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SRI LANKA: Political attacks on the NPC and election violence in Sri Lanka

In recent weeks some senior politicians from the government of Sri Lanka have tried to blame the increase in crime on the National Police Commission (NPC). In fact no link between the NPC and the incr...

BURMA: Attempt at stopping police abuse ends in jail term 

SUMMARY The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt from the Burma Lawyers’ Council and Yoma 3 information service (Thailand) that a young man has been sentenced to two years jail in Burma fo...

NEPAL: Human rights emergency on the brink of further escalation in Nepal

— Peace negotiations, accountability and an end to impunity are required as a matter of urgency   Time is of the essence. The human rights crisis situation in Nepal risks escalating further...

SRI LANKA: Teachers discriminate against 11-year-old student for receiving torture compensation 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Harshana Tharindu Wijegunawardena, an 11-year-old student (grade 6) at St. John’s College in Panadura, has been su...

MALDIVES: Government of Maldives must end intolerable rights abuses

Reports from the Maldives in recent weeks indicate increasingly disturbing use of authoritarian powers by its government intended to suppress popular calls for democratic reform. After protests on Aug...

(UPDATE) Pakistan: Complainant of honour killing case forced to accept jirga decision 

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that a jirga was organized in the case of Hidayat Mahar, who was killed by her husband on the pretext of honour k...

(UPDATE) Sri Lanka: Protection needed for torture victim seeking redress 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that A G Ravindra (26) was assaulted and illegally detained again on 23 July 2004 by the Katupota police for making a co...

SRI LANKA: Serious measures announced by Sri Lankan NPC to ensure disciplinary control of police a welcome move

This week, the National Police Commission (NPC) of Sri Lanka made the following welcome announcements: That disciplinary control of all police officers except the Inspector General of Police (IGP), in...

BANGLADESH: Rapid Action Battalion officers arbitrarily torture and detain three men, resulting in the death of one 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights organization in Bangladesh that Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) officials arbitrarily tortured and arre...

INDIA: Pregnant Dalit woman assaulted by West Bengal police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its partner organisation in West Bengal, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) that a pregnant Dalit woman, Lilabati...

INDIA: Violent attack on human rights defenders by supporters of West Bengal ruling party

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its partner organisation in West Bengal, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum), about a violent attack on a group of ...

INDIA: Woman raped by Railway Protection constable in vacant train compartment 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the rape of a 30-year-old woman in a vacant train compartment at the Hasanabad Railway station, West Bengal on 18 ...

NEPAL: Immediate domestic and international intervention needed to protect lives of people and avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Nepal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 22, 2004 AS-26-2004 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned regarding the devastating security situation in Nepa...

PAKISTAN: A cleric dies in custody after being detained for suspected al-Qaeda links 

Dear friends It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that a cleric, Qari Mohammad Noor, arrested last week for suspected al-Qaeda links has died in custody in controve...

(UPDATE) Republic of Korea: Song Du-yul sentenced by High Court under the National Security Law 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Korean-German scholar Song Du-yul, was freed on 21 July 2004 following the Seoul High Court’s decision to sentenc...

SRI LANKA: Brutal force used to disperse unarmed and peaceful workers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mount Lavinia police severely assaulted numerous Bata Shoe Company workers in Colombo on 12 August 2004, to break u...

INDIA: Father dies after ten years of waiting for justice for his son 

  Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that while the Calcutta High Court granted leave on 28 July 2004 to prosecute police officers allegedly re...

UPDATE (Pakistan): Jirgas and feudal lords continue undermining rule of law in Pakistan 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the murder of two teenage girls in Pakistan, Aabida and Tahmeena for visiting their grandparents witho...

UPDATE (India): Supreme Court refuses to reconsider President’s decision to allow execution 

Dear friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urgently requests you to intervene in the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, whose execution date has been set for 4am tomorrow, 14 August 20...

UPDATE (India): Supreme Court refuses to reconsider President’s decision to allow execution 

Dear friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urgently requests you to intervene in the case of Dhananjoy Chatterjee, whose execution date has been set for 4am tomorrow, 14 August 20...