Urgent Appeal Update

Dear Friends,  We are sending you a copy of an third open letter sent today by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit Supeior General in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath’s case.  This letter is also available at: http://jjpallath.ahrchk.net  Thank you.  Urgent Appeal Desk  Asian Human Rights Commission  ———————————————————————–  ( This is the third […]

Dear Friends,  A group of 12 Catholic priests from Kerala have written to the Jesuit Supeior General in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath’s case. We include the letter below. If you have not already written to the Jesuit Superior General regarding Fr. Pallath, please do so – the sample letter and addresses are included below the […]

Three political and social activists which were held under the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), namely, Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor (national youth chief of the National Justice Party or Parti Keadilan Nasional), Saari Sungib (chairperson of the April 14 People Memorandum Rally) and Hishamuddin Rais (a columnist and social activist), have been sent to Kamunting Detention Centre to serve a two-year detention order. Datuk Abdullah Badawi, the home minister who has previously denied much knowledge about the arrest, is solely responsible to execute the detention order.

Dear Friends,  We’re sending you following update regarding twenty-two detainees who were arrested and on hunger strike at Port Hedland in Australia.  Asylum seekers have accused Australian government of hiding the truth and insisted that they are being kept incommunicado. Meanwhile, around 130 people are still on hunger strike.  We will send you further updates […]

Dear Friends,  We are sending you a copy of an second open letter sent today by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit Supeior General in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath’s case.  This letter is also available at: http://jjpallath.ahrchk.net  Thank you.  Urgent Appeal Desk  Asian Human Rights Commission  ———————–  Second Open Letter to Jesuit […]

Dear Friends,  We are enclosing a copy of an open letter sent today by the AHRC to the Jesuit Supeior General in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath’s case. The letter is also available at: http://jjpallath.ahrchk.net  Thank you.  Urgent Appeal Desk  Asian Human Rights Commission  =============================  An Open Letter to:  Rev. Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach  Superior General  Curia […]

Dear Friends, Regarding the arrest of ten Malaysian activists and political leaders, We’re sending you updated news and the following letter received from one of our Malaysian friend who is struggling to launch Anti-ISA campaign as well as to release detainees. This letter clearly shows us that what’s going on and what kind of things […]

Dear Friends, Malaysian police have arrested opposition political leaders and pro-reform activist during last month. Until today, all ten activists are being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows the authorities to detain people indefinitely without trial. In order to draw your attention and solidarity action, we are forwarding this following Internet campaign […]

Dear Friends,  We have received a letter from Fr. Gregory Naik S. J., the Secretary of South Asia Assistancy regarding Fr. P.J. Joseph’s case.  We are sending you this reply with a reply from us and a response from Fr. P.J. Joseph.  For updates, other documents and the urgent appeal at http://jjpallath.ahrchk.net  Thank you.  Urgent […]

UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES UPDATES  URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME – ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION  AHRC UA Index: 000112 January 2000  —————————————————————————-  UA 02/00: Political Prisoners 12  UPDATE(INDONESIA): Indonesia frees political prisoners  —————————————————————————-  President Abdurrahman Wahid who was elected indonesia’s fourth head of state in October 1999 had released all known political prisoners by […]

UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL UPDATE ON URGENT APPEAL  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM  Update on Urgent Appeal 8 January 2001  ——————————————————–  UP-01-2001 (RE: UA 43/00: ‘It’s time to abolish the National Security Law.’)  UPDATE(SOUTH KOREA) – Hunger Strike in South Korea is still going on  ——————————————————–  Dear Friends,  We […]