Urgent Appeal Update

PHILIPPINES: Abduction and forcible disappearance; violence against human rights activists by military; inadequate investigation; absence of an enabling law to seek justice, remedies and prosecute perpetrators of disappearance ———————————– Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights) stating that Joey Estriber, a […]

[RE: UP-032-2006: SRI LANKA: Torture victim Tissa Kumara wins fundamental rights application at the Supreme Court; UP-023-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats made against Koraleliyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara must be dealt with immediately, UP-84-2005: The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara’s allegation; The Sri Lankan state’s unwilling to address nasty policing, UP-32-2004: Tissa Kumara receives further death threats; […]

[RE: UA-251-2005: PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of a 25-year-old man over mistaken identity in General Santos City, Mindanao; UP-007-2006: PHILIPPINES: Investigation into the brutal torture of a man by mistaken identity begins] ———————————– UP-047-2006: PHILIPPINES: Torture victim denied treatment while police director exonerates his men’s acts as justifiable PHILIPPINES: Torture; denial of detainees’ rights to medical […]

  [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 […]

[RE: UA-23-2002: Sign petition for attorney general to bring justice to May 1998 riot victims; UP-81-2005: Attorney General Refuses to investigate gross violations of human rights that were committed at Trisakti/Semanggi; UP-102-2005: House of Representatives must recommend the establishment of an ad-hoc human rights court on the Trisakti/Semanggi killings in its coming plenary session.] ———————————————————————- […]

[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: UP-031-2006: SRI LANKA: Supreme Court granted to leave to proceed in a torture case for the compensation filed by S.A. Akila Chaturanga; UA-006-2006: SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of a man by the Horana police] —————————————————— UP-043-2006: SRI LANKA: Young man who was brutally tortured by the Horana police now threatened to […]

[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 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the torture case of Chamara Nimantha who was brutally tortured and had fabricated charges laid against him by the police officers of the Poddala Police in Galle district on 1 August 2005 (See further: UA-182-2005). According to the information we have received, on […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from a reliable source regarding the continued illegal detention of a labour leader, Crispin Beltran (73), following his arrest on 25 February 2006. Beltran was arrested by police authorities allegedly led by Senior Inspector Rene Corpuz of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed through staff of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) that the trial of two police officers charged with rape in central Burma is being unduly delayed through various tactics used by the accused. Meanwhile, the victim of the attack, Ma Soe Soe, has continued […]

[RE: UP-82-2004: The rape case pending for over three years in magistrate court, UP-16-2004: Trial drags on for rape victim as she awaits justice, UA-33-2001: 16 year-old girl raped but no proper investigation and punishment] ——————————————————————- UP-037-2006: SRI LANKA: Intimidation of a rape victim to withdraw the complaint against her perpetrators SRI LANKA: Intimidation; witness […]

[RE: UA-107-2005: THAILAND: Police lodge defamation charges against forensic scientist over “5 bullet suicide” case; UP-135-2005: THAILAND: Defamation case dropped but police insist on “5 bullet suicide”] ———————————– UP-038-2006: THAILAND: Attacks on Director of Central Institute of Forensic Science over ‘5 bullet suicide’ case THAILAND: Extrajudicial killing; impunity; criminal defamation; challenges to the integrity of […]

[RE: UA-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Two people killed and thirty-five injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district; UP-016-2006: BANGLADESH: Three detained and tortured leaders have been released from prison in Chapainawabganj; UP-020-2006: BANGLADESH: Transfer of the Executive Officer of Shibganj […]

[RE: UP-131-2005: INDIA: Protection required for girls released from prostitution and for the human rights defenders who sought to help them; UA- 190 -2005: INDIA: Demand guarantees of proper treatment and protection for girls released from prostitution and human rights defender] ——————————————————————— UP-035-2006: INDIA: Girls forced into prostitution still being victimized in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh […]

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the High Court of Kalutara in Sri Lanka has acquitted the police officers who assaulted a woman in public. To acquit the accused in the case the court held that any assault by a law enforcement officer, if not connect with extraction of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of a 14-year-old boy, Manoj Tillakaratne, who was brutally assaulted by his physical training teacher, A.D.C Renuka on 31 January 2006 (See further: UA-060-2006).  Although the perpetrator was arrested and charged, he has now been released on bail.  The parents continue to receive […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding a torture victim S.A. Akila Chaturanga who was arbitrarily tortured by the Horana police on the allegation of stealing cattle on 22 December 2005 (See further: UA-006-2006). According to the latest information we have received, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka granted to […]

[RE: UP-023-2006: SRI LANKA: Threats made against Koraleliyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara must be dealt with immediately, UP-84-2005: The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara’s allegation; The Sri Lankan state’s unwilling to address nasty policing, UP-32-2004: Tissa Kumara receives further death threats; UP-28-2004: Police pressure the torture victim to withdraw case by threatening his family; UP-22-2004: Tuberculosis […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that after an appeal was issued for police assault victim Ko Aung Myint Oo (UA-058-2006), an investigation team was sent to inquire about the case. However, instead of inquiring about whether or not an assault occurred, they have begun harassing and intimidating the victim […]