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While a researcher for the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) were conducting random interviews on the case of the Abadilla Five, a short comment from a father, Victoriano Galang, which we have publ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) cautiously welcomes the effort by the judiciary to re-start their program called “justice-on-wheels”. The program, which started conducting hearing...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the police allegedly ordered parents to pay a bribe of 150000 riels (US$37.5) each if their sons were not to be arrested after t...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AHRC-STM-187-2008 July 9, 2008 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary arrest that become de facto legal is endemic The rules of arrest under se...

Slaughter of Innocents http://noprotection.blog.humanrights.asia/ While this Statement is being written, more and more persons, including minors, have been targeted for murder on the pretext of ‘vigi...

(Hong Kong, July 2, 2008) Random interviews conducted by a researcher for the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have revealed that the plight of the Abadilla Five is a shared experience and common ...

I remember watching two movies where the word silence played an eerie role. One was the “Silent Scream,” the other, the “Silence of the Lambs.” In both movies, violence took place with the vi...

(June 26 is observed every year as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.) Article III, Section 12 (2) of the 1987 Philippine Constitution clearly prohibits the use of ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the continued failure of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to implement the order by their regional office requi...

(Hong Kong, June 17, 2008) Marking their twelfth year in jail, the Abadilla Five writes pleading for “compassion and help” to a known Filipino Catholic priest and others expressing concern...

(Hong Kong, June 12, 2008) Twelve years ago tomorrow, Colonel Rolando Abadilla, an influential police colonel during the regime of late President Ferdinand Marcos, was murdered. His murder resulted in...

On June 8, a peace advocate, a known broadcast journalist and her two cameramen were reported to have been abducted by an illegal armed group in the Sulu Archipelago, in the southern Philippines. Howe...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a pastor who was released several days after he was abducted and tortured in captivity now fears for his life. Over a m...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to convey its appreciation to the response taken by your office by immediately conducting an investigation into the killing of three persons on pretext ...

We wish to share with you the following speech of Mr. Muneer Malik, delivered on his acceptance of the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. He received the human rights award on May 18, 2008 on the occasio...

(Hong Kong, May 26, 2008) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has launched today a campaign blog which documents cases involving various forms of arbitrary deprivation of life in the Philippines....

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that another six persons have been killed on the pretext that they were either involved in criminal activities or had criminal ...

The AHRC in its letter to you on May 5, has asked the Supreme Court to take appropriate action to ensure that the appellate review of the Abadilla Five case is effectively conducted. We have also aske...

Your Excellency, We, the undersigned 84 non-governmental organisations working on human rights in Asia, write to urge that your government not vote for Sri Lanka for membership in the United Nations H...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following open letter from Amnesty International to the Secretary General of ASEAN. Asian Human Rights Commission Ho...