Urgent Appeal Case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Initiative for the Development of People’s Advocacy (PIAR) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia that a man named Yupiter Manek (alias Igung) died on 23 December 2005 due to the alleged torture by the Resort Police Belu, Indonesia. Yupiter had been detained […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a fabricated case filed against Dattu Rupa Valvi (33), Vijay Rupa Valvi (45), Ganesh Rupa Valvi (36) and five other Christian adivasis with regards to a broken Hindu deity in Mogalbara village, Surat district, Gujurat on 13 February 2004. On February 13 Dattu Rupa Valvi […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man was detained then tortured and subsequently killed by the prison staff and the inmates of Bogra District Jail. The incident took place on 27 June 2005. The deceased person was deprived of medical treatment for his sickness and injuries he sustained […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a number of sources on the ongoing trial of a number of persons who helped lodge a complaint of forced labour with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Burma after a man was killed while working for a road construction project in December […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that adivasis (indigenous people) in the Dangs District in the Indian state of Gujarat are living in fear as a Hindu festival in their district from 11 to 13 February 2006 approaches. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu fundamentalist organisation, is mobilising about 500,000 non-adivasis from […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our partner organisation from Manipur, India that the security forces deployed in Manipur are engaged in murder, arbitrary and illegal arrests and custodial torture. The AHRC is also informed that the acts committed by the 24 Assam Rifles, a military contingent deployed in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the police have arrested at least 10,000 common citizens in the space of only three days beginning on 2 February 2006. The arrested people, who are mostly low-income earners, were detained in different police stations and prisons across the nation. The people are […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the attempted assassination  of a leader of the Nepali Congress and is concerned that this may be the beginning of a new trend whereby political leaders are targeted for extrajudicial killings. On 4 February 2006, at approximately 12.45pm, police personnel fired on Amrit […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) takes the opportunity of the first anniversary of Cheam Channy’s imprisonment to write to you regarding the injustices of this case. Cheam Channy, a MP from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), will complete one year in jail on 3 February 2006, out of the seven year sentence passed […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Detective Branch (DB) police of Dinajpur district fabricated evidence and arbitrarily arrested a homeopathic doctor in relation to the seizure of unauthorized goods. The victim was detained in custody for seven days following a case lodged with the Kotwali police station by […]

Dear friends,The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Thailand-based Yoma 3 News Service that five members of a local council in Burma, including the chairman, beat a local resident until he suffered fatal injuries on 31 December 2005. It is reported that Ko Than Htike died of his injuries in hospital […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that ten students were beaten by soldiers of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). The victims were demanding the punishment of some errant staff of the public transport system for charging extra bus fares to college students. When the students blocked the road that the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you on 10 January 2006 (UA-013-2006) detailing the killings of two people and injuries to at least 35 others following the police opening fire on a group of demonstrators in Chapainawabganj district, Bangladesh. The demonstrators had been protesting outside of the rural electrification Centre demanding […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the forcible disappearance of Francis Noel Desacula (35) in Batangas, Luzon on 9 January 2006. Desacula was last seen on January 16 reportedly with elements of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Laurel, Batangas onboard their service vehicle, days after he lost […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a local human rights organisation in West Bengal, India about the shocking state of the lower judiciary in West Bengal. The AHRC issued an urgent appeal on 26 December 2005 regarding the arrest of Mr Vijay Kumar. For further details please see UA-247-2005. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an accident victim Alton Laskshman Mendi who was left unconscious by the police who instructed the family members and those around to take the seriously injured victim to the hospital. This was whilst the Pandura police escorted the perpetrator to the Moratuwa police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of a female police constable Sunethra Koswatte (WPC No 3134) by an Inspector of Police at the Matugama police station. Please send a letter to the relevant authorities listed below asking them to intervene in this case and to ensure that […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), a local human rights group working in Uttar Pradesh, India stating that corrupt officers, particularly those from the local police, are conniving with the feudal landlords thereby facilitating extreme exploitation of the tribal community in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of further human rights violations, notably beatings and arbitrary detentions, in relation to the ongoing suppression of the democratic movement in Nepal. In order to quell rallies planned for 20 January 2006, the authorities last week enforced curfews and a total ban on demonstrations, particularly […]

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been in communication with the Burma Lawyers Council (BLC) in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand about the failure of local police to investigate a recent murder of a migrant worker. Instead, the police have tried to force the family of the victim to accept money from […]