Urgent Appeal Update

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you on information we have received regarding the alleged abuse of two Chinese women in Malaysian police stations (to see further details of this case, please refer to UA-226-2005). According to this information, upon the emergence of a video clip showing a Chinese woman being […]

[RE: UP-75-2005: Witnesses of activists’ killings in Luzon refuse to give evidence fearing their security UP-106-2005: Another human rights lawyer killed; wounded priest died while being treated at a hospital; 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-156-2005: PHILIPPINES: Unabated killing […]

[RE: UA-153-2004: THAILAND: Two cases of extremely serious torture and cruel and inhuman treatment by Thai police officers; UP-71-2004: THAILAND: More serious allegations of police torture emerge in Thailand; UP-75-2004: THAILAND: Demand immediate criminal action against police torturers; UP-78-2004: THAILAND: Torture cases transferred to special investigators, but police still free] —————————————————————————– UP-157-2005: THAILAND: Alleged tortured […]

[RE: 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 receives death threats and urgent protection is required] —————————————————————————– UP-151-2005: SRI LANKA: Rape victim and her family’s safety […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you on a previous appeal we wrote (UA-220-2005) regarding the torturing of four persons, including one mentally disabled boy, by the Mahawela police. At the time of issue, we had information on one victim only. We now write to inform you of the details […]

[RE: UA-74-2005: Trial of three men yet to begin after three years; UP-78-2005: Delay in trial due to possible neglect by the court and prosecutor; UP-108-2005: 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 of three […]

[RE: UA-214-2005: PAKISTAN: Desecration and destruction of churches and Christian property after blasphemy allegations at Sangla Hills, Pakistan] PAKISTAN: Religious intolerance and violence, destruction of churches and Christian properties, threat and intimidation, rule of law ———————————————————————- Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you on the case involving the desecration and […]

[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: 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-183-2005: SRI LANKA: 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] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned by alleged death threats made against a female passenger who was allegedly raped by […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another incident involving an attack against human rights activists in Visayas, Philippines. On 25 November 2005, activist couple, Daniel Brylle Cruz and his wife Emmylou Buñi survived an attempt on their life after they were fired upon by armed men believed to be […]

[RE: UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UP-26-2005: Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded, UP-28-2005: Attempt on the […]

[RE: FA-33-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian national faces imminent death by hanging; UP-128-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information confirming that Singapore will go ahead with the execution of an Australian man convicted of drug smuggling. As reported in our previous forwarded appeal on 25 October 2005 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information today from the KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organization based in Manila, Philippines, regarding the massacre of farmers in Barangay San Agustin, Palo, Leyte on 21 November 2005. According to the latest information, the victims were members […]

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia urging his intervention to commute the death sentence of three Sri Lankans; UP-34-2005: Death […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the case of the five men who were beaten to death by a mob of villagers after they were suspected of having stolen motorcycles in Barasat, West Bengal on 2 October 2005. According to the latest information received, the dead bodies of […]

[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 been informed that provincial authorities have investigated allegations that Mr Urai Srineh was abducted and brutally tortured by the police on 24-25 May 2005 in connection with the murder of six migrant workers (UA-105-2005), and found that while the incident reportedly occurred, the police were not […]

[RE: UA-22-2004: NEPAL: Three young persons shot dead by security personnel and a girl among the victims was gang-raped before being killed in Pokahari Chauri-4, Kavre District] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the District Police Office (DPO) in Kavre, Dhulikhel refused to register the First Information Report (FIR) […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that five Thai police officers have dropped defamation complaints against a senior forensic scientist and government bureaucrat over comments that an apparent extrajudicial killing could not be a suicide as claimed by the police. However, the AHRC has also learnt that the police have […]