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Extended Introduction: Urgent Appeals, theory and practice

A need for dialogue

Many people across Asia are frustrated by the widespread lack of respect for human rights in their countries. Some may be unhappy about the limitations on the freedom of expression or restrictions on privacy, while some are affected by police brutality and military killings. Many others are frustrated with the absence of rights on labour issues, the environment, gender and the like. Yet the expression of this frustration tends to stay firmly in the private sphere. People complain among friends and family and within their social circles, but often on a low profile basis. This kind of public discourse is not usually an effective measure of the situation in a country because it is so hard to monitor. Though the media may cover the issues in a broad manner they rarely broadcast the private fears and anxieties of the average person. And along with censorship – a common blight in Asia – there is also often a conscious attempt in the media to reflect a positive or at least sober mood at home, where expressions of domestic malcontent are discouraged as unfashionably unpatriotic. Talking about issues like torture is rarely encouraged in the public realm. There may also be unwritten, possibly unconscious social taboos that stop the public reflection of private grievances. Where authoritarian control is tight, sophisticated strategies are put into play by equally sophisticated media practices to keep complaints out of the public space, sometimes very subtly. In other places an inner consensus is influenced by the privileged section of a society, which can control social expression of those less fortunate. Moral and ethical qualms can also be an obstacle. In this way, causes for complaint go unaddressed, un-discussed and unresolved and oppression in its many forms, self perpetuates. For any action to arise out of private frustration, people need ways to get these issues into the public sphere.

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SRI LANKA: Man mercilessly beaten by the Teldeniya police who then threatened him should he seek help from the human rights community

Urgent Appeal Case | Sri Lanka | | May 14, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of an appalling case of police brutality and torture of a man whom they accused of having stolen goods. When the man repeated t...

BANGLADESH: Police negligence in the disappearance and killing of a man in Sunamganj district

Urgent Appeal Case | Bangladesh | | May 14, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that the Chhatak police in Sunamganj district neglected to act on a complaint of a man’s disappearance, which may have re...

SRI LANKA: Police join abuser to further victimise a 14-year-old boy

Urgent Appeal Case | Sri Lanka | | May 14, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the assault of a 14-year-old boy by a local businessman, who forced the boy to work for him on 29 April 2006, ...

BANGLADESH: Twelve-year-old girl repeatedly raped and held hostage by traffic police constable in Dhaka

Urgent Appeal Case | Bangladesh | | May 14, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged repeated rape of a 12-year-old girl by a traffic police constable in Dhaka between 7 and 15 April ...

UPDATE (Thailand): Second call for special investigation chief to resign; EU expresses concern in Somchai case

Urgent Appeal Update | Thailand | | May 11, 2006

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case tran...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Supreme Court panel rejects death penalty review even though new evidence may exist

Urgent Appeal Update | Indonesia | | May 11, 2006

[RE: UA-205-2005: 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 agrees to r...

INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender

Urgent Appeal Case | India | | May 11, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner, Peoples Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), regarding the illegal arrest and detentio...

UPDATE (Philippines): Activist killed along with her husband after surviving an earlier attempt on her life

Urgent Appeal Update | Philippines | | May 11, 2006

[RE: UA-096-2006: PHILIPPINES: Activist killed and an attempt made on anothers life; UA-101-2006: PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed in Bohol and Tarlac; FA-007-2006: PHILIPPINES: A picture of t...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Harassment of family for their pursuit of justice in torture case

Urgent Appeal Update | Sri Lanka | | May 10, 2006

Dear friends, On 4 May 2006, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) informed our network about 18-year-old Samantha Perera, who was illegally arrested by the Bandaragama police, detained for four da...

UPDATE (Pakistan): Karachi Government has announced to make way for Lyari Expressway at all cost

Urgent Appeal Update | Pakistan | | May 10, 2006

[Re: HA-01-2006: PAKISTAN: City Government forces eviction leaving thousands homeless and without food in Karachi; UP-073-2006: PAKISTAN: Violence imminent over Lyari Expressway construction in Karach...

PHILIPPINES: Another sick inmate denied adequate treatment after being falsely charged

Urgent Appeal Case | Philippines | | May 10, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that another sick inmate has been deprived of adequate treatment following his arrest for charges believed to have been fabr...

SRI LANKA: Attack on an editor of a provincial newspaper

Urgent Appeal Case | Sri Lanka | | May 10, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of an attack on an editor of a local newspaper in Sri Lanka, following his attempt to report on illegal construction in his are...

BURMA: Farmer jailed for complaining about destruction of crops

Urgent Appeal Case | Burma (Myanmar) | | May 10, 2006

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Yoma 3 news service (Thailand) that a farmer in the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma has been jailed after lodgi...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Judicial Probe Commission ignores specific complaint against the Mohammadpur police

Urgent Appeal Update | Bangladesh | | May 9, 2006

[RE: UP-096-2006: BANGLADESH: Court orders supplementary investigation following disputed Judicial Probe Commission report; UP-083-2006: BANGLADESH: Police defy High Court order by continuing to make ...

UPDATE (Thailand): Civil suit dropped in trial of media campaigner Supinya

Urgent Appeal Update | Thailand | | May 9, 2006

[RE: UA-73-2004: THAILAND: Human rights defender faces preliminary decision in libel case on 21 June 2004 and UP-31 2004: THAILAND: Criminal Court decides to let libel suit against Ms Supinya Klangnar...

UPDATE (Philippines): Jail authorities failing to ensure adequate security despite grave danger torture victims are facing

Urgent Appeal Update | Philippines | | May 8, 2006

[RE: UA-082-2006: PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of 11 persons and subsequent filing of fabricated charges against them; UP-063-2006: PHILIPPINES: Lawyers for 11 torture victims file motion to withdraw c...

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Urgent Appeals

Extended Introduction: Urgent Appeals, theory and practice

A need for dialogue

SRI LANKA: Man mercilessly beaten by the Teldeniya police who then threatened him should he seek help from the human rights community

BANGLADESH: Police negligence in the disappearance and killing of a man in Sunamganj district

SRI LANKA: Police join abuser to further victimise a 14-year-old boy

BANGLADESH: Twelve-year-old girl repeatedly raped and held hostage by traffic police constable in Dhaka

UPDATE (Thailand): Second call for special investigation chief to resign; EU expresses concern in Somchai case

UPDATE (Indonesia): Supreme Court panel rejects death penalty review even though new evidence may exist

INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender

UPDATE (Philippines): Activist killed along with her husband after surviving an earlier attempt on her life

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Harassment of family for their pursuit of justice in torture case

UPDATE (Pakistan): Karachi Government has announced to make way for Lyari Expressway at all cost

PHILIPPINES: Another sick inmate denied adequate treatment after being falsely charged

SRI LANKA: Attack on an editor of a provincial newspaper

BURMA: Farmer jailed for complaining about destruction of crops

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Judicial Probe Commission ignores specific complaint against the Mohammadpur police

UPDATE (Thailand): Civil suit dropped in trial of media campaigner Supinya

UPDATE (Philippines): Jail authorities failing to ensure adequate security despite grave danger torture victims are facing

PHILIPPINES: Two persons killed while three other activists survive attempts on their lives in separate attacks in Luzon

UPDATE (Philippines): Further details on plot to kill torture victims

BANGLADESH: Protestors beaten by the police in Dhaka

UPDATE (Philippines): Fabricated charges filed against wounded labour leader

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