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ASIA: Three outstanding Asian widows jointly nominated for 2006 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights

Today, March 30, 2006 the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has nominated three outstanding widows of human rights defenders to receive jointly the prestigious 2006 , awarded by the May 18 Memorial...

INDONESIA: Ratification of key human rights instruments must be followed by legal reform

The Indonesian government’s commitment to ratify two key human rights instruments, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, So...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Parliament must formally revoke 2001 recommendation and call for ad hoc human rights court to prosecute Trisakti and Semanggi killings 

[RE: UA-23-2002: Sign petition for attorney general to bring justice to May 1998 riot victims; UP-81-2005: Attorney General Refuses to investigate gross violations of human rights that were committed ...

INDONESIA: Unlawful criminal trial and arbitrary detention of an eight-year-old boy 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a case involving the unlawful criminal trial and arbitrary detention of an eight-year-old boy. On 10 March 2006, an eight-ye...

UPDATE (Indonesia): President must take firm steps to ensure investigation of Munir’s death follows court recommendations 

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

INDONESIA: President refuses to grant clemency to Brazilian while two Australian nationals are sentenced to death 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information of two cases where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has turned down requests for clemency against the death penalty. ...

INDONESIA: Alleged extra-judicial killing of a man by the Resort Police of West Jakarta 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information on the alleged extrajudicial killing of Dayus (48) an entrepreneur, by the Resort Police of West Jakarta. At approximate...

INDONESIA: A man allegedly tortured to death by the Belu police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Initiative for the Development of People’s Advocacy (PIAR) in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia that ...

UPDATE (Bangladesh): Three detained and tortured leaders have been released from prison in Chapainawabganj

[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 dist...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Three soldiers received lenient sentences while other perpetrators are still at large regarding an attack on three hamlets in South Sulawesi 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the attack on three hamlets, Karama, Bonto Gaddong and Ujung Moncong, in South Sulawesi by a group of ...

INDONESIA: Illegal arrest and detention of a leader of a religious minority sect called Eden Community 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Ms. Lia Aminuddin, a leader of a religious community called Eden Community, which is located in Jl. Mahoni, Senen J...

INDONESIA: Forced eviction renders hundreds homeless and threatens security of others 

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that on 11 January 2006, approximately 125 semi-permanent houses were bulldozed by the local authorities, evictin...

INDONESIA: Torture of two villagers by police in South Sumatera over permission letters to buy cows 

Dear friends, It has come to the attention of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) that two men were tortured by police officers in Buay Runjung, South Sumatera, Indonesia on 23 November 2005. Ara...

INDONESIA: Call for effective investigation into Central Sulawesi bombing 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is concerned by the latest bomb blasts in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on 31 December 2005. According to local human rights groups Kontras (...

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner MASUM, a local nongovernmental organisation about the arrest and torture of an innocent person by...

Greeting of the season from the Asian Human Rights Commission!

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) sends greetings to everyone, wishing them a Happy Christmas and New Year. We wish particularly to extend our greetings to those members of our network from aro...

UPDATE (Indonesia): Pollycarpus sentenced to 14-years imprisonment for murder of Munir 

[RE: UA-164-2004: 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 inquiries; UP-47...

INDONESIA: Insufficient government aid results in 55 starvation deaths over the past month in Yahukimo District, Papua Province

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received disturbing information concerning hunger and the loss of several lives due to starvation in the Yahukimo District, Papua Province, I...

INDONESIA: Custodial torture of ten men by Central Sulawesi Provincial Police 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence Sulawesi (Kontras Sulawesi) and the Institute for the De...

INDONESIA: Hundreds of villagers forcibly evicted in Southeast Sulawesi 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the forced eviction of hundreds of villagers and the destruction and burning of houses in Kontu Village, Muna ...