Urgent Appeal Update

[RE: UA-339-2006 PAKISTAN: A man deprived of a fair trial faces imminent execution; UP-200-2006: PAKISTAN: Execution of Mirza Tahir Hussian delayed for another two months] ———————————– PAKISTAN: Death penalty; unfair trial; violation of the right to life; denial of justice Dear Friends, Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to announce that Mr. Mirza Tahir […]

[RE: UP-122-2006: INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender for the second time; UA-156-2006: INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender; AHRC-OL-048-2006: INDIA: Inquiring officer of Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission must inquire impartially into cases rather than trying to broker for respondents] —————————————————— INDIA: Misuse of authority; lack of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you about the ongoing detention of the five former student leaders who were arrested between September 27 and 30 who remain under detention in an unknown location (UA-333-2006). The AHRC has received information that on November 6 the Bahan Township Magistrate’s Court remanded the […]

[RE: UP-183-2006: BANGLADESH: Santa’s life is under extreme threat of death now; UP-181-2006:Santa’s family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal; UP-114-2006: Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband; UP-112-2006: Court dismisses charges against alleged perpetrators; UP-101-2006: Judicial Probe Commission ignores specific complaint against the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara, who was brutally tortured by the Kalutara South police on 2 July 2006 (See further: UA-241-2006). The victim and his family say that they do not expect any […]

[RE: UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case transferred; UP-24-2005: THAILAND: Thai minister refuses to act on missing human rights lawyer case; UP-37-2005: Thai PM orders action on missing human rights lawyer, while court hears of torture; UP-45-2005: Wife of missing human rights lawyer intimidated; […]

[RE: UG-018-2006: THAILAND: UN rights bodies must act urgently to address junta; UP-189-2006: THAILAND: Illegal detention of former government ministers; UP-190-2006: THAILAND: Websites and radio stations shut down by military junta; UP-194-2006: THAILAND: Join protest for media freedom and 1997 Constitution] ———————————————————————- UP-204-2006: THAILAND: Please attend important event on threats to civil rights under military […]

PHILIPPINES: Arrest and detention of activists; violent dispersal and use of excessive force during demolition; violence against women and children; filing of fabricated charges; denial of right to housing; inaction by local officials to provide relocation sites; imposition of excessive bail; food deprivation while in detention ————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) […]

[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 Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below […]

[Re: UA-143-2004: THAILAND: At least 84 people killed in Southern Thailand on 26 October 2004; UP-65-2004: THAILAND: A list of the victims of the mass killing in Narathiwat province; Immediate international intervention needed; UP-25-2005: THAILAND: Three generals found responsible for mass killing transferred without penalty; UP-094-2006: THAILAND: Trial opens against 58 accused in Narathiwat protest; […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that a prominent women’s rights defender Ticha Na Nakorn, was acquitted on 19 October 2006 in a criminal libel case filed by a former national police chief. Ticha Na Nakorn, the former coordinator of the Women and Constitution Network, and 16 other defendants–journalists […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the president of Pakistan again deferred execution of Mirza Tahir Hussain, this time for a further two months. Prior to the president’s intervention, Mirza was scheduled to be executed on November 1, 2006 (UA-339-2006). This is not the first time that his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding recent developments in the official investigations into the tragic assassination of Indonesia’s most prominent and internationally renowned human rights lawyer, the late Mr. Munir Said Thalidin. Mr. Thalidin died of arsenic poisoning aboard a Garuda Indonesia Airways flight destined for Amsterdam on […]

[RE: UA-141-2004: SRI LANKA: A man arbitrarily assaulted by the SI of the Horana Police Station without any reason, UP-051-2006: SRI LANKA: Justice continues to evade victim one and a half years after his assault and UP-165-2006: SRI LANKA: Authorities fail to prosecute perpetrator, while the HRC recommends derisory compensation] ——————————————————– SRI LANKA: Undue delay […]

[RE: UP-187-2006: BANGLADESH: Repeated police threats to the victim of an attempted rape; UA-296-2006: BANGLADESH: A girl sexually harassed and boy arbitrarily arrested, tortured and detained by the Senhati Camp police in Khulna] ———————————– BANGLADESH: Attempted rape; police intimidation to the victim; need for witness protection; arbitrary arrest and detention; delay of justice; collapse of […]

[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 […]

[Re: UA-50-2003: Torture of 14 year old child by police officers, UP-37-2003: The family of 14-year-old torture victim threatened by the police and a local politician; UP-47-2003: SRI LANKA: Torture victim’s family flees home due to police threats; UP-12-2005: SRI LANKA: Death threats to a torture victim’s family from accused police officers] ———————————————————- SRI LANKA: […]

[RE: UG-018-2006: THAILAND: UN rights bodies must act urgently to address junta; UP-189-2006: THAILAND: Illegal detention of former government ministers; UP-190-2006: THAILAND: Websites and radio stations shut down by military junta] ———————————————————————- THAILAND: Military rule; martial law; threats to human rights defenders; restrictions on freedom of assembly & expression ——————————————————————— Dear friends, As the Asian […]

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 Pakistan authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Pakistan authorities are attached below […]

[Re: UA-244-2006: INDIA: BSF officers kill two victims, including a 17-year-old boy; UP-156-2006: INDIA: Two BSF constables dismissed without facing legal action for the killing and UA-283-2006: INDIA: Jalangi police continues unabated brutality in Murshidabad district of West Bengal] ———————————————————- INDIA: Extra-judicial killings; assault; violation of the right to life; corruption; collapse of rule of […]