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Dear friends It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that the officers at Ja Ella police station Sri Lanka and their immediate superiors have failed to take any tangib...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the wife and daughter-in-law of Dehiwatte Gedera Jayathilaka, who was allegedly killed by police torture at the Mah...

The obstacles to eliminating torture in Bangladesh were foremost in the discussion at a recent meeting in Dhaka organised by Odhikar, a well-known national human rights organisation. There was consens...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that in Nepal the situation is under extreme conditions where loss of life is the rule of the day. A large number of cas...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM in West Bengal that a person named Mr. Raja Mondal was allegedly arrested on 11 September 2004 and detained b...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) refers you back to the case of Chamila Bandara, a young boy who suffered from serious injuries due to being hung and beaten at the Ankumbura Poli...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a letter of response from the National Police Commission (NPC) of Sri Lanka regarding the case of Channa Prasanka Fernando. In the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the alleged torture of Mr. Ranawaka Arachchige Hemasiri (40) by Police Constable Sunil and another police constable (...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received another honor killing case from Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the information received, a 16-year-old girl, Gulzar, and her...

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) demands the immediate release from police detention of a group of human rights defenders in Tamil Nadu, India, who have been detained without charge since this...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its partner organization in West Bengal, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), about the custodial death of Mr. Bar...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by a case regarding the severe torture of Mr. Horathelpedige Vijitha Dammika Nimalasiri (25) by the Veyangoda police on 5 Se...

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that the Lower Court Records required to prosecute police officers allegedly responsible for the forced disappear...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Halwitapaththinige Mahinda Perera (39) is suffering from the inaction of the Panadura police about his complaint wh...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Herman Quintus Perera was allegedly killed by the Polonnaruwa police while in the police custody on...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the safety of a torture victim, Mr. Channa Prasanka Fernando, and urges the local authorities to provide full protection t...

Dear friends, Three separate cases of illegal arrest and detention have come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Bharat Poudel, 25 and Dil Bhadur Baniya, 19 were both arreste...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Sita Sada, a 14-year old Dalit girl, was raped and killed by upper caste men on 17 May 2004. According to our infor...

Dear friends, Further to two earlier Hunger Alerts (HA-01-2004 and HA-03-2004) on starvation in Uttar Pradesh state, India, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the...