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Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) regrets to inform you of a further incident of harassment and assault by the military against three indigenous Higaonons in Misamis Oriental. The...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward an urgent appeal from Free Cocoy Tulawie Movement. For more information, please contact: Max de Mesa, maxdemesa@gmail.com Tha...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that a group of Banwaon tribesmen were threatened, harassed and accused of being members of the New People’s Army ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that four civilians assisting ambushed soldiers were shot dead and accused of being rebels. The victims were alleged...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you of the killing of five indigenous persons in Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao. The victims were mistaken for New People�...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that a human rights defender was killed in Agusan del Sur. Lito Abion was a member of a group that refused to merge ...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you about the killing of three civilians in Davao City, while the whereabouts of a couple who escaped the shooting remai...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that a six-year-old child has been killed by stray bullets. The child sustained two gunshot wounds to her back. Sinc...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned about the killing of three indigenous leaders in the community of Km.16, Barangay Diatagon Lianga, Surigao Del Sur. Paramilit...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to express concern regarding the fabricated charges against Honey May Suazo (Hanimay) and the other 14 leaders of People’s organizations...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you of the killing of a couple in Tacpao village, Negros Oriental by military agents. While the perpetrators have denied...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you about the harassment and killings perpetrated allegedly by the 68th and 73rd Infantry Battalions of the Philippines Army, an...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you of the harassment and assault of several persons by military officers of the 73rd Infantry Battalion in separate inc...

A Statement from Hong Kong Campaign for the Advancement of Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (HKCAHRPP) forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission As human rights and peace advocates in Ho...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the arbitrary arrest and detention of two university students in Central Luzon over a year ago. The victims were conducti...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission regrets to inform you that eight persons were arbitrarily arrested while three men were tortured in separate incidents in Mindanao. All the victims were...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal arrest and detention of the Lampusay siblings. One of the victims is a former volunteer educator of the Rural...

(Note: this article was first published in the August 16, 2015 issue of the Sunday Examiner) Temogen (Cocoy) Tulawie, a rights advocate from Sulu, walked out of prison on July 20 after a court in Man...

Dear Friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to express concern regarding the disrespect of the religion and dignity of 20 prisoners presently detained in General Santos City Jail. To...

A Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre Further to our comments on the Government’s periodic report to the UN Committee against Torture, herein we will look into the case of RahmanTotoh.  In...