Urgent Appeal Case

INDONESIA: Mentally ill Brazilian facing imminent execution following trial without a lawyer

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the imminent execution of a mentally ill man, who was tried and convicted on illegal drugs charges in Indonesia. Rodrigo Gularte has a long history of severe mental illness, dating back long before his arrest, and he continues to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia. […]

PAKISTAN: A human rights defender was murdered allegedly by the agents of military establishment for holding discussion on Balochistan

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the brutal murder of a peace activist and human rights defender by the so called ‘unknown persons’ after arranging an open discussion on the gross violation of human rights in Balochistan. Ms. Sabeen Mahmud, who was receiving life threats from the persons belonging to spy agencies […]

INDONESIA: Exploited Migrant Worker to be executed by firing squad

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the imminent execution of a Filipina migrant worker. She was unwittingly used as a drug mule by her employer and now faces execution by a firing squad. Mary Jane Veloso is a 30 year old mother of two, exploited by an international drug […]

SRI LANKA: Weligama Police refuse to investigate complaint of threats to the lives of victims

Dear Friends, According to information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission, Mr. P. Somadasa and his wife of Palalla, Weligama Police Division, Matara District are being denied their rights. Officers attached to the Weligama Police Station have refused to investigate their complaints about alleged crimes having been committed against their person and property and […]

SRI LANKA: Drunken policeman tries to murder a monk

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Chief Incumbent of the Namal Uyana Buddhist Monastery, Venerable Wanawasi Rahula Thero, has escaped an attempt on his life. Constable H.G.M.L. Karunadasa (87198) attached to the Galkiriyagama Police Station, used his official weapon to open fire on the monk on 17 April […]

SRI LANKA: Access denied for the disabled to visit the zoological gardens

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the administration of the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens, under the newly appointed Director has demolished several access roads built especially for persons with disabilities. They have demolished the main access road for near the main entrance, and access roads to Nos: 1-60 inside the […]

INDONESIA: A Grandma Forced to Stand Trial on Minor Criminal Charges

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding criminal charges brought against Grandma Asyani [63]. She allegedly stole teak wood belonging to the state forestry company, PT. Perhutani. Asyani is being tried in Situbondo District Court, East Java Province, Indonesia, and indicted for violating Law No. 18 of 2013 on Forest […]

NEPAL: Police use waterboarding to extract confession

Dear Friends, The Advocacy Forum (AF) in Nepal has informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) about the alleged police torture of Mr. Munna Lal Yadav. Munna has been arrested on the fake charge of killing Tirtha Ram Yadav. Following his arrest the police allegedly beat him with plastic pipes on the soles of his […]

INDONESIA: Dedek Khairuddin disappeared by Military; family remains in the dark

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the enforced disappearance of Mr. Dedek Khairuddin (30), a resident of Pangkalan Brandan Village, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Dedek was forcibly abducted from his home by seven soldiers, and has not been seen since. The government has not conducted serious efforts to locate […]

SRI LANKA: Police refuse to investigate the sudden death of woman

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that S. Premalatha and her husband P.K. Harishchandra are seeking justice in relation to the sudden death of their daughter P.K. Shivanthi Kumari (33) who died on 30 October 2013 at the National Hospital of Colombo (NHSL). They state that their daughter’s husband, a […]

INDIA: Police attempt to abduct Adivasi Human Rights Defender Gambhira Prasad

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) regarding the abduction of a Human Rights Defender, Gambhira Prasad, allegedly by policemen wearing civilian clothes. Mr. Prasad was abducted at 7 p.m. on April 20, 2015, from Baba Chauraha in Allahabad District of Uttar Pradesh immediately after […]

SRI LANKA: A leading girl’s school in Colombo refuses to assist a Grade 8 student, with special needs

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about a child with special needs being unable to attend school as a result of a leading girl’s school in Colombo refusing to provide her with the necessary facilities. The child, since birth, has been unable to walk and needs a wheel chair to […]

SRI LANKA: Serious malnutrition among children, pregnant women and lactating mothers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that surveys conducted by State and UN Agencies have indicated an alarming rate of malnutrition among children, pregnant women and lactating mothers in Sri Lanka. The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted by the Health Ministry of Sri Lanka in 2010, A Nutrition and […]

SRI LANKA: The State must protect the right to education of children with special needs

Dear friends, The Monaragala Wellassa Subagya School, in the Monaragala District is a school providing education to children with special needs in several surrounding districts in the region. The school is administered under the Ministry of Social Services and the Ministry of Education. However, since April 2015, the administration of the school was vested solely […]

SRI LANKA: Negligence results in death of a patient

Dear friends, Mr. Manabalasingham Rajkumar (44) of Siriwardana Place, Munnakaraya, Negombo in Gampaha District is a fisherman. He was admitted to the Negombo Base Hospital for urgent medical treatment after having injured the 3rd finger of his right hand. After an X-ray, the doctors decided to do surgery on the finger. He was admitted to […]

SRI LANKA: A journalist remanded in Jaffna for merely translating and publishing a story

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. S. E. Logathayalan, a journalist working for the ‘Uthayan’ and the ‘Thinakkural’ Newspapers in Jaffna was remanded on 8th (Wednesday), April 2015, on orders of the Acting Magistrate, Point Pedro for a period of 09 days. The Magistrate had issued the order […]

PHILIPPINES: Three activists killed in separate incidents and two others wounded fighting for their sectoral rights

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that three people were killed on March 8, 16 and 24, 2015 respectively. One of the victims was an indigenous member fighting for their ancestral domain. The second victim was a farmer claiming resettlement, and the third was a union leader believed […]

ประเทศไทย: สมาชิกสหพันธ์เกษตรกรภาคใต้ตกเป็นเป้าการลอบสังหาร

คณะกรรมการสิทธิมนุษยชนแห่งอาเซียน (AHRC) ได้ทราบว่าสมาชิกของสหพันธ์เกษตรภาคใต้ (สกต)  ในจังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานียังคงถูกคุกคามต่อชีวิต   ถึงแม้ว่าจะมีคำตัดสินของศาลให้ทางสำนักงานปฏิรูปที่ดินเพื่อเกษตรกรรมเป็นผู้ชนะคดีเมื่อห้า เดือนที่แล้ว  โดยได้มีคำสั่งให้บริษัท จิว กัง จุ้ย พัฒนา จำกัด บริษัทปาล์มน้ำมันที่มีเจ้าของเป็นนักการเมืองต้องออกจากพื้นที่ที่พวกเขาได้ครอบครองโดยผิดกฎหมาย  แต่ว่าในทางปฏิบัติสิ่งนี้ยังไม่เกิดขึ้น    นอกจากนี้ยังปรากฏว่ามีความคืบหน้าเพียงเล็กน้อยจากการสอบสวนของเจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจในคดีฆาตกรรมนายใช้ บุญทองเล็ก  นายใช้ถูกยิงเสียชีวิตเมื่อวันที่ 11 กุมภาพันธ์ 2558 ที่บ้านของเขาโดยมือปืนสองคนและนับเป็นสมาชิกคนที่สี่ของสกต ที่ถูกฆาตกรรมในช่วงเวลานี้   ทาง AHRC ยังได้ทราบว่าสมาชิกแกนนำคนอื่นๆ ของสกต ก็มีรายชื่ออยู่ในบัญชีที่จะมีการฆ่า เนื้อหาของคดี จากเหตุการณ์ต่างๆที่เกิดขึ้นอย่างต่อเนื่องได้เพิ่มความกดดันให้กับสมาชิกของสกต  โดยผู้มีอำนาจที่พยายามจะหยุดการทำงานของพวกเขา, การคุ้มครองความปลอดภัยของชุมชนและสิทธิในที่ดินทำกินในประเทศไทย โดยผ่านโฉนดชุมชน เมื่อวันที่ 17 มีนาคม 2558 นักข่าวจากสถานีโทรทัศน์ช่อง 11 พร้อมกับเจ้าหน้าที่ทหารกองทัพบกได้เข้าไปที่ชุมชนที่อยู่ใกล้กับชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์  จากการนำเสนอข่าวก่อให้เกิดความเข้าใจผิดว่าชุมชนดังกล่าวเป็นสมาชิกของชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์  ในการออกอากาศของการเข้าชุมชนในครั้งนี้ไม่ได้มีการสัมภาษณ์ชาวบ้านในชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์ที่แท้จริงเลยและได้มีการแสดงภาพของกลุ่มคนที่ไม่ได้อยู่ในชุมชนเพิ่มทรัพย์  หนึ่งในภาพที่ออกอากาศคือรูปของนายเพียรรัตน์  บุญฤทธซึ่งเป็นประธานสหกรณ์การเกษตรสหพันธ์เกษตรภาคใต้    นอกจากนี้ทางสกตก็ยังไม่ได้รับโอกาสในการโต้ตอบทางสถานีโทรทัศน์ใดๆ ในประเทศเพื่อตอบข้อกล่าวหาที่ทางสถานีโทรทัศน์ช่อง 11 ได้รายงาน   (https://youtu.be/e66TxR1OxDk) จึงเป็นไปได้ว่าทางสกตไม่สามารถที่จะตอบข้อกล่าวหาต่างๆ ที่เกิดจากการนำเสนอของนักข่าวช่อง 11 และจากทางเจ้าหน้าที่ทหารในการออกอากาศครั้งนั้น ต่อมาในวันพุธที่ 26 […]

SRI LANKA: A call for prompt investigations into threats to lives of three journalists in Jaffna

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that on 14th April 2015 at around 9.45 p.m., three journalists have been threatened with their lives and from continuing their work as journalists while they were travelling near the Kandaswamy Hindu Temple in Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka. According to information received, two unknown […]

PAKISTAN: Husband kills wife with pretext of defending “honour”; Sindh government supports murderer

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a woman has been killed by her husband and brother-in-law, who claim to have been acting to defend “honour”. The woman was murdered in front of her father and brother. The young woman was first locked in a storeroom for three days, without […]