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Disappearance of Thai human rights defender cause for grave concern What has happened to Somchai Neelaphaijit, and why hasn’t the government of Thailand so far been able to reveal the circumstan...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Forum-Asia that a prominent human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit is missing since 12 March 2004. We are for...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the arbitrary arrest of two persons named Mr. Ajit Bhar and Mr. Bablu Das by the police from Jangipara Police Station...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned with the police inaction regarding the custodial death of Mr. Hafeel at the Perumbadappu Police Station in Malappuram District, Keral...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding information from the Burma Lawyers’ Council about death penalty on nine victims by North Rangoon District Court on 28 Novembe...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned of repeated rape and sexual abuse of two blind girl students by the hostel warden at the Shree Janata Higher Secondary School...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 30-year-old woman named Ms. Hidayat was allegedly killed by her husband, Mr. Momin Ali Mahar in Dal village, Lak...

A Statement by Asian Human Rights Commission Who is celebrating International Women’s Day in Pakistan? On 5 February 2004, Mr Bhooro Subzoai together with an accomplice first shot dead his aunt,...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Mr. Hafeel (24) was arbitrarily arrested on 24 February 2004 by officers from the Perumbadappu Police S...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source that officers from the Chittaranjan Park Police Station in Delhi picked up six young men aged betw...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named Bellanavithanage Sanath Yasaratne was allegedly assaulted and shot by the police from the the Baduraliy...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), a human rights organization in West Bengal, that a young man was found...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very pleased to notify you that Maung Chan Thar Kyaw, on whose behalf an Urgent Appeal was issued on 23 February 2004 (UA-21-2004), was release...

This February, the families of Nemai Ghosh and Anesh Das were compensated 100,000 Rupees (US$2200) each by the government of West Bengal for their deaths while under police custody at the Malda Magist...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt that in addition to the persons listed for the Urgent Appeal sent yesterday, 23 February 2004, to secure the release of Maung Chan Thar...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source of extra-judicial killings of two young girls and one young boy, Reena Rasaili (18), Subhadra Cha...

Dear Friends The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) that the torture victim Omar Ramalan filed five criminal charges against...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learnt from the Burma Lawyers’ Council (Thailand) that a 15-year-old boy was sentenced to a juvenile detention facility after witnessing...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a man named D.G. Athula Saman Kumara was illegally arrested on 16 February 2004 and is being tortured by the police ...

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a 27-year-old police constable trainee committed suicide due to the inhuman and rigorous training schedule as well a...