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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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INDIA: Tortured Dalit couple threatened to withdraw their complaint against policemen

Urgent Appeal Case | India | | July 17, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received an urgent appeal from Peoples Watch Tamil Nadu, a human rights organization in Tamil Nadu, India, regarding a Dalit woman who w...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Mr. Sharon Wijewardene’s torturers found guilty by Supreme Court; UN Human Rights Committee judges that Sri Lankan state is obliged under ICCPR to provide legal remedy to Mr. Tony Fernando

Urgent Appeal Update | Sri Lanka | | July 12, 2005

[UA-38-2002: SRI LANKA: Torture victim has not been produced before the JMO even after a magistrate’s order; UP-07-2004: SRI LANKA: Michael Anthony Fernando attacked; UP-49-2003: Michael Anthony...

SRI LANKA: A court magistrate receives death threats prior to giving evidence in an inquiry

Urgent Appeal Case | Sri Lanka | | July 12, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned by another threat made against a judge in Sri Lanka. According to the information we have received, former Magistrate of Wel...

UPDATE (Nepal): Welcomed release of persons arbitrarily arrested and detained by Nepal’s security forces, but much more must be done

Urgent Appeal Update | Nepal | | July 11, 2005

[RE: UA-84-2005: NEPAL: Re-arrest of Nepalese citizens undermines official court orders and rule of law; UP-16-2005: NEPAL: List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders; International...

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, detention and torture of a man by the Morantuduwa Police

Urgent Appeal Case | Sri Lanka | | July 11, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the alleged illegal arrest, detention and brutal torture of a man by the Officer-in-Charge and other police personnel at ...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara’s allegation; The Sri Lankan state’s unwilling to address nasty policing

Urgent Appeal Update | Sri Lanka | | July 10, 2005

[UP-32-2004: Tissa Kumara receives further death threats; UP-28-2004: Police pressure the torture victim to withdraw case by threatening his family; UP-22-2004: Tuberculosis patient kept in solitary c...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Police fail to follow up on fact-finding report into Munir case; President does not react to requests for monitoring of the investigation

Urgent Appeal Update | Indonesia | | July 7, 2005

(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...

UPDATE (Malaysia/Burma): 66 Burmese protesters charged at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court, two charged at Kuala Lumpur juvenile court

Urgent Appeal Update | | July 6, 2005

[Re: UA-101-2005: BURMA/MALAYSIA: Sixty eight Burmese protesters holding a peaceful demonstration are arbitrarily detained by the police] Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has rec...

INDIA: Illegal detention, blatant violation of laws and threat to life of three people

Urgent Appeal Case | India | | July 5, 2005

Dear friends The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal regarding three persons illegally and arbitrarily detained at Jala...

UPDATE (Burma): ILO clarification on case of villagers complaining about forced labour

Urgent Appeal Update | Burma (Myanmar) | | July 5, 2005

[RE: UA-31-2005: BURMA: Local officials set up on forced labour charges to cover for senior military officers; UP-69-2005: BURMA: Villagers lodge second complaint for detention of wrong persons in for...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Attorney General fails to investigate the gross violations of human rights committed at Trisakti and Semanggi

Urgent Appeal Update | Indonesia | | July 5, 2005

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from sources in Indonesia regarding the killings of demonstrators at Trisakti and Semanggi, Jakarta in 1998/99 (...

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further death threats to torture victim J.V. Saman Priyankara from Matale

Urgent Appeal Update | Sri Lanka | | July 5, 2005

[Re: UP-74-2005: SRI LANKA: Torture victim Priyankara received death threats again and urgent witness protection is required; UP-37-2004: A Kandy coordinator of National Police Commission allegedly co...

NEPAL: Abduction, brutal torture, illegal detention and arbitrary arrest of a man by personnel from the Royal Nepal Army

Urgent Appeal Case | Nepal | | July 5, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the brutal torture, arbitrary arrest and illegal detention of a young journalist in Nepal. Mr Chandralal Giri ...

NEPAL: Abduction and extra-judicial execution of a man goes unredressed

Urgent Appeal Case | Nepal | | July 4, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from sources about the inaction of the police and the Attorney General in regards to the abduction and murder of a man i...

UPDATE (Philippines): Delay in trial due to possible neglect by the court and prosecutor

Urgent Appeal Update | Philippines | | July 3, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the further postponement in the trial of Jejhon Macalinsal, Aron Salah and Abubakar Amilhasan due to a...

SRI LANKA: Defamation and intimidation of five teachers remains uninvestigated by the police and the Ministry of Education

Urgent Appeal Case | Sri Lanka | | July 3, 2005

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has received information about the inaction of the police and the Ministry of Education in regards to the defamation and threatening of five school teac...

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Urgent Appeals

Extended Introduction: Urgent Appeals, theory and practice

A need for dialogue

INDIA: Tortured Dalit couple threatened to withdraw their complaint against policemen

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Mr. Sharon Wijewardene’s torturers found guilty by Supreme Court; UN Human Rights Committee judges that Sri Lankan state is obliged under ICCPR to provide legal remedy to Mr. Tony Fernando

SRI LANKA: A court magistrate receives death threats prior to giving evidence in an inquiry

UPDATE (Nepal): Welcomed release of persons arbitrarily arrested and detained by Nepal’s security forces, but much more must be done

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, detention and torture of a man by the Morantuduwa Police

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara’s allegation; The Sri Lankan state’s unwilling to address nasty policing

UPDATE (Indonesia): Police fail to follow up on fact-finding report into Munir case; President does not react to requests for monitoring of the investigation

UPDATE (Malaysia/Burma): 66 Burmese protesters charged at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate’s Court, two charged at Kuala Lumpur juvenile court

INDIA: Illegal detention, blatant violation of laws and threat to life of three people

UPDATE (Burma): ILO clarification on case of villagers complaining about forced labour

UPDATE (Indonesia): Attorney General fails to investigate the gross violations of human rights committed at Trisakti and Semanggi

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further death threats to torture victim J.V. Saman Priyankara from Matale

NEPAL: Abduction, brutal torture, illegal detention and arbitrary arrest of a man by personnel from the Royal Nepal Army

NEPAL: Abduction and extra-judicial execution of a man goes unredressed

UPDATE (Philippines): Delay in trial due to possible neglect by the court and prosecutor

SRI LANKA: Defamation and intimidation of five teachers remains uninvestigated by the police and the Ministry of Education

UPDATE (Thailand): Department of Special Investigation fails to bring justice to Charoen Wat-aksorn case

THAILAND: Murder of Thai monk following an environmental and land dispute with local influential business figures

INDIA: Alleged rape and murder of a young woman in West Bengal

INDIA: Death in custody under mysterious circumstances

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