Urgent Appeal Case

The Asian Human Rights Commission has received this appeal from the:  Urban Resource Centre  3/48 Mualomabad Khalid Bin Walid Road  Karachi 74800 Pakistan.  We are forwarding it below for appropriate action.  Voice against evictions in Islamabad  Dear friends,  Our friend Aasim Akhtar from federal capital Islamabad informed us that the authorities are planning a massive […]

Dear friends,  Our friend Aasim Akhtar from federal capital Islamabad informed us that the authorities are planning a massive bulldozing operation in Islamabad.  I am forwarding this message with a sample appeal. I will appreciate if you will send appeal to the authorities in Islamabad to stop these evictions.  WIth regards  Younus  Dear Younus,  As […]

8 MARCH 2000: Five student activists and their driver were arrested in East Aceh as they were returning from a meeting in Lhokseumawe. Their precise whereabouts is currently unknown, but they are probably being held by the security forces in Idi Cut.  AHRC has received reliable information from the British-based Indonesia Human Rights Campaign on […]

THAILAND: Max Ediger released on bail but 6 Burmese minorities remain in detention.  11 February 2000 Mr. Norman Max Ediger, an American missionary and peace and human rights activist, was bailed out. At the time of the arrest, he was conducting training on promoting non-violence to several ethnic minorities from Burma.  Thai police arrested 8 […]

This report is from a weekly newspaper in Sri Lanka Irida Peramuna (Sunday Leader) dated 20 February 2000. Sirigampola is a village close to Wennappuwa which is situated quite close to Negombo, (along the coast north of Colombo) just a few miles away from the Colombo International Airport. At Sirigampola area there had been a […]

MARCH 16: We have just received information that the six Burmese who were being detained in association with the incident involving Max Ediger have been s free! They have been ‘deported’ to the Burmese side of the Thai border.  At this stage it is still uncertain whether or not Max Ediger will be charged. There […]

Dear Friends,  Attached with this message is the press rlease on the hostage taking by armed Karen group called \”Gods Army\”. There are allegations that some of the armed men were killed after they surrender or having been disarmed.  RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please read the press release and draft your own letters to Prime Minister Chuan […]

Social Reformermist Dr.Asghar Ali Engineer was attacked by a fundamentalist group headed by Syedna Mohammed Burdanuddin, head of the Bohra community, at the Santacruz airport yesterday. Ali Engineer who was hit in the head  and the face, has been admitted to hospital, where he is recovering now.  His residence and office at Santa cruz have […]

Last year, the Associated Press reports exposed that U.S soldiers massacred Korean civilians during the Korean War and the most documented of these killing happen in Nogunri. It is well known that Korean soldiers participated in Vietnam war from 1963 to 1973. Recently, a Korean newspaper exposed that Korean soldiers had massacred innocent vietnamese civilians. […]

The Case of former Judge M.P. Wijesiriwardene  We are bring you the following up date on this case which we brought to your notice last year. (For your easy reference we attach the original appeal below). For complete file please see our web-site, under following reference: UA 20/99 Index: 42699 and the 1999 update on […]

31 January 2000, Sukardi, 30, of Yayasan Rumpun Bambu Indonesia (YRBI), was abducted, tortured and killed in Tapak Tuan, South Aceh. Sukardi was a volunteer with local environmentalist group YRBI [Bamboo Thicket Institute].  The security forces are alleged to be involved in the killing of Sukardi.  Human rights activists in Aceh are often kidnapped, tortured, […]

Humanitarian workers and activist who are assistings victims of the on going arms conflict are often not welcome by both the armed rebels and the Indonesian military. Humanitarian workers and activist themeselves have become victims to violences, intimidation, torture and disappearances.  21 August 1999 Two humanitarian workers from BEMA LAIN in Ar-Raniery were arrested by […]

  It is reported that several arrests are taking place in Malaysia, which the human rights activists and observers describe as a crack down on the opposition. The most significant among them is the arrest of Karpal Singh who heads the legal team defending the former deputy Prime-Minister Anwar Ibrahim. He is charged with sedition […]

The Sri Lankan security forces are using systematic rape and murder of Tamil women to subjugate the Tamil population.  28 December 1999, Mrs.Sarathambal Saravanbavananthakurukal, 29, was forcibly dragged out from her home, in Pungudutivu, near Jaffna Peninsula, by Sri  Lankan Navy soldiers. She was gang-raped and murdered Her body was found the following day, under […]

AHRC UA990505 Malaysia 05 May 1999 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEAL 20 April 99 released on bail Tian Chua, chairperson of Gagasan Demokrasi Rakyat and Malek Hussain who were remanded for seven days. 14 April 99, 24 persons were arrested for suspected rioting which include Tian Chau and Malik Hussein. The suspects suffered various […]

AHRC UA990426 Sri Lanka 26 April 1999 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEAL A Judicial Officer, Mr. M. Percy Wijesiriwardena, with nearly 12 years experience who had worked in several parts of the country has filed an application before the supreme court of Sri Lanka under section 126 of the Constitution complaining that the three […]

AHRC UA990419 East Timor 19 April 1999 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEAL More then 30 people killied in East Timor by militias. The 18-year-old adopted son of Manuel Carrascalao, Manuelito, was killed. On Saturday, at least four truckloads of militia with guns and a rocket drove around Dili. No action was taken whatsoever by […]

AHRC UA990416 Malaysia 16 April 1999 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PUBLIC STATEMENT The Asian Human Rights Commission [AHRC]together with 8 others organisation and friends based in Hong Kong – delivered their \”appeal letter\” to the representative of the Malaysian Consulate here. They read the STATEMENT and displayed posters during 15 minutes of picketing. The STATEMENT […]

AHRC UA990415 Malaysia 15 April 1999 ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEAL Malaysian police detained 24 people following the imposition of a six year jail sentence on former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim. Tian Chua was among those detained by police after he led demonstrations of about 500 people. The riot police fired tear gas, charged […]

AHRC UA 990408 Cambodia 08 April 1999 <br> ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEAL <br> <br> Mr. Chham Chan Deun, a member of the Sam Rainsy Party, was killed. He was killed on March 25, 1999 at 2 A.M. by a group of unknown men in military uniform. Witnesses saw approximately seven armed military men […]