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2008 Urgent Appeals
UPDATED APPEAL (Pakistan): The family of a human rights lawyer and fatwa target is attacked; police continue to refuse protection
- 2009-09-11
SRI LANKA: Police assaulted and laid false charges on an officer working against illegal logging
- 2008-12-23
PHILIPPINES: Sixty two farming families face loss of land
- 2008-12-22
UPDATE (Indonesia): Another activist arrested for holding a peaceful protest
- 2008-12-20
[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Post mortem confirms girl dies from acute malnutrition
- 2008-12-19
SRI LANKA: Intervention sought for a Buddhist Novice sexually abused by a monk
- 2008-12-19
SRI LANKA: Torture victim continuously denied examination and medical treatment in detention
- 2008-12-18
PHILIPPINES: Police take no action against fleeing gunmen who shot and killed a human rights activist
- 2008-12-17
SRI LANKA: A rape victim was intimidated and harassed by the police to marry her abductor and rapist
- 2008-12-11
INDONESIA: Rights activist Buktar Tabuni arrested after peaceful protests
- 2008-12-10
INDONESIA: Killing of an activist
- 2008-12-05
SRI LANKA: No action taken against air force officers who assaulted villagers and damaged their property
- 2008-12-04
SRI LANKA: Jailers assault and arbitrarily detain a man who failed to pay a bribe
- 2008-12-03
PAKISTAN: Eight women and their children taken as hostages by police are at risk of torture and sexual harassment
- 2008-12-02
CAMBODIA: Police Captain assaults a boy at a border crossing in Banteay Meanchey province
- 2008-11-30
SRI LANKA: Policemen have yet to be charged over the custodial death of a man
- 2008-11-30
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly fabricate a case involving the assault on two men
- 2008-11-27
INDIA: Security agencies suspected in the murder of a young journalist in Manipur
- 2008-11-26
CAMBODIA: Prison guards allegedly torture an inmate to death in Phnom Penh
- 2008-11-26
THAILAND: Court due to release important verdict on disappearance case
- 2008-11-26
CAMBODIA: Armed officials and soldiers beat villagers and torched their homes in Kampot province
- 2008-11-24
PHILIPPINES: Two political activists and a farmer killed in separate incidents
- 2008-11-14
UPDATE (Burma): Closed door trial sentenced blogger to over 20 years
- 2008-11-13
UPDATE (Bangladesh): Superior police patronise Paikgachha police to continue fabricating charges against detained human rights defenders
- 2008-11-11
UPDATE (Philippines): Arrest of three activists; 17 others falsely charge with murder
- 2008-11-10
MALAYSIA: Lawyer persecuted by police for statement in court alleging police negligence
- 2008-11-07
[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Two and a half year-old girl died from starvation after her house was destroyed by the village head
- 2008-11-07
UPDATE (Bangladesh): Police demand more bribes from detained human rights defenders
- 2008-11-07
BURMA: First charges against monk who led protests and 10 others now going to court
- 2008-11-06
UPDATE (Thailand): Court ignores evidence of police killings
- 2008-11-06
UPDATE (Bangladesh): Two human rights defenders are at risk of torture in their police remand
- 2008-11-05
PAKISTAN/INDIA: Petition for a girl who committed suicide over the continued detention of her parents in India
- 2008-11-05
UPDATE (Bangladesh): Absence of fair trial in alleged false charge against Mr. Akash
- 2008-11-03
UPDATE (Philippines): A man is continuously held for six years without trial
- 2008-11-03
PAKISTAN: A father and a son are missing after arrest
- 2008-11-01
BURMA: Police lie about date of arrest to illegally detain and imprison five people
- 2008-11-01
INDONESIA: Nine women labeled as witches are subjected to ill-treatment in West Papua
- 2008-10-31
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault a boy and the man who protests the assault
- 2008-10-31
INDIA: Young man abused and tortured to confess crime
- 2008-10-31
CAMBODIA: Police allegedly assault venders in Battambang province
- 2008-10-30
SRI LANKA: Assault and fabrication of charges against a minor by police
- 2008-10-29
PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary arrest and detention of a labour lawyer; 18 other activists falsely charged
- 2008-10-28
SRI LANKA: A complainant in a corruption case is at risk from threats from the police
- 2008-10-27
UPDATE (Cambodia): Nine residents of the Dey Kraham community in Phnom Penh summoned to court; arrest and final eviction feared
- 2008-10-27
BANGLADESH: Investigating officer of a rape case is colleague of the accused
- 2008-10-24
SOUTH KOREA: Police allow thugs hired by a company to assault protestors
- 2008-10-24
BURMA: A woman harassed and jailed for making complaints against local officials
- 2008-10-23
[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Three and a half-year-old boy may die from acute malnutrition
- 2008-10-22
BANGLADESH: Death threat by police against a complainant in a corruption case
- 2008-10-22
SRI LANKA: Arbitrary arrest and detention of three men
- 2008-10-21
PAKISTAN: Three girls handed over to a man who killed his wife on the pretext of honour killing as compensation
- 2008-10-21
FORWARDED APPEAL (Indonesia): Three men face death penalty after being tried retroactively, illegal under the Indonesian Constitution
- 2008-10-20
THAILAND: Police raid community radio station and confiscate equipment
- 2008-10-17
GENERAL APPEAL(Cambodia): Turning off fresh water supply; flooding villages; filling up a lake to force eviction of residents living on the banks in Phnom Penh
- 2008-10-17
SRI LANKA: New technique to impede investigation into cases of torture and false charges
- 2008-10-16
UPDATE (Indonesia): Court treats torture case as minor offence; police responsible are freed
- 2008-10-15
UPDATE (Burma): Legally incoherent cases lodged against comedian and journalist for cyclone relief work
- 2008-10-15
PAKISTAN: Police inaction on attack and threats against a charitable clinic serving for poor
- 2008-10-15
CAMBODIA: Police assault a man in Battambang province
- 2008-10-13
PHILIPPINES: Soldiers allegedly threaten union leaders and workers to stop their activities
- 2008-10-13
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly torture a man and detain him for four months
- 2008-10-10
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault minor and fabricate charges
- 2008-10-10
UPDATE (Philippines): Abadilla Five's petition to review conviction suffers further delay
- 2008-10-09
BURMA: Police inaction on rape and murder of schoolgirl
- 2008-10-09
FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Immediate protection needed for Mr. J.C. Weliamuna with impartial investigation for grenade attack
- 2008-10-08
PHILIPPINES: Human rights activist disappears; subject of overt surveillance
- 2008-10-08
BURMA: A man charged without evidence for sending news abroad
- 2008-10-08
PAKISTAN: Death sentence of a man without legal representation; execution scheduled for Wednesday morning
- 2008-10-05
FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Fear for safety: J.C. Weliamuna, human rights lawyer and His Family
- 2008-10-04
PHILIPPINES: An army sergeant has the obligation to disclose the identities of the soldiers who assaulted a man
- 2008-10-03
PHILIPPINES: A man falsely charged with terrorism
- 2008-10-03
MALAYSIA: Blogger is detained without trial
- 2008-09-30
SRI LANKA: Grenade attack against lawyer appearing for human rights victims
- 2008-09-30
GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan/India): At least 61 persons including minors are detained in India for alleged forged documents issued by Pakistan authorities
- 2008-09-30
UPDATE (Nepal): Torture victim Sumitra is transferred to Morang District Police Office
- 2008-09-30
SINGAPORE/USA: A blogger sentenced for expressing opinion on the judiciary
- 2008-09-29
GENERAL APPEAL (Indonesia): Hundreds die due to government's failure to control Cholera outbreak
- 2008-09-26
PAKISTAN: Three more women allegedly buried in same way as five women buried in Balochistan
- 2008-09-26
SRI LANKA: Custodial death in Negombo; prime witness assaulted by jailors
- 2008-09-24
UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Torture victim shot dead while seeking justice
- 2008-09-24
UPDATE (Nepal): A woman torture victim faces threats by police after disclosing her torture incident
- 2008-09-22
SRI LANKA: Senior police assault and fabricate charges against other officers
- 2008-09-19
INDIA: A girl kidnapped and forced into prostitution for two years but police do nothing
- 2008-09-19
SRI LANKA: Five girls assaulted and ill-treated by teachers due to principal's negligence
- 2008-09-19
SRI LANKA: A thorough investigation is required in the case of the rape of a minor
- 2008-09-18
CAMBODIA: Police fail to arrest persons who mutilated the fingers of an alleged thief in Banteay province
- 2008-09-17
SRI LANKA: Elpitiya police allegedly torture two young men and fabricate charges
- 2008-09-17
INDIA: A 13 year old girl is sexually assaulted but police fail to arrest the perpetrator
- 2008-09-17
NEPAL: A woman torture victim is at risk of further ill-treatment and torture in Morang district
- 2008-09-16
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly torture a man to extract information
- 2008-09-16
BURMA: Blogger charged without evidence for upsetting tranquility during protests
- 2008-09-12
UPDATE (Nepal): A proper investigation is required on Arjun Bohadur Lama's disappearance
- 2008-09-12
PAKISTAN: Two persons murdered after an anchor person proposed the widespread lynching of Ahmadi sect followers
- 2008-09-10
BURMA: A man charged for having contact with overseas radio station
- 2008-09-09
BANGLADESH: Whereabouts of a man remain unrevealed after being arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion in Barisal
- 2008-09-09
INDIA: Fifteen-year-old girl abducted and sold while police did nothing
- 2008-09-09
INDIA: A schizophrenic man is detained in solitary confinement without medical treatment
- 2008-09-08
FORWARDED APPEAL (Philippines): Illegal arrest and detention of eight activists
- 2008-09-03
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly hung a man upside down and poured the juice of chilies in his eyes and nose in order to extract information
- 2008-09-03
INDONESIA: Eight people in Aceh convicted of disseminating pamphlets
- 2008-09-01
FORWARDED APPEAL(Nepal): Humanitarian assistance is needed for displaced persons by flood in Sunsari District
- 2008-08-30
SRI LANKA: Alleged assault and ill treatment of a woman by police and jailors
- 2008-08-30
PAKISTAN: Murder of mother and daughter on the pretext of honour killing
- 2008-08-29
BANGLADESH: A man is killed by the Rapid Action Battalion in Barisal
- 2008-08-29
NEPAL: A torture victim allegedly receives constant threats from the police in Myagdi district
- 2008-08-29
UPDATE (Philippines): Court orders release of falsely charged activists
- 2008-08-29
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault family members
- 2008-08-28
INDIA: Ongoing violence against the Dalits in Orissa must be prevented immediately
- 2008-08-28
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly mishandle a case by using threats
- 2008-08-27
PHILIPPINES: Four activists receiving threatening messages for investigating disappearance
- 2008-08-27
GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Four persons burned alive in hot coal tar while other abuses reported during military operation in Balochistan
- 2008-08-26
[Hunger Alert] GENERAL (India): Corruption in public service promotes starvation and malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh
- 2008-08-26
UPDATE (Philippines): A Pastor previously harassed by armed men again threatened with death
- 2008-08-21
BURMA: Three men charged for harbouring a monk after 2007 protests
- 2008-08-20
INDIA: Corrupt police officers aid murder suspects
- 2008-08-19
THAILAND: Dismissal of a union leader wearing a protest shirt
- 2008-08-19
FORWARDED APPEAL (Thailand): Five student activists advocating human rights are at risk of torture
- 2008-08-18
PAKISTAN: A fishing community is made hostage by landlords and police
- 2008-08-14
INDIA: BSF torture a man to death and then bribe the victim's family to ensure their silence
- 2008-08-13
UPDATE (Cambodia): Dey Kraham community in Phnom Penh fears imminent forcible eviction
- 2008-08-12
UPDATE (Philippines): Lawyers demand adequate action, protection of witnesses
- 2008-08-12
BURMA: At least three more rights defenders arrested over cyclone relief work
- 2008-08-12
UPDATE (India): Human rights activists in Varanasi facing continuous threat from women traffickers
- 2008-08-11
SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault and fabricate charges against teachers
- 2008-08-11
PAKISTAN: Five women buried alive, allegedly by the brother of a minister
- 2008-08-11
UPDATE (Cambodia): Military police ill -treated and assaulted a journalist during investigation
- 2008-08-08
BANGLADESH: Student political leader held in detention for 19 months without trial or specific charge
- 2008-08-08
UPDATE (Pakistan/USA): Dr. Afia's health is in serious condition and two of her children remain missing
- 2008-08-08
INDIA: Another minor killed by the Border Security Force in West Bengal
- 2008-08-08
SOUTH KOREA: Arbitrary detention of a conscientious objector for disobedience
- 2008-08-08
BURMA: Three more persons charged without evidence over September protests
- 2008-08-07
[Hunger Alert] GENERAL (India): Neglect by government aggravates poverty of Dalits in Varanasi
- 2008-08-05
INDIA: An Indian national is shot by BSF forces and falsely imprisoned as a Bangladeshi
- 2008-08-04
SRI LANKA: Two young men severely assaulted; one has permanently lost his eyesight due to delayed medical treatment
- 2008-08-01
PHILIPPINES: Labour department's complicity in unlawful acts deprives sexually abused workers from creating a union
- 2008-08-01
INDONESIA: Police allegedly torture villagers; one of whom is in intensive care
- 2008-08-01
SOUTH KOREA: Conscripted policeman ill-treated after expressing opinion on the internet
- 2008-08-01
CAMBODIA: A military police officer assaults a journalist for reporting on his corruption in Sihanoukville
- 2008-07-31
CAMBODIA: Prime Minister Hun Sen's nephew assaults a Member of Parliament
- 2008-07-30
UPDATE (Philippines): A police director tries to exonerate officers from responsibility of unsolved cases over lack of witnesses
- 2008-07-29
INDIA: Dalit girl raped and trafficked by village head in Gujarat
- 2008-07-26
UPDATE (Philippines): Over twelve persons murdered separately, including two young boys
- 2008-07-25
NEPAL: Police tortures a young man in Kathmandu
- 2008-07-24
PAKISTAN/USA: A lady doctor remains missing with her three children five years after her arrest
- 2008-07-24
SRI LANKA: Kandy police illegally detain and torture a school teacher
- 2008-07-24
UPDATE (Philippines): Police' failure to solve "vigilante killings" aggravates murder
- 2008-07-22
UPDATE (Philippines): Solicitor General told to comment on the petition of Abadilla Five in ten days
- 2008-07-22
INDIA: Security forces murder another civilian in a fake encounter in Manipur
- 2008-07-22
UPDATE (Thailand): A Commander tries to exonerate himself and his men over an Imam's death
- 2008-07-21
SRI LANKA: School boy assaulted and frightened by death threats made by his Principal
- 2008-07-21
UPDATE (India): Border Security Force continues to threaten victims’ families
- 2008-07-21
PAKISTAN: A girl raped in custody by police officers and her sister kept nude in lock up
- 2008-07-21
UPDATE (Nepal): Need for urgent protection for women activists working on Laxmi Bohara’s case
- 2008-07-17
NEPAL: One Dalit family was forcibly evicted by higher caste people in Siraha District due to an inter-caste marriage
- 2008-07-17
UPDATE (Philippines): Court to hear case of activists, others falsely charged two years ago
- 2008-07-17
SOUTH KOREA: Police allegedly fabricate charges against a man
- 2008-07-16
SRI LANKA: Police told a mother complaining beating of her son by a principal to forget making complaints
- 2008-07-16
GENERAL APPEAL (Pakistan): Thousands of peasants suffered through negligence of Sindh government
- 2008-07-16
FORWARDED APPEAL (South Korea): An international call for your support of the Migrants Trade Union's legal union status
- 2008-07-15
PAKISTAN: Police officials kidnap and arbitrarily detain a labourer for ransom
- 2008-07-15
CAMBODIA: A journalist and son shot dead in Phnom Penh
- 2008-07-14
SRI LANKA: A torture victim's life is in danger at Moratuwa Police Station
- 2008-07-14
PAKISTAN: Two persons were killed in police encounter
- 2008-07-12
SOUTH KOREA: Police assault a lawyer providing legal advice during protests
- 2008-07-11
INDIA: Police fail to investigate a case of rape and mother receives death threats
- 2008-07-11
INDIA: Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat University practices caste based discrimination
- 2008-07-11
CAMBODIA: Police allegedly extort bribes in arrest in Rattanakiri province
- 2008-07-10
SOUTH KOREA: Three human rights defenders are arrested as instigators of illegal protest
- 2008-07-10
NEPAL: Alleged cruel form of torture imposed on two sisters by the Surkhet district police
- 2008-07-09
UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Sub-Inspector and Police Sergeant recommended to pay compensation to torture victim
- 2008-07-09
BANGLADESH: Justice denied to another custodial death case
- 2008-07-08
CAMBODIA: Army beats and arrest villagers in a land dispute in Kampot province
- 2008-07-04
BANGLADESH: A man tortured to death; relatives threatened to withdraw the case
- 2008-07-03
BURMA: Another person charged with sedition for protesting against price rises
- 2008-07-03
PAKISTAN: Perpetrators of murder enjoy impunity
- 2008-07-03
PAKISTAN: Threat of death of a young couple under the name of honour killing
- 2008-06-30
PAKISTAN: Military officers dislocate centuries-old fishing communities
- 2008-06-26
SRI LANKA: Men allegedly with the backing of police threaten petitioners to withdraw case
- 2008-06-25
UPDATE(Thailand): Inquest into custodial death of Yapa opens in Narathiwas
- 2008-06-25
CAMBODIA: Police pressurise officer to relinquish his rights in a land dispute in Rattanakiri province
- 2008-06-25
INDIA: Two manual scavengers killed while working without any equipment in Gujarat
- 2008-06-24
NEPAL: Kanchanpur district police refuse to take action on the alleged murder of a woman
- 2008-06-23
INDIA: Bonded labour of children continues in Jaunpur of Uttar Pradesh
- 2008-06-23
GENERAL APPEAL (Philippines): Labor office fails to ensure factory pays back wages to workers
- 2008-06-20
WORLD: Please intervene in the attempt to remove UN Special Procedure mandate holders
- 2008-06-17
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/PAKISTAN: A Pakistani television channel asked to stop its transmissions
- 2008-06-13
INDIA: West Bengal state administration trying to intimidate human rights defenders
- 2008-06-13
UPDATE (Indonesia): Decree banning religious group must be revoked
- 2008-06-12
CAMBODIA: Unlawful arrest of a newspaper editor in Phnom Penh
- 2008-06-11
PHILIPPINES: A pastor freed following his abduction now fears for his life
- 2008-06-11
BURMA: Elderly protestor wrongly detained, tried and imprisoned
- 2008-06-10
SRI LANKA: Torture victim suffers hearing loss following assault
- 2008-06-10
SRI LANKA: Inadequate police action into the sexual abuse of a girl
- 2008-06-10
SRI LANKA: Teacher severely beats a student once again
- 2008-06-06
SRI LANKA: Police continuously detain and torture a man arrested without charge
- 2008-06-06
BURMA: Leading comedian working for cyclone victims arrested
- 2008-06-05
INDONESIA: Yet another attack on a group advocating religious freedom
- 2008-06-05
INDIA: Forcibly evicted Dalit families struggling to survive in Gujarat
- 2008-06-05
SRI LANKA: Police assault and falsely charged five men
- 2008-06-04
SRI LANKA: Police severely tortures brothers in custody; one now suffers from a psychological disorder
- 2008-06-04
CAMBODIA: Police beat villagers appealing for Prime Minister's intervention on land grabbing
- 2008-06-03
SRI LANKA: Torture victim attempts suicide due to humiliation
- 2008-06-03
[Hunger Alert] UPDATE (India): Boy suffering malnutrition dies; 13 others remain at serious risk
- 2008-06-03
UPDATE (Sri Lanka): A police officer with pending case reinstated
- 2008-06-02
SRI LANKA: Police severely torture a young man in custody
- 2008-06-02
UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Attempt to label Mr. Lalith Rajapakse a criminal is to murder him
- 2008-05-31
SRI LANKA: Two persons disappear in separate incidents
- 2008-05-30
INDONESIA: A man dies in police custody following arrest
- 2008-05-30
PAKISTAN: Anti nuclear demonstrators arrested, one activist remains missing
- 2008-05-30
[Hunger Alert] INDIA: Fourteen children may die soon due to malnutrition in Varanasi
- 2008-05-29
SRI LANKA: Alleged ill treatment against a couple by Ahangama police
- 2008-05-28
THAILAND: Man is missing after complaining about government corruption at police station
- 2008-05-28
BURMA: Police held drivers and their trucks carrying relief
- 2008-05-28
UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Life of Mr. Lalith Rajapakse likely to be in danger again
- 2008-05-27
THAILAND: Two websites illegally blocked; twenty nine banned for discussion on monarchy
- 2008-05-27
INDIA: Another forced displacement due to caste based discrimination
- 2008-05-26
UPDATE (Philippines): More unsolved murders of crime suspects
- 2008-05-26
SRI LANKA: Alleged assault of a student by Deniyaya police
- 2008-05-26
SRI LANKA: Custodial death of young man
- 2008-05-23
SRI LANKA: Police refused to take action on rape of girls
- 2008-05-23
INDONESIA: Failure to provide protection for religious group
- 2008-05-21
INDIA: Human rights defender once again receives threats in Uttar Pradesh
- 2008-05-21
GENERAL APPEAL (Cambodia): Army threaten villagers in land disputes
- 2008-05-21
GENERAL APPEAL (Philippines): Systemic failure to prevent a pattern of arbitrary deprivation of dozens of lives
- 2008-05-21
UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Continuous detention of journalist without charge
- 2008-05-20
SOUTH KOREA: Two newly elected migrants' union leaders again deported
- 2008-05-19
INDIA: Teenage girl raped while she was held as bonded labourer by mill owner in Gujarat
- 2008-05-19
PHILIPPINES: Farmer leader object of overt surveillance and threat shot dead
- 2008-05-19
INDONESIA: Police burned a man alive over private matter in Semarang, Central Java
- 2008-05-19
SRI LANKA: Police fabricate charges against two men after assault on his private matter
- 2008-05-16
CAMBODIA: Police report a man drowned in water of hardly a meter depth
- 2008-05-16
INDIA: Villager assaulted by police constable in Kerala
- 2008-05-16
NEPAL: An alleged serious assault of a political activist by Maoists in Bhojpur district
- 2008-05-15
NEPAL: Police illegally searched a human rights lawyer's house in Banke district
- 2008-05-15
UPDATE (India): Urgent call to appoint a special public prosecutor to ensure fair trial
- 2008-05-14
INDIA: Student arrested for organising meeting against SPOs in Manipur
- 2008-05-14
SRI LANKA: Police officer reportedly rapes a woman while conducting inquiry
- 2008-05-13
NEPAL: Four men tortured by the Udayapur district police while in illegal detention
- 2008-05-13
THAILAND: Websites are denounced for allowing forum discussions
- 2008-05-13