Urgent Appeal Update

[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 […]

INDONESIA: Attempted murder; failure to properly investigate case; police inaction; absence of witness and victim’s protection; collapse of rule of law ———————————————— Dear friends, In November 2005, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reported on the shooting of two senior high school students in Jl. Gatot Subroto, Kasintuwu, Poso Kota, Central of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Two […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the police brutality on journalists at the Chittagong stadium on April 16. Following the incident, a departmental investigation was started on April 17 headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Crime & Recruitment). On April 19, a Bench of the High […]

Dear friends, In February 2006, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you regarding the death of a man named Yupiter Manek who died on 23 December 2005 due to the alleged torture by the Resort Police Belu, Indonesia (to see the details of this case please refer to: UA-056-2006). The AHRC has now received […]

[RE: UA-164-2004: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir; UP-30-2005: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end further inquiries; UP-47-2005: State intelligence officers delay Munir investigation; UP-72-2005: Mandate of fact-finding team into Munir’s murder should be extended and made more effective; UP-83-2005: Police fail to follow […]

[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 […]

[RE: UA-164-2005: SRI LANKA: Apparent police inaction into the denial of education of a boy and death threats made against an activist who attempted to help the victim] ———————————– UP-082-2006: SRI LANKA: Sixteen year old continues to be denied education after being assaulted by his teacher SRI LANKA: Denial of right to education; violation of […]

[RE: 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] ———————————– UP-083-2006: BANGLADESH: Police defy High Court order by continuing to make threats […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the harassment to torture victim, Sameera Harischandra and his family by the Nochichiyagama police (see further: UA-116-2006). On 12 March 2006, an argument ensued between the victim, Sameera Harischandra and friends and four persons who were posing as ‘cattle traders’. After some time […]

[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 NEPAL: Arbitrary arrest and detention; freedom of assembly; right to peaceful protest; collapse of rule of law […]

PHILIPPINES: Torture; labour rights; violence against women; excessive use of force in dispersal of protest; denial of medical treatment; arbitrary use of authority by police; possible delay in adjudication of cases; collapse of rule of law ————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the workers who were injured in […]

[RE: UA-74-2005: PHILIPPINES: Trial of three men yet to begin after three years; UP-78-2005: PHILIPPINES: Delay in trial due to possible neglect by the court and prosecutor; UP-108-2005: PHILIPPINES: Court commences trial of three men due to pressure following frequent postponement; UP-150-2005: PHILIPPINES: Chief State prosecutor acknowledges the allegations of illegal arrest, detention and torture […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the current status of the Lyari Expressway Project, due to render over 250,000 people homeless when completed. It is believed that the expressway construction will recommence by the end of April 2006, however there has been no notice given to the affected […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very concerned regarding further developments in the case of an independent publication that was ordered recently to take copies of its October 2005 issue out of circulation (UA-112-2006). The publisher has now been charged with insulting the monarchy. The AHRC would like to stress, once again, […]

[RE: UA-141-2005: BURMA: Alleged rape of a woman by two police officers in Twente Township; UP-008-2006: BURMA: Two police to go to court over alleged rape; UP-039-2006: BURMA: Unnecessary delays in trial of two police accused of rape; UP-039-2006: BURMA: Unnecessary delays in trial of two police accused of rape] ——————————————————————— UP-075-2006: BURMA: Two police […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that two human rights activists named Jang Do-jeong and Shin Yong-gwan are facing trial while about 10 protesters were injured in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi province, South Korea, when they tried to stop the police cutting off waterways leading to rice fields on 7 April 2006. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the escalating violence that is occurring in Nepal and the government’s decision to impose a curfew on the capital, Kathmandu, for the third consecutive day, as well as other areas, in an attempt to try to halt widespread protests. As reported in […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is disturbed to know that King Gyanendra’s royal Government has imposed defacto emergency in Nepal. While thousands of people have taken to the street protesting against the royal government and its head King Gyanendra, the authorities have resorted to declaring various parts of the country and much […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the further threat and intimidation directed at torture victim, A.P. Jayaweera Sandanayake to withdraw his complaint by the Mundalama police (See further: UA-25-2005). On 14 December 2003, Mr. Sandanayake was subjected to brutal torture by the Mundalama police with the Judicial Medical Officer […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the imminent execution of Fabianus Tibo (60), Dominggus Da Silva (42) and Don Marinus Riwu (48), who were charged with inciting communal conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi in 2000. Their appeal for clemency was rejected by President Yudhoyono on 10 November 2005. […]