Urgent Appeal Update

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you on 20 September 2005 detailing the police beating of Mr. Chheparuddin Mondal, which led to his death. We also commented that the police had threatened the victim’s wife and the local population not to lodge a complaint against this matter. (For further details please […]

[RE: UA-112-2005: THAILAND: Murder of Thai monk following an environmental and land dispute with local influential business figures] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) earlier informed you that Phra Supoj Suwajano, a monk who had been working to protect increasingly scarce forest in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand, was stabbed to death on […]

[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, Further to our urgent appeal on the forced deportation of 232 Burmese migrant workers from Thailand, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that the group of 12 who were illegally re-arrested and detained after coming back to Thailand to lodge a complaint were forcibly deported for a second time. […]

[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] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased to inform you that the case of three men whose trial has been delayed for years due to frequent postponement […]

[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-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UP-59-2005: Another human rights activist killed in Visayas; UP-61-2005: Wounded victim in activist shooting dies: UP-101-2005: Another priest wounded in latest attacks […]

(Re: UG-04-2005: INDIA: Poor condition of the Basirhat Hospital morgue represents the collapse of post mortem system in West Bengal, AG-01-2004: INDIA: AHRC letter to the President of India regarding the horrendous practices during forensic examinations in West Bengal, UP-18-2004: INDIA: Post mortem procedures in West Bengal and the case of Mousumi Ari) Dear friends, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the present condition of the family of Datu Abdullah Sabdura Salah whose  forcibly disappearance was caused by unknown men in Davao City on 3 April 2003. According to the report, Salah’s 13-year-old daughter Mirriam has been suffering from trauma following her father’s […]

[RE: UP-03-2005: SRI LANKA: Further threat to the life of torture victim Channa Prasanna Fernando, UP-01-2005: SRI LANKA: Police officers interdicted regarding three torture cases of Gerald Perera, Lalith Rajapakse and Channa Prasanna Fernando; UP-54-2004: SRI LANKA: Urgent protection is necessary for the torture victim; UA-122-2004: SRI LANKA: Second torture of a torture victim who […]

[RE: UA-23-2002: Sign petition for attorney general to bring justice to May 1998 riot victims; UP-81-2005: INDONESIA: Attorney General Refuses to investigate gross violations of human rights that were committed at Trisakti/Semanggi.] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) […]

[RE: UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City; UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UP-59-2005: Another human rights activist killed in Visayas; UP-61-2005: Wounded victim in activist shooting dies] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission […]

[RE: UA-138-2005: INDIA: Human rights activist facing death threats for working with Dalit and Backward Community] Dear friends, The article below includes the updates regarding the death threats to  human rights activists working with dalit and marginalized group in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India (UA-138-2005). It shows how your support gives an impact to improve the […]

[RE: UA-136-2005: SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police; UP-97-2005: A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to legal technicality; UP-98-2005: Rohitha remains in chains in hospital due to legal technicalities] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is pleased […]

[RE: UA-136-2005: SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police; UP-97-2005: A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to legal technicality] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information about torture victim, Rohitha Upali Liyanage (Case No. 600/2005 […]

[RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: 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 […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information about Rohitha Upali Liyange, who was brutally tortured by the Wattegama police. (See further: UA-136-2005) He is undergoing treatment at the Kandy Hospital where he is in an external fixator consisting of several pins and screws inserted in and attached to his right leg. […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that further threats have been made to a colleague of Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi, who we reported on only two days ago as having received death threats (See further UA-138-2005). The AHRC has confirmed information that further to this earlier threat to Dr. Lenin and […]

[UA-48-2005: Massacre of a civilian family by military caused intense fighting and massive displacement in Maimbong, Sulu; UP-52-2005: Social Welfare and Development Department provides protection to survivors of Maimbong massacre] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the alleged inaction by the regional office of the Department of Social […]

[Re: UA-07-2005: INDIA: Handicapped torture and rape victim waits ten years for justice. Ms. Hasna Mondal, a handicapped woman, from East Daukimari, District Jalpaiguri, West Bengal is still waiting for the perpetrators to be punished, ten years after the brutal incident. A complaint which was filed the day after the incident, on 28 February 1995, […]