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SRI LANKA: JSC resignations present a window of opportunity for much needed corrective action

A serious controversy has resulted after two senior judges resigned from their positions in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), as they found that remaining in office would compromise their conscie...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Transfer of the Executive Officer of Shibganj falls well short of appropriate punishment 

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj dist...

SRI LANKA: Two senior judges quit the Judicial Service Commission as a matter of conscience

The Asian Human Rights Commission has today learnt that two of the three members of the Judicial Service Commission of Sri Lanka have resigned their posts as continuing to hold them would be incompati...

UPDATE (India): River erosion continues to swallow lives and livelihoods in Jalangi, Murshidabad

[Re: HU-09-2005: UPDATE (India): Government action inadequate in providing rehabilitation to displaced hunger victims and continued starvation death in Murshidabad, West Bengal; HU-07-2005: Starvation...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Three detained and tortured leaders have been released from prison in Chapainawabganj

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj dist...

UPDATE (Thailand): Minister of Justice must clarify continued contradictions after verdict in Somchai Neelaphaijit case 

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing… UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case tran...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Three soldiers received lenient sentences while other perpetrators are still at large regarding an attack on three hamlets in South Sulawesi 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the attack on three hamlets, Karama, Bonto Gaddong and Ujung Moncong, in South Sulawesi by a group of ...

UPDATE (Philippines): Possible irregularities in police investigation; survivor details brutal killings of peasants 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from a reliable source regarding the killing of peasants in Palo, Leyte, Visayas on 21 November 2005. (Please vi...

UPDATE (Nepal): A further 600 persons arrested while engaged in peaceful demonstrations throughout Nepal 

[RE: UP-011-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis; UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: ...

UPDATE (Burma): Supreme Court summarily rejects Su Su Nwe case 

[RE: UA-112-2004: BURMA: Complaints against forced labour blocked and victims punished issued on 3 September 2004; UP-11-2005: BURMA: Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Tow...

Nepal: over 600 persons arrested on the first anniversary of the royal coup

On the occasion of the first anniversary of King Gyanendra’s royal coup, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the arrests of 600 persons engaged in peaceful demonstrations th...

UPDATE (Philippines): Office of the Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices begins investigation into cases of torture, activists’ killings and concerns on witness protection 

[Re: UA-251-2005: Brutal torture of a 25-year-old man over mistaken identity in General Santos City, Mindanao; UP-156-2005: Unabated killing of activists; killing and threats against witnesses exposes...

CAMBODIA: One year anniversary of Cheam Channy’s illegal imprisonment 

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) takes the opportunity of the first anniversary of Cheam Channy’s imprisonment to write to you regarding the injustices of this case. Cheam Channy, a MP from t...

NEPAL: human rights in a black hole one year after the royal coup

On the first anniversary of the infamous royal coup in Nepal, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes with concern that the King continues to sacrifice the rights of the people of Nepal while c...

UPDATE (India): Basic assistance provided by government insufficient in maintaining the livelihoods of indigenous quarry workers in Mirzapur District, Uttar Pradesh

[Re: HA-23-2005: INDIA: Villagers exploited by employment in slave like conditions due to lack of food and terrible living conditions] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has recei...

BANGLADESH: Homeopathic doctor arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Detective Branch police in Dinajpur

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Detective Branch (DB) police of Dinajpur district fabricated evidence and arbitrarily arrested a homeopathic doctor in...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police 

[RE:UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district; UA-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Two people killed and thirty-five injured by poli...

BURMA: Supreme Court of Burma has an historic opportunity to take a stand for criminal justice

This February 1, 2006, the case of Ma Su Su Nwe will come before the Supreme Court of Burma. The court will be asked to decide whether or not to admit an appeal against Su Su Nwe’s imprisonment ...

UPDATE (Nepal): Widespread repression and mass arrests continue to take place in Nepal 

[RE: UP-011-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests occur in Nepal’s escalating crisis; UA-036-2006: NEPAL: Further arrests in Nepal’s worsening political, security and human rights crisis; UG-002-2006: N...

BURMA: Local authorities beat villager to death 

Dear friends,The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by the Thailand-based Yoma 3 News Service that five members of a local council in Burma, including the chairman, beat a local re...