Urgent Appeal Update

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Myint Moe Media Group (Thailand) that next Monday, February 20, the case of jailed tuition teacher U Aung Pe is to go to the Supreme Court of Burma. Although Aung Pe was jailed under on charges of illegal tuition, in fact he […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that protection offered to Thai Buddhist monk Phra Kitisak Kitisophon by the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has been withdrawn even though the monk continues to receive death threats in relation to the earlier killing of monk Phra Supoj Suwagano (UA-112-2005), which has not […]

[RE: UP-120-2005: SRI LANKA: Trial begins in High Court relating to the torture of Gerald Perera; UP-32-2005: SRI LANKA: Please write a letter to the Attorney General to speed up Gerald Perera’s murder trial; UP-23-2005: Gerald Perera’s murder trial may not begin for another 5-7 years, UP-14-2005: The assassin of Gerald Perera has been arrested […]

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

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you a letter sent by the AHRC to Mr. Chandra Fernando, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in Sri Lanka. The letter details recent threats made against Koraleliyanage Palitha Thissa Kumara, who is the torture victim in two cases currently pending before the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of a farmer who was running a community radio station in accordance with provisions of the 1997 Constitution of Thailand but was subsequently taken to court on charges of illegal broadcasting under a law that predates the constitution. The verdict […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the assault of female police constable, Sunethra Koswatte (WPC No 3134) by Inspector of Police, Kasturiarachchi at the Matugama police station on 11 January 2006. (To see further details on the case please see UA-039-2006). Since then, an internal disciplinary inquiry has been […]

[Re: UP-158-2005: PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed, one of whom suffered twenty-two gunshot wounds; UP-014-2006: PHILIPPINES: Office of the Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices begins investigation into cases of torture, activists’ killings and concerns on witness protection] ———————————————————————- UP- 022-2006: PHILIPPINES: Further witnesses in activists killing refuse to cooperate for lack […]

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

[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, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the attack on three hamlets, Karama, Bonto Gaddong and Ujung Moncong, in South Sulawesi by a group of army personnel from the 700th Raider Infantry Battalion, which took place on 29 November 2005. A group of army personnel and others from outside […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from a reliable source regarding the killing of peasants in Palo, Leyte, Visayas on 21 November 2005. (Please visit our previous appeals: UA-216-2005; UP-141-2005). Concerns of irregularities in the investigation taken by the Palo Police Station and inadequate handling of the victims have been raised. […]

[RE: UP-011-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis; UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: NEPAL: Immediate intervention required in Nepal’s deepening political, security and human rights crisis; UP-012-2006: NEPAL: Widespread repression and mass arrests continue to take place in Nepal] ———————————————————————- UP-017B-2006: NEPAL: A further […]

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Township, Yangon Division; UP-63-2005: BURMA: Local officials seek revenge against villager who obtained first successful forced labour prosecution; UP-68-2005: BURMA: Preliminary hearing against villager who obtained first […]

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

[Re: UA-251-2005: Brutal torture of a 25-year-old man over mistaken identity in General Santos City, Mindanao; UP-156-2005: Unabated killing of activists; killing and threats against witnesses exposes the country’s defective witness protection programme UP-158-2005: Two more activists killed, one of whom suffered twenty-two gunshot wounds; UP-160-2005: Armed men kill female activist in Bataan, Luzon; victim’s […]

[RE:UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district; UA-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Two people killed and thirty-five injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district] ———————————– UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police BANGLADESH: Arbitrary arrest; Torture; Harassment; Deprivation of medical treatment; Rule of law —————————————————— Dear […]

[RE: UP-011-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis; UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: NEPAL: Immediate intervention required in Nepal’s deepening political, security and human rights crisis] ———————————————————————- UP-012-2006: NEPAL: Widespread repression and mass arrests continue to take place in Nepal NEPAL: Human rights defenders; […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the case of Diosdado Fortuna, a labour union leader who was slain on 22 September 2005 in Barangay (village) Paciano Rizal in Calamba City, Laguna. (Please visit our previous appeal: FA-27-2005). According to a report by local labour and human rights organisations, there […]

Dear friends, On 11 October 2004, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) issued an urgent appeal regarding the illegal arrest of 16 human rights defenders in Tamil Nadu, India (UA-134-2004). On that day the Campaign against Torture – Tamil Nadu organised a training programme at the Cuddalore town hall. The hall had been booked for […]