Urgent Appeal Update : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the local police have concluded that it will not prosecute policemen accused of torture because the victims' testimonies are hearsay. They will not take action unless they are "formalized as complaint". We earlier asked for an investigation on the victims allegations that they were tortured in June 2005. No investigation was conducted until we made our appeal. But when the police did investigate they blamed the torture victims for not filing a complaint and placed the burden on them to provide evidence for their allegations. Read More...

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