Open Letter

Dear Ms Arbour, RE: SUSPEND MYANMAR FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION On this international Human Rights Day, December 10, 2005, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls upon you to initiate action to suspend Myanmar from participating in the UN Commission on Human Rights in 2006. It is public knowledge that the situation of human […]

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Bangladesh should criminalize torture and appoint independent investigation bodies to conduct prompt inquiries into torture, extra-judicial killings and other serious violations of human rights. The simple fact is that there is no redress of any sort regarding gross violations of human rights in Bangladesh. There is no law recognising torture as […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to direct your attention to the serious human rights violations committed by the arrest of Mr Kem Sokha and Mr Yeng Virak on December 31, 2005. Mr Kem Sokha is a senior Cambodian politician, who has been a member of parliament since its inception in 1993 after […]

Following letter was handed over to the Attorney General, Inspector General of Police, National Human Rights Commission and National police Commission by a Special Representative, Mr. Ali Saleem sent by Asian Human Rights Commission based in Hong Kong. Re: Protection for Persons who make Complaints of Torture against Security Officers. The Asian Human Rights Commission […]

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 in the state of West Bengal, India. At the Srirampur Government Hospital of Hoogly District, West Bengal, Mr. Ratan Dom conducts the autopsies […]