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UPDATE (SRI LANKA): The security of the torture victim and his Mother is severely threatened by the perpetrators 

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the information that the torture victim, Chamila Bandara (17 years old) and his mother have fled their home after being severely thre...

INDIA: A young man was killed by police officers after being arbitrarily arrested and tortured in West Bengal 

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Babai Biswas, 22, was killed by police officers after being arbitrarily arrested and tortured. I urge yo...

SRI LANKA: A man suffers from serious head injuries after being tortured by police officers

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Kurupanawa Gamage Nihal suffered serious head injuries after the police officers of the Udugama Police S...

PAKISTAN: Christian youth, Sunil Samuel, 18, sexually assaulted and tortured to death

Dear Friends We are forwarding information from the Asian Center for the Progress of Peoples (ACPP) which is a human rights organization in Pakistan, which states that a 18-year-old young boy Sunil Sa...

MONGOLIA: A dispute arises over freedom of 26 North Korean refugees

Dear Friends We are forwarding information from the Liberty Center, a human rights organization in Mongolia, that 26 North Korean refugees are facing deportation to the North Korea soon. Your urgent a...

SRI LANKA: A man arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned for 21 months 

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Kurukulasuriya Pradeep Niranjan, 30, was arrested and imprisoned for 21 months without any concrete evidence of his ...

SRI LANKA: Torture of 14 year old child by police officers 

Dear friends Victim: Dawundage Pushpakumara (14 years old) Address of victim: 21 Mile Post, Ranavarapitiya Rd, Saliyawewa Junction, Putlam Perpetrators: Officer In Charge and other officers of Saliyaw...

SRI LANKA: Minister’s attack on Sri Lankan National Police Commission speaks to its progress

That the Sri Lankan Fisheries Minister, Mahinda Wijesekara, has launched an attack on the National Police Commission (NPC) indicates that the body is already making itself felt. Reacting to investigat...

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, torture and fabrication of charges against three young men 

Dear friends Illegal Arrest and detention, torture, and fabrication of charges to wreak vengeance for lodging complaints with the Human Rights Commission – VICTIMS: Mohamad Ameer Mohamad Riswan ...

UPDATE (THAILAND): Update on the case of migrant worker who was raped and killed in Maesot 

THAILAND: Violence against women ———————————————————– Dear friends, The Asian Hu...

UPDATE (NEPAL): Update on The illegal arrest and torture of Ravi Kiran Regmi 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is happy to give you good news that Mr. Ravi Kiran Regmi alias “Nirjeeb” has been released from the Bharatpur Army Barrack in Nepal o...

SRI LANKA: A 50 year old man killed by the police after arrest and torture 

Dear friends Name of victim: Okanda Hevage Jinadasa (50), Married man with 5 children; a mason by occupation Date of victim’s death: 5 September 2003 Address of victim: Okkampitiya, Moneragela D...

NEPAL: The illegal arrest and torture of Ravi Kiran Regmi by the army security personnel 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ravi Kiran Regmi, alias Nirjeeb, 59, a teacher, has been held and tortured by the army security forces in Narayangh...

SRI LANKA: Torture and Inhuman Assault of three young men by the Bagawantalawa police 

Dear Friends Inhuman Assault by the Bagawantalawa police of three young men The victims are; Name : Ramaiya Dhanapala Singham Age : 23 years Civil status : married with one child Address : Chapelton E...

SRI LANKA: Urgent intervention needed for a young man now being tortured 

Dear friends Victim: Padukkage Nishantha Thushara Perera (23 years old) Address of the victim: No. 63, St. Sebastian’s Road, Kandana Perpetrators: Police officers attached to the Divulapitiya...

TURKEY: EREN KESKIN, Human Rights defender harassed and threatened

Dear Friends Amnesty International has highlighted five appeal cases against torture from around the world. (http://ai-stoptorture.c.tclk.net/maabc0oaaYRL8bcN4R0b/ ), Together Against Torture. We ar...

UPDATE (INDIA): Landless people stand firm against continuing government attacks 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has recently communicated with John P. Abraham, who is involved in the campaign for the rights of the indigenous Adivasi tribals in India. The Ad...

TURKMENISTAN: Two men tortured and died in custody after arrest

Dear Friends We are forwarding information from the International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) on the torture and custodial deaths of two men in Turkmenistan. If you ha...

THAILAND: Migrant worker raped and killed 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received news that a female Burmese migrant worker was raped and killed by three men in Mae Sot, on the Thai border with Burma. One of three ...

NEPAL: Torture and incommunicado detention by Police in Kathmandu

Dear Friends We are forwarding information from The International Secretariat of OMCT on the Torture and incommunicado detention of three men by Police in the Hanumandhoka District Police Office (HDPO...