Urgent Appeals

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the fresh spate of attacks on Dalit temple worshippers and Dalit representative organizations by religious fun...

NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan auth...

Dear friends, Since the army launched its coup in Thailand on September 19, it has moved fast to curtail civil liberties and detain members of the former caretaker government. There is growing resista...

(RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: 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 inqui...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed about two separate incidents against the religious minority called Ahmadi sect in Punjab province, Pakistan. In one case, the Daily Al...

[RE: UP-181-2006: BANGLADESH: Santa’s family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal; UP-114-2006: Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husb...

[RE: UA-205-2005: INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: Supreme Court ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged abduction, brutal torture and murder of a 24-year-old man, Mr. Santa Bahadu...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding two corresponding cases of subsequent torture of persons by provincial sectors of the Indonesian Police and co...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another forced disappearance in the ongoing conflict on the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka. A Tamil ethnic, Mr. Irajeevan Sat...

RE: UP-114-2006: BANGLADESH: Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband; UP-112-2006: Court dismisses charges against alleged perpetrators; UP-101-200...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Indian autho...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal that a corrupt policing system and an insensitive judiciary in In...

[RE: UA-76-2004: THAILAND: A prominent environmentalist Charoen Wat-aksorn murdered and an independent investigation required; UP-40-2004: THAILAND: Arrest warrant issued against a local politician fo...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received documents and information from the Yoma 3 news service (Thailand) that another group of farmers in the delta region of Burma have co...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged disappearance of three young men from their home in ongoing conflict area J...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received further information regarding the abduction of two lower caste women, a daughter and her mother, by the henchmen of the State Minist...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a rape victim is facing continuous threats from the alleged perpetrator due to deliberate inaction by the Paikgachha polic...