Open Letter

February 22, 2012 An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Justice of Myanmar/Burma U Tun Tun Oo Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel: + 95 67 404 080/ 071/ 078/ 067 or + 95 1 372 145 Fax: + 95 67 404 059 […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Maria Otero Under Secretary, Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 United States of America Fax: + (202) 647-1579 Dear Ms. Otero, NEPAL: […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Honourable Attorney General of Sri Lanka The Honourable Shanthi Eva Wanasundara Attorney General Attorney General’s Department Colombo 12 SRI LANKA Fax: +94 11 2 436421 E-mail: ag@attorneygeneral.gov.lk Dear Ms. Wanasundara, SRI LANKA: Abductors threaten the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka We wish to bring […]

An Open Letter to the Chief Justice of Myanmar (Burma) U Tun Tun Oo Chief Justice Office of the Supreme Court Office No. 24 Naypyitaw MYANMAR Tel: + 95 67 404 080/ 071/ 078/ 067 or + 95 1 372 145 Fax: + 95 67 404 059 Dear Chief Justice MYANMAR: Appeal to review cases […]

A Joint Open Letter signed by NGOs from around the world to the UN Human Rights Council November 22, 2011 To: Member States of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency, As civil society organizations from around the world we urgently call on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) to convene a […]

A Joint Open Letter produced by NGOs from around the world to the UN General Assembly November 21, 2011 To: All Member States of the UN General Assembly Dear Ambassador, On October 20 a number of our organizations wrote to you to urge the UN General Assembly to demand an end to the government-sponsored violence […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Minister of Orissa Chief Minister Mr. Naveen Patnaik Through the office of the Principal Secretary Home Department, Government of Orissa Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome Road Bhubaneswar 751001, Orissa INDIA Fax: +91 674 25351006 Email: homesec@ori.nic.in Dear Sir, INDIA: POSCO project is not more important than […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Chief Minister of Orissa Chief Minister Mr. Naveen Patnaik Through the office of the Principal Secretary Home Department, Government of Orissa Naveen Nivas, Aerodrome Road Bhubaneswar 751001, Orissa INDIA Fax: +91 674 25351006 Email: homesec@ori.nic.in Dear Sir, INDIA: POSCO project is not more important […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to His Eminence, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith Archbishop’s House, Borella, Colombo 08, Sri Lanka. Fax: 0094-11-2692009 E-mail: sunilde@sltnet.lk Your Eminence, Re: The commemoration of the disappeared in Sri Lanka We are writing to bring to your notice an action by some priests, namely, Rev. […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of Myanmar/Burma U Thein Sein President of Myanmar President Office Office No.18 Naypyitaw Myanmar Dear Mr Thein Sein BURMA: Urgent humanitarian intervention needed for jailed monk I am writing to you with an urgent humanitarian request concerning the current conditions of detention for […]

Baburam Bhattarai Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Nepal Singh Durbar P.O. Box: 43312 Kathmandu Nepal Tel: +977 1 421 1000 Fax: +977 1 421 1086 Email: info@opmcm.gov.np Dear Prime Minister: NEPAL: Government should prioritize Dalits’ food security During the month of the World Food Day (October 16) and the International […]

A Joint Open Letter produced by NGOs from around the world to the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Subject: Sri Lanka as the host of CHOGM 2013 October 20, 2011 Dear Commonwealth Heads of Governments, This letter follows an earlier letter on this subject that many of us jointly wrote to Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, prior to […]

A Joint Open Letter produced by NGOs from around the world to the members of the UN General Assembly October 20, 2011 To: All Member States of the UN General Assembly Dear Ambassador, In light of the Security Council’s failure to address the violence by Syria’s security forces against their own people, we call on […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Ban Ki-Moon, General Secretary of the United Nations The Honorable Ban Ki-Moon Secretary General 760 United Nations Plaza United Nations New York, NY 10017 UNITED STATES Via fax: 1-212-963-2155 Your Excellency, NEPAL: Dialogue with the Prime Minister must make accountability and justice its cornerstone The […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the President of the United States of America President Barack Obama President of the United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Fax: +1-202-456-2461 Dear Mr. President, NEPAL: Dialogue with the Prime Minister must make accountability and justice its […]

A Joint Open Letter produced by NGOs from around the world H.E. Laura Dupuy Lasserre  President of the United Nations Human Rights Council  Email: hrcpresidency@ohchr.org  Fax: +41-(0)22-917-0490  CC: Member States of the Human Rights Council Geneva, 16 September 2011  Your Excellency,  The undersigned non-governmental human rights organisations write this letter to you in your capacity […]

A Joint Open Letter produced by NGOs from around the world to the 18th Human Rights Council To Permanent Representatives of all member states of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 14 September 2011, Excellency, The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your government to address serious and widespread human rights abuses which continue to […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to the Inspector General of Police and the Secretary, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka  Dear Sirs, SRI LANKA: A young man’s complaint of imminent threat to life Re: A young man’s complaint of imminent threat to life due to a powerful businessman working hand-in-hand with […]

A Joint Open Letter from REDRESS and the Asian Human Rights Commission to Prof. Mizanur Rahman, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh Dr Mizanur RAHMAN, Chairman National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh Gulpheshan Plaza, 8, Shahid Salina Parvin Sarak, Maghbazar, Dhaka-1217, BANGLADESH London / Hong Kong, 22 July 2011 Dear Dr Mizanur […]

An Open Letter from the Asian Human Rights Commission to Mr. Federico Mayor, President of the International Commission against the Death Penalty Mr. Federico Mayor President International Commission against the Death Penalty C/o The Secretariat Edificio Torres Ágora, Serrano Galvache 26, 28071 Madrid SPAIN Tel: +34 91 394 89 53 Email: asunta.vivo@icomdp.org Dear Mr. Mayor, […]