Urgent Appeal Update

[RE: UP-37-2004: SRI LANKA: A Kandy coordinator of National Police Commission allegedly cooperates with torture perpetrators; UP-34-2004: Priyankara brutally assaulted and arrested with no access to lawyers; UP-33-2004: Torture victim severely beaten again, forcibly taken to the police station in critical condition and feared being killed by the police; URGENT INTERVENTION NEEDED to save a […]

(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) Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the ineffective investigation into the death […]

[RE: UA-81-2005: BURMA: Brothers jailed and beaten for complaining about police assault over tattoo; UP-65-2005: BURMA: Successful conviction of police officer but one victim remains in jail] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received more information from the Yoma-3 news service, Thailand about two young men who were jailed in Burma after […]

Dear friends, According to new information received by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), villagers in Taunggut Township, Arakan state, Burma have lodged a new complaint with the International Labour Office (ILO) liaison in Rangoon about the detention of some local government officials in a case of alleged forced labour there. As the AHRC reported […]

[UP-29-2005: Two more leaders from the Bayan Muna party are killed in Baguio and Tacloban City, 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 (AHRC) writes to inform you of the progress of an investigation conducted by the Commission on Human […]

[UA-29-2003: MALAYSIA: Trial drags on and on for seven suspended university students; UP-25-2003: MALAYSIA: Media Statement on the “ISA 7” from the Aliran Executive Committee; UP-28-2003: MALAYSIA: A youth activist arrested in a student march for justice] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the acquittal of seven Malaysian […]

[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] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has […]

[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, UA-34-2005: Attempt on the life of a human rights lawyer working for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers] Dear friends, The Asian […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information from the Yoma-3 news service, Thailand about a young man and his cousin (earlier reported as brother) who were jailed in Burma after complaining about a police assault because of a pro-democracy tattoo one of the men bears (UA-81-2005). According to the latest […]

[UA-67-2005: A woman’s healthy leg was amputated at the Negombo General Hospital due to mistaken identity; UP-51-2005: No investigation has yet been conducted into the mistaken amputation of a woman’s leg; UP-56-2005: Hospital authorities’ attempt to obtain false declaration from victim to escape liability] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information […]

[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] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received detailed information from the Yoma-3 News Service (Thailand) and other sources that former local […]

[FA-06-2005 Three people killed and three others wounded by military forces in Matan-ao, Davao del Sur, Mindanao; UP-46-2005 A call for speedy resolution of a case filed against the military in the killing of Indigenous People (IPs) in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you that […]

[RE: UP-58-2005: SINGAPORE: Urgent intervention required for prisoner on death row who faces hanging in less than two days; FA-14-2005: [UPDATE] Singapore: Urgent intervention required for prisoner on death row] Dear friends, It is with sadness that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informs you of the death of Mr Shanmugam Murugesu, who was hanged […]

[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-29-2005 Two more leaders from the Bayan Muna party are killed in Baguio and Tacloban City; UP-59-2005 Another human rights activist […]

[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-29-2005 Two more leaders from the Bayan Muna party are killed in Baguio and Tacloban City] Dear friends, The Asian Human […]

Dear friends, We are forwarding you the latest information we have received from Think Centre in Singapore regarding the death penalty to Mr Shanmugm Murugesu, a Singaporean father of two. Mr Murugesu’s family has now been informed that he will be hanged on 13 May 2005 at 6am. With this being less than two days […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you about the continued inaction and disregard by the authorities of Surat, Gujarat, India in investigating and prosecuting the perpetrators of abuses and harassment against the Adivasi people – a tribal minority. The police have not yet investigated complaints filed before them, while the […]

[Re: UP-51-2005: SRI LANKA: No investigation has yet been conducted into the mistaken amputation of a woman’s leg, UA-67-2005: A woman’s healthy leg was amputated at the Negombo General Hospital due to mistaken identity] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that agents of the Negombo General Hospital, which was responsible […]

[Re: UA- 50 -2005: INDIA: Three and a half year wait for justice for the brutal murder of an Adivasi (tribal person) by a forest official in Gujarat] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the case of Manishbhai Motibhai Vasava (30), an adivasi who was murdered by an Indian […]

Dear _________, Re: INDIA: Murdered adivasi’s family lives in starvation while no action taken regarding his death Name of the victim: Manishbhai Motibhai Vasava, age 30, resident of Katiskuva village, near Tokarvav, Taluka Uchchhal, Surat District, Gujarat, India Place of incident: On the State Highway No. 53, about 1½ kms from Tokarvav village, Taluka Uchchhal, Surat District, […]