Urgent Appeals

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture of Mr. W. Sunil and his wife, Wasanthi by the Wanduranba police on 17 March 2006. On March ...

[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...

[RE: UP-077-2006: NEPAL: Nepal under curfew; UP-072-2006: NEPAL: Defacto emergency declared in Nepal; UA-117-2006: NEPAL: Arrests made ahead of public rallies in the capital, Kathmandu; UP-079-2006: N...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has heard reports through shortwave radio broadcasts and other sources that police in at least two townships of Rangoon are arbitrarily arresting...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of Ms. M. K. Buddhika by the Baddegama police on 17 February 2006. Ms. Buddhika pleaded with the p...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum), regarding the death of 25-year-old Ms. Tulsi Das, who was ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner, Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum), detailing the death of Subhankar Mondal, a mentally disabl...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the news that the Supreme Court in Indonesia has finally agreed to a second case review for three men on death row in Poso, Central Sula...

[RE: UP-077-2006: NEPAL: Nepal under curfew; UP-072-2006: NEPAL: Defacto emergency declared in Nepal; UA-117-2006: NEPAL: Arrests made ahead of public rallies in the capital, Kathmandu; UP-079-2006: N...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the disappearance of Dr. Safdar Sarki, a nationalist and political leader in Pakistan. On 24 February 2006, Dr. Sarki was...

INDONESIA: Attempted murder; failure to properly investigate case; police inaction; absence of witness and victim’s protection; collapse of rule of law ——————̵...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the police brutality on journalists at the Chittagong stadium on April 16. Following the incident, a d...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the legal reforms proposed by the Australian Government to excise all of Australia from undocumented asylum seekers who ar...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that two more activists have been killed in separate incidents. On April 5, Florencio Cervantes (27) was killed insi...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another activist has been killed and his colleague is facing serious threats. Environmental activist Elpidio de...

Dear friends, In February 2006, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wrote to you regarding the death of a man named Yupiter Manek who died on 23 December 2005 due to the alleged torture by the Re...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding a brutal rape of two migrant workers in Thailand by a powerful businessman who is the son of a former member o...

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that at least 16 journalists were injured due to police brutality at the Bir Sreshtha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong o...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the continuous disappearances of political and human rights activists in Balochistan, the southern province in Pakistan. I...