Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that another sick inmate has been deprived of adequate treatment following his arrest for charges believed to have been fabricated on 12 April 2006. Victim Samuel Lagulao (53) was being treated at the Iloilo Mission Hospital for injuries to his spine when arrested […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of an attack on an editor of a local newspaper in Sri Lanka, following his attempt to report on illegal construction in his area. Though the matter is now common knowledge and the local police in Negombo have been made aware of it, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Yoma 3 news service (Thailand) that a farmer in the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma has been jailed after lodging a complaint that his crops were destroyed due to the negligence of local officials. Although he was supported in his allegations by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another two persons were killed while three other activists survived an attempt on their lives in separate incidents on 22 and 26 April 2006 in the provinces of General Nakar, Quezon and San Mateo, Isabela. On April 22, armed men believed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed that police assaulted a number of political activists and other demonstrators during a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike and demonstration programme called by the 14 political opposition party alliance on 20 April 2006. Reports indicate that the police tortured some of the political activists, including women on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of a case in Sri Lanka involving a policeman and a home guard arriving at the home of a family in an inebriated state. They then accused the family of theft and proceeded to search for the alleged stolen goods. However, the family explained that […]

  Dear friends, On 31 March 2006, at around 11am, Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Jayampath and a constable visited Mr. Wijewardena’s boutique and queried his identity. When he told them, they asked him where his three-wheeler was to which he replied, “at home”. The police said they wanted to see the vehicle, and on taking him home […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)-Mindanao that Elvie Apolona, a sick inmate presently detained at the Provincial jail in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, has been denied adequate treatment since his arrest on 10 February 2006. Apolona was then confined at the […]

Dear friends, On 24 April 2006, at about 9:00am, four persons visited Samantha Perera’s home. One was a policeman from Colombo; one was a policeman from Bandaragama; one was working at the Colombo port but a resident in Medigama; and the other’s details are unknown. They arrived at Samantha’s home in a white coloured van […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the brutal eviction and destruction of homes and property of over 1000 families by the authorities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The eviction began on May 3 and has continued today, May 4. Humanitarian groups have been denied access to the evicted persons, who have been […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum), regarding the death of Mr. Abhilash Mondal, who was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) officers stationed at Out Post number 1, Harudanga Camp (136 Battalion of BSF) on 17 April 2006. It is […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has previously reported on the discrimination faced by people in Balochistan, the southern province in Pakistan. In the latest attack on this population by the Government of Pakistan, on 23 April 2006, the government shut down four websites offering information on this area saying that the websites […]

Dear friends, On the eve of the International Day for Freedom of Press (May 3), Pakistani journalists plan to observe this by conducting rallies in support of missing and arrested journalists. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is aware that the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) will commence their main rally from the Rawalpindi […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that five persons have been missing since 28 April 2005 in Tagaytay City, Philippines. They are Riel Custodio, Axel Pinpin, Enrico Ybanez, Michael Mesias and Aristides Sarmiento. Riel and Axel are known peasant activists working for the organisation, “Kalipunan ng mga Magsasaka sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about an attempt made on the life of labour leader Gerardo Cristobal (35) in Imus, Cavite at around 6am today. Cristobal and his companion, Juliet Tayoto, were riding a car passing a crowded street in Barangay (village) Anabu, Coastal when another car, in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the plight of a young woman (whose parents are Pakistani) who was raped in her country of birth, Saudi Arabia, and then sentenced to one years imprisonment as punishment for the case. Following the rape, the victim (who was a minor at […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about a man who was tortured by the police and who is now currently languishing in prison after having had fabricated charges laid against him. Kariyawasam Peradorapage Tsuitha Ejith was first stopped by the Ja-Ela police on 10 October 2005, for alleged traffic […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another torture case in Sri Lanka. On this occasion the victim was arbitrarily detained by the Katupotha police, who accused him of stealing jewellery and money. Though these were not found in the possession of the victim, the police proceeded to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a family of villagers in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, was forced to abandon their home and live elsewhere for fear of continued harassment by the military. Elements of the 24th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, led by Master Sergeant Rollie Castillo allegedly continued to harass […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another activist was killed while several others were seriously wounded in separate incidents on 6 and 24 April 2006. Activist Enrico Cabanit was killed while his daughter Daffodil is currently in a critical condition after a gunman shot them on April […]