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UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Attorney General should prosecute alleged perpetrators in Citthi Naseera’s case

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information about the alleged unnecessary amputation of Ms. Citthi Naseera’s leg by a surgeon at the Negombo General Hospit...

INDIA: Alleged abduction and murder of two persons by the security forces in Manipur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the Human Rights Alerts (HRA), a human rights organisation based in Imphal, of Manipur state, Ind...

SRI LANKA: Three men violently assaulted by police over alleged fabricated charges

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged arbitrary arrest, brutal assault and fabrication of charges against three men from Panadura by the pol...

PAKISTAN: Lawyers warn of possible imposition of martial law – call for support in their struggle for democracy and independence of the judiciary

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has warned that General Musharaff appears to be trying to ‘drive the country towards civil war just to perpetuate his rule.’ Referring to certain incidents o...

INDIA: Complete failure in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation based in Uttar Pradesh state, regarding the complete failu...

SRI LANKA: Disappearance of persons and disappearance of the criminal investigation system – A response to Ambassador Richard Boucher’s comments

The issue of enforced disappearances is among the highlighted topics of the discussion of human rights abuses in Sri Lanka. While about 1,000 disappearances were reported in 2006, already by April, 20...

CAMBODIA: Rule of law is more effective in eradicating land grabbing

On March 3 2007 Prime Minister Hun Sen received from his party, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), full power to eradicate the land grabbing that has been plaguing the country for many years. W...

INDIA: Failure of police investigation into alleged dowry death of a woman

[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 Indian autho...

UPDATE (Thailand): Doctor tells court that Tak Bai victims died of asphyxiation after assault; no full autopsies done

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Working Group on Justice for Peace that the inquest into the deaths of 78 persons in army custody in Narathiwat, souther...

NEPAL: Five minors and two adults severely tortured by the police after their illegal arrest and detention

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its partner Advocacy Forum in Nepal that seven persons, including five minors, were arbitrarily arrested without wa...

CAMBODIA: Unjust conviction of two men by the appeal court in the murder of Chea Vichea

[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 Cambodian au...

INDIA: Government pleader leads criminals to demolish houses in Kerala

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner Nervazhi, a local human rights organisation based in Thrissur, Kerala that the government pleader...

HUNGER ALERT (India): Deaths from starvation imminent in Alhadadpur village in Amebdkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner the PVCHR, a human rights organisation in Uttar Pradesh state, that several families in Alhadapur...

SRI LANKA: Antiterrorism Laws Used to Muzzle the Press – Government Abuses Legislation to Clamp Down on Criticism 

(New York, April 12, 2007) – The Sri Lankan government is abusing antiterrorism legislation to clamp down on journalists who expose human rights abuses, official corruption, or otherwise question the...

PHILIPPINES: Int’l tribunal verdict — political killings stem from opposition to Arroyo’s economic policies 

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article on the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal regarding extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. This article is written by Antonio Tujan Jr ...

SRI LANKA: Alleged brutal assault of a man by Ratnapura police

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the alleged arbitrary arrest, detention and brutal assault of a man by the Ratnapura police on 15 March 2007. The ...

INDONESIA: Alleged severe torture of six teenage youth by police over petty quarrel

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Association of Initiative Developing and People Advocacy (PIAR) of the alleged brutal torture of a teenage yout...

INDIA: A family threatened by extortionists and the local police refusing to take any action

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, based in West Bengal that a family is facing continuous threat from extortionists and that...

UPDATE (Nepal): Legal aid NGO is now allowed to access to detainees at the Kanchanpur detention centre

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is happy to inform you that Advocacy Forum, one of the leading human rights organizations in Nepal providing legal aid services to detainees, now...

INDONESIA: Police inaction into violent attack on protesters

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about yet another brutal attack on the protesters of the National Liberation Unity Party (PAPERNAS) by fundamental group...