Urgent Appeal Update

[RE: UP-160-2005: PHILIPPINES: Armed men kill female activist in Bataan, Luzon; victim’s colleagues faces serious threat; UA-078-2006: PHILIPPINES: Nineteen-year-old activist found dead in Abucay, Bataan; UA-096-2006: PHILIPPINES: Activist killed and an attempt made on another’s life; UA-101-2006: PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed in Bohol and Tarlac; Activist who survives attempt on her life and her […]

[RE: UA-75-2005: SRI LANKA: A woman’s baby is stillborn due to police torture; UP-75-2005: SRI LANKA: Police torturers who caused a woman’s loss of her unborn child must be brought to justice] ——————————————- UP-109-2006: SRI LANKA: Continued harassment of torture victims by the Embilipitiya police SRI LANKA: Torture; threat and intimidation; police misconduct; ineffective inquiry […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) strongly condemns the continued cruel treatment of poor tenants following their brutal eviction and the destruction of their homes on May 3 (to see our original appeal on this issue please refer to: UA148-2006). Now the entire village on the bank of the Bassac River–not far from the […]

[RE: UA-205-2005: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: Supreme Court agrees to review Poso 3 case] ———————————– INDONESIA: Right to life; death penalty; fair trial —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked by the news that a […]

[RE: UA-096-2006: PHILIPPINES: Activist killed and an attempt made on another’s life; UA-101-2006: PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed in Bohol and Tarlac; FA-007-2006: PHILIPPINES: A picture of the human rights situation in the Philippines in 2005] ———————————– PHILIPPINES: Extra-judicial killing; violence against activists and their families; absence of protection for activists in grave danger; complete […]

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing… 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 […]

Dear friends, On 4 May 2006, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informed our network about 18-year-old Samantha Perera, who was illegally arrested by the Bandaragama police, detained for four days and inhumanely and brutally tortured during this time (please see UA-147-2006). He and his family believed that this was a result of instigation and bribery […]

[Re: HA-01-2006: PAKISTAN: City Government forces eviction leaving thousands homeless and without food in Karachi; UP-073-2006: PAKISTAN: Violence imminent over Lyari Expressway construction in Karachi] ——————————————- UP-104-2006: PAKISTAN: Karachi Government has announced to make way for Lyari Expressway at all cost PAKISTAN: Forced eviction; right to housing; right to life; abject poverty ——————————————- Dear friends, […]

[RE: UP-096-2006: BANGLADESH: Court orders supplementary investigation following disputed Judicial Probe Commission report; UP-083-2006: BANGLADESH: Police defy High Court order by continuing to make threats; UP-062-2006: BANGLADESH: Harassment and threats continue towards victim despite a High Court ruling ordering the alleged perpetrators to stop; UP-058-2006: BANGLADESH: Police seriously intimidate and threaten victim, her husband and […]

[RE: UA-73-2004: THAILAND: Human rights defender faces preliminary decision in libel case on 21 June 2004 and UP-31 2004: THAILAND: Criminal Court decides to let libel suit against Ms Supinya Klangnarong proceed on 29 June 2004; UP-62-2004: THAILAND: Update on libel suit against media-reform activist Ms Supinya; UP-31-2005: THAILAND: Media reform campaigner Supinya holds fund-raising […]

[RE: UA-082-2006: PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of 11 persons and subsequent filing of fabricated charges against them; UP-063-2006: PHILIPPINES: Lawyers for 11 torture victims file motion to withdraw charges against them; UP-067-2006: PHILIPPINES: Torture victims file charges against policemen; UP-092-2006: PHILIPPINES: Plot to kill torture victims in jail] ———————————– UP-099-2006: PHILIPPINES: Jail authorities failing to ensure […]

[RE: UA-082-2006: PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of 11 persons and subsequent filing of fabricated charges against them; UP-063-2006: PHILIPPINES: Lawyers for 11 torture victims file motion to withdraw charges against them; UP-067-2006: PHILIPPINES: Torture victims file charges against policemen; UP-092-2006: PHILIPPINES: Plot to kill torture victims in jail; UP-099-2006: PHILIPPINES: Jail authorities failing to ensure adequate […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that Gerardo Cristobal, a labour leader who survived an attempt on his life on 28 April 2006, is reported to have been falsely charged with frustrated and attempted murder by the police. It is reported that Superintendent Efren Castro, Imus police chief, filed […]

SRI LANKA: Political undermining of the Human Rights Commission; absence of leadership within the Human Rights Commission; government control; failure to implement the 17th Amendment —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) once again writes to reaffirm its concern regarding the future of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRC). On 4 […]

[RE: UP-083-2006: BANGLADESH: Police defy High Court order by continuing to make threats; UP-062-2006: BANGLADESH: Harassment and threats continue towards victim despite a High Court ruling ordering the alleged perpetrators to stop; UP-058-2006: BANGLADESH: Police seriously intimidate and threaten victim, her husband and her witnesses; UA-105-2006: BANGLADESH: Pregnant woman tortured by police in Dhaka] ———————————– […]

[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 […]

[RE: UP-089-2006: BANGLADESH: Government names the head of the judicial probe commission into the police brutality on journalists; UA-128-2006: BANGLADESH: Journalists beaten by the police at the Chittagong stadium] —————————————————– UP-095-2006: BANGLADESH: Government names District Judge to conduct a judicial probe into the police brutality on journalists BANGLADESH: Torture; intimidation; threat; deprivation of professional duty; […]

[RE: UA-082-2006: PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of 11 persons and subsequent filing of fabricated charges against them; UP-063-2006: PHILIPPINES: Lawyers for 11 torture victims file motion to withdraw charges against them; UP-067-2006: PHILIPPINES: Torture victims file charges against policemen] ———————————– UP-092-2006: PHILIPPINES: Plot to kill torture victims in jail PHILIPPINES: Torture; illegal arrest and detention; denial […]

[RE: UP-077-2006: NEPAL: Nepal under curfew; UP-072-2006: NEPAL: Defacto emergency declared in Nepal; UA-117-2006: NEPAL: Arrests made ahead of public rallies in the capital, Kathmandu; UP-079-2006: NEPAL: Demonstrations continue in the face of further arrests and violence; UP-091-2006: NEPAL: Call for intervention by the United Nations Secretary General and High Commissioner for Human Rights to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the news that the Supreme Court in Indonesia has finally agreed to a second case review for three men on death row in Poso, Central Sulawesi. Fabianus Tibo (60), Dominggus Da Silva (42) and Don Marinus Riwu (48) were charged with inciting communal conflict in Poso, […]