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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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the shocking killing of nine farmers in Palo, Leyte, Visayas early today. A reliable source said nine people were killed ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Perhimpunan Bantuan Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia Jakarta (PBHI Jakarta), a human rights organization in Jakarta, Ind...

More than a decade after India’s ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), children throughout the country continue to suffer from hunger, disease, exploitation and d...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding a possible cover-up by police authorities in Banting District police headquarters, Sela...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on a case of police malpractice and negligence that has led to the theft of a man’s motorcycle parts.  Mr. Fernan...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the case of the five men who were beaten to death by a mob of villagers after they were suspected of h...

[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 been informed that provincial authorities have investigated allegations that Mr Urai Srineh was abducted and brutally tortured by the police ...

 including the appointment without delay of Constitutional Council members and NPC Commissioners The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes the commitments made on the 11th of November 2005 by th...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the torture of a 14-year-old boy, Dulash Vimukthi Ranasinghe, by his language teacher, ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture and arbitrary detention of a 28-year-old man, Fitriyanto (Sanep). Sanep was tortured allegedly by ...

[RE: UA-22-2004: NEPAL: Three young persons shot dead by security personnel and a girl among the victims was gang-raped before being killed in Pokahari Chauri-4, Kavre District] Dear friends, The Asia...