Threats and intimidation

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) that its convener Dr. Lenin is again receiving life threatening calls over his mobile telephone asking him to stop working for the Dalit communities in the state. The AHRC was informed day before yesterday that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you regarding the illegal house search of a human rights defender Mr. Sushil Kumar Lakhe by the police in Banke district on 11 May 2008. Mr. Lakhe is a well known human rights lawyer in the area as well as the regional coordinator of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your immediate intervention into the case of Umesh Lama. On 30 April 2008, Umesh’s sister, who had filed a case under the Torture Compensation Act, was compelled to withdraw her case due to constant pressure from the police, including the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that soldiers continuously threatened and harassed a union president and her fellow workers. The workers, presently holding a picket line in front of their factory, were questioned in separate occasions about personal details of their president. The soldiers were falsely accusing their leader as leftist; […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from the Advocacy Forum, a human rights organisation based in Nepal, concerning the case of Mr. Umesh Lama. The AHRC had reported on 21 April, that after being arrested and tortured while in custody, Umesh is undergoing treatment for his injuries (See further AHRC-UAC-078-2008). […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a businessman and his cousin had been illegally detained by a special investigating unit for days in absence of any arrest orders. They were taken into custody after the unit conducted search at their internet shop allegedly for committing illegal activities. Instead of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a journalist has received renewed threats on his life since January 2008 in Cambodia. He was warned “to be careful” and a number of live assault rifle cartridges were found in the yard. The AHRC has earlier reported series of death threats against him, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights organisation working in Uttar Pradesh state, regarding the corruption of the Public Food Distribution System (PDS) shopkeeper. The state government acknowledging the corruption and malpractice cancelled the PDS shop’s license but […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Paikgachha police had been harassing a family following a land dispute between two persons, which is beyond the jurisdiction of the police. Sub Inspector Mr. Manjurul Alam forced Mr. Mokbul Hawladar to appear before the police along with his wife and children. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of illegal arrest of a man by Payagala police on 18 January 2008 in Sri Lanka. The Officer-in-Charge (OIC) allegedly forced him to sign a statement by detaining him. When he tried to seek help from senior police, the OIC harassed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Kandy Human Rights Office, a human rights organization, regarding the case of torture of a man by a prison officer in last December and early January. Even though this case was informed to the Prison Commissioner on February 19 but, to date […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police authorities have allegedly received bribes for arbitrarily arresting people from a community involved in a case land dispute. It is reported that when the villagers exposed corruption of the police and the harassment they were suffering, the police threatened them to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the case of the rape of a 17-year-old girl after her abduction allegedly by a politician on 17 December 2007. While the Biyagama police have commenced an investigation into this case they have failed to secure the family’s safety despite the fact that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Nervazhy, a local human rights organisation working in Kerala concerning the case of Binish, a deaf person who was taken into custody by Pattanakadu police on 28 February 2008. It is reported that the police officers who took Binish into custody, tortured him […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Baduraliya police allegedly fabricated charges against a man and his family members on 8 March 2008 in Sri Lanka. Police took one family member to police custody and forced him to sign a statement, which he never made. Later all four family members […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation in West Bengal, India, regarding the case of death of a man by the Border Security Force (BSF) on 10 December 2007. The officer reportedly threatened the victim’s family not to lodge any complaints. Meanwhile, the officer […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that Ms. Noorjan Khatun, a victim of torture in Morang district, is constantly being intimidated and threatened by police officers who have previously tortured her, as well as by other police officers.  Disturbingly, she is being pressured to withdraw her […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged torture of a man by Kandana police on 6 March 2008 in Sri Lanka. Police allegedly beat him while recording a statement from him in the station and warned him not to make any complaints regarding this assault. CASE DETAILS: On 6 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that three senior police officers, who are responsible for the brutal assault of a policeman, were simply transferred to another police post without facing any departmental or legal action. Meanwhile, in its response regarding the case, the Police Human Rights Cell failed to provide […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged threat to a Member of Parliament (MP) who was prevented from holding a meeting with villagers by the village head of Tuk Lich village, Siemreap province on 26 February 2008. The MP organised the meeting to listen to the villager’s complaints […]