Impunity

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal physical assault of a boy by his principal on 7 June 2007. The boy was hospitalised for six days for the injuries he suffered. The police have investigated the case against the principal, however in the meantime, he is still acting […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation based in West Bengal, India regarding the case of Ms. Ruksana Sardar and her son Warish who have been denied justice by the local police. It is alleged that Ruksana and her son were assaulted by the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report from Odhikar, a human rights organization in Bangladesh, regarding the alleged extrajudicial killing of a carpenter by army personnel from the Moulovibazar Army Camp on or around 18 June 2007. It is reported that the victim was arrested by a team of 15 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation based in West Bengal, India that one of MASUM’s staff has been charge sheeted by the local police on allegedly fabricated charges. Mr. Gopen Sharma works with MASUM from Murshidabad district. It is alleged that Gopen is continuously […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the torture and death of a man in custody in southern Thailand. The AHRC calls for a thorough police investigation and prosecution of those responsible. CASE DETAILS: According to information from the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP), on 27 June 2007 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is appealing to you to write to the Indian authorities requesting them to drop the false charges against Dr. Binayak Sen and release him from custody. Dr. Sen is a human rights activist and medical doctor currently being held at Raipur Central Prison in Chhattisgarh state. The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that six human rights defenders in Burma, including one who was seriously assaulted by a gang organised by local authorities in April, have all been sentenced to prison from four to eight years on allegations of upsetting public tranquillity. A criminal complaint against […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police have recently begun its investigation into the alleged serious threats and intimidation of a journalist by an RAB official. We were informed that the initiative of the investigating body was started after they received the appeal letter about […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, regarding the case of Mr. Pahalu Musahar who is currently detained by the Cholapur police in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. It is reported that the police has detained Pahalu to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police have refused a the case of a young man who disappeared, at a government hospital since it happened. The hospital also denied providing the man’s medical report to the family. It is alleged that he was killed in the hospital prison […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been closely monitoring the case of U Than Lwin, who was assaulted after leading a prayer meeting in Burma for the release of political prisoners. His assailant ran into the office of a government-backed organisation; however, the police were refused access to investigate. Since Than Lwin […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Human Rights Alert, based in Imphal, Manipur that Ms. Najma Latif alias Soniya, a girl aged 15 years was assaulted by the officers attached to the 22 Maratha Light Infantry stationed at Mayang Imphal. It is reported that the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the alleged extra-judicial killing of 12-year old girl Kamala Shah by a member of the Nepalese army on June 23, 2007. The police have still not registered an FIR or begun investigating this serious incident, which is providing impunity to those responsible for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has information of two more alleged killings by the police in Burma that appear to have been successfully covered up. Although in both cases complaints have been made to the authorities, no action is known to have been taken against any of the accused officers. After both […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two cases relating to torture and abduction allegedly committed by the Young Communist League (YCL) which was affiliated to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) (CPN (M)). After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Nepal and CPN (M) on 21 November […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is continuing its series of appeals on the alleged torture, abductions and killing committed or organised by police officers in Kalasin, northeastern Thailand, over the last three to four years. In this update we report on the killing and abduction of four more persons in which these […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from KontraS (The Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence) regarding the illegal arrest and alleged extra-judicial killing of Caci Bin Tibu by the Tombolo Pao Police on 26 June 2007. The victim was arrested without a warrant, and later his body was returned […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information about the continued harassment and intimidation of a torture victim who was allegedly severely assaulted by the Moratuwa Police in September 2004. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) had recommended compensation of Rs. 12,500 (approximately 112 US dollars) to be paid […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged brutal torture of four persons by the Meherpur Sadar police in Meherpur district, Bangladesh on 19 June 2007. Three among the four victims are from the same family, while the fourth person is their neighbor who was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by reports that a torture and sexual molestation victim, 30 year-old widow Ms. Kalpana Bhandari, has received serious threats from the police since she registered a case demanding compensation for torture with the Kathmandu District Court on June 11, 2007, concerning her arbitrary arrest, […]