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2006 Urgent Appeals   BANGLADESH: Legal actions taken against prominent lawyers involved in writ challenging assumption of office by Chief Adviser - 2006-12-28 PAKISTAN: Gross negligence of the High Court of Sindh on disappeared persons who are allegedly detained in the military torture cells - 2006-12-23 SRI LANKA: 17-year-old assaulted by physical training teacher - 2006-12-23 CAMBODIA: Alleged illegal expropriation of land by the military in Koh Kong - 2006-12-22 INDIA: Custodial death of a man who was victimized of consecutive police remand - 2006-12-22 CAMBODIA: Forced eviction destroys the livelihoods of 59 families and renders them homeless in Meanchey district - 2006-12-21 THAILAND: A man in northern Thailand died allegedly due to torture while in military custody - 2006-12-21 BANGLADESH: Alleged public extrajudicial killing of a student league activist by the Rapid Action Battalion on the pretext of crossfire - 2006-12-20 SRI LANKA: Alleged extrajudicial killings of two men by the police on the pretext of "crossfire" - 2006-12-20 PAKISTAN: Two more persons are missing after being allegedly arrested by the security forces - 2006-12-19 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Police investigate the alleged harassment of Muzibur Rahman by the DB police in Khulna - 2006-12-19 UPDATE (India): Alleged rape and killing of a girl increase tensions in Singur - 2006-12-19 UPDATE (Philippines): Court orders arrest of a military sergeant and his accomplices on the charges of homicide - 2006-12-19 NEPAL: No proper investigation has yet been done into an alleged rape case of two women by Nepal Armed Police - 2006-12-18 SRI LANKA: Alleged forced abduction of a man and brutal action against victim’s family by police - 2006-12-15 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): 49 year-old male victim of illegal arrest allegedly being tortured and still under detention - 2006-12-15 PAKISTAN: Disabled student has been allegedly denied admission to a medical college based on his condition - 2006-12-15 PAKISTAN: A book on Kashmir was banned and writer is threatened with death by Islamic fundamentalist government of a province - 2006-12-15 BANGLADESH: Three persons including twin brothers arbitrarily arrested and tortured by Rapid Action Battalion and the Keraniganj police in Dhaka - 2006-12-15 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Government inaction causing threats and harassment of the witnesses and family of the attempted rape victim by police - 2006-12-14 PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed, three others wounded in separate incidents - 2006-12-14 INDIA: Dalit female village head unable to conduct her public obligations due to manipulative caste discrimination - 2006-12-14 THAILAND: Three army officers identified as responsible for killings - 2006-12-13 UPDATE (Burma): Villagers who complained about corruption lose final appeal - 2006-12-13 UPDATE (Cambodia): Court issued arrest warrants against two witnesses who saw police and military officers assault man - 2006-12-12 UPDATE (Cambodia): Detained university lecturer is denied to access proper medical attention - 2006-12-12 UPDATE (Indonesia): House of Representatives demand fresh investigations into the murder of Munir - 2006-12-12 UPDATE (India): Journalists and protesters criticizing the brutal attack on Singur village protesters are severely injured by the police - 2006-12-11 PAKISTAN: Two political party leaders are missing after their alleged arrest by the police and army intelligence personnel - 2006-12-11 AFGHANISTAN: Warlords implicated in two separate cases of abduction and rape of two young girls - 2006-12-11 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Urgent protection needed for a key eye witness of a custodial death case - 2006-12-09 SRI LANKA: Alleged assault of a schoolboy by the principle - 2006-12-09 INDIA: Police violently assaulted peaceful peasants in West Bengal - 2006-12-08 UPDATE (Philippines): Eight falsely charged farmers acquitted; murder charges filed against several military men, police officer and others - 2006-12-08 CAMBODIA: Two were shot and one beaten up seriously by local authority over the land grabbing - 2006-12-08 INDIA: Two-day old newborn dies in custody due to gross police misconduct - 2006-12-07 THAILAND: A well-known environmental activist is missing - 2006-12-07 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Poor police investigation report makes way for alleged perpetrators to walk free - 2006-12-06 NEPAL: Alleged rape of 12-year-old girl by a policeman in Mohatari district - 2006-12-06 GENERAL APPEAL (Indonesia): Continued Impunity ensured by the apathy of the Attorney General - 2006-12-05 BANGLADESH: A man allegedly beaten to death by the Nabiganj police in Habiganj district - 2006-12-05 UPDATE (Nepal): A man disappeared by the security forces found in a jail in India - 2006-12-05 PHILIPPINES: Delays in prosecution causes prolonged detention of two farmers - 2006-12-05 PHILIPPINES: Four farmers wounded in ambush in Negros - 2006-12-05 UPDATE (Burma): Two human rights defenders given long jail sentences - 2006-12-04 FORWARDED APPEAL (Malaysia): Armed police and bulldozers again attack villagers - 2006-12-04 UPDATE (Cambodia): Alleged threats by Ratanakiri governor on human rights defenders working for indigenous people's land rights - 2006-12-01 PAKISTAN: More than 400 activists arrested within 72 hours prior to President's visit to Balochistan - 2006-11-30 UPDATE (Indonesia): Police officer found guilty on the count of torture, receives light disciplinary sentence - 2006-11-30 UPDATE (Philippines): Catholic priest and human rights activist still faces suspected death threats - 2006-11-30 UPDATE (Cambodia): Torture victim arrested for trying to filing a complaint to the court - 2006-11-30 UPDATE (Philippines): Church leader still faces intimidations after attempted murder - 2006-11-29 SRI LANKA: An abduction of a man allegedly by the Sri Lankan military - 2006-11-29 INDIA: Government hospital negligence and police inaction in the killing of a woman - 2006-11-28 CAMBODIA: Death threats to an activist working against land grabbing in Ratanakiri - 2006-11-28 CAMBODIA: Ratanakiri governor allegedly rejected the provincial court's prosecutor's order to stop land grabbing - 2006-11-27 PHILIPPINES: Three more activists killed; four other persons disappeared in separate incidents - 2006-11-24 PAKISTAN: An alleged abduction and torture of a journalist by military personnel and the banning of a Sindh television channel by the government - 2006-11-24 UPDATE (Philippines): Farm leader wounded in shooting in front of his family - 2006-11-23 SRI LANKA: Man illegally arrested and held in secret detention by police - 2006-11-23 SRI LANKA: Biased police inquiry into a case of navy sailor who was threaten at gunpoint by Panadura police - 2006-11-23 SRI LANKA: 15 year-old girl allegedly raped and forgotten by the courts - 2006-11-22 UPDATE (Cambodia): Tycoon senator signs an agreement that guarantees villagers have a right to live on their land - 2006-11-22 INDIA: Dalit village head faces constant intimidation due to caste discrimination in Uttar Pradesh - 2006-11-22 UPDATE (Philippines): Replacement of a prosecutor required; complaint filed against a judge for grave abuse, violation of code of conduct - 2006-11-21 SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a man who was wrongly arrested by police officers - 2006-11-20 INDIA: Human rights activist and a victim threatened by police for complaining about a brutal assault by the Border Security Force in West Bengal - 2006-11-20 SRI LANKA: Arbitrary detention and ill-treatment by the police of a man suffering from mental illness - 2006-11-17 UPDATE (Pakistan): Mirza Tahir Hussian released - 2006-11-17 SRI LANKA: Torture of a 15-year-old boy from Batuwatte by members of the police - 2006-11-16 GENERAL APPEAL (Asia): Call for Asian governments to ensure the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the General Assembly - 2006-11-16 UPDATE (India): Uttar Pradesh state human rights cover-up human rights abuse of state officers - 2006-11-15 CAMBODIA: Three villagers allegedly beaten by members of the military over a land dispute - 2006-11-15 INDIA: Woman faces death threats and harassment due to her political affiliation, while police remain inactive - 2006-11-14 UPDATE (Burma): Five persons remain in detention and legal rights violated - 2006-11-10 PHILIPPINES: Another activist in “liquidation list” killed; two others survive attempts on their lives in separate incidents - 2006-11-10 SRI LANKA: One man killed after abduction and his brother complains of his possible forced disappearance - 2006-11-10 SRI LANKA: Innocent man victimised by illegal arrest and detention due to unlawful police malpractice of misrepresenting suspect's identity in court - 2006-11-09 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Court dismissed Santa's another case against the policemen - 2006-11-09 BANGLADESH: A man arbitrarily arrested and intimidated by the Detective Branch Police of Khulna - 2006-11-09 FORWARDED APPEAL (Japan): On-line petition to seek justice for a man charged with alleged false murder case due to class discrimination - 2006-11-09 CAMBODIA: Two men seriously assaulted and another man shot by men alleged to be police officers - 2006-11-08 INDIA: Illegal detention of a commoner is shrouded in allegations of corruption and the fabrication of case records - 2006-11-08 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Improper and biased manner of police inquiry into a torture case - 2006-11-08 PHILIPPINES: Disappearance of four persons; one of two torture victims found dead in separate incidents in Mindanao - 2006-11-08 NEPAL: Forced disappearance of Des Raj Chauhan by members of the security forces - 2006-11-08 PHILIPPINES: Policemen allegedly harass and illegally search a convent of sisters after forced entry - 2006-11-06 UPDATE (Thailand): Senior police officer must be investigated - 2006-11-06 SRI LANKA: Malicious assault of a 16-year-old girl by her school principal - 2006-11-05 NEPAL: Extra-judicial killing of 32-year-old Bacha Ram Chaudari by the police - 2006-11-03 CAMBODIA: Man seriously injured after allegedly being tortured by police and military officers - 2006-11-02 INDIA: 14 year-old girl allegedly kidnapped and trafficked by state protected gangsters - 2006-11-02 INDIA: Alleged police inaction into dowry death of a woman - 2006-11-02 BURMA: Two men illegally arrested & jailed for petition to government - 2006-11-02 UPDATE (Thailand): Please attend important event on threats to civil rights under military regime - 2006-11-01 INDIA: Alleged assault of innocent man by the police to settle private feud - 2006-11-01 SRI LANKA: Alleged rape attempt of a woman by a policeman - 2006-11-01 INDONESIA: Local farmer brutally gunned down by brigadier officers in Central Java - 2006-11-01 UPDATE (Philippines): Excessive bail imposed on 12 arrested activists; deprived of food rations while in police detention - 2006-10-31 UPDATE (Pakistan): Prolonged delay of the investigation into the horrific killing of a human rights activist's son for two years - 2006-10-31 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Over 50,000 peasants deprived of water by Sindh government - 2006-10-27 INDIA: A family is facing constant attacks and attempts on their lives due to alleged collaboration between the police and the criminals - 2006-10-27 PHILIPPINES: Alleged use of armed goons in attacking villagers; one leader seeking land reform killed - 2006-10-26 INDIA: Alleged torture of an innocent person by the Kerala state police - 2006-10-25 PHILIPPINES: Gruesome killing of another activist; another one survives attack - 2006-10-24 THAILAND: Two killings of human rights defenders in the south - 2006-10-24 UPDATE (Thailand): Important events marking 2nd anniversary of mass killing - 2006-10-23 PHILIPPINES: Deteriorating health condition of a female torture victim in detention - 2006-10-23 UPDATE (Thailand): Women's rights defender acquitted in criminal libel case - 2006-10-20 UPDATE (Pakistan): Execution of Mirza Tahir Hussian delayed for another two months - 2006-10-20 UPDATE (Indonesia): Hopes for Justice dashed in Munir's murder case, as Supreme Court finds prime suspect, Pilot Pollycarpus BP, not guilty - 2006-10-19 NEPAL: Custodial death of Mr. Manoj Das following alleged torture by the police - 2006-10-18 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police investigation of a severe torture case drags on with no transparency - 2006-10-18 CAMBODIA: A woman, her child and an infant are assaulted by a Kompong Leav police officer - 2006-10-18 UPDATE (Bangladesh): No action from the government has put the life of the attempted rape victim into great danger - 2006-10-17 BANGLADESH: Alleged extrajudicial killings of two more persons in the pretext of "crossfire" by the Rapid Action Battalion - 2006-10-17 PAKISTAN: Man implicated with false charges, and brutally tortured by police - 2006-10-17 CAMBODIA: Man allegedly shot dead after being tortured by police - 2006-10-16 INDIA: Man looses his hearing due to police torture in Kerala - 2006-10-13 GENERAL APPEAL (Philippines): Escalating violence in Mindanao requires immediate action - 2006-10-12 SRI LANKA: A torture victim is threatened by police to withdraw his complaint - 2006-10-12 PAKISTAN: A man deprived of a fair trial faces imminent execution - 2006-10-12 UPDATE (Philippines): Arrested eight workers released; false charges remain - 2006-10-11 CAMBODIA: Villager is illegally detained by court due to alleged land dispute case - 2006-10-11 PHILIPPINES: Another IFI priest brutally murdered - 2006-10-11 PAKISTAN: Torture of two men after being falsely charged under blasphemy law - 2006-10-10 FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Online petition to UN for appointment of Special Representative - 2006-10-09 PHILIPPINES: Another IFI priest receives a death threat - 2006-10-09 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Alleged attempt to harm a torture victim by the perpetrators - 2006-10-09 UPDATE (Thailand): Join protest for media freedom and 1997 Constitution - 2006-10-09 UPDATE (Pakistan): Torture victim abducted after testifying about abuse - 2006-10-06 SRI LANKA: Farmer brutally tortured and systematically intimidated by police - 2006-10-06 UPDATE (India): Jalangi police and West Bengal government encouraging violence in the state - 2006-10-06 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Sindh provincial government's deliberate negligence to protect the Hindu religious minority - 2006-10-06 BURMA: Five former student activists arrested without cause and denied their legal rights - 2006-10-06 PHILIPPINES: 13 activists arrested; 20 families left homeless in a violent demolition - 2006-10-05 PHILIPPINES: Killing of prominent human rights defender Bishop Alberto Ramento - 2006-10-05 CAMBODIA: Another alleged forced eviction by a senator - 2006-10-04 UPDATE (Thailand): Websites and radio stations shut down by military junta - 2006-10-04 INDIA: A person tortured to death by police for failing to pay bribe in Kerala state - 2006-10-04 INDIA: Trade union activists allegedly charged with a false criminal case - 2006-10-03 PHILIPPINES: Eight workers illegally arrested and detained; police threaten to file fabricated charges - 2006-09-30 INDIA: A man is illegally being detained due to police corruption - 2006-09-30 PAKISTAN: Illegal ban of trade unions by the government - 2006-09-29 SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a fisherman by Weligama police - 2006-09-29 SRI LANKA: A schoolboy brutally assaulted by his teachers - 2006-09-29 UPDATE (Philippines): Prosecutor failed to look into victim's torture claims; criminal charges of evidence taken by way of torture filed in court - 2006-09-28 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Repeated police threats to the attempted rape victim - 2006-09-28 CAMBODIA: Two villagers shot and several injured during the illegal forced eviction in Koh Kong - 2006-09-28 UPDATE (Pakistan): Gang raped mother and daughter ordered to leave their home village by the police - 2006-09-28 UPDATE (Thailand): Illegal detention of former government ministers - 2006-09-28 Sri Lanka: A man's life is in grave danger due to torture - 2006-09-27 INDONESIA: Assault of a mother of four-year-old daughter by the Jakarta police - 2006-09-27 SRI LANKA: Man brutally tortured by police after allegedly being implicated with false charges - 2006-09-27 PAKISTAN: A radio station was discriminatorily closed down by the government - 2006-09-26 SRI LANKA: Another abduction case by a white van without a number plate - 2006-09-26 UPDATE (Philippines): Food blockade imposed on workers on strike - 2006-09-26 PHILIPPINES: Ten injured in violent dispersal of workers on strike in Cavite - 2006-09-25 HUNGER ALERT (India): The 'blame game' continues between state officials and local authorities over the starvation deaths of 8 persons - 2006-09-25 NEPAL: Fresh series of attacks on Dalit temple worshippers - 2006-09-25 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Government's inaction regarding a series of attack on journalists - 2006-09-23 UPDATE (Indonesia): Munir's murderers remain at large, as official investigations take a turn for the worst - 2006-09-22 CAMBODIA: A journalist convicted for exposing alleged corruption of the deputy prime minister - 2006-09-22 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Recent suppression of Ahmadi sect of Islam in Punjab - 2006-09-22 GENERAL APPEAL (Thailand): UN rights bodies must act urgently to address junta - 2006-09-22 UPDATE (Indonesia): Three men in Poso to be executed on September 22 - 2006-09-21 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Santa's life is under extreme death threats now - 2006-09-21 NEPAL: 24-year-old man allegedly tortured to death by Maoists - 2006-09-20 INDONESIA: Police and corrections officers torture detainees - 2006-09-20 SRI LANKA: Another forced disappearance in Jaffna - 2006-09-19 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Santa's family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal - 2006-09-19 CAMBODIA: Young Mother of two-month-old baby tortured by forestry officers - 2006-09-18 INDIA: Illegal detention and custodial torture continues unabated in West Bengal - 2006-09-18 GENERAL APPEAL (India): A failing criminal justice system betrays the poor in India, especially the women - 2006-09-15 UPDATE (Thailand): How did the killers of environmentalist Charoen Wat-aksorn die? - 2006-09-15 BURMA: More farmers complain about illegal destruction of crops - 2006-09-15 BANGLADESH: Rape victim receives serious threats due to the alleged corruption of the Paikgachha police in Khulna - 2006-09-14 SRI LANKA: Alleged abduction of three brothers by the Navy officials - 2006-09-14 UPDATE (Pakistan): Mother and daughter allegedly gang raped by the police and government henchmen - 2006-09-14 CAMBODIA: Death threat letter sent to television broadcaster - 2006-09-13 UPDATE (India): Two Indian fishermen abducted by the Bangladesh Rifles currently detained at Rajshahi prison - 2006-09-12 INDIA: Immediate investigation is required into suspicious death at the Barrackpore police station in West Bengal - 2006-09-12 THAILAND: Women's rights defender on trial--your support is needed - 2006-09-12 UPDATE (Thailand): Trial against 58 accused in Narathiwat continuing; constant delays in prosecution witnesses - 2006-09-12 BANGLADESH: Journalist beaten by the Dumuria police in Khulna - 2006-09-12 PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed; missing activist found dead - 2006-09-11 UPDATE (Cambodia): University lecturer arrested for disinformation due to writing a book critical of the government - 2006-09-08 SRI LANKA: Brutal torture and custodial death of a father of three by the Eheliyagoda police - 2006-09-08 PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed; one of six abducted activists remains missing while four remains in detention - 2006-09-07 UPDATE (Philippines): A policy of killings - military linked to the execution of Pastor Sta. Rosa - 2006-09-07 BANGLADESH: Girl sexually harassed and boy arbitrarily arrested, tortured and detained by the Senhati Camp police in Khulna - 2006-09-07 PAKISTAN: Police and government henchmen abducted and confined a mother and a girl for 12 days - 2006-09-07 UPDATE (Philippines): Flawed police investigations into killing, with no arrests made despite gunmen having been identified - 2006-09-07 INDIA: Three Indian fishermen abducted from India at the Indo-Bangladesh border by Bangladesh Rifles and now reported missing - 2006-09-07 BURMA: Another farmer jailed for supposedly insulting government authorities - 2006-09-06 CAMBODIA: Members of the Air Force have continuously showed their brutality against civilians including 18 families who they expelled from their land and then later burned and destroyed their houses and plantations - 2006-09-06 CAMBODIA: Authorities have halted the anti-corruption activities of a human rights group - 2006-09-06 INDIA: Yet another innocent person killed by the armed forces in Imphal, Manipur state - 2006-09-05 UPDATE (Philippines): "Obstruction of justice" charges registered against 8 human rights activists - 2006-09-05 UPDATE (Pakistan): No action from the authorities of Karachi University against the alleged perpetrators of an attempted rape - 2006-09-05 THAILAND: Five persons disappeared for almost one year; no progress in investigation - 2006-09-05 UPDATE (Nepal): Military personnel who tortured 15 year old Maina Sunuwar to death must be tried by a civil court - 2006-09-05 INDIA: Police officers of Bantra police station, Howrah, West Bengal paid to violate the law - 2006-09-05 SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Army allegedly kidnaps 17 year-old boy - 2006-09-04 PHILIPPINES: Three more activists killed in latest attacks - 2006-09-01 BURMA: Young man jailed without fair trial over alleged illegal lottery ticket - 2006-09-01 THAILAND: No answers for families of 12 disappeared persons - 2006-09-01 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Ban on Teachers' Union in Sindh province and brutal crackdown on demonstrating teachers - 2006-08-31 SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a 50-year-old man by the Kekirawa police - 2006-08-31 INDIA: Jalangi police continues unabated brutality in Murshidabad district of West Bengal - 2006-08-31 SRI LANKA: One Catholic priest and a man disappear - 2006-08-30 CAMBODIA: University lecturer is allegedly dismissed for writing a book that is critical of government - 2006-08-30 UPDATE (Philippines): Court orders reinvestigation of charges filed against torture victims - 2006-08-30 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): The case of Mahesh Ranaweera finally concluded - 2006-08-29 UPDATE (Philippines): Alleged assault and attempt at framing false charges against 8 human rights activists - 2006-08-29 UPDATE (Philippines): 21 detained union members released; charges against them have still not been withdrawn - 2006-08-25 INDONESIA: Police torture man severely, resulting in his death - 2006-08-25 SRI LANKA: Police harass bus driver, file allegedly fabricated charges against him - 2006-08-25 INDIA: Two human rights activists illegally arrested and tortured in Manipur - 2006-08-25 INDIA: Father and son illegally detained and tortured to a settle personal feud of the West Bengal Inspector General of Police [Intelligence Branch] - 2006-08-25 PHILIPPINES: Eight members of a human rights fact-finding team detained, others harassed - 2006-08-24 UPDATE (India): BSF officer threatens victim and family in West Bengal for complaining about torture and intimidation - 2006-08-24 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Authorities fail to prosecute perpetrator, while the HRC recommends derisory compensation - 2006-08-22 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): False case filed against a torture victim by the Wanduramba police - 2006-08-18 UPDATE (Nepal): Torture victim harassed and threatened with fabricated charges - 2006-08-18 INDIA: Border Security Force again accused of rights violations in Murshidabad district, West Bengal - 2006-08-18 PHILIPPINES: Violent dispersal of 21 union members by policemen and guards; criminal charges filed against injured victims - 2006-08-18 PHILIPPINES: Family members of slain church worker faces security risk - 2006-08-18 FORWARDED APPEAL (South Korea): 63 union members still in jail - 2006-08-17 PHILIPPINES: Another social activist killed; two others facing threats - 2006-08-17 INDIA: A women dies due to the alleged negligence of hospital staff after her delivery in West Bengal - 2006-08-16 CAMBODIA: Police brutality against villagers from Ang Snuol district, Kandal - 2006-08-15 BANGLADESH: Two persons killed in "crossfire" at Jessore while in the custody of the Rapid Action Battalion - 2006-08-15 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Continuous harassment of teachers with government inaction - 2006-08-15 PHILIPPINES: Torture of a 16-year-old boy by a village militia during arrest - 2006-08-15 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): SIU hauls perpetrators before the Magistrate's Court - 2006-08-14 FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): STOP THE WAR: We have a right to live without fear - 2006-08-14 UPDATE (Philippines): Arrested development worker released - 2006-08-11 BANGLADESH: A man commits suicide after being tortured by the Chhutipur camp police - 2006-08-11 SRI LANKA: Failure of police officers to take action on alleged abduction case - 2006-08-11 FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Alleged continued harassment of hundreds of villager over land dispute - 2006-08-10 UPDATE (Indonesia): Three men in Poso face imminent execution on August 12 - 2006-08-10 UPDATE (Cambodia): Three union activists are convicted in an unfair trial - 2006-08-10 UPDATE (Pakistan): Denial of alleged attempted rape by Karachi university authority despite the culprits' confession - 2006-08-10 SRI LANKA: Death threats against senior police officer - 2006-08-10 UPDATE (India): Two BSF constables dismissed without facing legal action for the killing - 2006-08-09 SRI LANKA: Assault of a 15-year-old boy by the Panadura police - 2006-08-08 UPDATE (Cambodia): Poverty-stricken villagers are facing trials - 2006-08-08 INDONESIA: Illegal detention and shooting incident of two men by the Bangsalsari Sector Police in East Java - 2006-08-07 SRI LANKA: Another incident involving the misuse of power by the Mahiyangana police - 2006-08-07 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Man was acquitted of all the charges falsely framed by the Mahiyangana police - 2006-08-04 PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary arrest and continued detention of a development worker in Cotabato City - 2006-08-04 GENERAL APPEAL (World): Oppose UN candidacy of Deputy PM - 2006-08-04 UPDATE (Philippines): Another delay by Ombudsman prevents filing of murder charges against military men - 2006-08-03 INDIA: Evicted family being denied support by the police in Jalangi, Murshidabad District, West Bengal - 2006-08-03 BANGLADESH: Alleged brutal torture and fabrication of charges towards a man after being arbitrarily arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion in Jessore - 2006-08-02 PAKISTAN: Attempted rape of a girl by the Karachi university staff and continuous impunity of the perpetrators due to protection of Pakistan Rangers - 2006-08-02 UPDATE (Philippines): Attempted stabbing of a torture victim; continuous threats on torture victims and legal counsels - 2006-08-01 SRI LANKA: Alleged fabrication of charges and death threats against a woman by the Mulleriyawa due to her marital disputes - 2006-08-01 UPDATE (Philippines): Ombudsman's failure to resolve cases of murder, extra-judicial killings and torture, prevents police and military from being charged - 2006-07-31 PAKISTAN: Journalist shot and injured by unknown persons and then arbitrarily arrested on charges of kidnapping - 2006-07-28 HUNGER ALERT (India): Children dying of starvation due to uninterested government officials - 2006-07-28 UPDATE (Philippines): Commission on Human Rights’ investigation into torture cases in General Santos City dragging - 2006-07-27 PHILIPPINES: Activist shot dead in front of his relatives; another activist faces serious threats on his life in Tacloban City - 2006-07-27 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Intimidation of torture victim by Horana police - 2006-07-26 PHILIPPINES: Alleged surveillance and intimidation of a pastor in Pangasinan - 2006-07-26 SRI LANKA: Thirteen year old assaulted by his school teacher - 2006-07-26 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Update on Brutal torture of Mr. Premalal by Wanduramba police - 2006-07-25 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Sajid's family under threat from ruling political party leaders - 2006-07-25 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Continued harassment of Thaivani and her children by the Yakkalamulla police - 2006-07-25 INDIA: Army officer in Manipur threatened, intimidated and allegedly tortured student union activists who were on their way to meet the Chief Minister of the state for a peace talk as per the Minister’s invitation - 2006-07-24 BANGLADESH: Man arbitrarily arrested and detained by the Police in Jessore district - 2006-07-24 CAMBODIA: Authorities use state power to plunder lawfully owned land - 2006-07-21 SRI LANKA: Man brutally tortured by Wanduramba Police Station requires months of hospitalisation - 2006-07-21 SRI LANKA: Man tortured by Alawathugoda Police - 2006-07-21 INDIA: BSF officers engaged in murder spree in Murshidabad district, West Bengal - 2006-07-21 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Urgent help is needed for 200,000 displaced victims of military operations in Balochistan province - 2006-07-21 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Authorities continue to deny justice to child victim - 2006-07-20 SRI LANKA: Assault on a 15-year-old Bikku student by his Pirivena teacher - 2006-07-20 INDIA: BSF officers kill two victims, including a 17-year-old boy - 2006-07-20 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim has gone into hiding due to alleged death threats - 2006-07-20 PHILIPPINES: Two female student activists and a peasant forcibly abducted and disappeared; one of the victims is pregnant - 2006-07-20 INDIA: Police officers allegedly conduct illegal search and arrest and torture innocent person - 2006-07-19 SRI LANKA: Assault and fabrication of charges by the Poddala Police - 2006-07-19 CAMBODIA: Authorities must investigate into alleged extortion of poverty-stricken villagers - 2006-07-19 SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest, brutal torture and fabrication of charges by the Kalutara South police - 2006-07-19 UPDATE (Philippines/Thailand): Expressions of outrage heard through petitions on killings and government inaction in Southeast Asia - 2006-07-19 INDIA: Police officers and thugs assault a person on mistaken identity; superior officer refuses to take any action on complaint - 2006-07-18 PAKISTAN: Killing of a 14 year old boy by the police in Lahore - 2006-07-18 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Court hearing of a torture case postponed 22 times due to deliberate inaction by the police - 2006-07-18 NEPAL: Alleged perpetrator of rape of 17-year old girl must be brought to justice - 2006-07-18 THAILAND: Alleged abduction, torture & armed robbery of couple by police; no effective investigation despite many complaints - 2006-07-17 SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and harassment of a man by the Ingiriya police - 2006-07-17 SRI LANKA: Illegal detention, torture and fabrication of charges by the Wanduramba police - 2006-07-17 GENERAL APPEAL (Cambodia): State repossession of illegally cleared and owned woodland must be transparent and unlawful owners punished - 2006-07-14 INDONESIA: Police inaction in case of national intelligence staff’s assault on student and motorcycle taxi driver - 2006-07-14 INDONESIA: Threats and kidnapping of human rights defender in West Sumatra - 2006-07-13 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Government orders departmental action against the alleged perpetrators of police brutality on journalists - 2006-07-13 PHILIPPINES: Another four activists face threats in General Santos City - 2006-07-12 PAKISTAN: Three persons are missing after allegedly taken by the police and army personnel - 2006-07-12 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Responsibility of prison officers for death of M.S.F. Perera and injuries to L.G. Munaweera - 2006-07-12 CAMBODIA: Government's alleged attack on three labour union activists - 2006-07-12 PAKISTAN: The Ghotki police fail to act on the gang rape of a 19 year-old girl - 2006-07-12 BANGLADESH: Man sexually violated by the police in Chuadanga - 2006-07-11 UPDATE (Philippines): More charges filed against police, military and militias involved in torture of 11 persons in Benguet - 2006-07-10 UPDATE (Thailand): Petition on DSI attracts international support; please sign! - 2006-07-10 NEPAL: Restaurant owner brutally tortured by the Maharajgunj Ward policefor refusing to pay protection money - 2006-07-10 UPDATE (Burma): Human rights lawyer released, defiant; district court rejects other case - 2006-07-10 INDIA: BSF allegedly killed 14-year-old - 2006-07-10 SRI LANKA: Death in prison custody of illegally arrested man; second man seriously injured - 2006-07-07 BURMA: Young man allegedly dies due to assault by special drug squad; mother flees country - 2006-07-07 PHILIPPINES: Three more peasant activists killed in separate attacks - 2006-07-07 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Urge ILO action on anti-worker & unconstitutional law - 2006-07-07 GENERAL APPEAL (Philippines): Please sign petition to end extra-judicial killings in the Philippines - 2006-07-06 NEPAL: Suspected armed forces personnel rape a minor and police register case with immense reluctance - 2006-07-06 BANGLADESH: An elderly woman is tortured to death by the Savar police in Dhaka - 2006-07-06 SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and degrading treatment of a woman by the Galle police - 2006-07-06 GENERAL APPEAL (Thailand): Slow progress to investigate over 400 unidentified bodies in south - 2006-07-05 PHILIPPINES: Thousands of villagers displaced due to renewed fighting in Maguindanao, Mindanao - 2006-07-05 SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a young man by the Kurunegala police after being arbitrarily detained - 2006-07-05 FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Abduction of Children's Home Director of Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) - 2006-07-04 SRI LANKA: Killing of one more journalist - 2006-07-04 SRI LANKA: Ongoing torture of a young man while being illegally detained by the Meegahathenna police - 2006-07-04 BANGLADESH: Woman tortured by the Police in the office of the Superintendent of Police in Satkhira district - 2006-07-04 BANGLADESH: Six persons arbitrarily arrested and one of them tortured to death by the Hathazari police in Chittagong district - 2006-07-03 BANGLADESH: Judge grants bail to an alleged rapist in Dinajpur district despite having ample medical evidence and a police investigation report asserting the rape - 2006-07-03 CAMBODIA: Authorities destroy people's livelihood and freedom of enterprise - 2006-06-30 THAILAND: Suspected attempt to abduct National Human Rights Commissioner - 2006-06-30 UPDATE (India): Delayed partial justice in a case of gang rape after 11 years - 2006-06-30 UPDATE (Thailand): Petition to be presented to Ministry of Justice before July 19 - 2006-06-29 INDONESIA: Excessive force used by police in Central Lombok - 2006-06-29 SRI LANKA: Second assault and serious threats made by police informer attached to the Mirihane Police - 2006-06-29 CAMBODIA: Teacher assaulted by her superiors - 2006-06-28 PHILIPPINES: A couple engaged in development work and two other activists killed in separate incidents - 2006-06-28 INDIA: Unattended dead body eaten by rats in public hospital - 2006-06-28 UPDATE (Thailand): Special call for observers to attend trial of persons accused of murdering environmentalist Charoen Wat-aksorn - 2006-06-28 BANGLADESH: Opposition political leaders arbitrarily arrested, detained and tortured by the Mohonpur police in Rajshahi district - 2006-06-27 BANGLADESH: Four persons, including a pregnant woman, tortured by the Paikgachha police in Khulna district - 2006-06-27 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Serious acts of torture followed by the fabrication of charges against the victims by the Wattegama police - 2006-06-27 BANGLADESH: Man killed by the Rajarhat police in Kurigram district - 2006-06-26 UPDATE (India): Jalangi police forged First Information Report to assist perpetrators in obtaining bail - 2006-06-26 INDIA: Two US citizens have been unjustifiably detained and assaulted by police with fraudulent medical certificates submitted to the court - 2006-06-23 UPDATE (Philippines): Court judge delays issuance of arrest warrants to military men charged with murder - 2006-06-23 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further intimidation faced by torture victim J.V. Saman Priyankara from Matale - 2006-06-23 BURMA: Official allegedly rapes minor; intimidates family - 2006-06-23 PAKISTAN: Police fail to make arrests following the gang rape of a girl - 2006-06-23 PAKISTAN: Media personnel continue to be tortured and assaulted - 2006-06-23 UPDATE (Philippines): An appeal for the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Office to act on the recommendation of the Commission on Human Rights to file murder charges against the military - 2006-06-22 CAMBODIA: Army unlawfully evicts villagers - 2006-06-21 PAKISTAN: Under-trial prisoner killed following fabricated blasphemy charges having been laid against him - 2006-06-21 UPDATE (Pakistan): Missing journalist found dead in Pakistan - 2006-06-19 PHILIPPINES: Inadequate medical attention leads to the death of a factory worker and serious illness to another - 2006-06-19 UPDATE (Thailand): Please sign petition to remove head of special investigation from post - 2006-06-19 BANGLADESH: Man killed by police torture in Gaibandha Sadar police station on the instruction of ruling party political leaders - 2006-06-16 UPDATE (Thailand): Important programme to commemorate human rights defenders and discuss failed investigations - 2006-06-16 UPDATE (Burma): Human rights lawyer's licence revoked; ILO steps up pressure; cases go to Supreme Court - 2006-06-16 UPDATE (Thailand): Trial continues against 58 accused in Narathiwat protest; key witnesses for prosecution absent or ignorant - 2006-06-16 PHILIPPINES: Another activist killed; union leader faces serious threat - 2006-06-16 GENERAL APPEAL (Thailand): Government authorities in south of Thailand reportedly encourage "shoot to kill" policy with cash rewards - 2006-06-16 CAMBODIA: Government set to curb rights and activities of NGOs - 2006-06-16 SRI LANKA: Threat made against tenant of the late Gerald Perara - 2006-06-16 UPDATE (Burma): Professor says he will launch new solo protest; passport illegally revoked - 2006-06-15 NEPAL: Vigilante groups in Nepal must be disarmed and disbanded - 2006-06-15 MALAYSIA: State orchestrated destruction of Hindu temples - 2006-06-15 UPDATE (India): District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender for the second time - 2006-06-14 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Judicial Probe Commission has yet to submit its report regarding police brutality - 2006-06-12 SRI LANKA: Failure of the police to investigate mysterious death of 23-year-old - 2006-06-12 INDONESIA: Threats to victims and human rights defenders by civilian paramilitary groups - 2006-06-09 THAILAND: Alleged forced disappearance of man in Narathiwat - 2006-06-09 UPDATE (Indonesia): Torture victims in Central Sulawesi sentenced to nine years imprisonment - 2006-06-08 SRI LANKA: Torture of a boy by the Thelikada Police - 2006-06-08 SRI LANKA: Intimidation and threat of fabrication of murder charges against two human rights defenders - 2006-06-08 INDIA: Border Security Forces torture then kill a 17-year-old boy - 2006-06-08 INDIA: Police officer assaults mother and son and then attempts to lodge a false case - 2006-06-07 SRI LANKA: Harassment by the Homagama police - 2006-06-07 UPDATE (Burma): Release from prison for Su Su Nwe - 2006-06-06 SRI LANKA: Blatant disregard of estate owner’s illegal activities by the Yakkalamulla police - 2006-06-05 THAILAND/BURMA: 800 persons fleeing destroyed villages refused entry to Thailand - 2006-06-05 PHILIPPINES: Threat and intimidation of human rights lawyer and activist - 2006-06-05 INDIA: Man commits suicide following detention at the Charu Market Police Station, West Bengal - 2006-06-05 UPDATE (Cambodia): Lives of homeless people destroyed in order to beautify the city of Phnom Penh - 2006-06-05 UPDATE (Saudi Arabia/Sri Lanka): Sri Lankan government seeks clemency for three Sri Lankans in Saudi Arabia - 2006-06-02 PHILIPPINES: Three more activists killed; another priest faces serious threats on his life - 2006-06-01 UPDATE (Philippines): Two minor torture victims released from jail; court rules the of arrest 11 victims as illegal - 2006-06-01 UPDATE (Cambodia): Misery of homeless tenants continues unabated - 2006-06-01 INDIA: Paddy farmer murdered to conceal corruption amongst Border Security Force officials with cross border smugglers - 2006-05-30 PAKISTAN: Twelve persons disappeared following their arrest by the police - 2006-05-29 PHILIPPINES: Disappearance of three men in Nueva Ecija - 2006-05-29 GENERAL APPEAL (Indonesia): Assistance urgently needed for victims of earthquake - 2006-05-29 SRI LANKA: Dodangoda police refuse to register complaint - 2006-05-29 PHILIPPINES: Abduction and disappearance of two more activists - 2006-05-26 SRI LANKA: Bus driver arbitrarily charged after suffering brutal assault by the Teldeniya police - 2006-05-25 [Hunger Alert] PAKISTAN: Government neglect in drought-affected region leaves thousands malnourished in Tharparkar District - 2006-05-25 SRI LANKA: Killing of a police inspector and his wife for allegedly inquiring into drug related crimes - 2006-05-25 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Mother of tortured boy forced to sign suspect document - 2006-05-25 PAKISTAN: Two members of the Jeay Sindh Quomi Mahaz Nationalist Party abducted in the latest report of forced disappearance - 2006-05-25 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband - 2006-05-25 AUSTRALIA: Asylum seeker family face deportation to certain persecution - 2006-05-23 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Court dismisses charges against alleged perpetrators - 2006-05-23 FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Unconstitutional appointments to the Human Rights Commission - 2006-05-22 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Supreme Court grants leave to proceed in torture by police trainees case - 2006-05-22 PHILIPPINES: Threat of yet another violent dispersal of workers in Rosario, Cavite - 2006-05-22 UPDATE (Philippines): Another female activist killed in Bataan - 2006-05-22 SRI LANKA: Perpetrator enjoys impunity as Pitaveddara police fail to respond to complaints of domestic violence - 2006-05-22 NEPAL: Morang-based security forces open fire at protestors killing six and injuring fifty following the gang-rape and killing of a woman by security personnel - 2006-05-18 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Continued harassment of torture victims by the Embilipitiya police - 2006-05-18 SRI LANKA: Principal manipulates authority to arbitrarily suspend pupils from school - 2006-05-18 UPDATE (Cambodia): Inhumane treatment of poor tenants forcibly displaced - 2006-05-17 PHILIPPINES: Another killing of a human rights defender in Oroquieta City - 2006-05-16 SRI LANKA: Man mercilessly beaten by the Teldeniya police who then threatened him should he seek help from the human rights community - 2006-05-15 BANGLADESH: Police negligence in the disappearance and killing of a man in Sunamganj district - 2006-05-15 SRI LANKA: Police join abuser to further victimise a 14-year-old boy - 2006-05-15 BANGLADESH: Twelve-year-old girl repeatedly raped and held hostage by traffic police constable in Dhaka - 2006-05-15 UPDATE (Indonesia): Supreme Court panel rejects death penalty review even though new evidence may exist - 2006-05-12 INDIA: District Magistrate orders the arrest of a human rights defender - 2006-05-12 UPDATE (Philippines): Activist killed along with her husband after surviving an earlier attempt on her life - 2006-05-12 UPDATE (Thailand): Second call for special investigation chief to resign; EU expresses concern in Somchai case - 2006-05-12 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Harassment of family for their pursuit of justice in torture case - 2006-05-11 UPDATE (Pakistan): Karachi Government has announced to make way for Lyari Expressway at all cost - 2006-05-11 [Hunger Alert] AUSTRALIA: Asylum seekers denied the right to health - 2006-05-11 PHILIPPINES: Another sick inmate denied adequate treatment after being falsely charged - 2006-05-11 SRI LANKA: Attack on an editor of a provincial newspaper - 2006-05-11 BURMA: Farmer jailed for complaining about destruction of crops - 2006-05-11 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: Failure of Public Distribution System in Barabanki District, Uttar Pradesh - 2006-05-10 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Judicial Probe Commission ignores specific complaint against the Mohammadpur police - 2006-05-10 UPDATE (Thailand): Civil suit dropped in trial of media campaigner Supinya - 2006-05-10 UPDATE (Philippines): Jail authorities failing to ensure adequate security despite grave danger torture victims are facing - 2006-05-09 PHILIPPINES: Two persons killed while three other activists survive attempts on their lives in separate attacks in Luzon - 2006-05-09 UPDATE (Philippines): Further details on plot to kill torture victims - 2006-05-09 BANGLADESH: Protestors beaten by the police in Dhaka - 2006-05-09 UPDATE (Philippines): Fabricated charges filed against wounded labour leader - 2006-05-08 SRI LANKA: Failure to pay bribe leads to family being assaulted by the Saliyawewa police - 2006-05-08 SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and detention by the police on politician’s request - 2006-05-08 PHILIPPINES: Sick inmate denied adequate treatment - 2006-05-05 SRI LANKA: Torture of an 18-year-old by the Bandaragama police - 2006-05-04 CAMBODIA: Poor tenants brutally forced out of homes - 2006-05-04 INDIA: Corrupt Border Security Force officers connive with cross border smugglers and murder innocent farmer in Murshidabad district, West Bengal - 2006-05-03 PAKISTAN: Government shuts down websites in an effort to suppress news on Balochistan - 2006-05-02 PAKISTAN: Journalists to stage protest over rights of those in the media - 2006-05-02 [Hunger Alert] AUSTRALIA: Asylum seekers denied the right to food - 2006-04-30 PHILIPPINES: Five missing persons are allegedly being detained in the army camp in Lipa City - 2006-04-30 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Absence of a functioning human rights commission in Sri Lanka - 2006-04-28 PHILIPPINES: Labour leader survives ambush by police in Imus, Cavite - 2006-04-28 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Court orders supplementary investigation following disputed Judicial Probe Commission report - 2006-04-27 SAUDI ARABIA/PAKISTAN: Victim of rape sentenced to prison then forcibly deported - 2006-04-27 GENERAL APPEAL (Thailand): Army commander admits to using "blacklists" in the south - 2006-04-27 SRI LANKA: Torture and fabricated charges laid against a man by the Ja-Ela police - 2006-04-26 SRI LANKA: Tortured to confess to a crime by the Katupotha police - 2006-04-26 PHILIPPINES: Villagers abandon homes for fear of continued harassment by military in San Ildefonso, Bulacan - 2006-04-26 UPDATE (Thailand): Trial opens against 58 accused in Narathiwat protest; key witnesses for prosecution go missing - 2006-04-26 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Government names District Judge to conduct a judicial probe into the police brutality on journalists - 2006-04-26 PHILIPPINES: Another activist killed, several others seriously wounded in separate attacks - 2006-04-26 SRI LANKA: Torture of a husband and wife by the Wanduramba police - 2006-04-25 UPDATE (Philippines): Plot to kill torture victims in jail - 2006-04-25 UPDATE (Nepal): Democracy to return to Nepal - 2006-04-25 GENERAL APPEAL (Burma): Arbitrary arrests in Rangoon following bomb blasts - 2006-04-25 SRI LANKA: Torture of a woman by the Baddegama police - 2006-04-25 INDIA: Irresponsible firing by Salar police kills a woman and injures a man in Simulia, Murshidabad district, West Bengal - 2006-04-25 INDIA: Mentally disabled boy lynched to death by a mob for stealing a biscuit in Bardaman District, West Bengal - 2006-04-24 UPDATE (Indonesia): Supreme Court agrees to review Poso 3 case - 2006-04-24 UPDATE (Nepal): Call for intervention by the United Nations Secretary General and High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure the establishment of a constituent assembly and democratic government in Nepal - 2006-04-24 GENERAL APPEAL (Australia): Shocking new reforms proposed to prevent asylum seekers arriving by boat from seeking asylum in Australia - 2006-04-21 PAKISTAN: Fears for whereabouts of disappeared political leader in Pakistan - 2006-04-21 UPDATE (Indonesia): Perpetrators of shooting should be identified, prosecuted and punished - 2006-04-21 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Government agrees to form judicial probe commission into the police brutality on journalists - 2006-04-21 PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed - 2006-04-20 PHILIPPINES: Killing of an environmental activist and threat against another - 2006-04-20 UPDATE (Indonesia): Perpetrators of torture and murder must be properly prosecuted and punished - 2006-04-20 THAILAND: Brutal rape of two migrant workers by son of former MP with police officer's assistance, and witness killed - 2006-04-19 UPDATE (Indonesia): High Court rejects appeal in Munir’s case - 2006-04-19 BANGLADESH: Journalists beaten by the police at the Chittagong stadium - 2006-04-18 GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Alarming situation of forced disappearance of political and human rights activists in Balochistan - 2006-04-18 PHILIPPINES: Missing activist could be in military’s custody - 2006-04-18 SRI LANKA: Child denied right to education despite being the victim of ill-treatment - 2006-04-13 UPDATE (Thailand): EU gets questioned over missing Thai human rights lawyer case - 2006-04-13 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Sixteen year old continues to be denied education after being assaulted by his teacher - 2006-04-13 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Police defy High Court order by continuing to make threats - 2006-04-13 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim and his family harassed to enter settlement by the Nochichiyagama police - 2006-04-13 FORWARDED APPEAL (Asia): Current threats to Asian democracies - 2006-04-12 FORWARDED APPEAL (Singapore): Petition for Chee Soon Juan - 2006-04-12 UPDATE (Nepal): Demonstrations continue in the face of further arrests and violence - 2006-04-12 UPDATE (Philippines): Workers injured in violent dispersal have not received government-sponsored treatment - 2006-04-12 SRI LANKA: Working committee to consider the problem of court delays in Sri Lanka - 2006-04-11 UPDATE (Philippines): Trial of torture victims’ case postponed yet again - 2006-04-11 UPDATE (Pakistan): Violence imminent over Lyari Expressway construction in Karachi - 2006-04-10 PHILIPPINES: Another disappearance of an activist in Batangas City - 2006-04-10 UPDATE (Thailand): Publisher charged with lese majeste - 2006-04-10 UPDATE (Burma): Two police jailed for rape - 2006-04-10 UPDATE (South Korea): Two peace activists face trial and several injured by the police in Pyeongtaek - 2006-04-10 UPDATE (Nepal): Nepal under curfew - 2006-04-10 UPDATE (Nepal): Defacto emergency declared in Nepal - 2006-04-08 BURMA: Court appeal against lawyer jailed for helping farmers contact ILO headed for Supreme Court - 2006-04-07 SRI LANKA: President stresses the urgent need to appoint Constitutional Council - 2006-04-07 SRI LANKA: Brutal torture of a man by police trainees - 2006-04-07 NEPAL: Torture of a student activist by the police in Kavrepalanchok District - 2006-04-07 BANGLADESH: Police submit a falsified investigation report after being bribed by the alleged perpetrators - 2006-04-07 PHILIPPINES: Three workers injured in a violent dispersal in Rosario, Cavite - 2006-04-06 SRI LANKA: Cops and robbers at the Nochchiyagama police station - 2006-04-06 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim threatened to withdraw his complaint by the Mundalama police - 2006-04-06 NEPAL: Arrests made ahead of public rallies in the capital, Kathmandu - 2006-04-06 UPDATE (Indonesia): Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated - 2006-04-06 PHILIPPINES: Another female activist killed while her husband was wounded in a shooting in Bohol - 2006-04-06 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Four alleged perpetrators of rape are identified - 2006-04-06 SRI LANKA: Weligama Police implicated in the torture and killing of a father and son - 2006-04-04 SRI LANKA: The Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission and the importance of independence - 2006-04-04 UPDATE (Philippines): Torture victims file charges against policemen - 2006-04-04 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Four alleged perpetrators of rape walk free due to their political influence and power - 2006-04-04 UPDATE (Philippines): Lawyers for 11 torture victims file motion to withdraw charges against them - 2006-03-31 FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): One hundred villagers displaced in Bulacan - 2006-03-31 [Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): More starvation deaths, more lies in Murshidabad, West Bengal - 2006-03-31 UPDATE (Burma): Further worrying developments in case of deadly assault victim Thet Naing Oo - 2006-03-31 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Further threats made against victim of rape and her family - 2006-03-31 UPDATE (Hong Kong SAR): Last anti-WTO protester acquitted by the court - 2006-03-31 THAILAND: Interior Minister bans magazine for publishing articles on Thai monarchy - 2006-03-31 BANGLADESH: Villagers beaten and thirty-five persons arbitrarily arrested and detained by the police in Meherpur district - 2006-03-30 CAMBODIA: Prime Minister attacks UN representative over comments on the state of the country’s human rights - 2006-03-30 UPDATE (Burma): Innocent people blamed for killing of Thet Naing Oo; witnesses remain in police custody - 2006-03-29 SRI LANKA: Eight-year-old requires hospitalisation following torture by her school teacher - 2006-03-29 UPDATE (Thailand): First call for special investigation chief to resign over Somchai case - 2006-03-29 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Harassment and threats continue towards victim despite a High Court ruling ordering the alleged perpetrators to stop - 2006-03-29 UPDATE (Nepal): Constant threats and harassment of torture victim by the perpetrators - 2006-03-28 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Police seriously intimidate and threaten victim, her husband and her witnesses - 2006-03-28 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Murdered torture victim’s family demands speedy justice - 2006-03-28 PHILIPPINES: Another peasant leader wounded and his wife and son killed by armed men in Zambales - 2006-03-28 SRI LANKA: Torture of a man by the Mitiyagoda police - 2006-03-28 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim faces threats to withdraw his fundamental rights case - 2006-03-27 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Fundamental rights application to proceed in case of brutal assault against a 14-year-old boy - 2006-03-27 BANGLADESH: Arbitrary arrest and extra-judicial killing by the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka - 2006-03-27 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Justice continues to evade victim one and a half years after his assault - 2006-03-24 UPDATE (Philippines): Missing labour leader abducted and feared dead - 2006-03-24 BANGLADESH: Pregnant woman tortured by police in Dhaka - 2006-03-24 UPDATE (Philippines): Commission on Human Rights (CHR) set to file charges against soldiers allegedly involved in killing peasants in Leyte - 2006-03-24 UPDATE (Burma): Appeal again thrown out of one court; another ridiculous day in another - 2006-03-24 SRI LANKA: Illegal arrest and detention by the Gokarella police - 2006-03-23 SRI LANKA: Torture of a mentally ill man by the Poddala Police - 2006-03-23 SRI LANKA: Apparent police inaction into the denial of education of a boy after assault by his schoolteacher in Galle - 2006-03-23 FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Farmers facing fabricated charges and possible eviction from their land - 2006-03-23 UPDATE (Thailand): Serious developments in case of disappeared human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit - 2006-03-23 FORWARDED APPEAL (South Korea): Police adopt violence to suppress a peaceful demonstration in Korea - 2006-03-22 SRI LANKA: A 12-year-old student’s nose is fractured by his school teacher - 2006-03-22 PHILIPPINES: Two more activists killed in Bohol and Tarlac - 2006-03-22 PHILIPPINES: Another political activist killed and two men forcibly disappeared in separate incidents in Nueva Ecija - 2006-03-21 PHILIPPINES: Activist killed and an attempt made on another’s life - 2006-03-20 BURMA: Municipal officers and firefighters beat man to death then police charge his friends - 2006-03-20 SRI LANKA: Failure by state officials to release information and investigate the illegal arrest, torture and fabricated charges of a retired government servant by Hambantota police - 2006-03-20 UPDATE (Philippines): Forcible abduction and disappearance of an activist in Baler, Aurora - 2006-03-17 NEPAL: Seventeen-year-old girl attempts self-immolation after repeated instances of torture by Tulsipur police and prison officials - 2006-03-17 SRI LANKA: Torture committed against a student by his school Buddhism teacher - 2006-03-17 NEPAL: Custodial torture of a man followed by threats against his lawyer - 2006-03-17 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Evidence given in criminal case of torture victim Tissa Kumara - 2006-03-17 INDIA: Failure to stop the murder of wife by abusive husband and in-laws in Kharda District, West Bengal - 2006-03-17 UPDATE (Philippines): Torture victim denied treatment while police director exonerates his men’s acts as justifiable - 2006-03-16 SRI LANKA: Failure by the police to investigate the brutal assault of a Kalavana farmer - 2006-03-16 INDONESIA: Unlawful criminal trial and arbitrary detention of an eight-year-old boy - 2006-03-15 UPDATE (Indonesia): Parliament must formally revoke 2001 recommendation and call for ad hoc human rights court to prosecute Trisakti and Semanggi killings - 2006-03-15 UPDATE (Thailand): Criminal defamation charges dropped in trial of media campaigner Supinya - 2006-03-15 BANGLADESH: Opposition party political activist violently attacked by members of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party - 2006-03-14 SRI LANKA: Brutal assault of an eight-year-old girl by her class teacher - 2006-03-14 UPDATE (Thailand): Final verdict to be given in trial of media campaigner Supinya - 2006-03-13 FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Political persecution of opposition in the Philippines - 2006-03-10 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Young man who was brutally tortured by the Horana police now threatened to withdraw his Supreme Court Case - 2006-03-10 UPDATE (Indonesia): President must take firm steps to ensure investigation of Munir's death follows court recommendations - 2006-03-09 SRI LANKA: Failure by police and other authorities to investigate the brutal assault of an elderly man - 2006-03-08 PHILIPPINES: Labour leader missing in San Ildefonso, Bulacan - 2006-03-08 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Supreme Court granted leave to proceed in a brutal torture case filed by Chamara Nimantha - 2006-03-07 FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): A picture of the human rights situation in the Philippines in 2005 - 2006-03-07 UPDATE (Philippines): Continued illegal detention of an arrested labour leader - 2006-03-07 INDIA: Torture, assault and intimidation used as a means of criminal investigation in Thrissur, Kerala - 2006-03-06 UPDATE (Burma): Unnecessary delays in trial of two police accused of rape - 2006-03-06 SRI LANKA: A pregnant woman and her husband brutally assaulted by the Rathgama police - 2006-03-06 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: Starving Musahar community face exploitation in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh - 2006-03-05 INDIA: Arbitrary arrest and extra-judicial killing by police personnel in Varanasi - 2006-03-03 PHILIPPINES: Brutal torture of 11 persons and subsequent filing of fabricated charges against them - 2006-03-03 PHILIPPINES: Two farm labourers killed; seven others harassed by the military in Tarlac, Luzon - 2006-03-03 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Intimidation of a rape victim to withdraw the complaint against her perpetrators - 2006-03-02 INDIA: Police practices continue to erode the rule of law in Varanasi - 2006-03-02 UPDATE (Thailand): Attacks on Director of Central Institute of Forensic Science over ‘5 bullet suicide’ case - 2006-03-02 BURMA: Local government officers beat up and then sue poor vendors - 2006-03-02 PHILIPPINES: Illegal arrest and forcible disappearance of two men in Bulacan, Luzon - 2006-03-01 PHILIPPINES: Nineteen-year-old activist found dead in Abucay, Bataan - 2006-03-01 FORWARDED APPEALS (Philippines): Arrest of a labour leader subsequent to state of national emergency declaration - 2006-02-28 SRI LANKA: A father of a son extra-judicially killed is threatened with death for pursuing justice - 2006-02-28 NEPAL: Torture victim faces continuous death threats due to his complaints to the courts - 2006-02-28 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Probe Commissions inaction into the Chapainawabganj conflict - 2006-02-27 INDIA: Murder, assault, torture, failure of rule of law and intimidation - 2006-02-25 INDIA: Slavery flourishing under police protection in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh State - 2006-02-25 UPDATE (India): Girls forced into prostitution still being victimized in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 2006-02-24 INDIA: Yet another attack on human rights activist in Belwa village, Uttar Pradesh - 2006-02-23 INDIA: Local police assault an innocent person; force him to carry human excreta and register a false case against him - 2006-02-23 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Court trivialises assault by police officer on a woman by throwing her case out from court by a nonsensical judgment - 2006-02-23 BANGLADESH: opposition political activists beaten and arrested by the police during demonstrations and a country-wide strike - 2006-02-23 BURMA: Two villagers jailed for reporting extortion - 2006-02-23 PHILIPPINES: Peasant leader killed while sleeping at his house in Surigao del Sur, Mindanao - 2006-02-23 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Threats to 14-year-old boy and his family to withdraw complaint of brutal assault by teacher - 2006-02-22 PHILIPPINES: Threats against activists; Government's inaction to afford security and protection - 2006-02-21 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Supreme Court granted to leave to proceed in a torture case for the compensation filed by S.A. Akila Chaturanga - 2006-02-20 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim Tissa Kumara wins fundamental rights application at the Supreme Court - 2006-02-20 UPDATE (Burma): Police harass and threaten assault victim and family - 2006-02-17 UPDATE (Burma): Case of jailed tuition teacher to go to Supreme Court - 2006-02-17 NEPAL: Human rights defenders assaulted by personnel from the Royal Nepalese Army - 2006-02-16 INDIA: Two peaceful protestors on hunger strike chained to hospital beds - 2006-02-16 UPDATE (Thailand): Protection withdrawn from monk who continues to receive death threats - 2006-02-15 INDONESIA: President refuses to grant clemency to Brazilian while two Australian nationals are sentenced to death - 2006-02-15 INDONESIA: Alleged extra-judicial killing of a man by the Resort Police of West Jakarta - 2006-02-15 INDIA: Gang rape of a tribal wo