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UPDATE (Philippines): Prosecutor failed to look into victim’s torture claims; criminal charges of evidence taken by way of torture filed in court 

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

UPDATE (Philippines): Food blockade imposed on workers on strike 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information that the union members on strike at Chong Won Fashion Inc. (CWFI) in Rosario, Cavite are being denied access ...

PHILIPPINES: Ten injured in violent dispersal of workers on strike in Cavite 

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

PHILIPPINES: The administration of impunity – government seeking to shield alleged killings mastermind from justice

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by reports emanating from the Philippines concerning alleged attempts to provide one of the most notorious members of the armed forces of ...

PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed; missing activist found dead 

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

PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed; one of six abducted activists remains missing while four remains in detention 

PHILIPPINES: Extra-judicial killings; illegal arrests and detention; forced abduction and disappearance; inadequate police investigation; a need for impartial investigation; witness protection; attack...

UPDATE (Philippines): A policy of killings – military linked to the execution of Pastor Sta. Rosa 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information concerning the extra-judicial killing of a United Methodist Church religious worker, Pastor Isaias Sta. Rosa, wh...

UPDATE (Philippines): Flawed police investigations into killing, with no arrests made despite gunmen having been identified

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

UPDATE (Philippines): “Obstruction of justice” charges registered against 8 human rights activists 

[RE: UA-275-2006: PHILIPPINES: Eight members of a human rights fact-finding team detained, others harassed; UP-169-2006: PHILIPPINES: Alleged assault and attempt at framing false charges against 8 mem...

PHILIPPINES: Three more activists killed in latest attacks

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that three more activists have been killed in separate incidents in the Philippines on August 20, 22 and 24. Accordi...

UPDATE (Philippines): Court orders reinvestigation of charges filed against torture victims 

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

ASIA: Leadership needed to end impunity for perpetrators of disappearances

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...

ASIA: Still a long way to go to rule of law & human rights in Asia

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...

UPDATE (Philippines): Alleged assault and attempt at framing false charges against 8 human rights activists 

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, we also encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to the Philippin...

PHILIPPINES: Urgent need for Ombudsman to demonstrate efficiency in resolving cases

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to you having learnt of your letter to the editor published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on 22 July 2006, entitled “Baseless complaint vs....

UPDATE (Philippines): 21 detained union members released; charges against them have still not been withdrawn 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the 21 union members who were violently dispersed, six of whom were seriously wounded, and were subsequentl...

PHILIPPINES: Eight members of a human rights fact-finding team detained, others harassed 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received information from KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organisation based in Manila, Philippines,?c...

PHILIPPINES: A credible inquiry needs to be begin into extrajudicial killings and General Jovito Palparan in particular

An announcement by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that she is appointing a high level Commission of Inquiry to probe into the extrajudicial killings was exposed as a hoax within just a few days of ...

PHILIPPINES: Can the government overcome General Palparan’s resistance to abandon the practice of gross abuses of human rights

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has announced the proposal for the appointment of a high level commission to investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings, as well as to supervise the actual inv...

PHILIPPINES: Family members of slain church worker faces security risk 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern to inform you that the family of a religious worker, Pastor Isaias Sta. Rosa, who was killed on August 3, 2006, is prese...