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Indonesia signed the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment on the 23 October 1985 and ratified it on the 28 October I 998 by the Law N...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a human rights defender namely Mr. F M Abdur Razzak and his father, Mr. Nur Ali Fakir, were summoned twice by the Army in ...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we only could include e-mail addresses of a few of the Cambodian ...

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 42 year-old rubber plantation worker named...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we only could include e-mail addresses of a few of the PakistanÂ...

(Hong Kong, January 31, 2007) A rights defender in Burma on Friday sued 30 news journals for slander after they all published an article portraying her as a prostitute. Naw Ohn Hla, a 43-year-old from...

[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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information about a horrific case in which a 24-year-old young man, Mr. Hazoor Buksh Malik, was severely assaulted on his penis while bein...

[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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information that the livelihoods of about 500,000 fishermen will be directly and severely affected and approximately 100,000 persons will b...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that three men were allegedly tortured by the Army deployed in Paikgachha, Khulna district, Bangladesh, after their arbitrary a...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has obtained information that a group of soldiers and forestry officials in northern Thailand raided a village on January 22 and forced their way...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that Mr. Ket Bun Thann, chief of Pou Teut village has sold 400 hectares which is under a collective ownership of a Phnong indigenous ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the second arbitrary arrest of a businessman named Muzibur Rahman and his relative Mr. Muzibur by the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged assault of three men after illegal arrest by Galgamuwa police on 25 November 2007 in Sri Lanka. Po...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) was informed by the Gram Swarajya Samithi, a local human rights organisation in Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh state in India, that thousands...

Recent reports on investigations into the New Year’s Eve bombings in Bangkok have revealed the extent to which the rule of law is now under threat in Thailand. While the army has announced that ...

AS-019-2007 January 26, 2007 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: A nation living in fear & hope Bangladesh is in a deep political and social crisis. Its president, Profess...

(Hong Kong, January 26, 2007) Five Indian men are facing charges of murder despite the “dead” man having appeared in court and told the judge that the case was fabricated, the Asian Human ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of another brutal and illegal eviction of 229 families from Number One village, Sangkat Number One, Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia...