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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you on the occasion of the second anniversary of the murder of human rights lawyer Munir Said Thalib. September 7, 2004 is an unforgettable day f...

Asia is littered with countries where policies of abducting and “disappearing” people have had terrible consequences. Among them are Sri Lanka, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philip...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 2006 AS-200-2006 Closing statement of the 6th Human Rights Folk School of the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA: Still a long way to go to rule of law & human rig...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “send letter” button. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Indones...

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

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the following information from the Commission of Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras) in Indonesia regarding illegal detent...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has since 2004 studied your candidacy to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations with interest. To be honest, we are a bit perplexed. Try as we...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Legal Aid Institute of Jakarta (LBH Jakarta) that three security guards from Indonesia’s National Intelligence Body (BI...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Padang Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Padang) in West Sumatera, Indonesia that Mr Kamzul Abrar, coordinator of the F...

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that there has been further violence between police and peasants in the village of Tanah Awu in Central Lombok, I...

The Asian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) Urgent Appeals Programme wishes to remind you of our new urgent appeal online support system. We strongly urge you to use this system and to help pressure g...

Police torture of criminal suspects is commonly accepted in Indonesia. This is the case whether they are suspects of insurgency and violence, or suspects of petty theft. In fact, the police are even k...

The urgent appeals programme has experienced considerable growth over the last years. To ensure that individual support by UA programme subscribers will continue despite the increased issuing of urgen...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the disbanding of a peaceful gathering held by victims of the 1965 massacre, in Bandung, Indonesia on 20 May 2...

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that of the 10 farmers arrested and tortured in October 2005 by police officers in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, e...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses our condolences to those who have lost loved ones and others who have been affected by the earthquake that struck the city of Yogyakart...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) expresses its solidarity with the victims and survivors of the earthquake that struck the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia on May 27, 2006. It has been reported t...

[RE: UA-205-2005: 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 agrees to r...

The new Human Rights Council was elected on May 9, 2006. According to the General Assembly Resolution of April 3, 2006,  When electing members of the Council, Member States shall take into account th...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes that the Government of Indonesia is bidding for membership within the United Nations Human Rights Council. Elections are to be held on May 9, 2006. Indon...