Urgent Appeals

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) received information from KARAPATAN (Alliance for the Advancement of Peoples Rights), a human rights organisation based in Manila, Philippines,?c...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received shocking information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, that a torture victim and her family have been threatened by an intel...

[RE: UA-141-2004: SRI LANKA: A man arbitrarily assaulted by the SI of the Horana Police Station without any reason and UP-051-2006: SRI LANKA: Justice continues to evade victim one and a half years af...

Dear friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you regarding the use of excessive force by policemen and security guards in dispersing 21 union members of a protest at ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern to inform you that the family of a religious worker, Pastor Isaias Sta. Rosa, who was killed on August 3, 2006, is prese...

[RE: UA-247-2006: SRI LANKA: Man brutally tortured by the Wanduramba Police Station requires months of hospitalisation and UP-146-2006: SRI LANKA: Update on torture victim Mr. Premalal] ——...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed by its partner in Nepal, Advocacy Forum, about further developments to the case of 33-year old Mr. Teksu Rai, a permanent resid...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received shocking information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, regarding yet another incident of brutality and torture committed by ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a member of a fishermen’s group was killed while two other activists are facing serious threats. Orlando Rivera (...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner in India, MASUM concerning the death of a young woman, who died a few hours after giving birth du...

[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 (AHRC) has been informed that two persons were killed in the name of “crossfire” by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Jessore district, Kh...

Dear friends,   The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of defamation and intimidation involving five teachers by the school authority after t...

[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 Philippine au...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding an illegal arrest, torture and fabrication of charges against Janaka Perera and Tilan Perera  of Pana...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of a suicide involving a man named Mr. Asmat Ali after he was allegedly arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the Chhutipur camp...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received reliable information that a 16-year-old school girl has been duped into leaving home by one of her school teachers in Thiruwanaganga...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that Uztadz Kusain Abedin, a development worker whom the military illegally arrested and detained, was released on August 4 ...

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

[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...