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NEPAL: Hundreds of people rounded up and arbitrarily detained in Nepal

Dear friends   The Asian Human Rights Commission is gravely concerned by the large number of innocent civilians being rounded up by the Government of Nepal. There are no records of their arrest, dete...

INDIA: West Bengal police shoot dead alleged criminal and then imprison innocent boy on pretext

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 27 January 2004, Officer in Charge of Sandeshkhali Police Station, West Bengal, Mr Prabir Banerjee, led a large f...

INDIA: Kerala police assault victim for marrying businessman’s daughter

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information regarding the illegal arrest, torture and detention of Mohammed Siddique, a lab technician in Malappuram, Kerala, India. Mohamme...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Trial drags on for rape victim as she awaits justice

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Rita, a student and rape victim is now suffering from a three year delay of the courts in hearing her case and serv...

SRI LANKA: A man died after being tortured by the Mahawela Police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of extrajudicial killing of Dehiwatte Gedera Jayathilaka by the police at the Mahawela Police Station on 9 March 2004. ...

PAKISTAN: A 13-year-old girl was killed by her in-laws on the pretext of honour killing and her body was not found yet

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 13-year-old girl named Koonjan was killed by her husband, Ahmedan along with other 4 of her in-laws in Kato Bang...

SRI LANKA: Children abused and sexually harassed by the teacher for two years

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a primary school teacher Ven Harankahawe Chandrawimala (Buddhist monk) has allegedly harassed children physically a...

INDIA: Police, magistrate and doctor cover-up murder of 17-year-old girl

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on the attempt to cover up the murder of 17-year-old girl Mousumi Ari by the police, magistrate and the doctor.  Mousum...

INDIA: A human body preserved like a fish and a rotten criminal justice system in West Bengal

In October 2003, 17-year-old Mousumi Ari was murdered by her in-laws. Whereas the role of the state personnel should have been to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators, in fact they did exactly t...

CHINA: Three “Tiannanmen Mothers” were arrested by the police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding the information from the The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH and the OMCT, ...

SRI LANKA: A man was severely injured on his face and head after being tortured at the Kadugannawa Police Station

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of brutal torture on John Pollage Udays Saman Jayasuriya by the police at Kadugannawa Police Station on 9 March 2004. Accord...

UPDATE (South Korea): The Korean Government must immediately stop the massive arrest and deportation of undocumented migrant workers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your urgent support for these undocumented workers in South Korea.  Since the South Korean Government began cracking down on undocumen...

SRI LANKA: IFJ appeal letter regarding the politically motivated interference in Sri Lankan media

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding the information from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on the politically motivated interference in the state-owned...

UPDATE (India): Please send a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra calling for right to land for Adivasi people

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an email from John P. Abraham, who is involved in the campaign that fights for the rights of the indigenous Adivasi tribals in India...

INDONESIA: Protest letter of International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to the President Megawati Soekarnoputri

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding the protest letter of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) to the President of Indonesia Government, Megawati Soekarno...

UPDATE (Thailand): Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit is still missing and the police may be involved in his disappearance

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of a prominent human rights lawyer, Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit, who has been missing since 12 March 2004. It is alleged that t...

INDIA: AHRC letter to the President of India regarding the horrendous practices during forensic examinations in West Bengal

Dear friends, Asian Human Rights Commission reproduces the letter which has been sent to the President of India by Basil Fernando, Executive Director of AHRC today regarding the horrendous practices d...

INDIA: The Horrendous Practices during Forensic Examinations in India

To Mr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam President of India New Delhi Dear Sir The Asian Human Rights Commission is concerned about the horrendous practices during forensic examinations at the government hospitals...

PAKISTAN: Another honour killing case from Sindh Province

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 25-year-old woman named Ms. Shahul was killed by her husband, Mr. Manthar Ali Shar in Bakhshoo Ujan Village, Gar...

SRI LANKA: Casual Killings: Seven People Shot Dead by Police within 70 Days

Within the first 70 days of the year 2004, the number of people shot dead by the police in Sri Lanka came to seven ¡V an average of one person every 10 days. All of these shootings have taken place d...