killed Bangladesh’s former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, his nephew Shah Manju...
[Re: UP-16-2005: NEPAL: List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders; International intervention is urgently required; UG-01-2005: NEPAL: Latest information on the situation in distri...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that torture victim Lalith Rajapakse was acquitted by the Magistrate of Wattala regarding charges of obstruction of poli...
In a February 7 order, the District Administration Office Nepalgunj in Nepal instructed members of the media to falsify news in favour of the government, which since February 1 has been under the abso...
Nineteen years old, Lalith Rajapakse was arrested by two police officers, Sub-Inspector Peiris and Police Constable Wijeratne in April 2002. He was severely assaulted and slipped into a coma while at ...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the extraordinary delay in the case of Mr. T. Lilananda, who has been waiting for justice for over 11 years. Mr. T. Lilana...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward updated information to you regarding recent arrests in Nepal’s worsening crisis. The following are some cases of arrest a...
Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the defense lawyer of Asaru Pulige Sarath Jayaweera Sandanayake (43), who had filed a Fundamental Rights Applicatio...
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