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NEPAL: Near assassination of Nepali Congress district level leader 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the attempted assassination  of a leader of the Nepali Congress and is concerned that this may be the beginni...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Three detained and tortured leaders have been released from prison in Chapainawabganj

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj dist...

UPDATE (Nepal): A further 600 persons arrested while engaged in peaceful demonstrations throughout Nepal 

[RE: UP-011-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis; UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: ...

Nepal: over 600 persons arrested on the first anniversary of the royal coup

On the occasion of the first anniversary of King Gyanendra’s royal coup, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the arrests of 600 persons engaged in peaceful demonstrations th...

NEPAL: human rights in a black hole one year after the royal coup

On the first anniversary of the infamous royal coup in Nepal, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes with concern that the King continues to sacrifice the rights of the people of Nepal while c...

UPDATE (Nepal): Widespread repression and mass arrests continue to take place in Nepal 

[RE: UP-011-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis; UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: N...

UPDATE (Nepal): Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis 

[RE:UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: NEPAL: Immediate intervention required in Nepal’s deepening political, security...

NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of further human rights violations, notably beatings and arbitrary detentions, in relation to the ongoing suppression of the democrat...

GENERAL APPEAL (Nepal): Immediate intervention required in Nepal’s deepening political, security and human rights crisis 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to voice our grave concern for the allegations of human rights violations in relation to the repression of demonstrations in Nepal’s deep...

NEPAL: Re-arrest of two Nepalese citizens undermines official court orders and rule of law 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information regarding the re-arrest of citizens in Nepal, indicating that the practice is still rife within the country. ...

NEPAL: over 200 persons arrested, including allegations of beatings and arbitrary detention orders, in the continuing crisis in the country

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further allegations of human rights violations in relation to the repression of demonstrations in Nepal’s deepening political, security and human...

NEPAL: the imposition of a day-time curfew and further arrests in the deepening crisis in Nepal

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is releasing a follow-up statement to complement the information that it provided in a statement yesterday concerning the arrests of over 100 political leaders...

NEPAL: Threats made against the life of a human rights defender 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding serious threats made against the life of a human rights defender in Nepal. In recent days, the Sub-Inspector o...

NEPAL: A man arbitrarily detained and tortured by the ranger and his subordinate of the Royal Sukla Fhata National Park of Maj-Gwan Kanchanpur, Nepal 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture, arbitrary arrest and 19 day illegal detention of a man by the ranger and his subordinate o...

NEPAL: A man arbitrarily detained and tortured by the Kanchanpur district police office 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary detention and torture of a man by the Kanchanpur district police office. Tek Raj Bhatta ran away...

NEPAL: Human rights defenders targeted – over a hundred persons arrested in a serious escalation of repression in Nepal

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the arrest of over 100 political leaders and human rights activists earlier today, January 19, 2006, in a serious development in the deter...

NEPAL: the illegitimate government steps up its repression by enforcing curfews and a total, indefinite ban on demonstrations

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the additional and disproportionate restrictions imposed upon the people in Nepal by the newly enforced curfew and the total ban on peaceful demonstra...

NEPAL: Yet another person reported missing and feared killed by security forces 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a person was taken into custody by the security forces in Nepal and since arrest his whereabouts are not known and that th...

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police 

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...

Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission!

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends greetings to everyone, wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year. We wish particularly to extend our greetings to those members of our network from aro...