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UPDATE (Thailand): Illegal detention of former government ministers 

Dear friends, Further to our appeal of September 22 about the military coup in Thailand (UG-018-2006), the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you that according to the information p...

Sri Lanka: A man’s life is in grave danger due to torture 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls for your urgent intervention into the alleged torture of a 25 year-old man named Lalith Rajapakse from Kirigallewa by the Medawachchiya pol...

INDONESIA: Assault of a mother of four-year-old daughter by the Jakarta police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the malicious assault and public humiliation of Ms. Sugihart, a 31 year-old impoverished mother, by officers o...

SRI LANKA: Man brutally tortured by police after allegedly being implicated with false charges 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of the severe torture of Mr. Illukumbura Mudiyanselage Mudiyanse, a 49-year-old trader, by the Thalathuoya police on 9 June ...

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP–No way forward but backward

On September 27 the Bangkok Post newspaper published an article pointing to the likely shape of Thailand’s new draft interim constitution in the wake of the September 19 military coup. The inter...

SRI LANKA: Diplomacy on human rights issues seriously under threat

It was reported in the Sri Lankan press (Daily Mirror September 27, 2006 – Sri Lanka signs convention on transnational crime and child abuse) that Sri Lanka has recently ratified the Transnation...

CAMBODIA: Government again silencing critics

At the beginning of this year there were hopes for more freedom of expression and the improvement of democracy in Cambodia. Prime Minister Hun Sen had dropped his defamation lawsuits against human act...

PAKISTAN: A radio station was discriminatorily closed down by the government 

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 Pakistan auth...

SRI LANKA: Another abduction case by a white van without a number plate 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding yet another enforced disappearance from Sri Lanka in which a white coloured van without a number plate is invo...

UPDATE (Philippines): Food blockade imposed on workers on strike 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information that the union members on strike at Chong Won Fashion Inc. (CWFI) in Rosario, Cavite are being denied access ...

PHILIPPINES: Ten injured in violent dispersal of workers on strike in Cavite 

[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 Philippine au...

NEPAL: Fresh series of attacks on Dalit temple worshippers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the fresh spate of attacks on Dalit temple worshippers and Dalit representative organizations by religious fun...

HUNGER ALERT (India): The ‘blame game’ continues between state officials and local authorities over the starvation deaths of 8 persons

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights organisation in West Bengal regarding the tragic deaths of eight indigenous tribespeople due to prol...

THAILAND: MILITARY COUP–Someone had to do something?

On September 21 the Royal Thai Consulate General in Hong Kong wrote to the Asian Human Rights Commission. In the letter, the consul general said that despite the September 19 military coup “the ...

SRI LANKA: Further information regarding the recent Supreme Court decision on the Singarasa case

We refer to the recent Supreme Court (please see below for reference) and our subsequent statements on this matter. As there has been considerable interest in this case and also some confusion we are ...

SRI LANKA: The order of the United Nations Human Rights Committee dated 26 June 2006 on communication number 1250/2004

The Asian Human Rights Commission draws your kind attention to Sundara Arachige Lalith Rajapakse who was the author of the communication mentioned above. The AHRC understands that a copy of the decisi...

GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Government’s inaction regarding a series of attack on journalists

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 Pakistan auth...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Munir’s murderers remain at large, as official investigations take a turn for the worst 

(RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir; UP-30-2005: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end further inqui...

CAMBODIA: A journalist convicted for exposing alleged corruption of the deputy prime minister 

[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...

GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Recent suppression of Ahmadi sect of Islam in Punjab 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed about two separate incidents against the religious minority called Ahmadi sect in Punjab province, Pakistan. In one case, the Daily Al...