Urgent Appeal Case

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Cambodian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal assault of a 36-year-old man, Mihindukulasuriya Lal Fernando, by several members of the Negombo Police who came to arrest him in three police vehicles. This was, allegedly after the victim had an argument with a prominent businessman in the area. When […]

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Indian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 53-year-old man, Mr. Premasiri Uduwatte, was allegedly threatened, arrested and briefly detained in lieu of his son by the Kahawatte police on 26 March 2007. The arrest was alleged to have been instigated by a wealthy gem merchant in the area. The […]

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Philippines authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest under fabricated charge of an uncle and grandfather of a 3-year-old child who was knocked down by a motor cycle. A group of gang members who were allegedly friends of the motor cyclist came and assaulted the father and the […]

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Indian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that the husband of a political activist, Usman Ali (40), was shot dead at a public market in Pikit, North Cotabato on 7 May 2007. Ali’s wife, Babai (43), is the leader of Suara Bangsamoro, a political party for Muslim minorities seeking […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 2 May 2007 at around 5:30 pm, a local journalist named Chim Chenda, who works for Kampuchea Thmei (New Cambodia), a news paper company based in Battambang and Banteay Meanchey provinces, allegedly received a death threat in a local restaurant K.O in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received detailed information about two men in Burma who have been imprisoned for allegedly possessing videos showing the wedding of the daughter of the country’s senior most army officer. Ko Than Htun and Ko Tin Htay were arrested separately in March and convicted in April of […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you about an alleged torture case by police officers of Wattegama Police Station. P.K.W. Wijesinghe was summoned to the police station to give a statement. He was allegedly brutally tortured by a sub-inspector and a sergeant. He was then admitted to the intensive […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged serious threats and intimidation against a human rights defender and journalist Mr. Jahangir Alam Akash for broadcasting news on the attempted extra-judicial killing of an alleged terrorist on a private television channel. CASE DETAILS: On 2 May […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by the brutal attack and threats of rape against female opposition council members of the Karachi city government by the council members of the Muttehda Qoumi Movement (MQM), a member of the ruling alliance in President General Musharraf’s government and the ruling party of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information from a local human rights group ODHIKAR that their acting director, Mr. ASM Nasiruddin Elan, had been seriously threatened and verbally abused by a naval captain at the Navy’s headquarters in Banani, Dhaka on 3 May 2007. The officer subjected Mr. Elan for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal murder of Mr. Suherman, for reasons yet unknown, by Police Officers of the Medan District Police on the 11th April 2007. On the 11th April 2007, at around 3:30a.m., around 30 yet unidentified men claiming to be Medan District Police Officers […]

Kawan-kawan, Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) telah menerima informasi mengenai pembunuhan brutal terhdap Tuan Suherman, atas alasan yang belum diketahui, yang dilakukan oleh petugas Kepolisian Wilayah Kota Besar Meda pada tangal 11 April 2007.  Pada tanggal 11 April 2007, sekitar pukul 15.30 WIB, sekitar 30 orang tak dikenal yang menngaku sebagai Polisi dari Poltabes Medan […]

Dear friends, The Working Group on Justice for Peace (Thailand) has informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) about the alleged horrific torture of a 23-year-old teacher named Sukri Ar-dam in southern Thailand. Sukri was arrested by the police acting under special powers to deal with the ongoing conflict in the south, and he was […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from NGO Advocacy Forum Nepal that the District Police Office (DPO) and the District Administration Office (DAO) in Banke district, Nepal, have refused to register a First Information Report (FIR) concerning the extra-judicial killings in September 2002 of Mr. Dal Bahadur Thapa and his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the unlawful arrest and brutal murder of Mr. Marsudi Tri Wijaya, for reasons that are as yet unknown, allegedly by Police Officers of the Medan District Police on 11 April 2007. None of the perpetrators have been arrested to date, and there is […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged fabricated charges against Mr. J.D.Jayatilaka and his wife which were instigated in from 2001. Mrs. Jayatilaka was arrested for the allegation for illegal possession of grenades on 19 August 2001 and held under custody for 480 days until 17 December 2002. […]