Urgent Appeals

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the disappearance of a young man named Sanjiv Kumar Karna (alias Dipu), whose whereabouts have remained unknown since 8 O...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of the recent actions by the School Principal at Bekkegama Junior School, Panadura, to degrade her students and deny them of...

THAILAND: False allegation of theft and assault; inaction and negligence by the police, the investigating officer and the state-appointed attorney ———————R...

[Re: UA-143-2004: THAILAND: At least 84 people killed in Southern Thailand on 26 October 2004; UP-65-2004: THAILAND: A list of the victims of the mass killing in Narathiwat province; Immediate interna...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to inform you of a situation regarding the denial of education to marginalised students affected by the tsunami in Sri Lanka. The Egoda-Uy...

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing; UP-14-2004: THAILAND: Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit is still missing and the police may be involved in his disappearance; ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the torture of Mr Dassanayakage Chintaka Deshapriya (32) by Kiriella police on 2 February 2005. In an attempt ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from MASUM, a human rights organisation in West Bengal, about the torture of a 8 year old child Munni, who was working a...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights non-government organization, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-Tarlac), regarding the killing of a h...

[RE: UP-14-2005: The assassin of Gerald Perera has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department, UP-76-2004: Gerald Perera died after gunshot; His family needs urgent protection, UP-74-2004:...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the burning of more than 300 houses and the mass rape and murder of innocent civilians by a mob backed by the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that an 11-year-old boy named Mahesh Kumara was illegally detained and charged by the Wattegama Police Station between F...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of the arbitrary imprisonment and torture of a Sri Lankan youth in Matale District, Sri Lanka. On 21 February 2005, Mr. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by the arbitrary arrest and torture of three men by the Kandana police on 2 March 2005. Due to several assaults, two of the v...

[RE: UA-152-2004:  PHILIPPINES: 127 families lost their homes due to illegal demolition in Davao City on 15 November 2004] Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned b...

[Re: UP-18-2005: NEPAL: Additional lists of arrested political leaders/activists and human rights defenders; UP-16-2005: NEPAL: List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders; Internati...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Promotion of Church People’s Response (PCPR) in Eastern Visayas regarding the attempt on the life of Fr. ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a number of sources that three local government officials in Taunggut township, Arakan state, western Burma, have b...

[RE: FA-06-2004: THAILAND: A human rights lawyer Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit missing; UP-14-2004: THAILAND: Mr. Somchai Neelaphaijit is still missing and the police may be involved in his disappearance; ...

[Re: UP-18-2005: NEPAL: Additional lists of arrested political leaders/activists and human rights defenders; UP-16-2005: NEPAL: List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders; Internat...