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PHILIPPINES: HRC Commissioner exhibits lack of concern for human rights crisis in the country

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...

INDONESIA: Refusal to cooperate with United Nations human rights mechanisms in investigation of Munir’s death

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...

SRI LANKA: Malicious assault of a 16-year-old girl by her school principal 

[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...

PHILIPPINES: Election of the Philippines to U.N. bodies does not exonerate its bleak human rights record

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 ...

NEPAL: Extra-judicial killing of 32-year-old Bacha Ram Chaudari by the police 

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...

INDIA: Policing in India only works when it affects the rights and security of the rich and influential, for the poor and needy… who cares!

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...

THAILAND: UN role needed to ensure that killers of human rights lawyer successfully prosecuted & tried

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2006 AHRC-OL-061-2006 An Open Letter to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights by the Asian Human Rights Commission Louise Arbour High Commissioner UN High Commiss...

SRI LANKA: The principle of accountability – AHRC replies to an article in LANKAWEB on the issue of the accountability of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga Bandaranaike

Following the letter sent by Ms. Kim Soo A on behalf of the AHRC to the Director General of UNESCO objecting to the appointment of an article appeared in LANKAWEB.  The AHRC sent its reply today and ...

PAKISTAN: International intervention urgently needed into Damadola killings

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked by the October 30 air attack on a religious school that reportedly killed around 100 persons at Damadola, near Khar in the Bajaur tribal district on...

THAILAND: Apology for Tak Bai must be followed by prosecutions

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to draw your attention to important developments in the case of 78 persons killed in the custody of the Royal Thai Army after being arrested at Tak ...

INDIA: Policing in India only works when it affects the rights and security of the rich and influential, for the poor and needy… who cares!

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...

CAMBODIA: Man seriously injured after allegedly being tortured by police and military officers 

[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 aut...

INDIA: 14 year-old girl allegedly kidnapped and trafficked by state protected gangsters 

INDIA: Misuse of power by the police; threat and intimidation; collapse of rule of law; police’s collaboration with the culprits; human trafficking; corruption —————...

INDIA: Alleged police inaction into dowry death of a woman 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner organization MASUM in West Bengal regarding a dowry death of a woman by her husband and in-laws, ...

BURMA: Two men illegally arrested & jailed for petition to government 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a number of sources about the illegal arrest and jailing of two men in Burma who helped to collect signatures for a...

SRI LANKA: The AHRC replies to the Island Newspaper on the authoritarian style of rule of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike

Following the letter sent by Ms. Kim Soo A on behalf of the AHRC to the Director General of UNESCO objecting to the appointment an editorial and a letter to the editor have appeared in the Island News...

UPDATE (Thailand): Please attend important event on threats to civil rights under military regime 

[RE: UG-018-2006: THAILAND: UN rights bodies must act urgently to address junta; UP-189-2006: THAILAND: Illegal detention of former government ministers; UP-190-2006: THAILAND: Websites and radio stat...

INDIA: Alleged assault of innocent man by the police to settle private feud 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner in Kerala, India that an innocent man named Mr. C. R. Suresh was allegedly assaulted by Sub Inspe...

SRI LANKA: Alleged rape attempt of a woman by a policeman 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged rape attempt of a woman by a police constable (PC) from the Ratanapura police station on 7 October...

INDONESIA: Local farmer brutally gunned down by brigadier officers in Central Java 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the tragic murder of Mr. Marino, a 38 year old farmer, by brigadier officers of the Sukoharjo Mobile Police Un...