Urgent Appeals

[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 has received information that a man, Kudatanthrige Vasantha, was severely beaten with batons by policemen attached to the Ja-Ela police station on 3 Dec...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the alleged raped of a 16-year-old girl belonging to a minority community by a young Muslim man in Basudia vil...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the arrest and atrocities perpetuated by the local police in league with the district administration o...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Sulawesi (Kontras Sulawesi) and the Institute for the De...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a Hindu community was attacked by a group of Muslims during a religious programme being held by the Hindus. This took plac...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information about the arrest of various human rights defenders working in West Bengal along with victims of human rights violations ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information from a reliable source regarding the arbitrary detention of three men, namely Nihal Kithsiri (30) and his friends – Kumara and...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of hundreds of villagers and the destruction and burning of houses in Kontu Village, Muna ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the torture of a man by police personnel from the Meegahawatte Police Station of the Kelaniy...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a woman was arrested, assaulted and intimidated by the Lalbag police after they illegally raider her house. The police arr...

[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...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation working in West Bengal, regarding the alleged murder of a man and the unsuccessf...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a sixty-year-old man was arbitrarily arrested and detained, then tortured by the Godakawela police on 30 October 2005. The...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from reliable sources about the arrest, torture and subsequent death of a handicapped man in police custody at Harora po...

[Re: FA-16-2004: Forcible disappearance of a young man in Davao City; UP-103-2005: A 13-year-old daughter of a disappeared man in Davao City suffers trauma; UP-134-2005: Social welfare department fail...

[RE: UA-214-2005: PAKISTAN: Desecration and destruction of churches and Christian property after blasphemy allegations at Sangla Hills, Pakistan; UP-148-2005: PAKISTAN: Tensions continue to simmer in ...

[RE: UA-30-2005: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines; UA-34-2005: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another police raid on the free media in Nepal. According to the information received from INSEC, the human rights organis...

[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...