Torture

INDIA: Forced work and assault of 6 young men by the Delhi police

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that officers from the Chittaranjan Park Police Station in Delhi picked up six young men aged between 16 to 22, and forced them to clean the police station for almost six hours on 15 February 2004. The two boys out […]

INDIA: Custodial deaths in West Bengal and India’s refusal to ratify the Convention against Torture

Statement | India | 29-02-2004

This February, the families of Nemai Ghosh and Anesh Das were compensated 100,000 Rupees (US$2200) each by the government of West Bengal for their deaths while under police custody at the Malda Magistrates Court on 1 August 2002. The two, who had been arrested on petty charges, were locked in one of two holding cells […]

UPDATE (Philippines): A torture victim Omar Ramalan filed five criminal charges against the military personnel who tortured him

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) that the torture victim Omar Ramalan filed five criminal charges against several military personnel who were involved in torturing him. The case was filed on 23 February 2004 at the provincial prosecutor’s office in Cotabato City, […]

SRI LANKA: A man illegally arrested and being tortured by the police at Katugastota Police Station in Kandy

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named D.G. Athula Saman Kumara was illegally arrested on 16 February 2004 and is being tortured by the police officers at the Katugastota Police Station in Kandy, Sri Lanka. According to the report we have received, the victim, who is currently […]

SRI LANKA: Severely injured torture victim need urgent medical treatment

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man was brutally tortured by Sub-inspector (S.I.) Silva of the Wellipenna Police Station at Kathutrara district on 3 February 2004. The cruelty of the torture is unbelievable and the victim, who needs urgent medical treatment, is currently in the Remand Prison at […]

NEPAL: Four men arbitrarily detained and suspected of being seriously tortured

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that four individuals were arbitrarily arrested on 1 February 2004 by the security forces in Bajura (west part), Nepal, and are suspected of being seriously tortured while in custody. The four individuals, Messrs. Tula Thapa, Rajendra Adhikary, Ram Bhadur Rana and Man Bahadur Shah […]

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The police threatened the victims of the police attack in Baddegama village, Madahapola

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the police intimidation against the victims of the police attack in Baddegama village, Madahapola. On 31 December 2003, the Baddegama village people were brutally attacked by the 200 drunken policemen and their supporters. (Refer to: UA-02-2004: Brutal attack of the police on the people […]

SRI LANKA: Torture by pouring boiling water on the victim’s genitals by the officers of the Matale Police Station in Kandy

Dear friends Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of brutal torture of Jayasekara Vithanage Saman Priyankara, 32, at the Matale Police Station. The officers poured boiling water on his genitals that caused severe burnt wounds. The victim was arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the police only because he was rude to a ‘Gramaarakshaka (village […]

SRI LANKA: Man tortured by drunk policemen from the Mahiyanganaya Police Station

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of Mr. Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Gunesekera by six policemen from the Mahiyanganaya Police Station on 31 December 2003. The victim was severely assaulted by the perpetrators with wooden bats solely because he did not see one policeman’s bicycle parked near the hotel. […]

SRI LANKA: Brutal attack of the police on the people in Baddegama village in Madahapola who campaigned against crime

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the brutal attack by the police on the people of Baddegama village, Madahapola on 31 December 2003. When the torture victim’s mother went to the Gokarella Police Station to lodge the complaint, about 200 drunken policemen and their supporters who had gathered at […]

SRI LANKA: A 15 year old boy tortured by officers from the Department of Excise and falsely charged

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the torture and false charges against a 15 year old boy in Sri Lanka. This is another example of brutal custom of torture and disregard for the rule of law in Sri Lanka. AHRC calls for your solidarity to pressure the local authorities […]

SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and torture of a man by police officers at the Kuliyapitiya Police Station

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received another torture case from Sri Lanka. A man named Bamunuarachchi Pathiranalage Sathkumara was brutally tortured by the police officers at the Kuliyapitiya Police Station. Please send a letter to the local authorities and request them to correct this matter immediately and take serious action to […]

INDIA: Illegal arrest and torture of 13 year old boy at Magrahat Police Station, West Bengal

INDIA: Ill treatment of children; Torture in police custody ———————————————————— The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is extremely concerned by the torture and illegal arrest of a child in West Bengal, India. On 16 October 2003, officers from the Magrahat Police Station, South 24 Parganas District arbitrarily arrested Salauddin Sk. at his house and tortured […]

SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and torture of 22 year old Shiron Jeewantha Pallekanda at the Katugastota Police Station

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about another severe torture case from Kandy, Sri Lanka. According to the information received, Shiron Jeewantha Pallekanda, 22, was severely tortured after being arrested by the police from the Katugastota Police Station on 7 December 2003. The police have not provided any medical treatment […]

AHRC HUMAN RIGHTS DAY STATEMENT 2003

Protecting victims requires defence of principles and effective institutions Asian Human Rights Commission December 10, 2003   Today the very foundation upon which human rights stand is under attack. Challenges to human rights were once largely restricted to relative grounds, such as culture and religion. This is no longer the case. Now the absolute principles […]

SRI LANKA: Torture victim tortured again and remanded on fabricated charges by the police after lodging a complaint against police

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned that torture victim Mahadura Pandula Sri Thaminda was arrested by police officers from the Kandy Police Station on fabricated charges on 10 November 2003, after he refused to withdraw his complaint against the police. According to the victim’s family, the victim received threats from […]

NEPAL: Illegal arrest and torture of two young men by the police in Kathmandu

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission is forwarding information from the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) on arbitrary arrest and torture of two young men in a Kathmandu police station in Nepal.  Raju Lama, a 22 year old, garment labourer, was arbitrary arrested for the first time in April 2003 and still being held […]

SRI LANKA: Tortured to Death; the case of S.L. Kulatunga tortured by some officers of the Nivithigala Police Station

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that S.L. Kulatunga had serious head injuries after being tortured by the Nivithigala police and died at the Genral Hospital of Colombo on 12 November 2003. After his death, thousands of persons gathered around the police station to express their anger about his death. According to […]

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Torture victim’s family flees home due to police threats

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes with grave concern that the father and mother of torture victim Dawundage Pushpakumara (14 years old) have left their home due to threats from the police. It was reported to the AHRC previously that they have been threatened by the police and a local politician after […]

SRI LANKA: Hikkaduwa Liyanage Sandun Kumara, 16, seriously tortured by the police at Rathgama Police Station

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that 16-year old boy was brutally tortured by the police. The manner of torture was so brutal that clear evidence of violence against children, which violates Article 37 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Sri Lanka is a party. More […]