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ASIA: AHRC announces the release of its 2006 Human Rights Report — The State of Human Rights in Eleven Asian Nations

(Hong Kong, December 21, 2006) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) announces the release of its Human Rights Report for 2006 (345 pages), entitled “The State of Human .” The report i...

UPDATE (Indonesia): House of Representatives demand fresh investigations into the murder of Munir 

[RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir; UP-30-2005: INDONESIA: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end fu...

ASIA: Extrajudicial killings, disappearances, torture and other forms of gross human rights violations still engulf Asia’s nations

In addition to the general statement issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for International Human Rights Day on December 10, we are also making the brief comments below on the human righ...

ASIA: Flawed criminal justice systems negate the realisation of human rights in Asia

Discontent over malfunctioning democracies and legal systems and the consequent setbacks these shortcomings cause for human rights and the rule of law, as well as aggressively expressed aspirations to...

INDONESIA: The Attorney General’s refusal to uphold the law results in the denial of justice to victims of gross human rights violations and the sustenance of the prevailing culture of impunity

Since 2003, the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas Ham) has been consistently appealing the Attorney General to present the investigative findings of an independent investigation conducted by Ko...

GENERAL APPEAL (Indonesia): Continued Impunity ensured by the apathy of the Attorney General 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) regarding the recent developments in the yet u...

PHILIPPINES: Delays in prosecution causes prolonged detention of two farmers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the prolonged detention of two farmers in Davao Oriental province, the Philippines. Both of them have been detained fo...

ASIA: Effective protection of human rights: National human rights commissions and rule of law mechanisms

A statement issued on the occasion of the International Symposium on the Structures and Funcations of NHRIs: a search for best practices to be held in Seoul, South Korea on December 4, 2006 The goals ...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Police officer found guilty on the count of torture, receives light disciplinary sentence 

INDONESIA: Torture; failure of delivering legal redress to torture victims; impunity; un-rule of law ——————————————&...

ASIA: Implementation of international human rights norms and standards cannot take place without radical reforms to justice systems

(An advanced study on human rights was held at the Asian Human Rights Commission premises from 6-11 November, 2006) A group of human rights activists met in Hong Kong for an advanced human rights stud...

GENERAL APPEAL (Asia): Call for Asian governments to ensure the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the General Assembly 

Dear Friends, Please find below a self-explanatory call for action from Geneva-based NGO the International Service for Human Rights concerning the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rig...

INDONESIA: Refusal to cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms in investigation of Munir’s death

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AS-275-2006 November 06, 2006   A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission   INDONESIA: Refusal to cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms in invest...

INDONESIA: Local farmer brutally gunned down by brigadier officers in Central Java 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the tragic murder of Mr. Marino, a 38 year old farmer, by brigadier officers of the Sukoharjo Mobile Police Un...

WORLD: Eid greetings from the Asian Human Rights Commission

WORLD: Eid greetings from  The Asian Human Rights Commission joins with people around the world in celebrating the 1427th Eid Festival at the conclusion of the fasting month of Ramadan. Eid is an imp...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Hopes for Justice dashed in Munir’s murder case, as Supreme Court finds prime suspect, Pilot Pollycarpus BP, not guilty 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding recent developments in the official investigations into the tragic assassination of Indonesia’s ...

INDONESIA: Verdict in the murder case of Munir — the courts mock justice

The Indonesia Supreme Court quashed a judgment by the Court of Appeal which affirmed the 14 year jail sentence pronounced by the Central Jakarta District Court last December against Pollycarpus Budiha...

INDONESIA: Assault of a mother of four-year-old daughter by the Jakarta police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the malicious assault and public humiliation of Ms. Sugihart, a 31 year-old impoverished mother, by officers o...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Munir’s murderers remain at large, as official investigations take a turn for the worst 

(RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir; UP-30-2005: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end further inqui...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Three men in Poso to be executed on September 22 

[RE: UA-205-2005: INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: Supreme Court ...

INDONESIA: Police and corrections officers torture detainees 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding two corresponding cases of subsequent torture of persons by provincial sectors of the Indonesian Police and co...