Urgent Appeal Update

[RE: UP-068-2006: BANGLADESH: Four alleged perpetrators of rape walk free due to their political influence and power; UA-018-2006: BANGLADESH: Gang rape of a minority woman in Bagerhat district] ———————————– UP-071-2006: BANGLADESH: Four alleged perpetrators of rape are identified BANGLADESH: Rape; violence against woman; unfair prosecution for trial; inadequate action by authorities; threat and intimidation; collapse […]

[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 PHILIPPINES: Torture; illegal arrest and detention; denial of victims for adequate medical and trauma treatment; failure […]

BANGLADESH: Rape; violence against woman; unfair prosecution for trial; inadequate action by authorities; threat and intimidation; collapse of rule of law —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the gang rape of a woman belonging to a minority community in Bagerhat district (to see details of the original […]

PHILIPPINES: Torture; illegal arrest and detention; denial of victims for adequate medical and trauma treatment; detention of minors together with adults; failure to enact an enabling law against torture ———————————– Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the case of the 11 torture victims in Buguias, Benguet. According to […]

[RE: UA-097-2006: BURMA: Municipal officers and firefighters beat man to death then police charge his friends; UP-060-2006: BURMA: Innocent people blamed for killing of Thet Naing Oo; witnesses remain in police custody] ——————————————————————— UP-064-2006: BURMA: Further worrying developments in case of deadly assault victim Thet Naing Oo BURMA: Assault; torture; extrajudicial killing; illegal detention; impunity; […]

[RE: UP-151-2005: SRI LANKA: Rape victim and her family’s safety feared following the release of five suspects on bail; UA-183-2005: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-127-2005: Main suspect identified in alleged rape incident at Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-149-2005: Rape victim at the Bandaranaike International Airport […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is happy to inform you that Mr. Yun Il-kwan, the 36-year-old Korean farmer and last anti-WTO protester facing prosecution, was acquitted by the Fanling Magistrates’ Courts, Hong Kong yesterday. We wish to thank you very much for your great support in this case. On 30 March 2006, […]

[RE: 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-062-2006: BANGLADESH: Harassment and threats continue towards victim despite a High Court ruling ordering the alleged perpetrators to stop BANGLADESH: Torture; arbitrary arrest; harassment; lack of witness protection; intimidation; threats; rule […]

Dear friends, In the past week there has been further information coming through many channels on the murder of Ko Thet Naing Oo in a Rangoon market on March 17 by government officers (UA-097-2006). This update by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) covers the following: further details on the killing and funeral of Thet […]

[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; […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding another threat to a torture victim, Mr. Hom Bahadur Bagale by the police administration, which are responsible for investigating his torture incident. The victim was arbitrary detained and tortured by his senior officers in November 2002 because he refused to do work […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that Mrs. Shahin Sultana Santa, a woman who we reported was tortured by the police in Dhaka, despite being pregnant and who has since had three fabricated cases filed against her, is now receiving credible threats – including death threats – by her […]

Dear friends, In 2001, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reported on the death of Mr. Lasantha Jagath Kumara, who after five days of illegal detention and brutal torture at the hands of the Payagala police, finally succumbed to his injuries on 20 June 2000. After a long delay in investigations and a further delay […]

[RE: UP-040-2006: SRI LANKA: Supreme Court granted leave to proceed in a brutal torture case filed by Chamara Nimantha; UA-182-2005: SRI LANKA: Brutal torture and fabricated charges laid against the victim by the Poddala Police, Galle District] ———————————– UP-055-2006: SRI LANKA: Torture victim faces threats to withdraw his fundamental rights case SRI LANKA: Torture; ineffective […]

[RE: UP-033-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats to 14-year-old boy and his family to withdraw complaint of brutal assault by teacher; UA-060-2006: SRI LANKA: Brutal assault on 14-year-old by his games teacher] ———————————– UP-056-2006: SRI LANKA: Fundamental rights application to proceed in case of brutal assault against a 14-year-old boy SRI LANKA: brutal assault of a minor; […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the failure to investigate the brutal assault on Rathnasiri Senadheera by Superintendent of Police Saliya, the former Officer In Charge(OIC) of the Horana police station (see further: UA-141-2004). On 29 September 2004, Mr. Senadheera visited his brother who was in custody at the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) stating that labour leader Rogelio Concepcion, who was reported missing, is now confirmed to have been forcibly abducted and disappeared on 6 March 2006. His whereabouts remain unknown and his relatives fear that […]

[RE: UA-216-2005: Soldiers kill nine farmers in Leyte, Visayas; UP-141-2005: Peasants were brutally massacred by soldiers; pregnant woman among the dead; UP-019-2006: PHILIPPINES: Possible irregularities in police investigation; survivor details brutal killings of peasants] ———————————– UP-053-2006: PHILIPPINES: Commission on Human Rights (CHR) set to file charges against soldiers allegedly involved in killing peasants in Leyte […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Yoma 3 news service (Thailand) that the appeal of two villagers in the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma against being jailed after reporting the corruption of local authorities was thrown out of court. Meanwhile, the trial of a number of persons who […]

[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 […]