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[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 tra...

[RE: UA-183-2005: SRI LANKA: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the Bandaranayake International Airport; UP-127-2005: Main suspect identified in alleged rape incident at Band...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of yet another incident involving an attack against human rights activists in Visayas, Philippines. On 25 November 2005, act...

In recent weeks, there have been numerous protests by Korean farmers against the government’s liberalization policies. These have been dealt with by riot police in a brutal and violent manner, c...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organisation based in Manila, Philippines...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a mentally retarded boy along with three other persons were allegedly tortured by police attached to the Mahawela police s...

The killings continue.  And no solution is in sight Today, there is complete impunity in the Philippines.  An average of one militant is killed every week.   Seven lawyers have been killed since J...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Social Development Foundation, Delhi, India about the torture of some tribals in Palhari Village, Nauganwa Bloc...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2005 AS-120-2005 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) PHILIPPINES: Government’s failure to legislate on torture is a betrayal of Filipinos&#...

First anniversary of the assassination of Gerald Perera; On November 21 2004, Gerald Perera was assassinated while riding on a bus at noon. He was an employee at the Colombo Harbour who was pursuing a...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) daily reiterates that torture is one of the most abhorrent assaults on human dignity. In whatever form or manner torture is committed, it leaves ...

[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...

Dear friends, You will be aware that Sri Lanka has a new Executive President who was elected on 17 November 2005.  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is issuing this urgent appeal because of th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the indiscriminate firing by the Border Security Force (BS...

More and more international institutions and laws have in recent years been aimed at eliminating the widespread abductions by state agents and their proxies. Forced disappearance is now rightly consid...

[RE: FA-33-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian national faces imminent death by hanging; UP-128-2005: SINGAPORE: Australian confirmed to hang] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has receiv...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information today from the KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organization based in ...

[RE: UP-43-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: 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-38-2...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the destruction of Christian churches and schools by people enraged at the alleged blasphemy of the Holy Quran...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal custodial torture of two tribal men at Areth police outpost in Surat District, Gujarat, India. Accor...