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THAILAND: Case accepted by Civil Court and court fee waived Relatives of Private Wichean demanding 14 millions baht damage claim for his being tortured to death by military training officers

A Press Release from Cross Culture Foundation (CrCF) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Update Press Release of AHRC-FPR-020-2012 For immediate release on 25 May 2012 THAILAND: Cas...

THAILAND: JPF calls on Thai Government to prevent enforced disappearances and ensure remedies for past disappearances

The Justice for Peace Foundation (JPF) today called on the Thai Government to ratify and comply with the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances in a re...

BURMA: Plea to release Phyo Wai Aung immediately from the custody, who is critically ill and in the final stage of Liver Cancer

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following letter from the brother of imprisoned torture victim Phyo Wai Aung to the President of Myanmar (Burma) to ...

THAILAND: Relatives filing a civil lawsuit to demand justice and damage claim for the death of Private Wichean who was tortured to death in a military barrack in Narathiwat Province

On Thursday 24 May 2012, at 10.00 am, representatives from the Lawyers Council of Thailand (LCT), an attorney from Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) and relatives of Private Wichean Phuaksom shall brin...

INDIA: Economic growth leaves human development in the dust

GENEVA, May 23, 2012 (IPS) – Ahead of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of India, a coalition of NGOs denounced the gap between the country’s growth rate and the rate of poverty, malnutritio...

SRI LANKA: Sentenced to death in S Arabia in 2007, Rizana Nafeek’s life hangs by a thread

Falsely charge of murder, the young woman has been in jail since she was 17. The European Union is closely monitoring the case. For Saudi authorities, the “case is not yet closed.” Sri Lan...

SOUTH KOREA: Condemn Samsung for killing workers

Dear Sir, We are writing to express our grave concern and grief over the death of Lee Yunjeong, a young Samsung worker who lost her life on 7th May due to malignant brain cancer. To our great anguish,...

WORLD: Europe’s top human rights court hears rendition case

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights heard today its first case involving a victim of the CIA rendition program. It heard evidence supporting Khaled El-Masri’s claim that he w...

PAKISTAN: Joint UPR submission on Pakistan (2012) by the Pakistan Dalit Solidarity Network and IDSN

A Statement from International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Pakistan will be reviewed for the second time by the UPR Working Group at the 14th UPR ses...

PAKISTAN: Human rights violations in Balochistan during the months from January to April 2012

A Statement from Baloch Students Organisation Azad forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission The Baloch Student Organisation Azad (BSO-Azad) has documented the cases of alleged extra judicial kil...

THAILAND: 61-year-old man convicted of lèse majesté dies in prison

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) regarding death in custody of lèse majest...

THAILAND: Ah Kong died while serving a 20 year sentence in prison for a lèse majesté offence

A Statement from group of Human Rights NGOs in Thailand forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission Rights organizations demand the right to temporary release and right to health   May 8, 2012...

THAILAND: The killing of officers in the Deep South should be condemned; Supporting NSC’s policy; Promoting public participation; Preparing for ASEAN integration in 2014

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from the Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF) and the Hearty Support Group Songkhla Province concerning about the violation in the dee...

SRI LANKA: Concerned citizens’ statement against religious intolerance

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following joint statement from non-governmental organisations and social activists based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong R...

WORLD: Micheline Calmy-Rey announces nominees for 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

A Press Release from the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 24 April 09h00 GMT GENEVA — Former Swiss President and newly-appoint...