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The interim prime minister of Thailand, General Surayud Chulanont, on November 7 told the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Bangkok that his government is committed to “restoring the rule of...

We are writing to you today to express our outrage at the total failure of the authorities in Pakistan to investigate, prosecute, try and punish the perpetrators of the brutal revenge killing of a soc...

[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 (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal detention of 53 year-old Mr. Ashok Kumar Basu Roy at Dum-Dum police station, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 2...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara,...

PHILIPPINES: Extra-judicial killings, brutal torture, enforced disappearance, a need for an enabling law on torture and disappearance; impartial and independent investigation; collapse of rule of law ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the forced disappearance of Des Raj Chauhan (also known as Lala), a 24-year-old labourer and resident of Gana...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the agreement reached between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) political parties and the Maoist insurgents, which paves the way for an end to the decade...

The AHRC today to the editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper protesting against an unfair and biased report written by Sushita R. Fernando on a well known torture case.  The writer quotes the police of...

Ms. Jayanthi Dandeniya, the coordinator of Families of the Disappeared based at Raddoluwa, Seduwa, has announced the launching of a signature campaign by the victims of past disappearances to demand a...

It was reported in the Island newspaper on November 5th that President Rajapakse is expected to announce the possible appointment of an eight member commission of inquiry to investigate fifteen cases ...

On 8 November 2004, a 21-year-old philosophy student at the University of Karachi had just finished a radio broadcast on the famous poet Joan Elia when he was abducted from the downtown building. His ...

PHILIPPINES: Harassment, intimidation and illegal searches; violence against the religious community; arbitrary and abusive acts by police officers; collapse of rule of law ————...

[RE: UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case transferred; UP-24-2005: THAILAND: Thai minister refuses to act on missing human ri...

We are writing to you regarding the position you have taken, as reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 4, 2006, following the Philippines’ election on November 2, 2006, as a member o...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AS-275-2006 November 06, 2006   A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission   INDONESIA: Refusal to cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms in invest...

[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 Ministry of Education and...

On November 3, the media reported that the Philippines has once again been elected to a seat on one of the main organs of the United Nations–the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Ambassador ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning the alleged extra-judicial killing of 32-year-old carpenter Bacha Ram Chaudari, a permanent resident of Rayap...

The presence of the Prime Minister calls for additional security and protection. With protection and security being the job of the police, they will be on their toes when it is a matter concerning peo...