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CAMBODIA: Army unlawfully evicts villagers 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has learned that on 15 June 2006 Colonel Neou Ol, Deputy  Director of the Development Centre of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces located in Kompong Spe...

PAKISTAN: Under-trial prisoner killed following fabricated blasphemy charges having been laid against him 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned of the stabbing death of an under-trial prisoner in Muzzafar Garh, Pakistan. The prisoner, in police custody at the time of his death...

UPDATE (Pakistan): Missing journalist found dead in Pakistan 

Dear friends, It is with much regret that the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the death of Pakistan journalist, Mr. Hayat Ullah Khan. In a May 2006 appeal (UA-145-2006) th...

PHILIPPINES: Inadequate medical attention leads to the death of a factory worker and serious illness to another 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you of the death of a female factory worker and the serious illness of another caused by diseases allegedly contracted at their ...

UPDATE (Thailand): Please sign petition to remove head of special investigation from post 

[RE: UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case transferred; UP-24-2005: THAILAND: Thai minister refuses to act on missing human ri...

NEPAL: Highlights of the eight-point agreement between the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)and the Seven-Party-Alliance 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following statement by which appeared in Nepalnews on June 16, 2006 Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong —&...

SRI LANKA: How has the judiciary been diminished in value since 1978 and why?

This paper has been prepared in question and answer form to discuss how the status and the value of courts has diminished since the 1978 Constitution which is an authoritarian Constitution. The presen...

GENERAL APPEAL (Thailand): Government authorities in south of Thailand reportedly encourage “shoot to kill” policy with cash rewards 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by reports that the authorities in southern Thailand have proposed to give large cash rewards to people who have gunfights wi...

BANGLADESH: Man killed by police torture in Gaibandha Sadar police station on the instruction of ruling party political leaders 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that Mr. Sajedur Rahman Sarkar Sajid, who was entrapped by the police and intelligence agents on the instruction of ruling poli...

UPDATE (Thailand): Important programme to commemorate human rights defenders and discuss failed investigations 

[RE: UP-20-2005: THAILAND: Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case transferred; UP-24-2005: THAILAND: Thai minister refuses to act on missing human ri...

UPDATE (Burma): Human rights lawyer’s licence revoked; ILO steps up pressure; cases go to Supreme Court 

[UA-119-2006: BURMA: Court appeal against lawyer jailed for helping farmers contact ILO headed for Supreme Court; UA-071-2006: BURMA: Two villagers jailed for reporting extortion; UP-054-2006: BURMA: ...

UPDATE (Thailand): Trial continues against 58 accused in Narathiwat protest; key witnesses for prosecution absent or ignorant 

[Re: UA-143-2004: THAILAND: At least 84 people killed in Southern Thailand on 26 October 2004; UP-65-2004: THAILAND: A list of the victims of the mass killing in Narathiwat province; Immediate interna...

PHILIPPINES: Another activist killed; union leader faces serious threat 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) deeply regrets to inform you that another activist has been killed while a labour union leader faces serious threat to his life. Activist Markus ...

CAMBODIA: Government set to curb rights and activities of NGOs 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of the Cambodian government’s intention to enact a law which would highly restrict the rights and activities of NGOs in the co...

SRI LANKA: Threat made against tenant of the late Gerald Perara 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of a threat made against the tenant of the late Gerald Perara. Owing to the seriousness of the threat and given the person who ...

SRI LANKA: Open letter from the AHRC to the Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights

June 16, 2006 Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe Minister for  Parliamentary Complex Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Dear Mr. Minister, Having seen the report in the Daily Mirror of June 12, 2006 by Uditha Jayasinghe on ...

SRI LANKA: The only way to genuinely mourn the spread of the carnage in the country is to address the fundamental causes of the total crisis in Sri Lanka.

A landmine attack on a bus on June 15 at Kebethigollewa on a remote road near rebel-held territory killed at least 64 persons and wounded many more.  Immediately thereafter there were several air str...

UPDATE (Burma): Professor says he will launch new solo protest; passport illegally revoked 

[RE: UA-004-2002: BURMA: Arrested Professor prepared to die for democracy; UP-004-2002: BURMA: Who is Dr. Salai, Burmese political prisoner?; UP-019-2002: BURMA: Arrested professor sentenced to seven ...

NEPAL: Vigilante groups in Nepal must be disarmed and disbanded 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is writing to express our deep concern with regard to ongoing grave human rights violations being perpetrated by armed vigilante groups in Nepal....

MALAYSIA: State orchestrated destruction of Hindu temples 

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has come to learn of several cases involving the demolition or at least partial damage of Hindu temples in Malaysia following orders by governmen...