Urgent Appeal Update

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) has started an investigation into the torture case of Mr. Muzibur Rahman and Mr. Waheduzzaman, who were arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the army in Khulna district (For original urgent appeals, see: UP-033-2007; UP-019-2007; UP-015-2007; UP-011-2007; UA-367-2006; UP-232-2006). However, the […]

Dear friends, In an unusual turn of events, a man who was jailed for angrily satirising state media in Burma has been released on bail paid by two strangers who are suspected to have government connections. U Thein Zan is now at home with his family but must go to court in April. UPDATED INFORMATION: […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a torture victim, who had his penis severed by the Station Head Officer (SHO) of the Market police station in Larkana District, Sindh Province (See further: UA-032-2007), was allegedly forced by Mr. Ghous Bux Maher, a Federal Minister of Anti-Narcotics, to sign in an agreement […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned that over two weeks after the police chief in Thailand made an unwarranted verbal attack on human rights defender Angkhana Neelaphaijit no action of any kind was taken against him. Furthermore, the chief has appointed another senior officer as a deputy who was responsible for […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a 16 year-old female gang-rape survivor has been allegedly ordered by the police to leave the safe-house where she and her family have been staying in Sindh province, Pakistan. The police allegedly threatened the victim to vacate the property on 26 March 2007, despite […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an announcement about a programme to be held at the National Human Rights Commission in Bangkok this Wednesday, March 28, on forced disappearances in Thailand. We encourage anyone to attend if they are able to do so. To see details of some forced disappearances in […]

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Indonesian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned about the security of Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa, a torture victim who was brutally attacked by the police of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on 12 March 2006. According to the latest information, Mrs. Santa has been implicated with fabricated criminal charges by both […]

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Indian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and […]

[NOTICE: To facilitate your intervention of the urgent appeals issued by the AHRC, we have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of all the Indian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two human rights activists are facing death threats in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India for their work against women trafficking in the state. It is alleged that the perpetrators are the same persons who were charged for trafficking after a complaint lodged by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the governmental authorities have started investigations regarding the case of the alleged torture of three men by the Army in Paikgachha, Khulna district, in which one person died (for further details please see: UA-029-2007). In the updated information, we have learned that an Assistant […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the government authorities have started an investigation into the case of two torture victims, Mr. Muzibur Rahman and Mr. Waheduzzaman, who were arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the army in Khulna district (For original urgent appeals, see: UP-019-2007; UP-015-2007; UP-011-2007; UA-367-2006; UP-232-2006). Over a two day […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an announcement about a programme to be held in Bangkok this Sunday, March 11, to mark the third anniversary of the abduction by the police of human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit with a discussion on forced disappearances in Thailand. After three years, the forced disappearance […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received credible information through its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh state, India that one of their activists Mr. Ram Prasad Bharati on his way from Sonbadra to Varanasi was taken into illegal custody by the local police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt from a number of sources that U Aung Pe, the teacher who was jailed in Burma in 2005 for “illegal tuition”, has gone on hunger strike and is gravely ill. According to visitors to the central Insein Prison, where Aung Pe is being held, he […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disappointed that over three months after a court in Thailand identified three army officers as responsible for the killing of 28 persons in April 2004, there is so far no news of any work to prosecute them. Urgent action is needed to press the public prosecutor […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Philippine authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Philippine authorities are […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned that as we worried, the police now allegedly fabricated charges against two prominent NGO leaders: Mr. Md. Abul Kashem Palash, Principal Programme Coordinator of the PROSHIKA, and Mr. Md. Aminul Islam, Director of the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB) soon after the High Court Bench […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is happy to inform you that the Magistrate of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court has rejected the bail petition of Mr. Jafor Mollah on 26 February 2007. Mr. Jafor has made several death threats to Mr. Atinur, the husband of torture victim, Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa […]