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Dear Friends We are forwarding you an appeal from the highly respected Task Force Deteinees of the Philippines, regarding the torture of a fisherman in Cebu by the police of that region. Please read t...

AHRC welcomes the recent capture by the Indonesian police of Tommy Suharto - fugitive son of Gen. Suharto, accused of crimes ranging from corruption and graft to bombings and the assassination of a ju...

NEPAL: Innocent arrest and detention without any criminal evidence ———————————————————...

We have learned that a meeting addressed by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Mrs. Mary Robinson, with the theme 'Including the Excluded in South Asia', has completely ignored the ...

Commemoration of “Thirteen years ago my son, who was 22 years old, left home telling me he would return in 15 minutes or so. He never did. We are still waiting. We know he will not come, but we ...

There has been another instance of severe torture of a 'suspect' at the hands of the Sri Lankan police on the 6th of October. The person who suffered the torture was Mr. Namal Fernando, 37, a fulltime...

IT IS EASIER TO MAKE THIS PLANET A HAPPY PLACE TO LIVE THAN TO FLEE TO ANOTHER PLANET TO ESCAPE DEADLY VIRUSES by Basil Fernando, Asian Human Rights Commission A well-known British biologist has state...

Dear Friends,  We are requesting you to send solidarity messages to the six ISA detainees who are boycotting prison food in protest of the harsh treatment they are facing. The messages will be read o...

Regarding the campaign for the reduction of milk prices in Sri Lanka, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) issued an urgent appeal and several updates based on the work of the People's Campaign to...

Theys Eluay, foremost political independence leader of West Papua and chairman of the Presedium Dewan Papua (Papua Praesidium Council), was abducted and murdered on Saturday night by unknown assailant...

Dear Friends,  We are forwarding the following appeal by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) in South Korea for your urgent solidarity action.  The KCTU president, Mr. Dan Byung-ho, has ...

Dear Friends  Thank you for your continued action for justice for the 19 persons arrested and detained in Bandung, Indonesia, for their legitimate protest against impoverishing labour laws and fuel p...

A young Tamil woman, Miss S. Umadevi, 23, of Nawalapitiya, Imbulpitiya Estate has been abducted, raped and murdered on the 12th of September at Kopiwatte, Mallanda in Nawalapitiya on her way home afte...

Dear Friends The shocking events of September 11 in USA are so fresh in our minds – surely we will never forget the image of the hijacked planes destroying the World Trade Centre buildings and t...

Dear Friends,   We would like to send you a copy of the 16th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath’s case. &nb...

Regarding our earlier urgent appeal (30-07-2001) on the unbearable increase of milk prices in Sri Lanka, we are sending the latest activity by the Movement of Mothers to Combat Malnutrition (MMCM) to ...

Mr. Kim Dae-Jung President of the Republic of Korea The Chungwoadae 1 Sejong-ro, Chonro-gu Seoul, ROK   Your Excellency President Kim Dae-Jung,   On a most tragic day in the United States I&...

Dear Friends,  We would like to send you a copy of the 15th open letter sent by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to the Jesuit superior general in Rome regarding Fr. Pallath’s case.  For fu...

Dear Friends, The following is an appeal for the release of a 35-year-old Tibetan ethno-musicologist, Mr. Ngawang Choephel, who is in prison on charges of espionage by the Chinese government. The Asia...

One of the most shocking cases of the violation of the fundamental human rights of women took place in broad daylight in the town of Talawakelle in the Central Province of Sri Lanka on August 12, 2001...