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2005 Urgent Appeals
 
PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of a 25-year-old man over mistaken identity in General Santos City, Mindanao - 2005-12-30

BANGLADESH: Minority community deprived from offering worships in Naogaon - 2005-12-29

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): A learning center run by religious groups allegedly torched by military agents in Aurora, Luzon - 2005-12-29

NEPAL: Yet another person reported missing and feared killed by security forces - 2005-12-29

SRI LANKA: Police kill a man and subsequently fabricate stories to justify his death - 2005-12-28

INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture by West Bengal Police - 2005-12-26

BANGLADESH: A four-year-old boy and his father charged for labour violations after refusing to pay extortion money - 2005-12-23

THAILAND: Brutal beating to death of two marine officers and the subsequent arrest of 12 villagers - 2005-12-23

NEPAL: Two girls and five other detainees are refused adequate access to lawyers and family members by the Udaypur police - 2005-12-23

BANGLADESH: Illegal arrest, detention and severe torture of a man by Khilgaon police - 2005-12-22

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): A season’s appeal for intervention in the case of the three Sri Lankans facing death sentence - 2005-12-22

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (Philippines): Local administration still avoiding responsibility in providing appropriate assistance and rehabilitation to victims of hunger - 2005-12-22

PHILIPPINES: Suspicious death of an 18-year-old inmate in General Santos City, Mindanao - 2005-12-21

FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Illegal arrest and violence against Tamil journalists by security forces in Colombo and Jaffna - 2005-12-21

UPDATE (India): Police inaction into death threats to human rights defenders in Varanasi despite the UN intervention - 2005-12-21

FORWARDED APPEAL (Hong Kong SAR): Please send a letter to the Chief Executive to release 14 anti-WTO protesters - 2005-12-21

UPDATE (Indonesia): Pollycarpus sentenced to 14-years imprisonment for murder of Munir - 2005-12-20

SRI LANKA: A man who tried to help his wounded friend brutally tortured by the Ja-Ela police - 2005-12-20

BANGLADESH: Rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Munshiganj district - 2005-12-19

[Hunger Alert] INDONESIA: Insufficient government aid results in 55 starvation deaths over the past month in Yahukimo District, Papua Province - 2005-12-19

UPDATE (India): Arrested protesters released and compensation package offered to the affected villagers - 2005-12-16

INDONESIA: Custodial torture of ten men by Central Sulawesi Provincial Police - 2005-12-16

INDIA: Human rights defenders and victims of human rights violations arrested by West Bengal Police during a protest meeting - 2005-12-15

SRI LANKA: Arbitrary detention and torture of three men by the Horana police - 2005-12-15

BANGLADESH: People of Hindu Community come under attack during a religious meeting in Chandpur - 2005-12-15

INDONESIA: Hundreds of villagers forcibly evicted in Southeast Sulawesi - 2005-12-14

SRI LANKA: Man brutally tortured by the Meegahawatte police - 2005-12-13

BANGLADESH: Woman and her son beaten and further threatened by the Lalbag police in Dhaka - 2005-12-13

INDIA: Police refuse to register First Information Report and act on a complaint by the wife of a victim in West Bengal - 2005-12-09

SRI LANKA: Sixty-year-old man arbitrarily arrested, detained, tortured and deprived of medical treatment by the Godakawela police - 2005-12-09

UPDATE (Thailand): Failure by the Department of Special Investigation to conduct a prompt investigation into the disappearance of prominent human rights lawyer - 2005-12-09

INDIA: Handicapped man brutally tortured in police custody dies in hospital in Basirhat, West Bengal - 2005-12-08

UPDATE (Philippines): Disappeared victim’s family afforded financial assistance and trauma counseling - 2005-12-08

UPDATE (Pakistan): Intervention required into religious conflict in Pakistan - 2005-12-07

NEPAL: Another attack to silence free media; Police raid on the Sagarmatha FM station - 2005-12-07

UPDATE (Philippines): Armed men kill female activist in Bataan, Luzon; victim’s colleagues faces serious threat - 2005-12-07

UPDATE (Indonesia): Need for further investigation in Munir case - 2005-12-06

INDONESIA: Army personnel attack three hamlets, injuring five residents and destroying village property - 2005-12-06

INDIA: Two men killed in mass lynching by villagers in West Bengal - 2005-12-06

BANGLADESH: Man illegally arrested and detained then tortured and killed in the remand of the police in Dhaka - 2005-12-06

UPDATE (Philippines): Two more activists killed, one of whom suffered twenty-two gunshot wounds - 2005-12-05

UPDATE (Singapore): Execution of Australian national carried out in Singapore - 2005-12-02

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Three Sri Lankans facing imminent execution suffer severe depression, with one having attempted suicide - 2005-12-02

UPDATE (Malaysia): Malaysian police minister defends the police following their abusive and degrading treatment of two Chinese women - 2005-12-02

UPDATE (Philippines): Unabated killing of activists; killing and threats against witnesses exposes the country’s defective witness protection programme - 2005-12-02

UPDATE (Thailand): Alleged tortured victim withdraws his complaint against the police - 2005-12-02

MALAYSIA: Chinese women forced to strip naked, detained and abused in police stations in Malaysia - 2005-12-01

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Rape victim and her family’s safety feared following the release of five suspects on bail - 2005-12-01

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further details regarding the alleged torture case involving the Mahawela police - 2005-12-01

SRI LANKA: Fabricated charges laid against a school teacher by the Saliyawewa Police - 2005-11-30

INDIA: Social activist kidnapped in Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh - 2005-11-30

UPDATE (Philippines): Chief State prosecutor acknowledges the allegations of illegal arrest, detention and torture of three men - 2005-11-30

INDIA: Villagers protesting against a river project are subjected to torture in Uttaranchal - 2005-11-30

INDIA: Police abuse and fire at family members of a man arrested and released on bail in a 1997 accident case - 2005-11-29

UPDATE (Burma): Division court also summarily rejects case of ailing Ma Su Su Nwe - 2005-11-29

UPDATE (Pakistan): Tensions continue to simmer in alleged blasphemy case at Sangla Hills, Pakistan - 2005-11-29

SOUTH KOREA: Farmer dies as a result of the injuries he sustained from police brutality during a rally in Seoul - 2005-11-29

UPDATE (Thailand): Final special call for observers to attend court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-11-28

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Rape victim at the Bandaranaike International Airport receives death threats and urgent protection is required - 2005-11-28

UPDATE (Philippines): Activist couple survives attempt on their life in Cebu, Visayas - 2005-11-28

PHILIPPINES: Threat against an activist priest; bullets offered after a mass in Bulacan, Luzon - 2005-11-25

SRI LANKA: Four persons, including a mentally retarded boy, tortured by Mahawela police - 2005-11-25

INDIA: Tribals tortured by police in Sonebhadra, Uttar Pradesh - 2005-11-24

GENERAL APPEAL (Philippines): Call for torture legislation to be passed immediately in the Philippines - 2005-11-23

UPDATE (Philippines): Killing of eight more activists reflects ugly reality of government’s failure to take adequate action - 2005-11-23

GENERAL APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Institutional development relating to human rights - 2005-11-23

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Displaced villagers in desperate condition in Quezon province, Luzon - 2005-11-23

INDIA: BSF personnel injure and kill villagers by firing once again in West Bengal - 2005-11-23

UPDATE (Singapore): Australian confirmed to hang on Friday December 2 - 2005-11-22

UPDATE (Philippines): Peasants were brutally massacred by soldiers; pregnant woman among the dead - 2005-11-22

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Renewed plea for commuting the death sentence of Sri Lankan men to the new King of Saudi Arabia - 2005-11-22

PAKISTAN: Desecration and destruction of churches and Christian property after blasphemy allegations at Sangla Hills, Pakistan - 2005-11-21

INDIA: Brutal custodial torture of two men from the tribal community in Areth police outpost of Surat District, Gujarat - 2005-11-21

PHILIPPINES: Soldiers kill nine farmers in Leyte, Visayas - 2005-11-21

INDONESIA: A man died of brutal torture following his release from military custody in Central Jakarta - 2005-11-18

MALAYSIA: Possible cover-up by police on a torture case witnessed by activists in Banting, Selangor - 2005-11-17

SRI LANKA: Theft during custody as a result of negligence by Mt Lavinia police - 2005-11-17

UPDATE (India): Bodies of victims decompose in Barasat morgue before being sent to Bangladesh - 2005-11-17

UPDATE (Thailand): Investigation finds that man abducted and tortured but "not by the police" - 2005-11-17

UPDATE (Indonesia): Attack on supporters of Munir outside Jakarta court - 2005-11-17

SRI LANKA: Police inaction on torture of a boy by his teacher at the Wellawa Central College - 2005-11-16

UPDATE (Thailand): Defamation case dropped but police insist on "5 bullet suicide" - 2005-11-16

INDONESIA: A 28-year-old man tortured and detained over mistaken identity by Resort Police Belitung Timur - 2005-11-16

UPDATE (Nepal): Police refused to register First Information Report (FIR) into the custodial death of a girl in Kavre, Dhulikhel - 2005-11-16

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (Philippines): Food assistance assured to families of farmers suffering of hunger in Alabel, Sarangani province, Mindanao - 2005-11-15

UPDATE (Thailand): Sixth special call for observers to attend court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-11-14

UPDATE (Burma): South Rangoon District Court summarily rejects appeals against prison terms - 2005-11-14

SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a minor by Uragaha Police - 2005-11-14

SRI LANKA: Acts of torture committed by Sub Inspector Ariyaratne of Nawula Police station - 2005-11-14

UPDATE (Philippines): Social welfare department fails relatives of disappeared victim in Davao City, Mindanao - 2005-11-14

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Government action inadequate in providing rehabilitation to displaced hunger victims and continued starvation death in Murshidabad, West Bengal - 2005-11-11

INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects appeal for clemency - 2005-11-11

INDIA: Custodial torture on mistaken identity of a man in Habra police station and fabrication of false charges - 2005-11-11

INDONESIA: Arbitrary shootings, extra-judicial killings and intimidation of civilians in Poso - 2005-11-10

BANGLADESH: Police shooting leads to five dead and approximately 50 injured - 2005-11-10

SRI LANKA: Fabricated charges, severe torture and arbitrary arrest of civilian by Dambulla Police - 2005-11-10

SRI LANKA: Police sergeant tortured by policemen attached to the Wadduwa police station - 2005-11-09

PHILIPPINES: Investigation required into the torture of two men by military in General Santos City, Mindanao - 2005-11-09

SRI LANKA: Brutal torture by officers at the Galewela Police Station - 2005-11-09

UPDATE (India): Protection required for girls released from prostitution and for the human rights defenders who sought to help them - 2005-11-08

INDIA: Custodial death of a man in Kharagpur due to severe torture by Railway Protection Force - 2005-11-08

THAILAND: Farmer taken to court in challenge to community radio - 2005-11-04

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police's deliberate inaction in a labour case is in violation of court orders - 2005-11-04

UPDATE (Thailand): Constant changes of prosecuting attorneys in Somchai's case undermines judicial process - 2005-11-04

UPDATE (Singapore): Australian confirmed to hang - 2005-11-03

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Woman starves to death while her family continues to suffer from hunger in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh - 2005-11-03

INDIA: Perpetrators remain free as a result of inaction by the police and hospital authorities - 2005-11-02

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Main suspect identified in alleged rape incident at Bandaranayake International Airport - 2005-11-01

THAILAND: Police officer attempts to rape migrant worker - 2005-11-01

INDONESIA: Continued attacks and intimidation on minority Islamic religious sect, Ahmadiyyah - 2005-11-01

SRI LANKA: An appalling case of rape and abuse of a 14 year-old girl - 2005-11-01

THAILAND: Express support for embattled BBC-Thai service - 2005-11-01

UPDATE (Thailand): Fifth special call for observers to attend court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-10-31

SRI LANKA: Victim dies after being held in police custody in Meegaswela, Koswatte - 2005-10-31

SRI LANKA: Brutal and inhuman torture committed separately by the Matara and Hikkaduwa police - 2005-10-28

INDIA: Demand guarantees of proper treatment and protection for girls released from prostitution and human rights defender - 2005-10-28

NEPAL: Kantipur FM station was attacked by armed policemen to silence free media - 2005-10-27

UPDATE (Thailand): Grave concern about change of principal judge in case of missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-10-27

UPDATE (Burma): Jailed human rights defender Ma Su Su Nwe reportedly denied medicines - 2005-10-27

UPDATE (Indonesia): President and Parliament must audit the police investigation performance in Munir's case - 2005-10-27

NEPAL: Abduction of a young man by personnel from the Royal Nepalese Army - 2005-10-26

FORWARDED APPEAL (Singapore): Australian national faces imminent death by hanging - 2005-10-25

PAKISTAN: A young man beaten to death by the Khosar police in Islamabad - 2005-10-25

INDIA: Karang villagers in Manipur suffer human rights violations by the military during a recent military operation - 2005-10-24

SRI LANKA: Severe torture of a 26-year-old man mistakenly arrested by the Gokarella police - 2005-10-24

SRI LANKA: Rape of a female passenger by the airport officers inside of the Bandaranayake International Airport - 2005-10-21

INDIA: Custodial death of a 28-year-old man in Kerala, India - 2005-10-21

SRI LANKA: Brutal torture and fabricated charges laid against the victim by the Poddala Police, Galle District - 2005-10-21

SRI LANKA: Brutal and inhuman attack committed against a student by the Aralaganvile Police - 2005-10-20

SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan lawyer under grave threats amid growing efforts to intimidate human rights workers and institutions - 2005-10-19

INDIA: Five men beaten to death by villagers in Barasat, West Bengal - 2005-10-19

UPDATE (Indonesia): Only one torture perpetrator charged with maltreatment while the others are still at large in Kupang - 2005-10-19

INDIA: Limited progress shown in pursuing the perpetrators who beat a man to death in Howrah, West Bengal - 2005-10-18

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Workers on strike prevented food, water and power supply by their Japanese employer in Biñan, Laguna, Luzon - 2005-10-18

INDONESIA: Police must immediately and properly investigate the disappearance of a journalist - 2005-10-18

UPDATE (Burma): Latest news on jailing of human rights defender Ma Su Su Nwe - 2005-10-18

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Trial begins in High Court relating to the torture of Gerald Perera - 2005-10-18

UPDATE (Thailand): Fourth special call for observers to attend court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-10-17

PAKISTAN: Jirga orders the murder of a 16-year-old girl - 2005-10-17

UPDATE (Burma): Human rights defender Ma Su Su Nwe jailed in Insein Prison - 2005-10-14

SRI LANKA: An immediate independent inquiry is imperative into the attack on the Human Rights Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka - 2005-10-14

FORWARDED APPEAL (Cambodia): A media journalist was arbitrarily arrested after being accused of defaming the Government - 2005-10-13

SRI LANKA: Inhuman and degrading treatment and deprivation of the right to education of a 16-year-old schoolgirl - 2005-10-13

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Forcible disappearance of seven activists in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Visayas - 2005-10-07

INDIA: Victim of rape and attempted murder held in jail for two years while the perpetrators remain at large - 2005-10-07

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): A female human rights activist stabbed to death in Bislig City, Mindanao - 2005-10-04

SRI LANKA: A 16-year-old boy assaulted by his teacher in Dumbulla - 2005-10-04

UPDATE (Thailand): Third special call for observers to attend court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-10-03

UPDATE (Pakistan): Special investigation team sent to investigate the murder of a 13-year-old girl allegedly killed by her in-laws on the pretext of honour killing - 2005-09-30

[Hunger Alert] PHILIPPINES: Infant dies of severe malnutrition and a hunger related disease in General Santos City, Mindanao - 2005-09-29

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Government and police authorities fail to respond to the custodial death of a man - 2005-09-29

PAKISTAN: A husband suffocated and drowned his wife on the pretext of an honour killing - 2005-09-28

[Hunger Alert] PHILIPPINES: Unfairly sacked farm labourers in Mindanao forced to eat poisonous frogs and corncobs due to abject poverty and lack of food - 2005-09-28

FORWARDED APPEAL (Honduras): Safety fears for threatened human rights defender in Honduras - 2005-09-28

SRI LANKA: A blatant attempt to cover up the suspicious death of a child monk - 2005-09-27

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Another labor leader killed in Calamba City, Luzon - 2005-09-26

PHILIPPINES: Illegal arrest and torture of four farmers in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao - 2005-09-26

MALDIVES/INDIA: Torture, harassment, humiliation and inhuman treatment of Tamil prisoners in Maldives jail - 2005-09-26

[Hunger Alert] BURMA: WFP says that government of Burma blocking food distribution - 2005-09-26

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Starvation deaths continue in Varanasi - 2005-09-26

UPDATE (Thailand): Final witnesses for defence to speak in trial of media campaigner Supinya - 2005-09-23

UPDATE (India): Further threats made to the wife of a victim allegedly killed by the police - 2005-09-23

INDIA: Threats made against local population and volunteers involved in people’s tribunal - 2005-09-23

UPDATE (Thailand): 100-day commemoration for murdered environmentalist monk Phra Supoj - 2005-09-23

INDONESIA: 37 peasants wounded by a police shooting during a gathering in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara - 2005-09-23

NEPAL: Another arbitrary detention and torture committed by the Kalimati police in Kathmandu - 2005-09-22

INDIA: West Bengal police beat man to death then threaten local population - 2005-09-20

SRI LANKA: Apparent police inaction into the denial of education of a boy and death threats made against an activist who attempted to help the victim - 2005-09-20

UPDATE (Thailand): Second special call for observers to attend court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-09-19

PHILIPPINES: Possible negligence by a local court delays the arraignment of five persons - 2005-09-16

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (Philippines): Three children die at evacuation centre due to hunger; adequate food urgently needed for starving evacuees - 2005-09-16

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Starvation deaths continue despite government's commitment to provide food assistance in West Bengal - 2005-09-16

UPDATE (Thailand): Burmese workers deported for a second time after attempting to assert their legal rights - 2005-09-16

SRI LANKA: Politician allegedly demands Rs. 80,000/ bribe for the return of a man’s motorbike - 2005-09-15

INDIA: Human rights defender physically assaulted, threatened and detained by government officials - 2005-09-15

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Villagers exploited by employment in slave like conditions due to lack of food and terrible living conditions - 2005-09-15

SRI LANKA: Three policemen searching for a child abuse suspect detained by the LTTE - 2005-09-14

INDIA: Border Security Forces kill unarmed man despite his pleas of innocence - 2005-09-14

[Hunger Alert] PHILIPPINES: Displaced families starving due to abject poverty in General Santos City, Mindanao - 2005-09-13

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Villager commits suicide in West Bengal due to hunger and lack of concern by authorities - 2005-09-09

UPDATE (Philippines): Court commences trial of three men due to pressure following frequent postponement - 2005-09-09

THAILAND: Illegal detention and deportation of 232 Burmese migrant workers - 2005-09-07

UPDATE (Thailand): Special call for observers to attend September 7, 8 & 9 court hearings over missing human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2005-09-06

UPDATE (Philippines): Another human rights lawyer killed; wounded priest died while being treated at a hospital - 2005-09-06

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Elderly woman dies of hunger after being denied food assistance in Uttar-Pradesh - 2005-09-06

NEPAL: Suspicious death of man following his being taken into custody by security forces - 2005-09-05

INDIA: Man denied lecturer's post due to caste based discrimination in Uttar Pradesh - 2005-09-05

UPDATE (India): Delay in investigation and faulty procedures employed in examining body of unidentified man - 2005-09-02

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and torture of a school boy by Pannala Police - 2005-09-01

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Minor offenders in Zambales, Luzon need adequate and suitable rehabilitation centers - 2005-09-01

INDIA: Rape victim and her child auctioned for six rupees in Jharkhand - 2005-08-31

UPDATE (Philippines): A 13-year-old daughter of a disappeared man in Davao City suffers trauma - 2005-08-30

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Human Rights Commission has held that Channa Prasanka had been tortured - 2005-08-30

UPDATE (Indonesia): House of Representatives must recommend the establishment of an ad-hoc human rights court on the Trisakti/Semanggi killings in its coming plenary session - 2005-08-29

[Hunger Alert] PHILIPPINES: Starvation and hunger threaten hundreds of displaced villagers following intense fighting in Maguindanao, Mindanao - 2005-08-26

SRI LANKA: Rape of 14-year-old girl in Galagedara - 2005-08-25

PHILIPPINES: A man convicted and sentenced to death is now facing imminent execution - 2005-08-25

UPDATE (Philippines): Another priest wounded in latest attacks on human rights activist in Visayas - 2005-08-25

MALDIVES: Opposition party leader charged with sedition and terrorism, while protesters are arrested and detained - 2005-08-25

INDIA: Torture and arrest of human rights activist in Uttar Pradesh - 2005-08-24

INDIA: Denial of basic rights to village students in West Bengal - 2005-08-23

INDONESIA: Lack of effective remedies for 23-year-old torture victim - 2005-08-22

THAILAND: Grenade thrown at car of human rights defender - 2005-08-20

SRI LANKA: Torture of a man detained on fabricated charges - 2005-08-19

NEPAL: 17-year-old victim seeks justice from his jail cell - 2005-08-19

UPDATE (India): Updates on death threats to human rights activists working with dalit and marginalized group in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 2005-08-19

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Rohitha released - 2005-08-17

SRI LANKA: A pregnant woman died due to the negligence of hospital staff - 2005-08-17

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Rohitha remains in chains in hospital due to legal technicalities - 2005-08-16

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Illegal arrest, detention and torture of three people has yet to be investigated, despite more than a year having passed - 2005-08-16

UPDATE (Indonesia): Trial of Pollycarpus ignores fact-finding team reports - 2005-08-12

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): A torture victim with serious injuries is chained to his bed due to legal technicality - 2005-08-12

PAKISTAN: Whereabouts of journalist remains unknown following his detention by police officials - 2005-08-12

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Family struggles to provide for their livelihood as government continues to destroy homes in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra - 2005-08-12

FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Over 300 workers in Jaela fight for labour rights - 2005-08-11

UPDATE (India): Another human rights activist threatened for working with Dalits in Uttar Pradesh - 2005-08-11

SRI LANKA: A couple was tortured for refusing the advances of an amorous policeman - 2005-08-10

INDONESIA: Arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of four persons during the “investigation” into the 28 May-terrorist bombing in Poso, Sulawesi - 2005-08-10

BURMA: Alleged rape of a woman by two police officers in Twente Township - 2005-08-10

UPDATE (Philippines): Survivors of Sulu massacre have yet to receive assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development - 2005-08-10

UPDATE (India): Wait for justice continues after ten years; Vacant court denies justice to a handicapped woman - 2005-08-09

INDIA: Human rights activist facing death threats for working with Dalit and Backward Community - 2005-08-09

FORWARDED APPEAL (Singapore): Two Africans sentenced to death for drug offense - 2005-08-08

INDONESIA: Military Court verdict for torture and killing of Paulus E. Kusvidiyanto is close to impunity; police investigation into the involvement of civilians stalled - 2005-08-05

NEPAL: Threats made to human rights activists by the government - 2005-08-05

SRI LANKA: Assault of two men in separate incidents by policemen from Wellawaya and Badureliya police stations - 2005-08-05

BANGLADESH: Brutal torture of two young men by the Boalia police in Rajsahi - 2005-08-05

SRI LANKA: Two persons severely injured after being tortured by iron rods by the Wattegama police - 2005-08-04

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Groups seek release of a woman and her baby from jail - 2005-08-03

INDIA: Poor condition of the Basirhat Hospital morgue represents the collapse of post mortem system in West Bengal - 2005-08-03

THAILAND: Executive decree grants impunity to security forces in south of Thailand - 2005-08-02

UPDATE (Philippines): Prosecutor's failure to ensure appearance of its complainants and witnesses postpones trial of five men - 2005-08-02

NEPAL: A young man inhumanly tortured by the security personnel and requires urgent medical treatment - 2005-08-02

INDIA: Non-cooperation by police in the case of a young man's death in West Bengal - 2005-08-01

INDIA: Police inaction regarding assault of Dalit woman - 2005-07-28

PAKISTAN: Investigation stalled into horrific killing of a human rights activist's son - 2005-07-28

SRI LANKA: A 11-year-old boy tortured by Kahawatte police and a ward of Children's Home in Pannipitiya - 2005-07-27

UPDATE (Thailand): Repeated failed commitment to assign Department of Special Investigation to Somchai case - 2005-07-26

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Amnesty International appeals Saudi king to commute death sentences of the three Sri Lankan men - 2005-07-26

UPDATE (India): No compensation to family of adivasi, murdered by forest official, despite a four year wait - 2005-07-26

BANGLADESH: Severe torture of a man by Rapid Action Battalion members in Dhaka - 2005-07-25

UPDATE (Thailand): Alleged torturer appears as prosecution witness in criminal case against victim in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Provincial Court while Thai government delegation to UN Human Rights Committee declares that the accused have been investigated - 2005-07-22

[Hunger Alert] PHILIPPINES: Government inaction in spite of starvation due to severe drought in Mindanao - 2005-07-21

UPDATE (India): Police action on death in custody of young man in Kerela - 2005-07-21

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Local government ignores starving mother and her three hungry daughters in Uttar-Pradesh - 2005-07-21

SAUDI ARABIA/PHILIPPINES: Assault of four protesters at the Philippines Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 2005-07-20

SRI LANKA: Alleged torture and extra judicial killing of a man by the Kadawatha police - 2005-07-20

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Tea plantation workers and their families suffer night blindness due to malnutrition in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal - 2005-07-19

SRI LANKA: A 52-year-old man allegedly tortured to death by the Peliyagoda police over a trivial complaint - 2005-07-19

SRI LANKA: A young man illegally detained for 12 days without any reason given - 2005-07-19

BANGLADESH: Extra-judicial killings of 378 people allegedly at the hands of Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies - 2005-07-19

INDIA: Man loses eyesight due to injury while working in paddy fields in Gujarat - 2005-07-18

INDIA: Tortured Dalit couple threatened to withdraw their complaint against policemen - 2005-07-18

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Mr. Sharon Wijewardene’s torturers found guilty by Supreme Court; UN Human Rights Committee judges that Sri Lankan state is obliged under ICCPR to provide legal remedy to Mr. Tony Fernando - 2005-07-13

SRI LANKA: A court magistrate receives death threats prior to giving evidence in an inquiry - 2005-07-13

UPDATE (Nepal): Welcomed release of persons arbitrarily arrested and detained by Nepal’s security forces, but much more must be done - 2005-07-12

FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Disappearance of an 18-year old man in Davao City - 2005-07-12

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, detention and torture of a man by the Morantuduwa Police - 2005-07-12

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The tuberculosis patient confirms Tissa Kumara's allegation; The Sri Lankan state's unwilling to address nasty policing - 2005-07-11

UPDATE (Indonesia): Police fail to follow up on fact-finding report into Munir case; President does not react to requests for monitoring of the investigation - 2005-07-08

UPDATE (Malaysia/Burma): 66 Burmese protesters charged at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court, two charged at Kuala Lumpur juvenile court - 2005-07-07

INDIA: Illegal detention, blatant violation of laws and threat to life of three people - 2005-07-06

UPDATE (Burma): ILO clarification on case of villagers complaining about forced labour - 2005-07-06

UPDATE (Indonesia): Attorney General fails to investigate the gross violations of human rights committed at Trisakti and Semanggi - 2005-07-06

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further death threats to torture victim J.V. Saman Priyankara from Matale - 2005-07-06

NEPAL: Abduction, brutal torture, illegal detention and arbitrary arrest of a man by personnel from the Royal Nepal Army - 2005-07-06

NEPAL: Abduction and extra-judicial execution of a man goes unredressed - 2005-07-05

UPDATE (Philippines): Delay in trial due to possible neglect by the court and prosecutor - 2005-07-04

SRI LANKA: Defamation and intimidation of five teachers remains uninvestigated by the police and the Ministry of Education - 2005-07-04

[Hunger Alert] PHILIPPINES: Starving families of tenant farmers in Pigcawayan, Cotabato need government attention - 2005-07-01

THAILAND: Murder of Thai monk following an environmental and land dispute with local influential business figures - 2005-06-30

INDIA: Alleged rape and murder of a young woman in West Bengal - 2005-06-30

UPDATE (Thailand): Department of Special Investigation fails to bring justice to Charoen Wat-aksorn case - 2005-06-30

INDIA: Death in custody under mysterious circumstances - 2005-06-29

SRI LANKA: Custodial death of a man who was allegedly tortured by the Ratgama police - 2005-06-29

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Inquiry into the torture of Bernard Janapriya and charges laid against the perpetrators are insufficient - 2005-06-29

BURMA: Court refuses to act on death due to torture in custody - 2005-06-29

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police torturers who caused a woman’s loss of her unborn child must be brought to justice - 2005-06-27

INDIA: Police attack on students of Jadavpur University - 2005-06-27

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Entire village community neglected and facing starvation in West Bengal - 2005-06-27

NEPAL: Restriction of movement of activists can prevent human rights monitoring - 2005-06-24

UPDATE (Philippines): Witnesses of activists’ killings in Luzon refused to give evidence fearing their security - 2005-06-24

THAILAND: Police lodge defamation charges against forensic scientist over "5 bullet suicide" case - 2005-06-24

SRI LANKA: Torture victim fears for his life following threats and intimidation by Horana police to withdraw his case against them - 2005-06-23

PAKISTAN: Arrest of activist’s wife over fabricated charges - 2005-06-23

THAILAND: Extremely brutal torture of a man at Chonburi Provincial Police Station - 2005-06-23

UPDATE (Burma): Defamation case against villager continues - 2005-06-22

BURMA/MALAYSIA: Sixty eight Burmese protestors holding a peaceful demonstration are arbitrarily detained by the police - 2005-06-22

PAKISTAN: Arrest of 317 telecom workers following government's crackdown on workers on strike - 2005-06-22

NEPAL: Confirmed re-arrest of at least 32 political activists and human rights defenders in violation of court orders following the royal takeover - 2005-06-22

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim Priyankara received death threats again and urgent witness protection is required - 2005-06-22

UPDATE (Indonesia): Mandate of fact-finding team into Munir's murder should be extended and made more effective - 2005-06-21

SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and torture of a 25-year-old by the Palmadulla police - 2005-06-21

NEPAL: Two recent incidents involving threats to a Teachers' Union leader and the re-arrest of citizens despite Supreme Court release orders - 2005-06-21

FORWARDED APPEAL (Indonesia/Aceh): the abduction and disappearance of a child - 2005-06-20

SRI LANKA: Severe torture of a 26-year-old man by the Sub Inspector at Panadura Police Station - 2005-06-17

PAKISTAN: A 16-year-old girl is killed by her husband on the pretext of honour - 2005-06-17

UPDATE (Burma): Police officer convicted of assault let off with petty fine - 2005-06-17

SRI LANKA: Murder of a man and illegal detention of 26 villagers following an initial shooting by a forestry officer - 2005-06-10

INDIA: Death of a man due to police torture in Kerala - 2005-06-10

BURMA: Raped villager allegedly forced to marry police assailant, then refuses divorce - 2005-06-09

HUNGER ALERT (India): Three members of one family starve to death in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 2005-06-09

INDIA: Death of a young boy in a state sponsored agitation in Siliguri, West Bengal - 2005-06-09

INDIA: Young woman murdered due to dowry demands - 2005-06-08

UPDATE (Burma): Villagers lodge second complaint for detention of wrong persons in forced labour case - 2005-06-08

UPDATE (Philippines): Protection needed for witnesses to activists' killings in Visayas - 2005-06-08

UPDATE (Malaysia): Acquittal of seven Malaysian students - 2005-06-07

UPDATE (Burma): Preliminary hearing against villager who obtained first successful forced labour prosecution completed - 2005-06-07

SRI LANKA: Custodial death of 53-year-old man following severe and repeated torture - 2005-06-06

UPDATE (Philippines): Probe ordered into attempt on human rights lawyer's life - 2005-06-06

UPDATE (Burma): Successful conviction of police officer but one victim remains in jail - 2005-06-03

INDIA: Torture and illegal detention of a young man by the Gujarat Police - 2005-06-03

FORWARDED APPEAL (Indonesia): Two Indonesian prisoners facing death by firing squad - 2005-06-03

SRI LANKA: Death of a one-year-old child at the hands of an unqualified doctor - 2005-06-02

FORWARDED APPEAL (Nepal): Human rights groups question the legality of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Nepal - 2005-05-30

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): A group of doctors challenge police’ competence over attempt to prevent the investigation - 2005-05-28

PHILIPPINES: Incidents of death, torture, disappearance and displacement of civilians during a military operation - 2005-05-26

FORWARDED APPEAL (South Korea): Denial of refugee status for Burmese nine - 2005-05-26

HUNGER ALERT (India): Tribal people's livelihoods threatened due to the confiscation of their land in Chitrakoot, Uttar-Pradesh - 2005-05-25

SOUTH KOREA: Arrest of high profile government employees, union leaders and migrant union leaders - 2005-05-25

SRI LANKA: A ten-year-old pupil assaulted by his schoolteacher - 2005-05-24

UPDATE (Burma): Local officials seek revenge against villager who obtained first successful forced labour prosecution - 2005-05-24

NEPAL: Re-arrest of Nepalese citizens undermines official court orders and rule of law - 2005-05-23

FORWARDED APPEAL (Pakistan): Arrest of human rights defenders in Pakistan - 2005-05-20

INDIA: Torture and illegal detention of a young boy by the West Bengal Police - 2005-05-20

INDIA: Suspected case of trafficking of a woman and a potential police cover-up - 2005-05-20

UPDATE (Philippines): Commission on Human Rights confirms gross violation of human rights regarding the killing of three people by military - 2005-05-19

INDIA: Coconut vendor badly abused and illegally detained by Border Security Forces in West Bengal - 2005-05-18

UPDATE (Singapore): Death to father of two by the Singaporean 'justice' system - 2005-05-17

UPDATE (Philippines): Wounded victim in activist shooting dies - 2005-05-17

SRI LANKA: Man dies in police custody under suspicious circumstances - 2005-05-17

BURMA: Brothers jailed and beaten for complaining about police assault over tattoo - 2005-05-17

UPDATE (Philippines): Another human rights activist killed in Visayas - 2005-05-13

SRI LANKA: Mother of two dies due to a transfusion with the incorrect blood type - 2005-05-12

INDIA: Lawyer fails client and then assaults a reporter for his inquiry - 2005-05-12

UPDATE (Singapore): Urgent intervention required for prisoner on death row who faces hanging in less than two days - 2005-05-11

PHILIPPINES: Illegal arrest and torture of four farmers by military forces - 2005-05-09

UPDATE (India): No action yet taken over upper caste assault and denial of rights to adivasi people - 2005-05-08

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Hospital authorities' attempt to obtain false declaration from victim to escape liability - 2005-05-07

UPDATE (India): Murdered adivasi's family lives in starvation while no action taken regarding his death - 2005-05-06

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Dispute between workers and management of G.P. Garments (Pvt) Ltd settled by Board of Investment - 2005-05-06

UPDATE (Philippines): Social Welfare and Development Department provides protection to survivors of Maimbong massacre - 2005-05-05

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): No investigation has yet been conducted into the mistaken amputation of a woman's leg - 2005-05-05

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Food provided through government assistance only fit for pigs in West Bengal - 2005-05-05

UPDATE (Burma): Health and family conditions of jailed villager worsen - 2005-05-05

PHILIPPINES: Trial of three men yet to begin after three years - 2005-05-04

SRI LANKA: A woman's baby is stillborn due to police torture - 2005-05-04

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): UN Human Rights Committee over-rules government's objections to admissibility regarding Lalith Rajapakse's case - 2005-05-03

INDIA: Two years on, victim's father is still waiting for justice - 2005-04-29

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Man dies of adverse medicine reaction due to lack of food in Kushinagar - 2005-04-28

INDIA: Gruesome murder of Dalit activist - 2005-04-27

PHILIPPINES: Prosecutor's inaction to file murder charges against military officers who killed two people - 2005-04-27

INDIA: Police Inaction on Illegal Occupation of land belonging to Social Activist - 2005-04-26

PHILIPPINES: Court orders trial of five torture victims detained over two years without trial - 2005-04-26

NEPAL: Military-sponsored vigilantes savage treatment of citizens - 2005-04-26

SINGAPORE: Urgent intervention required for prisoner on death row - 2005-04-25

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Municipal employees starving and sick in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh - 2005-04-22

PHILIPPINES: A person detained over 2 years without trial due to prosecutor's misconduct - 2005-04-22

SRI LANKA: A woman's healthy leg was amputated at the Negombo General Hospital due to mistaken identity - 2005-04-22

UPDATE (Thailand): Government commits to giving witness protection to missing lawyer's family - 2005-04-21

NEPAL: UN Commission on Human Rights adopts resolution on Nepal - 2005-04-21

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): UNICEF still avoiding responsibility in providing assistance to starving women and children in West Bengal - 2005-04-21

UPDATE (Indonesia): State intelligence officers delay Munir investigation - 2005-04-20

SRI LANKA: Victim dies after severe torture by the Maharagama police in Colombo District - 2005-04-20

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The inefficiencies of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka on two torture cases - 2005-04-20

SRI LANKA: Torture victim disillusioned as police departmental inquiry against torturers is repeatedly delayed - 2005-04-19

UPDATE (Thailand): Wife of missing human rights lawyer intimidated - 2005-04-19

UPDATE (Philippines): A call for speedy resolution of a case filed against the military in the killing of Indigenous People (IPs) in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur - 2005-04-19

SRI LANKA: Need for inquiry into police and inquiring officers conduct in investigating a torture victim's complaint - 2005-04-15

SRI LANKA: Torture of a man by the Wattegama police - 2005-04-14

PAKISTAN: Persons kill their 30-year-old cousin and a visiting relative on the pretext of honor killing - 2005-04-14

Philippines: Illegal arrest and detention, torture, sexual abuse and inhuman treatment of a 60-year old female political detainee - 2005-04-14

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Adivasi community unable to grow food, asserts their right to land in Maharashtra - 2005-04-14

UPDATE (India): District Magistrate was directed by the West Bengal Human Rights Commission to inquire into the police attack on a human rights defender - 2005-04-13

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Sugarcane cutters starving and living in abject poverty in Surat, Gujarat - 2005-04-13

[UPDATE] SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Questions remain in Sri Lanka's willingness to save three of its citizens - 2005-04-12

SRI LANKA: A father of three assaulted and killed by the Panadura police - 2005-04-12

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Sugarcane cutters starving and living in abject poverty in Surat Gujarat - 2005-04-11

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): A torture victim's life is in danger due to threats by the torture perpetrators - 2005-04-11

INDIA: Police attack on human rights defender and his family in Murshidabad, West Bengal - 2005-04-11

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Frightened torture victim refused to give evidence because of police threats - 2005-04-08

UPDATE (Philippines): Several protesters, including four priest, beaten by police during a peaceful demonstration in Malate Church, Manila - 2005-04-08

NEPAL: Illegal detention of a pregnant woman by Nepali security forces - 2005-04-07

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Three Sri Lankans face imminent execution in Saudi Arabia - 2005-04-07

SRI LANKA: Threats against union leaders of G.P. Garments (Pvt) Ltd by the factory management and the police - 2005-04-06

SRI LANKA: Assault of a police constable by several other police personnel - 2005-04-06

INDIA: A detainee died due to lack of medical assistance in Maldah District Jail, West Bengal - 2005-04-06

UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Please send a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia urging his intervention to commute the death sentence of three Sri Lankans - 2005-04-04

PHILIPPINES: Displaced civilians in depressed and harsh situation as a result of continuous fighting in Jolo, Sulu - 2005-04-04

INDIA: Police's deliberate inaction in a murder case despite court directives - 2005-04-04

UPDATE (Thailand): Paltry compensation for victims of Narathiwat killings, and still no prosecutions - 2005-04-01

UPDATE (Thailand): Thai PM orders action on missing human rights lawyer, while court hears of torture - 2005-04-01

SRI LANKA: Hotel owner and cashier assaulted by five police officers for asking payment for food that the police had taken - 2005-04-01

INDIA: Assault of adivasi (tribal) person and general denial of rights to adivasi community by the upper caste of Nandav village, Gujarat - 2005-03-31

UPDATE (India): Government lawyer threatens witnesses to protect accused police officers - 2005-03-31

INDIA: Three and a half year wait for justice for the brutal murder of an Adivasi (tribal person) by a forest official in Gujarat. - 2005-03-30

INDONESIA/ACEH: Extrajudicial killings of Aceh civilians by TNI troops - 2005-03-30

PAKISTAN: A groom killed his bride together with his brothers on the pretext of honor killings - 2005-03-30

[UPDATE] SAUDI ARABIA/SRI LANKA: Death sentence for three migrant workers requires urgent intervention - 2005-03-30

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Delays in prosecution under the CAT Act questioned by the Supreme Court - 2005-03-29

UPDATE (Indonesia): Unveiling of suspect in Munir's death may end further inquiries - 2005-03-24

[HUNGER ALERT] INDIA: Suicide of two young girls who could face hunger and malnutrition no more - 2005-03-24

[HUNGER ALERT] INDIA: 5 year-old girl, evicted from her home by government authorities, dies of starvation in West Bengal - 2005-03-24

UPDATE (Thailand): Media reform campaigner Supinya holds fund-raising event to fight criminal libel case - 2005-03-24

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Please write a letter to the Attorney General to speed up Gerald Perera's murder trial - 2005-03-24

PHILIPPINES: Massacre of a civilian family by military caused intense fighting and massive displacement in Maimbong, Sulu - 2005-03-22

NEPAL: Protesting the attempt by the King's regime to dismantle human rights mechanisms - 2005-03-22

SAUDI ARABIA/ SRI LANKA: Death sentence to migrant worker requires urgent intervention by the Sri Lankan government - 2005-03-22

UPDATE (Philippines): Two more leaders from the Bayan Muna party were killed in Baguio and Tacloban City - 2005-03-21

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Fire destroys homes and the lives of many families - 2005-03-21

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Pregnant mother dies of starvation in Nadia District, West Bengal - 2005-03-19

UPDATE (Philippines): Attempt on the life of a human rights lawyer working for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers - 2005-03-18

UPDATE (India): Police pressure torture victim's family to withdraw complaint - 2005-03-17

SRI LANKA: False implication of innocent man sees culprits walk free - 2005-03-16

INDIA: A detainee dies under mysterious circumstances in Alipurdura Jail in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal - 2005-03-16

SRI LANKA: Two young men severely tortured and falsely charged by the Panadura North police - 2005-03-15

INDIA: Absolute negligence of police following the killing of a Dalit by Brahman men in Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh - 2005-03-15

NEPAL: The Unacceptable Prohibition of Freedom of Movement of Human Rights Defender - 2005-03-14

NEPAL: Teacher assaulted a young boy and then school shuns responsibility - 2005-03-14

UPDATE (Philippines): Priest supporting for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in La Paz, Tarlac killed and two others wounded - 2005-03-14

SRI LANKA: A torture victim is under imminent threats to his life due to the plotting of ASP Ranmal Kodithuwaaku - 2005-03-11

NEPAL: Whereabouts of forcibly disappeared man remains unknown after 18 months - 2005-03-11

SRI LANKA: Degrading treatment of students by School Principal after a demand for further fees - 2005-03-10

THAILAND: A man receives a ten-year sentence for coming to the assistance of a drunk disabled person - 2005-03-10

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Entire village community starving to death, South Dinajpur, West Bengal - 2005-03-10

UPDATE (Thailand): Thai minister refuses to act on missing human rights lawyer case - 2005-03-09

UPDATE (Thailand): Three generals found responsible for mass killing transferred without penalty - 2005-03-09

SRI LANKA: Denial of education to marginalised students affected by the tsunami and the issue of the right to adequate housing - 2005-03-09

SRI LANKA: Torture of a young man and fabrication of charges by Kiriella police - 2005-03-08

INDIA: Child servant tortured by West Bengal police - 2005-03-08

PHILIPPINES: Killing of a labor rights activist for the Hacienda Luisita farm workers in Tarlac City - 2005-03-08

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Gerald Perera's murder trial may not begin for another 5-7 years - 2005-03-08

[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Starvation deaths occurring in Murshidabad district, West Bengal - 2005-03-07

NEPAL: Mass killings and humanitarian crisis in Kapilabastu district of Nepal - 2005-03-07

NEPAL: A joint statement by 14 local and international NGOs on the present situation in Nepal - 2005-03-07

SRI LANKA: Illegal detention of 11-year-old boy by the Wattegama police - 2005-03-04

SRI LANKA: Young man imprisoned and tortured by police officer for accidentally knocking into him - 2005-03-04

SRI LANKA: Torture of three persons by several officers of the Kandana Police - 2005-03-03

UPDATE (Philippines): Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor requested Davao city government to take action for 127 families forcibly evicted in the city - 2005-03-03

UPDATE (Nepal): Additional list of people arrested in Nepal - 2005-03-02

PHILIPPINES: Attempt on the life of human rights advocate and his wife in Abuyog, Leyte, Philippines - 2005-02-25

BURMA: Local officials set up on forced labour charges to cover for senior military officers - 2005-02-25

UPDATE (Thailand): Human rights lawyer still missing after nearly one year; Action needed today to have case transferred - 2005-02-24

UPDATE (Nepal): Citizens at risk as human rights violations continue - 2005-02-24

INDIA: Evicted Dalit family suffers from inaction of local authorities - 2005-02-24

SRI LANKA: Assault of 12-year-old by the Wattegama police - 2005-02-23

BANGLADESH: Perpetrators of grenade attack on Awami League rally must be brought to justice - 2005-02-23

UPDATE (Nepal): Additional lists of arrested political leaders/activists and human rights defenders - 2005-02-23

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Lalith Rajapakse freed; Action needs to be taken against the police who falsely charged him - 2005-02-22

PHILIPPINES: Three people killed and three others wounded by military forces in Matan-ao, Davao del Sur, Mindanao - 2005-02-22

SRI LANKA: Extraordinary delay in adjudication; Case drags on for more than 11 years - 2005-02-18

UPDATE (Nepal): List of arrested political leaders and human rights defenders - 2005-02-18

SRI LANKA: A torture victim is under threat from his torture perpetrators and his lawyer is allegedly collaborating with the accused - 2005-02-17

CAMBODIA: The silencing of the Cambodian parliamentary opposition - 2005-02-17

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Aid goods for tsunami victims are held in Port due to heavy duties - 2005-02-17

UPDATE (Thailand): Updates on the tsunami-affected Burmese migrant workers - 2005-02-16

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The assassin of Gerald Perera has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department - 2005-02-16

[Hunger Alet] INDIA: New eviction case in the name of road expansion, West Bengal - 2005-02-15

[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Total negligence by local authorities regarding the eviction of approximately 7,000 Untouchables in Bellilous Park - 2005-02-15

SRI LANKA: A man falsely charged by the Panadura North Police following his lodging of a complaint against a criminal - 2005-02-14

SRI LANKA: Sexual abuse of a boy goes unpunished - 2005-02-14

NEPAL: Latest information on the situation in districts in Nepal - 2005-02-11

NEPAL: Updates regarding emergency situation on Nepal - 2005-02-11

INDIA: Police violations of arrest and detention procedures in West Bengal - 2005-02-08

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Death threats to a torture victim's family from accused police officers - 2005-02-08

SRI LANKA: Wadduwa police refused to file a complaint of a man who was assaulted by a drunk sergeant - 2005-02-08

INDIA: Railway staff tortured by escorts of senior police officers in West Bengal - 2005-02-07

UPDATE (Burma): Four officials sentenced to prison for forced labour in Kawmhu Township, Yangon Division - 2005-02-07

BANGLADESH/INDIA: Report on human rights violations by the Indian Border Security Force in the Indo-Bangladesh border - 2005-02-07

NEPAL: Latest information regarding emergency situation on Nepal - 2005-02-04

UPDATE (India): Calcutta high court instruct the West Bengal government to inquire into custodial death of a young man - 2005-02-03

UPDATE (Thailand): Updated information on the torture of the four men by the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya police - 2005-02-03

INDIA: Youth killed by firing by Border Security Force (BSF) in the South Dinajpur district, West Bengal - 2005-02-02

SRI LANKA: A torture of a police constable by the Bandaragama police - 2005-02-01

INDIA: Eight people arbitrarily re-arrested and tortured by the Newasa police despite the court's release orders - 2005-01-28

SRI LANKA: Recently declared emergency may cause the increase of offences by the security forces - 2005-01-28

INDIA: Young man committed suicide after the police torture in West Bengal - 2005-01-28

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further torture and harassment of a complainant by the Katugastota police - 2005-01-27

SRI LANKA/ASIA: Tsunami rehabilitation; Statement of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) - 2005-01-27

INDIA: Army soldiers murdered five civilians by pushing them out of a train - 2005-01-26

INDIA: Extreme abuse of power by the Central Reserved Police Force in Manipur - 2005-01-25

UPDATE (Burma): Photographs of destroyed houses and internally displaced persons in Papun Township, Karen state - 2005-01-21

NEPAL : Threat to re-arrest a man for the second time following his release on Supreme Court orders - 2005-01-19

SRI LANKA: A man severely injured by a criminal with the collaboration of the Panadura police - 2005-01-19

THAILAND: Discriminatory relief operations and forced deportation against Burmese migrant workers affected by the tsunami - 2005-01-19

NEPAL: Extra-judicial killings of four Maoists by Nepalese Security Forces - 2005-01-17

INDIA: Police inaction on the rape and murder of a woman by a doctor in Maldah District, West Bengal - 2005-01-17

INDIA: Handicapped torture and rape victim waits ten years for justice - 2005-01-14

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Updated list of items to deal with the aftermath of the tsunami announced by the Ministry of Health Care - 2005-01-13

SRI LANKA: Police Sergeant requests victim to pay his grocery bill in exchange for driver's licence - 2005-01-12

UPDATE (Thailand): Repeated torture at Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Police Station - 2005-01-12

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Mt. Lavinia police's apparent inaction to arrest/prosecute those responsible for the death of a torture victim, Mr. M. Ranson Peiris - 2005-01-10

INDONESIA: List of items urgently needed in Indonesia/Aceh to deal with tsunami aftermath - 2005-01-07

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further threat to the life of torture victim Channa Prasanna Fernando - 2005-01-06

NEPAL: Illegal arrest and forced disappearance of four persons in Parbat District - 2005-01-06

INDIA: List of medical items required urgently in Chennai, Tamil Nadu state to deal with tsunami aftermath - 2005-01-04

SRI LANKA: A man brutally tortured by Kalutara North police - 2005-01-04

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): List of items urgently required in Kalutara, Matara and Batticaloa districts to deal with tsunami aftermath - 2005-01-04

UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police officers interdicted regarding three torture cases of Gerald Perera, Lalith Rajapakse and Channa Prasanna Fernando - 2005-01-03

INDIA: Explosion of army shell kills two young children - 2005-01-03


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