Urgent Appeal Case

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

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the extra-judicial killing of a 23 year-old business administration student named Farly Alcantara in front of his college in Daet at Camarines Norte, Philippines on February 16, 2007.  Alcantara was an active member of the League of Filipino Students (LFS), the president of the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding an alleged brutal torture of a man by the Kotwali police in Bogra district on 25-26 January 2007. The victim is currently detained in the Bogra district jail after being forced to falsely confess to a crime due to the severe […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that on 11 February 2007 at 11:20 am, two military officers named Vy and Thol allegedly demolished the home of a villager named Keo Sophon and brutally threatened to kill him if he continued to live on his land. The military officers then destroyed his […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of the Bangladesh authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Bangladesh authorities are attached below with this […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner MASUM in West Bengal regarding the alleged arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and brutal torture of seven rag pickers by the Baranagar police station in West Bengal on 22 December 2006 and 29 January 2007. The victims also allege that the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received yet another brutal assault of an innocent young man by the Sri Lankan police. We were informed that without any reason, Mr. A.A. Priyantha Kumara (27) was allegedly subjected to serious assault by the Dodangoda police at the Madabada junction in Dodangoda, Kalutara district III, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about a villager who has been jailed for one year in Burma after complaining about the illegal activities of local authorities. Daw Khin Win was sentenced in November to one year in jail after the officials lodged a counter-complaint against her for complaining about […]

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

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Human Rights Alert (HRA) based in Manipur, India, regarding an alleged incident of shooting of a person by the Border Security Force (BSF) stationed in Manipur, while he was walking past a security post with his hands up in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from local organisation PARRDS (Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Services) that a farming leader named Mr. Joseph Matunding was shot dead by unidentified assailants on 30 January 2007. His murder was allegedly a consequence of his active involvement in an agrarian dispute […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of an unacceptable delay of justice in the case of a young man, Udayanga Perera, who was arrested and subjected to severe torture by policemen attached to the Wewelwatte police post under the Ratnapura police station on 7 August 2003. Udayanga subsequently launched a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of an alleged unprovoked attack by the Sri Lankan Navy on two groups of six fishermen from Negombo on January 27 and again on 28 January 2007 respectively.  The fishermen were allegedly arrested, assaulted and had one of their boats destroyed.  The navy has also […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) regarding yet another alleged case of abduction, illegal detention and torture of a person in Carmen municipality, North Cotabato province, Philippines. It is alleged that the victim was mistakenly identified as a commander of a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about a young man allegedly tortured to death on 3 February 2007, in the Malir central jail in Karachi, Sindh Province, Pakistan. The reason for his torture was allegedly his failure to bribe the jail officers. The victim and his two other friends had […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a human rights organisation based in Howrah, West Bengal, India that one their activists have been detained at the Raninagar police station based an a frivolous charge. It is also alleged that Mr. Gopen […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the killing of a farmer, who is a member of Task Force Mapalad (TFM) seeking land reform in Hacienda Velez-Malaga. He was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on 25 January 2007. We call for your urgent intervention into this case to ensure that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received yet another alleged torture of a young man by the police in Sri Lanka. According to the information we have received, Mr. A. Dushmantha Silva (29) residing in Temple Road, Dibedda, Panadura was tortured by the Panadura police after his arbitrary arrest on 3 February […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, the Human Rights Alert (HRA) based in Manipur, India, regarding an alleged incident of indiscriminate firing in the compound of a church by the officers from the 32 Assam Rifle (AR) stationed in Manipur. It is alleged that a person […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the information regarding alleged disappearance of another four persons within the first week of February 2007.  Forced disappearances in Sri Lanka are now targeting well known union activists, journalists and businessmen.  In January 2007, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mangala Samaraweera, […]