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INDONESIA: Torture of two villagers by police in South Sumatera over permission letters to buy cows 

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that two men were tortured by police officers in Buay Runjung, South Sumatera, Indonesia on 23 November 2005. Ara...

INDONESIA: Call for effective investigation into Central Sulawesi bombing 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the latest bomb blasts in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on 31 December 2005. According to local human rights groups Kontras (...

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by...

Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission!

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends greetings to everyone, wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year. We wish particularly to extend our greetings to those members of our network from aro...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Pollycarpus sentenced to 14-years imprisonment for murder of Munir 

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

INDONESIA: Insufficient government aid results in 55 starvation deaths over the past month in Yahukimo District, Papua Province

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information concerning hunger and the loss of several lives due to starvation in the Yahukimo District, Papua Province, I...

INDONESIA: Custodial torture of ten men by Central Sulawesi Provincial Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Sulawesi (Kontras Sulawesi) and the Institute for the De...

INDONESIA: Hundreds of villagers forcibly evicted in Southeast Sulawesi 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of hundreds of villagers and the destruction and burning of houses in Kontu Village, Muna ...

PHILIPPINES: Government must intervene if the killings of activists are to stop

On 5 December 2005, activist Cathy Alcantara was killed by unidentified armed men in Abucay, Bataan province, Luzon, Philippines. Alcantara, a mother of two children and the wife of a farmer’s organi...

INDONESIA: Open letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to mark International Human Rights Day 2005

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Indonesia – the sham trial of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib highlights the need for judicial and legal system reform On this Human Rights Day, the Asian Human Righ...

ASIA: The Absence of the Rule of Law and the Actualisation of Human Rights: A Contradiction that Must Be Resolved

International Human Rights Day on December 10 should be a moment in Asia to reflect soberly as to why on this continent, where more than half of the world’s population live, basic human rights a...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Need for further investigation in Munir case 

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

INDONESIA: Army personnel attack three hamlets, injuring five residents and destroying village property 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning an alleged attack on three hamlets in South Sulawesi by a group of army personnel in retaliation over a traff...

INDONESIA: A man died of brutal torture following his release from military custody in Central Jakarta 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Perhimpunan Bantuan Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia Jakarta (PBHI Jakarta), a human rights organization in Jakarta, Ind...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Attack on supporters of Munir outside Jakarta court 

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

INDONESIA: A 28-year-old man tortured and detained over mistaken identity by Resort Police Belitung Timur 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and arbitrary detention of a 28-year-old man, Fitriyanto (Sanep). Sanep was tortured allegedly by ...

INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects appeal for clemency 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that Indonesian President Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has on 10 November 2005 refused to grant clemency to three men sentenced ...

INDONESIA: Arbitrary shootings, extra-judicial killings and intimidation of civilians in Poso 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the shooting of two senior high school students in Jl. Gatot Subroto, Kasintuwu, Poso Kota, Central of Sulawe...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police’s deliberate inaction in a labour case is in violation of court orders 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding 73 workers from the Orex Factory in Ekala, Jaela, Sri Lanka, who were unlawfully dismissed after the o...

INDONESIA: Continued attacks and intimidation on minority Islamic religious sect, Ahmadiyyah 

INDONESIA: Freedom of religion, religious discrimination, physical attack, threats and intimidation, religious intolerance, government and police inaction ——————...