PHILIPPINES: Tortured political activist writes about the investigation into his arrest, detention and fabrication of charges in jail

Urgent Appeal Update : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is sharing with you a letter, written from prison, by Renante Gamara, a political activist whom police tortured and questioned in the absence of a legal counsel during his arrest on April 3, 2012. In his letter he writes about the investigation by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) into his case in response to the AHRC's appeal. Read More...
SRI LANKA: A man was arrested on suspicion of taking part in a bombing and sentenced to death after a sham trial

Urgent Appeal Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Krishnaswami Ramachandran was arrested on suspicion of his involvement in the bomb blast at Daladha Maligawa in 1998. He was tortured and the charges were based on the confession he was forced to give under duress. In 2003 he was sentenced to death by the Kandy High Court. Ramachandran states that he was not given a fair trial. He further states that the trial was held in Sinhalese which is not his mother language and due to this he was unable to follow the proceedings. He also vehemently refutes the charges and says that he was convicted and sentenced for a crime he did not commit. Read More...
PHILIPPINES: Soldiers prevent displaced indigenous villagers from access to their farms

Urgent Appeal Case : The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that soldiers are harassing and preventing indigenous villagers, who were displaced en masse last month due to an armed conflict, from getting access to their farms to harvest crops. The soldiers imposed restriction on the villager's movements on the pretext of ensuring their safety; however, it is clear that their intentions are to repress them for not informing about the presence of rebels in their community. Read More...
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