Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three police officers responsible for the custody and murder of a 28-year-old man, Mr. Udayakumar, was arrested and later released on bail by an order of the local magistrate. The AHRC is informed that the police officers who were arrested were detained in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man by police personnel from the Horana Police Station. SA Akila Chaturanga was detained by the police on 22 December 2005 and arrested for a seemingly fabricated charge of cattle theft. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another case of police torture in Sri Lanka. On 20 December 2005, Amila Prasad was allegedly severely tortured by several policemen attached to the Thanamalvila Police after being arrested without any charges. He is presently being treated for his injuries in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of yet another case of illegal arrest, detention, brutal torture and the subsequent filing of fabricated charges against the victims on 28 February 2005. The arrest of victims S. D. Kodituwakku, who is a hotel owner, and his employees, A. B. Abeywardena, A. Ruwantissa […]

INDIA: Police brutality, torture, lack of action by the National Human Rights Commission and failure of rule of law ——————————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a local human rights organisation PVCHR based in Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi that an innocent man is under continuous threat from the local police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the brutal torture of an innocent man, Haron Abubakar Buisan (25), following his arrest over mistaken identity on 12 December 2005 in General Santos City, Mindanao. While in police custody, Buisan was repeatedly kicked, beaten all over his body with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by police officers from Kharda Police Station on 14 December 2005. The victim, Mr. Vijay Kumar Jaiswal was illegally taken into custody from his house on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by a reliable source of the illegal arrest, detention and torture of Mohammad Abul Kashem Gazi, by policemen attached to the Khilgaon police on 24 November 2005. Mohammad was on his way to a market to buy spare parts for his refrigerator shop, when […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that a man, Kudatanthrige Vasantha, was severely beaten with batons by policemen attached to the Ja-Ela police station on 3 December 2005. The police attacked Vasantha when he tried to help his wounded friend, Sumedha who was assaulted by the Private Security officers at a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Sulawesi (Kontras Sulawesi) and the Institute for the Development of Legal and Human Rights Study (LPSHAM) regarding police torture of 10 suspects on 25 October 2005. The 10 men are suspected of killing three […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary detention of three men, namely Nihal Kithsiri (30) and his friends – Kumara and Sumith Haputhatri who were severely tortured following their arrest on 7 December 2005 by policemen attached to the Horana police. They have not been […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture of a man by police personnel from the Meegahawatte Police Station of the Kelaniya Police Division, Sri Lanka. On 6 December 2005, the victim, W.P.R.L. Nissanka was going to the grocery store next to his house when policemen […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a sixty-year-old man was arbitrarily arrested and detained, then tortured by the Godakawela police on 30 October 2005. The man was arrested from his home on a false compliant made to the police station by one of his neighbours. He was assaulted with […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you on a previous appeal we wrote (UA-220-2005) regarding the torturing of four persons, including one mentally disabled boy, by the Mahawela police. At the time of issue, we had information on one victim only. We now write to inform you of the details […]

[RE: UA-74-2005: Trial of three men yet to begin after three years; UP-78-2005: Delay in trial due to possible neglect by the court and prosecutor; UP-108-2005: Court commences trial of three men due to pressure following frequent postponement] —————————————————————————– UP-150-2005: PHILIPPINES: Chief State prosecutor acknowledges the allegations of illegal arrest, detention and torture of three […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a mentally retarded boy along with three other persons were allegedly tortured by police attached to the Mahawela police station. The policemen intended to implicate the boy in a theft case, which took place in a nearby village. He was assaulted at the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about the torture of some tribals in Palhari Village, Nauganwa Block, Sonebhadra, eastern Uttar Pradesh. On 1 November 2005, an unidentified man came to Palhari looking for labourers to help him build a dam. The news soon […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) daily reiterates that torture is one of the most abhorrent assaults on human dignity. In whatever form or manner torture is committed, it leaves a deep and lasting scar not just on the flesh and psyche of its victims and their families, but on the very foundations […]

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia urging his intervention to commute the death sentence of three Sri Lankans; UP-34-2005: Death […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal custodial torture of two tribal men at Areth police outpost in Surat District, Gujarat, India. According to information received Mr. Dinu Gurjibhai Gamit and Mr. Rameshbhai Melekbhai Gamit, aged 33 and 32 years, who belong to the tribal community were fighting […]