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FORWARDED APPEAL (Bangladesh): Legal action against one human rights advocate due to his work on illegal demolition of one Hindu temple by the armed forces 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an urgent appeal issued by the Human Rights Congress for Banglaesh Minorities (HRCBM) regarding the legal action against its Dhaka ...

FORWARDED APPEAL(Iran): A mother of two charged with adultery faces being stoned to death, while her partner was stoned to death

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal issued by the ‘Stop Stoning Forever Campaign’ regarding the death sentence by stoning of Ms. Mokarrame...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Indonesia): Please urge the Government to accede the Rome Statute of the ICC 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal issued by the Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared (IKOHI), the national partner of the Coalition for th...

FORWARDED APPEAL (India): Arrest of a prominent human rights activist over oppressive laws 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you this information below regarding the arrest and subsequent detention of a prominent human rights activist, Dr. Binayak Sen. ...

SRI LANKA: A state against minorities 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received the following appeal from a solidarity group in Sri Lanka. If you have any questions about this appeal please feel free to contact t...

FORWARDED APPEAL (India): Alleged assault on a Member of Legislative Assembly of Dalit Panthers at Cuddalore 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarded this Urgent Appeal on behalf of People’s Watch– Tamil Nadu regarding an alleged assault on a Member of the Legislative Assem...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Malaysia): Armed police and bulldozers again attack villagers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) regarding the forced demolition in Kampung Berembang, a village near Kuala Lu...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Japan): On-line petition to seek justice for a man charged with alleged false murder case due to class discrimination 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an on-line petition initiated by the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) in Tokyo,...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Online petition to UN for appointment of Special Representative 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an on-line petition initiated by a group of concerned Sri Lanka expatriates in Australia, calling for the appointment of a S...

FORWARDED APPEAL (South Korea): 63 union members still in jail 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an action alert from the Korean Federation of Construction Industry Trades Unions (KFCITU), KCTU in South Korea regarding the repre...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Alleged continued harassment of hundreds of villager over land dispute 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding an appeal from the Partnership for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Services, Inc. (PARRDS), a coalition of non-governmental o...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Abduction of Children’s Home Director of Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an urgent action alert issued by the Tamil Rehabilation Organization (TRO) regarding abduction of its Children’s Home ...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): STOP THE WAR: We have a right to live without fear 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission is forwarding an appeal from People to People dialogue on Peace and Sustainable Development regarding the ongoing civil war in Sri Lanka. If you have a...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Unconstitutional appointments to the Human Rights Commission 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you a statement issued by Transparency International Sri Lanka regarding the unconstitutional appointment of persons to the Huma...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Singapore): Petition for Chee Soon Juan 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you a petition issued by the World Forum for Democratization in Asia (WFDA). The petition calls for the Singaporean authorities ...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): One hundred villagers displaced in Bulacan 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal from the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP) – Luzon, regarding the massive displacement of villa...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Farmers facing fabricated charges and possible eviction from their land 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal from Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)-Luzon, a human rights organisation based in Quezon City, Metro...

FORWARDED APPEAL (South Korea): Police adopt violence to suppress a peaceful demonstration in Korea 

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal letter issued by Sarangbang Group for Human Rights, a human rights organisation based in Seoul. On 15 March 2006, ...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Political persecution of opposition in the Philippines 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you an appeal letter issued by five Congressmen in the Philippines who are currently facing unjust restraint and the threat of a...

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): A picture of the human rights situation in the Philippines in 2005 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is forwarding to you a report by Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Right), a human rights organisation based in Manila, regard...