Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the stabbing death of an under-trial prisoner in Muzzafar Garh, Pakistan. The prisoner, in police custody at the time of his death, had been charged with blasphemy following an accusation made by a seminary and government official. No person has yet been charged for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the death of a female factory worker and the serious illness of another caused by diseases allegedly contracted at their work place and because of the inadequate medical treatment they received from their company’s medical services. On 15 June 2006 Carmen Mendoza, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that Mr. Sajedur Rahman Sarkar Sajid, who was entrapped by the police and intelligence agents on the instruction of ruling political party leaders, was arbitrarily arrested on the evening of 18 May 2006. He was then detained in relation to a fabricated arms case […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another activist has been killed while a labour union leader faces serious threat to his life. Activist Markus Bangit was killed on 8 June 2006 at a stopover restaurant in Echague, Isabela. He was with his son Banna onboard a passenger […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of the Cambodian government’s intention to enact a law which would highly restrict the rights and activities of NGOs in the country. The decision to do this has come at a time when leading political figures have openly criticised the role of NGOs […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a threat made against the tenant of the late Gerald Perara. Owing to the seriousness of the threat and given the person who made it, the victim lives in fear for his and his family’s life. Mr. Nimal is the neighbour of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to express our deep concern with regard to ongoing grave human rights violations being perpetrated by armed vigilante groups in Nepal. The AHRC congratulates the Government of Nepal for their role in recent events in Nepal, which raise hopes of an end to the gross […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of several cases involving the demolition or at least partial damage of Hindu temples in Malaysia following orders by government authorities. Furthermore, in addition to such acts, which are a violation of domestic laws, those ordered to carry out the destruction have used […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to raise its concern about a mysterious death of a young man and the possible cover-up by his father, who is a police inspector, surrounding the circumstances of the death. J. A. Upendra Gayan was 23-years-old at the time of his mysterious death on 2 April […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the disbanding of a peaceful gathering held by victims of the 1965 massacre, in Bandung, Indonesia on 20 May 2006 by civil militia groups. About one hundred persons belonging to the Laskar Siliwangi (Siliwangi Army) and Pemuda Panca Marga (The Youth of Military […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged forced disappearance of a man in Narathiwat Province, southern Thailand. On May 29, Wae-halem Guwaegama allegedly disappeared nearby his house, in the vicinity of an army checkpoint. His relatives have lodged a complaint with the army but received no reply. The […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a boy by police personnel from the Thelikada Police Station. Aged only 17, the victim was detained by the police on 12 May 2006 and arrested for suspicion of theft. While in detention the victim was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of a disturbing incident that took place at the Wennipuewa police station on 6 June 2006, when two human rights defenders accompanied a torture victim to attend an internal police inquiry at the Assistant Superintendent of Police’s (ASP) office. The police inquiry was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information detailing the killing of a 17-year-old boy by Border Security Forces (BSF) operating along the Indo-Bangladesh border. The boy, who was attending to his crops just prior to the confrontation with the BSF officers, was taken from his hut and beaten mercilessly. A BSF […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the following information regarding the brutal assault upon a mother and her son while they were traveling by  motorbike. On 15 May 2006, at about 7pm, Mr. Shukkur and his mother Suhara were going to Suhara’s mother’s house on a motorbike. When they reached a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a case involving the Homagama police. After stopping a citizen and finding a knife in his possession, Police Sergeant (PS) Sunil from the Homagama police immediately assaulted the man and took him into custody. Despite the man explaining that the knife was […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a case in Sri Lanka involving the forced labour of three minors in lieu of their parent’s debt. When the parents of the three children were unable to repay a loan they had obtained from their tea estate employer, the employer unlawfully […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Myint Mo Media and other sources in Thailand that over 800 persons fleeing Burma army troops destroying villages have been refused entry into Thailand and are currently living in temporary shelters within a few miles of a Burma army camp. There are […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that unidentified men riding motorcycles reportedly spied upon human rights lawyer, Jobert Pahilga and activist, Ms. Marissa Dumanjug-Palo in separate incidents. Pahilga reported that two men riding on a motorcycle pursued him through his neighborhood when he went for a court hearing. On […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a case of suicide following an arrest by the Charau Market Police. MASUM, a partner of the AHRC in India has informed us that Mr. Sudeb Pal was found hanging from a tree near the Lake Gardens flyover soon after his release […]