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PAKISTAN: LRWC repeats call for the reinstatement of Chief Justice Chaudhry 

APRIL 27, 2007: (Update to LRWC statement of March 19, 2007) LRWC deplores President Musharraf’s March 9, 2007 suspension of Iftikar Mohamed Chaudhry from his office as Chief Justice of the Supr...

THAILAND: Young man allegedly illegally detained & tortured by army

Dear friends, The Working Group on Justice for Peace (Thailand) has informed the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) about the alleged horrific torture of a 23-year-old teacher named Sukri Ar-dam in ...

NEPAL: Authorities refuse to register FIR concerning extra-judicial killings case

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from NGO Advocacy Forum Nepal that the District Police Office (DPO) and the District Administration Office (DAO) in Bank...

INDONESIA: Alleged arbitrary arrest and killing of a man by Medan District Police Officers

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the unlawful arrest and brutal murder of Mr. Marsudi Tri Wijaya, for reasons that are as yet unknown, allegedl...

CAMBODIA: Dysfunctional criminal justice system has led to unfair trials and impunity for the mastermind behind Chea Vichea’s murder

AS-093-2007 May 3, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission CAMBODIA: Dysfunctional criminal justice system has led to unfair trials and impunity for the mastermind behind Chea VicheaR...

THAILAND: Role of UN is to uphold international, not domestic, law

Thank you for your reply of 30 March 2007 to the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) concerning the case of Somphon Dechanuphap and three others. As we informed you, the case has been going on in a c...

UPDATE (Burma): Urgent developments in case of attacked human rights defenders

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received important news about the group of Burmese human rights defenders who were attacked on 18 April 2007 with the backing and involvement...

SRI LANKA: Long delay obtaining justice for the alleged fabricated charge against a married couple

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged fabricated charges against Mr. J.D.Jayatilaka and his wife which were instigated in from 2001. Mrs. Ja...

PHILIPPINES: Escalating poll violence symptoms of a corrupted, rotten system

As the campaign period is ongoing and elections will be held on May 14 there is also an increasingly alarming trend of election-related violence. Targeted killings and ambushes of sectoral and local c...

PAKISTAN: Failure to protect Chief Justice Chaudhry would be a blatant act of negligence on the part of the government

The government of Punjab province, no doubt through the instructions of the government of the military regime of General Musharaff, is using some flimsy excuses to thwart the traveling arrangements of...

ASIA: Two outstanding rights defenders from India awarded regional prize

(Hong Kong, May 2, 2007) Two persons fighting for human rights in different parts of India were awarded a prestigious regional human rights prize on Monday. The 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights wen...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): List of another 22 disappeared persons

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an updated list of persons disappeared in Sri Lanka from the Civil Monitoring Commission (CMC), a local human rights organization in...

SRI LANKA: A woman allegedly implicated with a false case due to nexus between the excise department officers and local criminals

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is writing to inform you about an alleged false case against a 65-year-old woman in Wanathayilluwa, by officers from the Excise Department in Puttalam w...

SRI LANKA: Another alleged assault of a 14-year-old student by the principal

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding an alleged assault on a young student by a principal in Galle district, Sri Lanka on 4 April 2007. It is repor...

PAKISTAN: AHRC condemns the arrest, detention and physical violence used against lawyers supporting Chief Justice Iftehkar Chaudry

In the latest move against the supporters of Chief Justice Iftehkar Chaudry a Supreme Court lawyer, Mr. Ali Ahmed Kurd has been detained by the Quetta police at the district court. The detention comes...

UPDATE (India): District Magistrate misusing his office to lead a smear campaign against human rights activists

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the uninterrupted campaign of the District Magistrate against the human rights organisations within hi...

PAKISTAN: Petition by the Chief Justice publicised

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) would like to share with you the constitutional petition filed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the Sup...

INDIA: Bar Councils, lawyers and Indias destiny

A legal professional is not above the law. A solicitor in Hong Kong was sentenced to imprisonment recently. It was alleged that the solicitor’s client who had lodged a complaint about a stockbroker h...

PAKISTAN: Detention of Chief Justice shows utter disrespect for independence of judiciary

Shocking details are emerging about the manner in which the Chief Justice, Iftikhar Chaudry, was requested to resign from his post, and how when he refused he was physically restrained form leaving th...

SRI LANKA: Giving police powers to the military will pave the way to torture chambers in military camps

The government has recently announced that police powers will be granted to the military by way of further emergency regulations. When the BBC Sinhala Service questioned the government spokesman, Mini...