Torture

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a judicial officer and a member of the National Assembly from the ruling party have forced a 17-year- old Hindu girl to convert to Islam after her abduction by notorious gangsters. After her forced marriage her whereabouts are unknown. When the Hindu girl […]

In three separate open letters issued today, the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum have urged the leaders of the Nepali Congress, the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) not to include provisions providing blanket amnesty to perpetrators of grave human rights violations in the text of […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum to the Chairman of (UML) Communist Party of Nepal Mr. Jhalanath Khanal Chairman Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Central Office Madan Nagar, Balkhu P. O. Box: 5471 NEPAL Phone: 977-01-4278081/82 Fax: 977-01-4278084 Email: umlcpn@gmail.com, info@jnkhanal.com Dear Mr Khanal, NEPAL: Blanket amnesty goes against […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum to the President of Nepali Congress Party Mr. Sushil Koirala Nepali Congress President Central Office B.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P. Nagar, Lalitpur NEPAL Tel  : (977-1) 5555263 / 5555266 Fax : (977-1) 5555188 E-mail : ncparty@wlink.com.np Dear Mr Koirala, NEPAL: Blanket amnesty goes against […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission and Advocacy Forum to the Chairman of UCPN-Maoists Party Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” Chairman of United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) Central Office Perishdanda-Koteshwor, Kathmandu NEPAL Tel: +977 4602290 Fax:+977 4602289 Email: ucpnminfo@gmail.com Dear Mr Dahal, NEPAL: Blanket amnesty goes against the victims’ fundamental rights […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. R D Wickramasinghe, a teacher and former army officer, has been arbitrarily detained for almost five years. A husband and father of three, Mr. Wickramasinghe was abducted and held in the basement of a building, the offices of the Criminal Investigation Department […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. JP Samson Kulatunga (62) of No: 23, Ihala Haththiniya, Marawila in the Puttalam District, was tortured by two officers from the Marawia Police Station who attempted to force him to sell his property. When he reported the matter to the Assistant Superintendent […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Nervazhi, a human rights organisation based in Kerala, concerning the case of custodial death and police torture of a person by a police officer stationed at Anthikkad police station. It is reported that, the police officer in civil dress, chased the victim while […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from MASUM, concerning the case of Mr. Tabibar Molla. The Border Security Force (BSF) had tortured Molla on 13 December 2011, against which Molla had filed complaints with the help of MASUM and the AHRC released an Urgent Appeal AHRC-UAC-007-2012 on 26 January 2011. It […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Madurasinghe Arachchilage Chandrani Madurasinghe (42) of Bibilideniya, Udubaddawa in Puttalama District was assaulted by the Chairman of the Udubaddawa Pradesheeya Saba after the man instructed her to hand over a road construction project to one of his cronies. The assistant of the […]

Dear friends, Mr. Saman Sampath Rajapakse (34) of No: A/182/24, Adurapotha, Kegalle was working as a soldier attached to the Commando Regiment of Sri Lanka Army. At the request of his family members, he resigned from the service and began work as painter. Soon after he became a painter, he was arrested by a team […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that in 2008 Mr. A Navajeevan (27) of Rawatte Lower Division, Ukuwela in Matale District was working as a motor mechanic. Around June of 2008 the police began to arrest Tamil youths of Indian origin in the Ukuwela area. The reason for the arrests […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) concerning yet another case of torture by the Border Security Force (BSF) stationed along the Indo-Bangladesh border. It is reported that the victim in this case was tortured first by the BSF driver who had agreed to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) concerning the case of custodial torture and fabrication of a false case against two persons by the officers from Baduria and Basirhat police stations. It is alleged that the victims in the case now face a fabricated charge […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Santhan Stanys Ramesh (33) was falsely charged by officers of the TID in a fabricated case when he refused to become a witness on their behalf. He was subjected to degrading treatment and remains in detention at the Anuradhapura Remand Prison. The […]

Dear friends, M. Nishantha Fernando Jayawardena of Panadura in Kalutara district was assaulted by the Superintendent of Police (SP) for Panadura, Lesly Hamilton Gregory Cooray on 4 June, 2010 when he went to answer a query. For no reason at all the SP grabbed Nishantha’s shirt collar and struck him on his chest and face. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the bullet riddled bodies of two missing young men from Sindh province were found on the road side. Both young men had been missing for the last six months when they were arrested by the law enforcement agencies while traveling on the Karachi […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man who was tortured and illegally detained for 28 months was abducted before the Supreme Court could hear his Fundamental Rights application. The AHRC has in the past documented similar cases wherein police officials were directly involved in abducting and murdering torture […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM concerning yet another case of brutal custodial rape at the Hariharpara police station at Murshidabad District in West Bengal, India on 29 and 30 November 2011. In this case, too, it is alleged that the police officers have tortured a poor village […]

Dear friends, As the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has noted in a recent update (UAU-004-2012), we are very happy to see the release in recent months of many people on whose behalf we have campaigned for a number of years. However, many other unjustly imprisoned persons remain in Burma’s jails. As at this time […]