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The statement: We reproduce below European Parliamentarian Sajjad Karim’s questions to the European Commissioner for External Relations and her response dated 12 October 2006. The questions addr...

Why are the authorities of the University of Karachi protecting attempted rapists? A July 28 incident, which allegedly involved a number of university staff and members of the Pakistan Rangers station...

The European Commission has reported of the visit of a mission of high level experts to be sent by the Co- Chairs to review the current situation of human rights in Sri Lanka and to suggest necessary ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner based in Kerala state, India, regarding the case of Mr. Sunil who was tortured at the Kodakara po...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-251-2006 October 13, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: Removing dust is the government’s job The Daily Star newspaper published a repor...

On the morning of 22 January 2004, Chea Vichea, a famous and popular labour union leader, was gunned down while reading a newspaper by a roadside newsstand in Phnom Penh. The gunman rode off on a moto...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man from Galle, Sri Lanka, who tried to register the case of robbery, rather brutally assaulted by one sub inspec...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is calling for your urgent intervention to save the life of Mr. Mirza Tahir Hussain (aged 38), who is facing imminent execution scheduled for ear...

October 10th was declared as the World Day Against the Death Penalty in 2003 by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The ongoing debate has again arisen on the issue of the existence of the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the severe torture of two men by the Saddar police in Faisalabad district, Punjab province, Pakistan on 10 Septemb...

The Daily Prothom Alo newspaper published a report on September 18 that murder charges against three persons have been dropped on the orders of the government of Bangladesh. According to the report, A...

The Asian Human Rights Commission yesterday (October 9, 2006) wrote to Ms. Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights and Ms. Hanna Roberts, Chairperson, International Executive Committee, Amne...

[Re: UA-50-2003: Torture of 14 year old child by police officers, UP-37-2003: The family of 14-year-old torture victim threatened by the police and a local politician; UP-47-2003: SRI LANKA: Torture v...

The tenure of office of Chandra Fernando as the IGP ended last week.  Throughout his tenure the Asian Human Rights Commission has pointed out the failure of leadership on his part to lift up the poli...

NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan auth...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and subsequent brutal torture of Mr. Suddage Sirisena, a fifty-year-old rural ...

[Re: UA-244-2006: INDIA: BSF officers kill two victims, including a 17-year-old boy; UP-156-2006: INDIA: Two BSF constables dismissed without facing legal action for the killing and UA-283-2006: INDIA...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the recent repression of Hindu religious minorities by Muslim extremists in Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-236-2006 October 5, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: What is really needed to maintain law & order The Daily Janakantha newspaper on Oct...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Kerala state, India that a person died from custodial torture since he refused to pay bribes to the police officers...