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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reproduces below the letter written by the AHRC to the president of India regarding the eviction of 7,000 Untouchables in West Bengal. In the ope...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply grieved about the vast amount of destruction and the many thousands of people who either died, have been missing or have in some way be...

INDIA: Almost 75,000 people are homeless after being forcibly evicted by the West Bengal government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation  INDIA: Forced eviction of the urban poor; Right to housing; ...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that 3 year old E. M. Shiva died due to starvation today morning (18 December 2003). His family is one of 7,000 Untouchab...

INDIA: Ill treatment of children; Torture in police custody ————————————————————...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the police searched the premises of the People’s Watch-Tamil Nadu, a prominent human rights organization in Ta...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission is forwarding information from the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) on harassment and detention by the Indian government of a group of people living wi...

Dear friends The Asian human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man died in police custody at the Hogelberia Police Station in West Bengal, India. The reason of his death is clea...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young man named Mr. V. L. Joy was illegally arrested and tortured by the Sub Inspector of Police of the Anthikkad...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Kerala police, India, have arbitrarily arrested 19 persons and caused damage to their property. Your urgent act...

Name of the victim: Mr. Velraj, 38, formerly residing at Ervadi Village, Tirunelveli district, Tamilnadu, India Perpetrators: Constables Mr. Chelladurai; Mr. Kanthasamy; Mr. Senthil Murugan; Mr. Siv...

Dear friends, We need your solidarity urgently for the Adivasis people! The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Adivasis people are on a hunger strike continuously a...

Dear friends Name of the victim: Mr. M. V. Babu (37 years old) Address of the victim: s/o Velayudhan, Mambully Parambil house, Alagappa Nagar P.O, Kallur Village, Mukundapuram Thaluk, Thrissur, Kera...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Babai Biswas, 22, was killed by police officers after being arbitrarily arrested and tortured. I urge yo...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has recently communicated with John P. Abraham, who is involved in the campaign for the rights of the indigenous Adivasi tribals in India. The Ad...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) had previously issued urgent appeals and wrote appeal letters to the Congregation of Mother of Sorrows Servants of Mary calling for the justice fo...

Dear Friends Further information has been forthcoming from Mr John P Abraham, who, despite threats to his life, continues to campaign for the rights of the indigenous adivasi tribals in India. A judic...

Dear Friends The controversy over the large dams project on the River Narmada has come to symbolise the struggle for a just and equitable society in India. We are forwarding updated information from t...

Dear Friends We are forwarding updated information from the National Centre for Advocacy Studies (NCAS), Pune, regarding a case of torture and brutal beating to death of an Adivasi tribal, leading to ...

Dear Friends On 21 July, about 100 police and the Maharashtra State Farming Corporation (MSFC) security personnel destroyed about two hundreds huts of adivasis – indigenous people – and mo...