Sexual violence

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received detailed information about a case of extreme violence, corruption and impunity involving members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a ruling partner of the Zardari government. Police and high ranking officials are continuing to thwart all attempts by a young rape victim to prosecute MQM […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the QIC-AC Uttar Pradesh, a human rights association based in Uttar Pradesh state, India that police refused to register a case regarding the rape of a minor. The QIC-AC reports that 13-year-old Puja (name changed) was raped by her neighbour on 26 February, […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that officers attached to the Dehiwela Police Station arrested a couple on 21 November 2007 who were allegedly tortured by the police and later again tortured by the Terrorist Investigation Division. Since then, the couple has been detained in Colombo Remand Prison. No reason […]

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has discovered that a judge whose unprofessional behaviour in a rape trial last month caused widespread concern, has been assigned the case of another teenage rape victim.  CASE DETAILS:  Court spectators and prosecutors expressed outrage at the behaviour of Additional District and Sessions Judge Nizar Ali Khawaja […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to them. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below with this appeal. Thank you.] Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you regarding the sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated upon an 11-year-old Buddhist novice by the head of the temple where he stays. Although the person responsible had already been charged and arrested, there are concerns that pressure may be put upon the victim unless the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an incident in which a girl was abducted by a staff of Civil Defense named Mr. Sanjith on November 16, 2008. She was raped in a house for refusing to marry the man. The Dambulla police officers threatened to kill the girl when […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a police officer raped a woman on 7 October 2008 but due to tardy action by police authorities the officer was able to escape arrest. A colleague of the accused has been assigned as the investigating officer. CASE DETAILS: A man known as […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to them. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of Mr. Hartoyo who was tortured and sexually abused in January 2007 in Aceh. The Banda Aceh District Court treated this case as a minor offence and let those responsible go free. UPDATE INFORMATION: Mr. Hartoyo and his partner were […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has followed with concern reports that a group of soldiers raped and killed a teenage schoolgirl in the north of Burma. It has since obtained detailed information on the case and learned that although it was reported to the police so far no action has been taken […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a minor was raped by two men respectively on different occasions in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka. It is reported that one of the accused had earlier bribed the police to prevent them from bringing his case to court.  Both were released on bail and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by a local human rights organisation in Uttar Pradesh, the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), that a 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her neighbour.  In an attempt to rape the girl the accused entered their house and attacked her whilst she […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. Please click the button for your participation. We also encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below with this appeal. Thank you.] Dear friends, The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that several union leaders and factory workers of a footwear company were illegally terminated when some of their female colleagues exposed their employer’s sexual abuse on them. Their termination had also effectively deprived them possibility from having their union legally recognized. As they […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Navsarjan, a human rights organisation working on Dalit rights in Gujarat, regarding the rape and subsequent trafficking of a 15-year-old Dalit girl. Four non-Dalit villagers, including a village head are accused of the crime. The victim though had filed a complaint to the […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC has developed this automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a police investigator has told the mother of a boy who was complaining about the beating of her son by a school principal to forget about making complaints. Furthermore, an inquiry officer of a local branch of the Human Rights Commission of Sri […]