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Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Nepal – without a Parliament and laws on torture and forced disappearance, the Office of the OHCHR in Nepal cannot fulfil its work for human rights On the occasion of the De...

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Human rights trailing democracy in the Republic of Korea – legislation and labour rights concerns and the violent repression of demonstrations On the occasion of the Decembe...

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Indonesia – the sham trial of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib highlights the need for judicial and legal system reform On this Human Rights Day, the Asian Human Righ...

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: India – Constitutional promises and international obligations remain empty rhetoric The systemic failure of the justice dispensation system in India is marring the state of ...

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: the bleak human rights situation in Cambodia, twelve years after the peace process The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) directs your attention to the bleak human rights situat...

Dear Ms Arbour, RE: SUSPEND MYANMAR FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION On this international Human Rights Day, December 10, 2005, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) calls upon you to initiate acti...

Dear Ms. Arbour, Re: Bangladesh should criminalize torture and appoint independent investigation bodies to conduct prompt inquiries into torture, extra-judicial killings and other serious violations o...

International Human Rights Day on December 10 should be a moment in Asia to reflect soberly as to why on this continent, where more than half of the world’s population live, basic human rights a...

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information concerning an alleged attack on three hamlets in South Sulawesi by a group of army personnel in retaliation over a traff...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner organization, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) in West Bengal, India, about an incident invol...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a man was arbitrarily arrested and detained then tortured and subsequently killed by the police attached to the Mohammadpu...

On December 5, the BBC Sinhala service reported the Attorney General of Sri Lanka as having said last Monday that urging the Supreme Court to alter a ruling is tantamount to undermining the independen...

[RE: UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac...

[RE: FA-33-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian national faces imminent death by hanging; UP-128-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang; UP-140-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang on Friday De...

[RE: UP-43-2005: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2005: Please send a lette...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you on information we have received regarding the alleged abuse of two Chinese women in Malaysian police stations (to see furthe...

[RE: UP-75-2005: Witnesses of activists’ killings in Luzon refuse to give evidence fearing their security UP-106-2005: Another human rights lawyer killed; wounded priest died while being treated at a...

[RE: UA-153-2004: THAILAND: Two cases of extremely serious torture and cruel and inhuman treatment by Thai police officers; UP-71-2004: THAILAND: More serious allegations of police torture emerge in T...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2005 AS-123-2005 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission THAILAND: DSI must promptly and assertively answer the question “Where is Somchai?” Dece...