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UPDATE (India): Gopen’s bail application unreasonably rejected

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from its local parter in West Bengal, MASUM, about Mr. Gopen Sharma, who was illegally arrested and is currently...

INDIA: Police torture of young man part of “investigation”

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner in West Bengal, MASUM, regarding an alleged brutal torture of a young man by the Bally police in ...

INDIA: Police remain inactive in the case of abduction of a minor in West Bengal

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the IndianĀ autho...

INDIA: Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vyshya, Soodra and Dalits no more exist in India

The Government of India continues to defy commonsense by refusing to accept caste based discrimination is discrimination defined in the International Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination...

INDIA: Alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of 7 rag pickers by the Baranagar police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner MASUM in West Bengal regarding the alleged arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and brutal torture...

INDIA: A person allegedly killed and two seriously injured by the Border Security Force in Manipur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Human Rights Alert (HRA) based in Manipur, India, regarding an alleged incident of shooting ...

INDIA: Human rights activist detained in police custody on a frivolous charge

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a human rights organisation based in Howrah, We...

INDIA: One man killed and two others seriously injured by the Indian paramilitary’s firing in a church compound

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Human Rights Alert (HRA) based in Manipur, India, regarding an alleged incident of indiscrim...

INDIA: To cut court delays judges must change attitudes

During a recent visit to Uttar Pradesh, staff of the Asian Human Rights Commission came across a case that reveals the shocking extent to which the courts in India are misused by the rich and powerful...

INDIA: Police inaction in alleged assault and death threat against a human rights activist

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) based in Uttar Pradesh, India, reg...

INDIA: The fake encounter killing of Abdul Rehman; encounter killings threaten the security of all Indians

Abdul Rehman, who was from a remote village in Kashmir, was considered missing for 52 days. It was on the 53rd day that his father, Gulam Rasool, learned that his son had been killed in what is known ...

INDIA: A woman repeatedly ill treated by in-laws; neglected by the police for two years

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the IndianĀ autho...

HUNGER ALERT (India): Government sleeps over 386 confirmed cases of Fluorosis in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh state

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was informed by the Gram Swarajya Samithi, a local human rights organisation in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh state in India, that thousands...

INDIA: Five men charged with murder of someone not dead

(Hong Kong, January 26, 2007) Five Indian men are facing charges of murder despite the “dead” man having appeared in court and told the judge that the case was fabricated, the Asian Human ...

INDIA: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India fails to provide adequate remedy to a human rights defender in Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India fails to provide adequate remedy to Dr. Lenin Raghuvansi, who had...

INDIA: Re: Failure to provide adequate remedy under Article 2 of the ICCPR and under the law in India for a human rights defender who has complained of an attempted assassination on his life and further blackmail by the police

I refer to the complaint made by Dr. Lenin Raghuvansi [please refer to your case number 5840/24/97-98] of a well planned assassination attempt on his life. The attempt was on 18.02.1998. He has given ...

UPDATE (India): Cases registered against Guria must be expedited

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of human rights activists associated with Guria, that the case is dragging on in the court in...

INDIA: Police inaction in an alleged murder of a woman by her in-laws due to the influence of the alleged perpetrators in West Bengal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the alleged murder of a woman by her in-laws, which took place in Howrah district, West Bengal, India on 28-29 November 2...

UPDATE (India): Human rights organisation likely to be destroyed by malicious police action

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the situation of the human rights activists associated with the People’s Vigilance Committee on ...

INDIA: A 10 year delay for justice to a man due to deliberate and continuous inaction of state officials in West Bengal in violation of court orders

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner organization MASUM in West Bengal regarding an alleged brutal attack on a couple by persons who a...