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2003 Urgent Appeals
 
NEPAL: Three student leaders arbitrarily arrested by the police for shouting slogans against the monarchy - 2003-12-23

INDIA: Almost 75,000 people are homeless after being forcibly evicted by the West Bengal government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation - 2003-12-23

SRI LANKA: A 15 year old boy tortured by officers from the Department of Excise and falsely charged - 2003-12-19

NEPAL: An 8 year old boy is in critical situation after being shot by army security personnel in Sunsari District - 2003-12-19

UPDATE (INDIA): 3 year old eviction victim died due to starvation in West Bengal - 2003-12-18

NEPAL: The brutal assault of two homosexuals by the Armed Police in Kathmandu - 2003-12-16

UPDATE(Republic of Korea): Send your petition letter to the South Korean government requesting release Mr. Song Du-yul immediately - 2003-12-12

UPDATE (THAILAND/CAMBODIA): Update on Sok Yoeun - 2003-12-12

SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and torture of a man by police officers at the Kuliyapitiya Police Station - 2003-12-11

INDIA: Illegal arrest and torture of 13 year old boy at Magrahat Police Station, West Bengal - 2003-12-10

SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and torture of 22 year old Shiron Jeewantha Pallekanda at the Katugastota Police Station - 2003-12-10

Republic of Korea: The revision bill of the Law on Assembly and Demonstration clearly violates the right to expression - 2003-12-08

UPDATE (CHINA): Update on human rights defender Mr. Zheng Enchong in Shanghai - 2003-12-05

UPDATE (NEPAL): Torture victim is missing and his disappearance or extra-judicial execution is feared - 2003-12-04

SRI LANKA: Torture victim tortured again and remanded on fabricated charges by the police after lodging a complaint against police - 2003-12-03

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Michael Anthony Fernando receives death threats - 2003-12-01

NEPAL: Illegal arrest and torture of two young men by the police in Kathmandu - 2003-12-01

THAILAND/CAMBODIA: A 67 year old political prisoner, Sok Yoeun faces extradition to Cambodia - 2003-11-29

NEPAL: A Dalit woman's house in Baglung district burnt down and fears police inaction - 2003-11-28

UPDATE (REPUBLIC OF KOREA): Scholar Song Du-yul indicted for violating the National Security Law - 2003-11-27

SRI LANKA: Tortured to Death; the case of S.L. Kulatunga tortured by some officers of the Nivithigala Police Station - 2003-11-13

REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Two migrant workers facing upcoming deportation committed suicide - 2003-11-13

INDIA: Human Rights defenders under duress by the police and in danger of victimization - 2003-11-11

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Torture victim's family flees home due to police threats - 2003-11-06

PHILIPPINES: Two young boys shot dead by army soldiers - 2003-11-06

SRI LANKA: Hikkaduwa Liyanage Sandun Kumara, 16, seriously tortured by the police at Rathgama Police Station - 2003-11-03

SRI LANKA: 7 year old boy illegally detained and tortured by the police - 2003-11-03

INDIA: People living with HIV/AIDS detained in India - 2003-11-03

UPDATE (INDONESIA): 5,900 more people evicted in Jarkarta - 2003-10-31

REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Arrest of scholar Song Du-yul under the National Security Law - 2003-10-29

SRI LANKA: Brutal torture by the police puts the victim in critical condition - 2003-10-28

NEPAL: Alleged rape of two teenage girls by Nepalese police - 2003-10-27

INDIA: A man died in police custody at the Hogelberia Police Station - 2003-10-27

INDONESIA: Mass-eviction of urban poor continuing in Jakarta - 2003-10-24

INDIA: Mr. V. L. Joy arrested and tortured by notorious officer of Anthikkadu Police Station - 2003-10-22

SINGAPORE: J.B.Jeyaretnam Calls for a Criminal Cases Review Commission - 2003-10-22

UPDATE (MALAYSIA): Irene Fernandez sentenced to jail for 12 months - 2003-10-20

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Michael Anthony Fernando freed after being given an Asian human rights award - 2003-10-20

UPDATE (MALAYSIA): Human rights activist Irene Fernandez found guilty of maliciously publishing false news - 2003-10-17

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Threats to the life of the torture victim Lalith Rajapakse - 2003-10-16

INDONESIA/ACEH: The Military Court released 12 soldiers from torture charges - 2003-10-15

UPDATE (THAILAND): Update on Dr Cynthia's clinic targeted by Thai Government's crackdown on migrant workers - 2003-10-13

INDIA: Victims arbitrarily arrested and manhandled by Kattakada police and damage caused to property - 2003-10-08

PAKISTAN: A man was disappeared after being severely tortured at the Westridge Police Station - 2003-10-07

INDIA: A man died in custody after being severely tortured by the police - 2003-10-07

SRI LANKA: A man severely tortured by the police officer at the Katugastota Police Station - 2003-10-06

UPDATE (INDIA): Hunger strike of Adivasis calling for right to land - 2003-10-06

SRI LANKA: Two young men illegally arrested and assaulted by the police officers from the Mutwal Police Station - 2003-10-03

THAILAND: Dr Cynthia's clinic targeted by Thai Government's crackdown on migrant workers - 2003-10-02

NEPAL: A detainee who was tortured by police officers urgently needs medical assistance - 2003-10-01

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Torture victim, Lalith Rajapakse, was acquitted of fabricated charges - 2003-09-30

PAKISTAN: A 10-year-old boy and his father severely tortured by police officers - 2003-09-30

INDIA: A man was killed by police officers after being arbitrarily arrested and tortured at the Pudukkad Police Station - 2003-09-29

THAILAND: Abuse of workers rights by the Siriwat Garment Factory in Mae Sot - 2003-09-26

PAKISTAN: Imminent execution of a juvenile offender - 2003-09-26

NEPAL: BHUTAN process of assessment of refugee status invalid - 2003-09-26

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Family of 14-year-old torture victim threatened by the police and a local politician - 2003-09-25

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): The security of the torture victim and his Mother is severely threatened by the perpetrators - 2003-09-25

INDIA: A young man was killed by police officers after being arbitrarily arrested and tortured in West Bengal - 2003-09-24

SRI LANKA: A man suffers from serious head injuries after being tortured by police officers - 2003-09-22

MONGOLIA: A dispute arises over freedom of 26 North Korean refugees - 2003-09-19

PAKISTAN: Christian youth, Sunil Samuel, 18, sexually assaulted and tortured to death - 2003-09-19

SRI LANKA: A man arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned for 21 months - 2003-09-18

SRI LANKA: Torture of 14 year old child by police officers - 2003-09-17

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, torture and fabrication of charges against three young men - 2003-09-15

UPDATE (THAILAND): Update on the case of migrant worker who was raped and killed in Maesot - 2003-09-15

UPDATE (NEPAL): Update on The illegal arrest and torture of Ravi Kiran Regmi - 2003-09-15

SRI LANKA: A 50 year old man killed by the police after arrest and torture - 2003-09-11

NEPAL: The illegal arrest and torture of Ravi Kiran Regmi by the army security personnel - 2003-09-11

SRI LANKA: Torture and Inhuman Assault of three young men by the Bagawantalawa police - 2003-09-10

SRI LANKA: Urgent intervention needed for a young man now being tortured - 2003-09-10

TURKEY: EREN KESKIN, Human Rights defender harassed and threatened - 2003-09-09

UPDATE (INDIA): Landless people stand firm against continuing government attacks - 2003-09-08

TURKMENISTAN: Two men tortured and died in custody after arrest - 2003-09-08

THAILAND: Migrant worker raped and killed - 2003-09-05

NEPAL: Torture and incommunicado detention by Police in Kathmandu - 2003-09-05

SRI LANKA: Another two cases of deaths in custody - 2003-09-02

SRI LANKA: Disappearance of 26 year old man after arrest and torture by Watthegama Police officers in Kandy District - 2003-09-01

CHINA: Human rights defender facing secret trial in Shanghai - 2003-09-01

BURMA: The German government should impose strong economic sanctions against Burma - 2003-08-30

UPDATE (INDIA): Update on expulsion of Sr Vanaselvi while in detention - 2003-08-26

PHILIPPINES: Killing of Mangyan family in Mindoro by Army personnel - 2003-08-25

SRI LANKA: Torture of two young persons and fabrication of charges by Ankumbura Police - 2003-08-22

UPDATE (INDIA): Enquiry into the shooting of Adivasis in 2001; land rights; indigenous groups - 2003-08-21

UPDATE (AUSTRALIA): Stephen Khan was released after five years of immigration detention - 2003-08-20

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Update on torture of 17-year-old boy, Chamila Bandara, by Ankumbura police - 2003-08-20

SRI LANKA: Torture of 17 Year Old Boy - 2003-08-11

INDIA Electricity for Development vs Displacement of People - 2003-08-06

INDIA: Torture; death in Police custody; indigenous groups - 2003-08-04

INDIA: Two hundred Adivasis made homeless over land rights - 2003-07-31

UPDATE(MONGOLIA): MP Gundalai released from detention centre - 2003-07-29

SRI LANKA: Torture and custodial death of Sunil Hemachandra by police officers - 2003-07-28

INDIA: Extra-judicial killings and torture; alleged torture and killing of Ningthoujam Mangoljao and extra-judicial killings of three young boys in Manipur - 2003-07-25

MONGOLIA: MP Mr. Gundalai arrested on his way to a democracy conference - 2003-07-24

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Torture under Act No. 22 of 1994; but the accused police officers still function as officers - 2003-07-21

UPDATE (MALAYSIA) : A youth activist arrested in a student march for justice - 2003-07-21

INDIA: Torture, death in police custody, impunity - 2003-07-17

SRI LANKA: Update on Mr Michael Anthony Emmanuel Fernando ('Tony') - 2003-07-16

UPDATE(Sri Lanka): Update on Mr Michael Anthony Emmanuel Fernando ('Tony') - 2003-07-16

ACEH: Update on situation - 2003-07-14

MONGOLIA: Mayor of Ulaanbaatar city seizes land from poor families - 2003-07-14

INDIA: 7,000 Untouchables in Belilious Park evicted by the governments of West Bengal and the Howrah Municipal Corporation - 2003-07-14

UPDATE (Malaysia): Media Statement on the "ISA 7" from the Aliran Executive Committee - 2003-07-14

UPDATE (Hong Kong): Vote on controversial Article 23 legislation delayed - 2003-07-09

MALAYSIA: Trial drags on and on for seven suspended university students - 2003-07-08

INDIA: Torture, sexual abuse and humiliation carried out by Police officers in Vittukatti, India - 2003-07-07

HONG KONG: Preserve Hong Kong's Freedoms, Withdraw Article 23 Legislation - 2003-07-04

THAILAND: 420 Burmese workers fired and deported for demanding their legal rights - 2003-07-03

THAILAND: Pro-democracy Burmese activists arrested in Bangkok, more crackdowns may follow - 2003-07-03

PHILIPPINES: Nestle workers under siege - 2003-07-02

ACHEH: Minister's Press Statement and EU Resolution 5 June 2003 - 2003-06-26

MALAYSIA/BURMA: Six Burmese demonstrators arrested in Malaysia - 2003-06-26

UPDATE (MALAYSIA) : ISA from AliraKesedaran Negara (ALIRAN) (National Consciousness Movement) - 2003-06-25

CAMBODIA: Riots and violent confrontation over Labour disputes - 2003-06-20

SINGAPORE: Indian national facing execution in Singapore - 2003-06-20

ACEH: 507 Schools burned down in a month - 2003-06-18

BURMA: Police officer tortures farmer - 2003-06-18

BURMA: Torture, military dictatorship, political accountability - 2003-06-16

NEPAL: Torture: Ramesh SHARMA - 2003-06-13

PHILIPPINES: Discrimination against Indigenous People - 2003-06-13

Nepal: Case of Torture by the military - 2003-06-12

MALAYSIA: Death and Torture in Custody - 2003-06-10

MALAYSIA: ISA; arbitrary detention - 2003-06-06

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Michael Anthony Fernando (Tony) - 2003-05-29

INDONESIA: Attacks on Human Rights Defenders Reaching Crisis Point - 2003-05-29

NEPAL: Mr Keshav Timilsina: Torture and Incommunicado Detention - 2003-05-29

INDONESIA: Human Rights Activists Abducted and Killed - 2003-05-28

UPDATE (INDONESIA): Renewed attack on Komnas HAM to stop 1965 inquiry - 2003-05-26

INDIA: Sign the Online Petition; Protest against the proposals to destroy the foundations of Indian criminal justice system - 2003-05-23

MALAYSIA: ISA: Arbitrary Detention - 2003-05-22

SRI LANKA: Death Threats - 2003-05-22

SRI LANKA - Severe Torture and Illegal Arrest by Biyagama police - 2003-05-22

INDONESIA: No Peace: Martial Law in ACEH - 2003-05-21

MALAYSIA: Press Release: Alleged Assault on ISA Detainees - 2003-05-16

INDONESIA: Inquiry into 1965 massacre must continue - 2003-05-15

PHILIPPINES Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy - Abductions and Murder - 2003-05-12

UPDATE (BURMA) Professor Salai Tun Than Released - 2003-05-07

SRI LANKA: Workers Rights - Korean Factory Closes in Sri Lanka - 2003-05-07

UPDATE (BURMA) FREE Professor Salai Tun Than - 2003-04-29

UPDATE (KASHMIR) Justice: action against enforced disappearances - 2003-04-25

MALAYSIA: The Anwar Appeal - 2003-04-22

KASHMIR: The Disappeared in Kashmir - 2003-04-18

ISRAEL: Killing of Thomas Hundall by Israeli Soldiers - 2003-04-14

INDIA: Attack on John P Abraham, and Adivasis Tribal People - 2003-04-11

INDONESIA: Kidnapping of Two Human Rights Activists - Banda Aceh - 2003-04-11

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Michael Anthony Fernando (Tony) - 2003-04-10

SRI LANKA: Torture and Illegal Detention; Police Hit Man with Iron Bars - 2003-04-07

INDIA: Support Religious Freedom in India - 2003-04-04

UPDATE(Sri Lanka): Please Sign the Online Petition to support Michael Anthoney Emmanuel Fernando (Tony) - 2003-03-21

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Denial of fundamental rights; Need your action to save Mr. Fernando - 2003-03-20

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Reproduction of a fundamental rights application and an open letter in the torture case of Mr. Fernando - 2003-03-17

INDONESIA/ACEH: Acehnese democracy activist targetted by police - 2003-03-10

UPDATE (INDIA): The missing list of Adivasi women and children in Kerala - 2003-03-10

UPDATE (INDIA): Police terror on and harassment of the tribals continues - 2003-03-07

SRI LANKA: Extra-Judicial Killing -- Allegedly by officers attached to Kalutara South police station - 2003-03-07

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Seven suspects of rape and murder case brought to court - 2003-02-28

INDONESIA: Komnas HAM has opened an inquiry into the 1965-66 massacre - 2003-02-26

INDIA: Fifteen tribals killed by police in Kerala for upholding their land rights - 2003-02-26

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Newspaper report on the torture case of Anthony Michael Emmanuel Fernando - 2003-02-24

SRI LANKA: A human rights defender denied of fundamental right to a fair hearing and tortured - 2003-02-22

THAILAND: Extrajudicial killing, impunity - 2003-02-14

SRI LANKA: Three-wheeler driver shot to death for alleged traffic offence - 2003-02-07

PHILIPPINES: Poor farm family harassed and detained by fabricated charges - 2003-01-30

UPDATE (BHUTAN/NEPAL/INDIA/UNHCR): Bhutanese refugees to go on hunger strike in all camps - 2003-01-27

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): OMCT sent open letter regarding the eviction of 168 families to the president of Sri Lanka - 2003-01-21

PHILIPPINES: Six farmers shot - one fatally - by shooting incident with alleged police involvement - 2003-01-20

UPDATE (BHUTAN/NEPAL/INDIA/UNHCR): Hunger strike is going on; Need your support - 2003-01-17

SRI LANKA: Two separate torture cases of two young boys aged 15 and 17 by the police - 2003-01-17

SRI LANKA: 168 families evicted from their land and deprived of livelihood - 2003-01-15

BANGLADESH: Troops granted pardon despite gross human rights violations - 2003-01-14

INDONESIA/ACEH: Acehnese civilians shot and seriously injured by attack by Indonesian armed forces - 2003-01-13

BURMA: 400 sleeping Karen villagers attacked by Burmese troops - 2003-01-10

UPDATE (SRI LANKA): Missing young man is found and produced before a magistrate - 2003-01-10

SRI LANKA: A young man is missing after 8 days of illegal detention in police custody - 2003-01-09

UPDATE (INDONESIA/ACEH): One foreigner is in very critical condition - 2003-01-07

UPDATE (BHUTAN/NEPAL/INDIA/UNHCR): Bhutanese refuges start indefinite hunger strike - 2003-01-07

SRI LANKA: Serious injuries caused to a 40-year-old man due to assault by police using a T-56 firearm - 2003-01-03


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