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Last week an Inspector of Police (IP) and a Police Constable (PC) who were accused of torturing a 25 year-old woman, Angalin Roshana Michael, were sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and...

It has been two months and a few days since the new state administration took charge in Uttar Pradesh. The Chief Minister has openly declared that her government would not tolerate any form of caste b...

forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: the Supreme Court Judgment reversing the suspension of the We reproduce below the judgment given by the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the family of a 15-year-old girl, who was struck 20 times on 18 June 2007 by a male school teacher in the K...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that last week an Inspector of Police (IP) and a Police Constable (PC), who were accused of torturing a 25 year-old woma...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police have recently begun its investigation into the alleged serious threats and...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, regarding the case of Mr. Pahalu Musaha...

His Excellency the Hon. Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse President Socialist Democratic Republic of  Sri Lanka C/- Office of the President Temple Trees, 150, Galle Road Colombo 3 SRI LANKA Fax: +94 11 2472100 /...

After a man in Mettaya, upper Burma, assaulted U Than Lwin on 15 June 2007, he ran for cover in the local office of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), a government-organised mass...

Mr. Neeraj finally decided to put an end to everything. On June 12, 2007 he consumed a large dose of poison and committed suicide. Neeraj was a handloom weaver from Benipur village in Varanasi distric...

(Hong Kong, July 23, 2007) The Asian Human Rights Commission is happy to announce that the money needed for the legal fees have now been received and wishes to thank all contributors, as well as those...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh regarding the case of May...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police have refused a the case of a young man who disappeared, at a government hospital since it happened. The ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a 46-year-old villager, Leo Casal, was shot and tortured by soldiers following his arrest in 10 December 2006 in Loreto...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you regarding the continued inaction of the police into the alleged sexual abuse of a five-year-old girl by her father. The girl...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged abuse of a child maid by the officer of the Rapid Action Battalion-1 in Dha...

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of Pakistan today 20 July 2007 declared the suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftekhar Choudry, by the president, General Pervez Musharaff, to be ...

According to an Associated Press news report, police have arrested and charged a sergeant of the Royal Thai Army who was among a gang of around 30 that assaulted three British men in Nakhon Sawan, nor...

(This is related to the AHRC’s original appeal – WORLD: An appeal to Muslim scholars throughout the world which may be found at:http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2007statements/1111/) Th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been closely monitoring the case of U Than Lwin, who was assaulted after leading a prayer meeting in Burma for the release of political priso...