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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the arbitrary arrest of two persons named Mr. Ajit Bhar and Mr. Bablu Das by the police from Jangipara Police Station...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned with the police inaction regarding the custodial death of Mr. Hafeel at the Perumbadappu Police Station in Malappuram District, Keral...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 30-year-old woman named Ms. Hidayat was allegedly killed by her husband, Mr. Momin Ali Mahar in Dal village, Lak...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Hafeel (24) was arbitrarily arrested on 24 February 2004 by officers from the Perumbadappu Police S...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that officers from the Chittaranjan Park Police Station in Delhi picked up six young men aged betw...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a human rights organization in West Bengal, that a young man was found...

This February, the families of Nemai Ghosh and Anesh Das were compensated 100,000 Rupees (US$2200) each by the government of West Bengal for their deaths while under police custody at the Malda Magist...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 27-year-old police constable trainee committed suicide due to the inhuman and rigorous training schedule as well a...

Dear Friends  We are forwarding you an appeal from Hotline Asia regarding the tragic rape and murder of a 9 year old girl, which incident was used to provoke religious intolerance and violence agains...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that in an arbitrary act by the government of Maharashtra, the diet for foreign prisoners has been changed, and they ar...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that three Dalit teachers were transferred from Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India, on 3 December 2003, for objecting...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Watch-Tamil Nadu that the Immaculate Conception Sisters in Thirunagar, Madurai District was demo...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the murder of two social activists, Sarita and Mahesh Kant in Gaya (Bihar) on 24 January 2004. The victims were shot b...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned with the death threats received by Mr. James T. Godwin in Mahim, Mumbai, India.  Mr. Godwin, a person who has been challengi...