Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you about the continuing killings in the Philippines this time of seven people including one professor who was shot in the University in front of the students, and an acting presiding judge of Quezon City; both were killed on 19 January 2007. We […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) based in Uttar Pradesh, India, regarding an alleged assault and death threat against a human rights activist. It is alleged that a few men associated with the village-head of Pindra village under […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received a report of the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl by 11 persons in Ubaro Town, Ghotki district, Sindh province, Pakistan on 27 January 2007. We were informed that the victim was forced to parade in naked back home by the alleged perpetrators. We […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is gravely concerned by another horrible case of police torture reported from the Khairpur district, Sindh province, Pakistan. Two brothers were arrested by the Pir Jo Goth police on 12 January 2007 on an alleged theft charge. Although their innocence was proved and the complainant wanted to withdraw […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of an NGO leader named Mr. Shahidul Islam by the Army in Tala upazilla (sub district) of Satkhira district, Bangladesh on 27 January 2007. The victim was arbitrarily arrested from one of his organization’s training centres, then […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission(AHRC) have been informed that 14-year-old W. K. Sajini Vasana Perera was insulted both physically and mentally by her class teacher in front of all classmates without any legitimate reason on 27 October 2006. The victim child was too embarrassed and impressionable to endure her distress and jumped from […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a human rights defender namely Mr. F M Abdur Razzak and his father, Mr. Nur Ali Fakir, were summoned twice by the Army in Paikgachha under Khulna district on 24 January 2007. The army asked them to meet the army officers following an […]

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 42 year-old rubber plantation worker named Muhamud Arming Usoh in southern Thailand. The father of eight was arrested by soldiers acting under special powers to deal with the ongoing conflict […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we only could include e-mail addresses of a few of the Pakistan authorities in this case. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities […]

[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 has received information about a horrific case in which a 24-year-old young man, Mr. Hazoor Buksh Malik, was severely assaulted on his penis while being tortured by the Station Head Officer (SHO) of the Market police station in Larkana District, Sindh Province, Pakistan, on 25 January 2007. The victim […]

[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 been informed that three men were allegedly tortured by the Army deployed in Paikgachha, Khulna district, Bangladesh, after their arbitrary arrests on 17 January 2007. One of the three men namely Mr. Amanullah alias Aman (40) died in the army custody within 27 hours after his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has obtained information that a group of soldiers and forestry officials in northern Thailand raided a village on January 22 and forced their way into houses. The officers didn’t give their names or other details of what they were doing or why, and when challenged by the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that Mr. Ket Bun Thann, chief of Pou Teut village has sold 400 hectares which is under a collective ownership of a Phnong indigenous community of 56 families in Pou Teut village, Bou Sra commune, Pich Chenda District, Mondolkiri province, in the northeastern region of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the second arbitrary arrest of a businessman named Muzibur Rahman and his relative Mr. Muzibur by the military personnel at the Paikgachha Upazilla (sub-district) of Khulna district on 23 January 2007. They had been arbitrary arrested and received threats and intimidation the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged assault of three men after illegal arrest by Galgamuwa police on 25 November 2007 in Sri Lanka. Police allegedly asked them to pay a bribe for release. One was released after paying whereas others refused. Others were forced to sign a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you that the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India fails to provide adequate remedy to Dr. Lenin Raghuvansi, who had complained to the Commission regarding an attempted assassination on his life by the police.   He is a human rights activist working for the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 19 January 2007 Sihanoukville Governor Say Hak allegedly issued a notice bearing number 0026 to evict 105 families who have been living on 17 hectares of land since 1985 in Sangkat Commune Number 4, Metapheap district, Sihanoukville, Cambodia. In the notice, all […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further detailed documentation on the cases against one of the eight men appealing their conviction for treason in Burma (UA-017-2007). The accused, Sai Nyunt Lwin, was the general secretary of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, a registered political party. However, he was sentenced to […]