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MALAYSIA: Press Release: Alleged Assault on ISA Detainees

Dear Friends Press Release 13 May 2003 Alleged Assault on ISA Detainees in Kamunting Detention Centre – Malaysia The alleged assault on Tian Chua and Hishamuddin Rais by security guards in the K...

MALAYSIA: The Anwar Appeal

Dear Friends The Anwar Appeal The oral judgments of the Court of Appeal dismissing Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim¡¯s and Sukma Darmawan¡¯s appeals against the decisions of High Court Judge Arifin Jaka¡...

KASHMIR: The Disappeared in Kashmir

Dear Friends Disappeared Persons in Kashmir Parvez Imroz The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, since its formation in 1994, has been campaigning against Enforced or Involuntary Disappeara...

ISRAEL: Killing of Thomas Hundall by Israeli Soldiers

Dear Friends Thomas Hundall, a 22 yr old British Human Rights activist, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip while defending some Palestinian children by standing between them and IDF t...

INDIA: Attack on John P Abraham, and Adivasis Tribal People

Dear Friends, INDIA: Attack on John P Abraham and Adivasis Tribal People We need your help to prevent any further personal attack on John P Abraham, and to show solidarity with his cause to help the a...

INDIA: Support Religious Freedom in India

Dear Friends, Support Religious Freedom in India We need your help to prevent the loss of religious freedom in Gujarat. Please support religious freedom in India and fax a letter of concern today. Tha...

PHILIPPINES: Six farmers shot – one fatally – by shooting incident with alleged police involvement

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDF) regarding a shooting incident in the city of Panabo on Mindanao Island in the Philippines on Jan. ...

INDONESIA/ACEH: Acehnese civilians shot and seriously injured by attack by Indonesian armed forces

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal from the Commission for Disappearances and Victims of Violence in Aceh (KONTRAS-ACEH) regarding the attack of Indonesian troops on Jan. 9, 2003, again...

BURMA: 400 sleeping Karen villagers attacked by Burmese troops

Dear Friends, For your attention, we are forwarding you the following appeal from the Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) in Hong Kong, regarding the Burmese troops’ attack against the Karen (o...

SOUTH KOREA: Need solidarity action for justice

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal from the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD) in Seoul regarding the deaths of two Korean schoolgirls and the ongoing protests...

PHILIPPINES: Civilians were physical assaulted and attacked by the army

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) regarding cases of physical assault and fire shoot to civilians by the army. According to TFDP, th...

PHILIPPINES: Human rights activist facing charges for fabricated crime

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) regarding a case of harassment of a human rights activist. According to the following urgent appea...

MALAYSIA: The Federal Court decision has not resulted in the release of four political prisoners

Dear Friends, We are forwarding you the following urgent appeal issued by SUARAM, a highly respected human rights organization in Malaysia, regarding the release of political prisoners held under the ...

THAILAND: Fears lives of pro-democracy Burmese activists in Thailand

Dear Friends, The following is an urgent appeal from the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia), based in Bangkok, regarding the crackdown on dissidents and pro-democracy activists ...

PHILIPPINES: Urgent action for Rolando Pagdayawon

Dear Friends, Following is the forwarded appeal from Amnesty International (AI) that needs your urgent action regarding the death penalty in the Philippines. The death penalty is denial of the most fu...

THAILAND: The relocation of refugee camp; Increasing risk of life

Dear Friends, We are forwarding you the following urgent appeal from the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia) based in Bangkok. We are concerned that the Thai authorities plan to ...

CHINA/KOREA: North Korean defector dragged out of consulate by Chinese police

Dear Friends, The following is a forwarded appeal sent by the Citizens¡¯ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR) based in South Korea regarding the incident in which the Chinese police entered...

PHILIPPINES: Repeal the death penalty!

Dear Friends, The most basic of all human rights is the right to life. Nobody can be denied this right by their own government. A government that applies the death penalty – such as the Philippi...

TAIWAN: The denial of the right to life; Death penalty — Fear of imminent execution

Dear Friends,  We are forwarding you an appeal from Amnesty International (AI) regarding the death penalty issued in Mr. Hsu Tzu-chiang’s case in Taiwan.  According to the information received, Mr...

BANGLADESH: Arbitrary detention and torture of Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir

Dear Friends,  We are forwarding you an appeal from the South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR) based in Nepal regarding the arbitrary detention and torture of Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir.  Accordi...