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INDONESIA: Mass grave uncovered – impunity over 1965 Massacre must end

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM  AHRC UA Index: 001123 23 November 2000  ————...

PAKISATAN: Dr. Shaikh may face Death Sentence for Blasphemy

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM AHRC UA Index: 001023 23 October 2000  —————&...

BURMA: Renewed crackdown by junta on opposition

The military rulers of Burma are clearly renewing their efforts to destroy the National League of Democracy (NLD), which was overwhelmingly elected to rule the country ten years ago, but never allowed...

SRI LANKA: Election Manifests Serious Crisis in Democratic Institutions

Will the perpetrators of violence be brought to justice? An AHRC Statement on Recent General Election, 2000, in Sri Lanka The violence during the election this time has been acknowledged, and even the...

SRI LANKA: 26 year-old story writer harassed by the Church

The Controversy over SL Catholic Church Action on the short Story, Mary who called Maria, by SL writer Manjula Wediwardene.  Following is some information about a controversy in Sri Lanka about a ...

CAMBODIA: Parliamentarian threatened in the street by armed military officer

On September 29 a military intelligence officer used his gun to threaten the life of an opposition parliament openly in a busy street in Phnom Penh. As yet no action has been taken against this office...

SRI LANKA: Call for police to provide peace and security for elections

Further to UA 32/00 \"Early Warning of likely escalation of election violence\", as of 25th September, 13 had died from election-related violence since the campaign began. As of the 28th, the Centre f...

SRI LANKA: Escalating violence affects freedom of election

AHRC UA Index: 001003 3 October 2000  UA 35/00: Call for police to provide peace and security for elections  SRI LANKA: Escalating violence affects freedom of election  Further to UA 32/00 \”...

MALAYSIA: Passing away of courageous judge prompts appeal for free judiciary

\"Judges who joined in downing their boss have been rewarded by promotion. Judges who did not, have been cowed into silence....When I am asked what I thought, my usual reply is that I wouldn't like to...

INDONESIA: Aceh killings require proper investigation

Professor Shafwan Idris (51), Rector of IAIN Ar-Raniry, the State Islamic Studies Institute, Aceh, was fatally wounded (shot in the face at close range) on 16 September. He was killed at his home (IAI...

SRI LANKA (EARLY WARNING): Political killings require investigation and prevention

Two young men have been killed in election-related violence in Sri Lanka in the first 5 days following the announcement of the National Elections to be held on October 10. Here is the sequence of even...

INDIA: Expulsion Chin-Burmese asylum seekers puts many lives in danger

Following is an Urgent Appeal from South Asian Forum for Human Rights regarding the expulsion of Chin-Burmese refugees (asylum-seekers) from India back to Burma - an action which puts their lives in g...

WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM (WCAR): May ignore important aspects of discrimination in Asia

The UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR) is to be held in South Africa in 2001. It is vital that this conference addresses the entrenche...

MALAYSIA: 7 people arrested in Demonstration

There are 7 people arrested by the police during a demonstration to show support to the former deputy prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, whose verdict on his sodomy trial was supposed to be handed down th...

MALAYSIA: Internal Security Act subverts due process

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM  AHRC UA Index: 000802 2 August 2000  ——————...

SRI LANKA: Man held more than 3 years in jail with no trial

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM AHRC UA Index: 000721 21 July 2000 ———————...

G7: The global action to eliminate the debt of poor nations

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM  AHRC UA Index: 000809 20 July 2000  We wish to encourage you to take part in th...

SRI LANKA: Press Council condones incitement to rape

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME  AHRC UA Index:000607 07 June 2000  —————...

INDONESIA(RENEWED): STOP THE WAR IN MALUKU !

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME  AHRC UA Index:000602 2 June 2000  —————&...

INDONESIA: STOP THE WAR IN MALUKU !

URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT ACTION URGENT  ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME  AHRC UA Index:000505 23 May 2000  —————&...