Death penalty

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urgently requests you to write to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to save one Sri Lankan girl Nafeek Rizana, who is facing the death sentence in Saudi Arabia. For details of the original case, please see: UA-207-2007. Rizana’s family could not file an appeal before the […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) needs your immediate intervention in the case of a Sri Lankan migrant worker, Nafeek Rizana, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for allegedly killing a 4-month-old child. The deadline for her appeal has been set for June 30, but she cannot afford legal aid […]

Dear friends, The AHRC writes to inform you of yet another delay in the intermediate review of the death sentences of five men, known as the “Abadilla 5”, by the Court of Appeals (CA). In our previous appeal we mentioned that for over two years, the CA has failed to make its decision due to […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continued failure of the Supreme Court (SC) to review the case of five men, known as the “Abadilla 5”, who were sentenced to death by a local court eight years ago. The five men were sentenced for the murder of an […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the statement issued by Migrant CARE on the “19 Indonesian Migrant Workers facing death penalty abroad”. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Forwarded Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) INDONESIA: 19 Indonesian Migrant Workers facing death penalty abroad […]

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian authorities. We encourage you to send your appeal letters via fax or post to those people. Fax numbers and postal addresses of the Cambodian authorities are […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the prolonged detention of two farmers in Davao Oriental province, the Philippines. Both of them have been detained for almost three years without any progress in their case because the prosecution witnesses failed to appear in court on six occasions. One of […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that the president of Pakistan again deferred execution of Mirza Tahir Hussain, this time for a further two months. Prior to the president’s intervention, Mirza was scheduled to be executed on November 1, 2006 (UA-339-2006). This is not the first time that his […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is calling for your urgent intervention to save the life of Mr. Mirza Tahir Hussain (aged 38), who is facing imminent execution scheduled for early November after Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims. He, who was 18 years old at that time, had been charged with murder […]

October 10th was declared as the World Day Against the Death Penalty in 2003 by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty. The ongoing debate has again arisen on the issue of the existence of the death penalty in India, since the Supreme Court of India upheld the decision of the special court in meting […]

[RE: UA-205-2005: INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: Supreme Court agrees to review Poso 3 case; UP-105-2006: Supreme Court panel rejects death penalty review even though new evidence may exist; UP-157-2006: Three men in Poso face imminent execution on August […]

[RE: UA-205-2005: INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: INDONESIA: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: INDONESIA: Supreme Court agrees to review Poso 3 case; UP-105-2006: INDONESIA: Supreme Court panel rejects death penalty review even though new evidence may exist] ———————————– UP-157-2006: INDONESIA: Three men in Poso […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to you in advance of your State on Monday, July 24. While we look forward to what you will be reporting regarding the present situation of your country and future plans, we would like to draw your attention to the state of human rights in the Philippines, which […]

The numerous appointments to key national commissions by the executive president, contravening constitutional requirements, are a very clear indication of Sri Lanka’s drift from a law-based society to one in which the law plays a significantly reduced role.  While criticism against presidential actions has pointed to matters including the fact that no person is above […]

[RE: UP-167-2005: SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: A season’s appeal for intervention in the case of the three Sri Lankans facing death sentence; UP-43-2005: Questions remain in Sri Lanka’s willingness to save three of its citizens; UP-39-2005: Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia; UP-38-2005: Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia […]

[RE: UA-205-2005: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: Supreme Court agrees to review Poso 3 case] ———————————– INDONESIA: Right to life; death penalty; fair trial —————————————————— Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is shocked by the news that a […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) welcomes the news that the Supreme Court in Indonesia has finally agreed to a second case review for three men on death row in Poso, Central Sulawesi. Fabianus Tibo (60), Dominggus Da Silva (42) and Don Marinus Riwu (48) were charged with inciting communal conflict in Poso, […]

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the imminent execution of Fabianus Tibo (60), Dominggus Da Silva (42) and Don Marinus Riwu (48), who were charged with inciting communal conflict in Poso, Central Sulawesi in 2000. Their appeal for clemency was rejected by President Yudhoyono on 10 November 2005. […]

The Asian Human Rights Commission welcomes the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday February 13, 2006, which declared the controversial Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) unconstitutional and ordered it to be scrapped immediately. This has paved the way for the release of ousted Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who had […]

[RE: UP-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Three persons tortured by the Chapainawabganj police; UA-041-2006: BANGLADESH: Eight people killed and at least one hundred injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district; UA-013-2006: BANGLADESH: Two people killed and thirty-five injured by police fire in Chapainawabganj district] ———————————– UP-016-2006: BANGLADESH: Three detained and tortured leaders have been released from prison in […]