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[RE: UP-122-2006: INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender for the second time; UA-156-2006: INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender; ...

CAMBODIA: Assault; impunity; abuse of power. Dear friends, The Asian Human Right Commission (AHRC) has learned that on November 14, 2006, three villagers were allegedly assaulted in relation to a land...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its parter MASUM in West Bengal that ruling party leaders in Rojipur village, Hooghly district, have been repeatedl...

Freedom of expression in Cambodia has suffered another big blow. On November 10, Prime Minister Hun Sen said publicly that he “could send tanks to arrest” those who “had suggested a ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  AS-284-2006 November 11, 2006 A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission  SRI LANKA:  Only international human rights monitoring can ensure credible inquiries into the ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to update you about the ongoing detention of the five former student leaders who were arrested between September 27 and 30 who remain unde...

PHILIPPINES: Extra-judicial killings, violence against activist; impartial and independent investigation; alleged involvement by military in killings; collapse of rule of law ———R...

The AHRC notes with shock the further intensification of violence in Sri Lanka with the assassination of a Member of Parliament, Nadarajah Raviraj, belonging to the TNA and the killings of the civilia...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2006 AHRC-OL-064-2006 An Open Letter to the interim prime minister of Thailand by the Asian Human Rights Commission General Surayud Chulanont Interim Prime Minister ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is gravely concerned at the apparent lack of action by the prosecutor in two recent serious criminal cases in Cambodia. It wishes to remind the prosecutor that...

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and detention; poor practice of verifying identify of suspect in court; un-rule of law ————————————- D...

[RE: UP-183-2006: BANGLADESH: Santa’s life is under extreme threat of death now; UP-181-2006:Santa’s family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal; UP-114-2006: Safety measures mus...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed of the arbitrary arrest of a businessman by the Detective Branch (DB) Police of Khulna district from his house at Paikgachha to...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Public Statement AI Index: ASA 37/033/2006 (Public) News Service No: 290 8 November 2006 Amnesty International is deeply concerned by reports of the killing today of as many as 6...

The interim prime minister of Thailand, General Surayud Chulanont, on November 7 told the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Bangkok that his government is committed to “restoring the rule of...

We are writing to you today to express our outrage at the total failure of the authorities in Pakistan to investigate, prosecute, try and punish the perpetrators of the brutal revenge killing of a soc...

[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 au...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the illegal detention of 53 year-old Mr. Ashok Kumar Basu Roy at Dum-Dum police station, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 2...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the completely improper and biased police inquiry into the torture case of 19-year-old Dhanuka Tisara,...

PHILIPPINES: Extra-judicial killings, brutal torture, enforced disappearance, a need for an enabling law on torture and disappearance; impartial and independent investigation; collapse of rule of law ...