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INDONESIA: A theft suspect is tortured to death by police in Aceh

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Krueng Raya police arrested a man without a warrant and tortured him in custody. He died in hospital on the day o...

ASIA: Open letter to the UN General Assembly regarding the 12th session of the Human Rights Council 

To: The Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency, As the Human Rights Council prepares for its 12th regular session, the first session with the new members elected in May 2009, we writ...

INDONESIA: Caveat — new human rights periodical released 

The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you about the release of the first issue of Caveat, a monthly human rights analysis published by the Community Legal Aid Institut (LBH Masyarakat) in...

INDONESIA: Military Elections? 

Indonesia’s Presidential election goes into its first round on July 8, 2009. This second election process in Post-Suharto Indonesia is an important step in the countries short democratic history...

INDONESIA: Erase Torture: Make Torture a Crime! 

Torture is mother of all human rights violations. Torture gave birth to various human rights violations from extra-judicial killing to denial of the right to fair trial. International human rights law...

INDONESIA: Police officers severely torture a man and shoot him, making impossible claims that he had been trying to escape

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man who was shot dead by police while in custody was not trying to escape at the time, as the police have suggest...

INDONESIA: Police torture a man after illegally arresting and detaining him on two occasions

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to inform you that a man falsely accused by police of being a drug dealer, was arrested and detained twice to force him to confess. Th...

INDONESIA: Police abuse and impunity in Indonesia must end 

The Indonesian police carry out widespread abuse with impunity against criminal suspects and poor and marginalized communities, according to a new Amnesty International report published on Wednesday. ...

INDONESIA: New police regulations but still no criminalization of torture 

On June 25, 2009 Indonesia’s new police regulations will come into effect, just one day before the UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture this Friday, June 26. While the new...

ASIA: The fight to criminalise torture in Asia: AHRC broadcasting live on June 26

(Hong Kong, June 23, 2009) With the practice of torture rampant across Asia, it remains one of the most serious obstacles to social health. To battle this injustice, the Asian Human Rights Commission ...

WORLD: World Food Summit to focus on the Human Right to Food 

FIAN demands profound changes to address the dramatic increase of hunger Rome/Heidelberg (22.June.2009) – FIAN, the international Human Rights organization for the Right to Food, calls for profo...

ASIA: Working against torture fundamental to human rights work 

The practice of torture is endemic in Asia, and the region’s governments show no political will to eliminate it. In fact, states treat torture as a necessary aspect of social control, directly or ind...

INDONESIA: World Ocean Conference (WOC) Burdened with the Human Rights Violations 

(Jakarta, May 12, 2009) The World Ocean Conference (WOC) “Climate Change Impacts to Ocean and The Role of Ocean to Climate Change” is currently held in Manado, North Sulawesi, 11-14 May 20...

ASIA: Rural and Indigenous Women Claim our Right to Food! 

You claim that although the food crisis we suffered globally in 2008 is only a cyclical phase, the serious structural problems remain. The structural problems affect much more people in developing cou...

UNITED NATIONS: Elect Rights-Respecting States to Human Rights Council

General Assembly Members Should Not Reward Rights Abusers with Votes (New York, April 20, 2009) — Serious human rights violations in Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia undermine ...

INDONESIA: Unjust Democracy 

As Indonesia takes part in its third parliamentary election under a new order regime, one might be tempted to see it emerging as a modern, democratic state that has overcome its atrocious decades of m...

Human Rights Council Elections — A letter to the Eastern European delegations to the United Nations — Asian Human Rights Commission

To: Eastern European Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to welcome reports that Eastern European stat...

Human Rights Council Elections — A letter to the Western European and other delegations to the United Nations 

To: Western European and Others Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to urge the states in the Western ...

Human Rights Council Elections — A letter to the Asian delegations to the United Nations — Asian Human Rights Commission

To: Asian Your Excellency, As a diverse coalition of human rights organizations, we write in advance of the 2009 Human Rights Council elections to urge Asian states to present a competitive slate for ...

WORLD: UN – Hold Competitive Voting for Rights Body

Regional Groups Should Honor the Spirit of Council Membership Standards on Human Rights  (New York, March 25, 2009) — More than 30 human rights organizations from around the world today wrote ...