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Search this section: Advanced Search	2008 Urgent Appeals   [Hunger Alert] INDIA: A three-year-old girl is struggling from malnutrition - 2008-05-08 BURMA: Hardest hit Laputta Township yet to receive aid - 2008-05-08 PHILIPPINES: A farmer held five months on without charges in court - 2008-05-07 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: A three-year-old girl may die from acute starvation in Varanasi - 2008-05-06 GENERAL APPEAL (Burma): Forty prisoners killed during and after cyclone by shooting and torture - 2008-05-06 CAMBODIA: Young man died in pre-trial detention due to medical negligence - 2008-05-05 UPDATE (Nepal): Umesh Lama withdrew his case due to alleged serious threats by police - 2008-05-05 UPDATE (Philippines): Supreme Court must act promptly to petition for review to an appeal court's decision affirming conviction - 2008-05-05 INDIA: Session's judge supports caste based discrimination in Gujarat - 2008-05-05 PHILIPPINES: Soldiers continuously harass and threaten a union leader and her fellow workers - 2008-04-30 SRI LANKA: Young boy severely assaulted by deputy principal - 2008-04-30 UPDATE (Nepal): Torture victim under pressure to withdraw the case - 2008-04-29 SRI LANKA: Young boy reportedly severely tortured to obtain a confession - 2008-04-29 INDIA: Another Dalit murdered by the dominant caste members over the land dispute in Gujarat - 2008-04-29 BURMA: Young woman and man illegally held and charged without evidence over protests - 2008-04-28 INDIA: Young boy reportedly killed by Border Security Force (BSF) in West Bengal - 2008-04-28 PHILIPPINES: Two persons held for days without arrest orders and charges - 2008-04-28 UPDATE (Indonesia): Autopsy revealed that four deceased were shot and several were injured - 2008-04-25 INDIA: Attempted kidnapping of two girls likely to go unpunished in Varanasi - 2008-04-25 BANGLADESH: False charges against two persons in jail must be dropped - 2008-04-25 UPDATE (South Korea): Supreme Court dismisses all charges against Song Du-yul - 2008-04-23 BURMA: Local officials illegally confiscate land from elderly farmer - 2008-04-22 INDIA: One more person killed by Border Security Force (BSF) in West Bengal - 2008-04-22 NEPAL: Alleged brutal torture of a man by Kathmandu police - 2008-04-21 UPDATE (Philippines): Surveillance continues against an activist allegedly by military - 2008-04-21 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Inaction of the Attorney General to appeal the case of Gerald Perera - 2008-04-18 INDIA: A Dalit brutally murdered by the dominant caste members in Gujarat - 2008-04-18 UPDATE (Cambodia): Police fail to investigate series of death threats against a journalist - 2008-04-16 UPDATE (Iran): Release of a mother of two who faced being stoned to death - 2008-04-15 FORWARDED APPEAL (Sri Lanka): Arbitrary detention of journalist - 2008-04-15 UPDATE (Philippines): Police halts investigation blaming victim's failure to identify attackers - 2008-04-15 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: State government fails to punish corrupt shopkeeper who runs a ration shop in Varanasi - 2008-04-11 PHILIPPINES: Policemen attack peaceful protest yet again - 2008-04-11 SRI LANKA: Alleged torture and illegal detention of a man - 2008-04-11 INDIA: One more person shot dead by Imphal West District Police Commandos - 2008-04-10 BANGLADESH: Paikgachha police repeatedly intimidate a man to give up possession of land - 2008-04-10 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police accused of Gerald Perera's torture are acquitted - 2008-04-09 SRI LANKA: Whereabouts unknown of a man detained for questioning - 2008-04-07 UPDATE (Thailand): Another torture reported in the South; dead body bears marks of torture - 2008-04-03 SRI LANKA: Police illegally detain a man over a civil case - 2008-04-03 UPDATE (Cambodia): Urgent call for prompt investigation into the alleged torture of a police officer in Kep seaside town - 2008-04-03 PHILIPPINES: Sick boy dies after being punished by teacher - 2008-04-03 BANGLADESH: Journalist detained for revealing police malpractices - 2008-04-03 PHILIPPINES: Government firm terminates three workers; suspends 36 others for holding protest - 2008-04-02 UPDATE (Cambodia): Urgent call for prompt investigation into alleged torture - 2008-04-02 INDIA: A Dalit reportedly killed in custody in Gujarat - 2008-04-02 UPDATE (Sri Lanka): Police allegedly do not arrest the accused due to private relationship - 2008-04-01 THAILAND: A man shot dead and another tortured by the military in the South - 2008-04-01 SRI LANKA: Alleged torture of man by prison officer in Kandy - 2008-04-01 NEPAL: Constant and arbitrary arrest of Tibetan protesters by police - 2008-04-01 BURMA: Another human rights defender assaulted - 2008-03-31 INDIA: Teachers accused of sexually harassing female students in Gujarat - 2008-03-31 BANGLADESH: Police allegedly mishandle a case - 2008-03-28 UPDATE (Philippines): Sick detainee needs urgent adequate medication - 2008-03-28 SRI LANKA: Protection urgently needed for the family of a rape victim - 2008-03-27 INDIA: Border Security Force (BSF) allegedly sexually harassed woman in West Bengal - 2008-03-27 INDIA: Police tortured a man in Kerala - 2008-03-26 PHILIPPINES: Arbitrary arrest and detention of a couple in military custody - 2008-03-25 SRI LANKA: Police allegedly fabricated charges against a man and his family members - 2008-03-25 [Hunger Alert] GENERAL (India): Emergency assistance must be given to the poor living in Maharajganj district - 2008-03-21 THAILAND: Custodial death of a man in military camp in Southern Thailand - 2008-03-21 SRI LANKA: Police allegedly torture young man to extract confession - 2008-03-20 UPDATE (Nepal): Morang district police have allegedly threaten a victim of torture to withdraw her case from court - 2008-03-20 SRI LANKA: Government illegally influences police and medical staff - 2008-03-19 BURMA: Young man wrongly jailed on charge of inciting September protests - 2008-03-19 BANGLADESH: Suspicious death of a man in police custody - 2008-03-19 [Hunger Alert] GENERAL(India): Alleged corruption by village authorities results in lack of food and adequate housing for the poor in Uttar Pradesh - 2008-03-18 SRI LANKA: Whereabouts of a man is unknown after arbitrary arrest - 2008-03-18 SRI LANKA: Kandana police allegedly tortured a man and warned him not to report the incident - 2008-03-18 UPDATE (Cambodia): A ranking police officer allegedly order a lower officer punished in a land dispute - 2008-03-14 PAKISTAN: A man falsely implicated in 57 First Information Reports (FIRs) and his family members are also facing 33 FIRs - 2008-03-13 BURMA: Young woman jailed for life without getting lawyer and in violation of many procedures - 2008-03-13 INDIA: Alleged fake encounter killing of a man by the Border Security Force in West Bengal - 2008-03-12 CAMBODIA: A police officer allegedly tortured and illegally detained in custody due to a land dispute - 2008-03-11 PHILIPPINES: A trade union leader constantly threatened by the military - 2008-03-10 UPDATE (Philippines): Labour leader who survives an earlier attempt on his life is killed - 2008-03-10 UPDATE(Nepal): Police Human Rights Cell fails to provide any justice to torture victim - 2008-03-05 PAKISTAN: Death by hanging of a man set on March 12 after confessing due to torture by military - 2008-03-05 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: Nine families suffer from hunger due to alleged corruption and negligence - 2008-03-04 INDIA: Alleged extrajudicial killing of four men in Manipur - 2008-03-03 FORWARDED APPEAL (Singapore/Malaysia): Death penalty of three Malaysians in Singapore - 2008-02-29 CAMBODIA: Village head disperses villagers; prevents Member of Parliament from meeting with them - 2008-02-29 SRI LANKA: Alleged torture and laying false charges against family members by Kolonne police - 2008-02-27 THAILAND: Police illegally detain and forcibly repatriate victims of bomb blast - 2008-02-27 THAILAND: Lives of witnesses at risk if ministry does not reverse decision on protection before February 29 - 2008-02-27 SRI LANKA: Witness of murder case allegedly harassed and removed from employment - 2008-02-25 SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault and fabricate charges against two men - 2008-02-25 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: Four-year-old boy died from malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh - 2008-02-25 THAILAND: Government ministry prevents family of boy killed by paramilitaries from getting help of lawyers - 2008-02-21 UPDATE (South Korea): Interventions defeat threat to the independence of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea - 2008-02-21 CAMBODIA: Police allegedly torture a man in Koh Kong province - 2008-02-20 [Hunger Alert] ]INDIA: Two-year-old girl may die of malnutrition in Uttar Pradesh - 2008-02-18 PAKISTAN: Thirteen people killed in fake encounter in Sahiwal district - 2008-02-16 PAKISTAN: Life of a prisoner in Guantanamo is at risk - 2008-02-15 SRI LANKA: Claymore mine kills and injures several children and civilians - 2008-02-15 SRI LANKA: Seven-year-old boy removed from school - 2008-02-14 SRI LANKA: Police and jail guard allegedly torture a boy to confess - 2008-02-14 PHILIPPINES: Soldiers kill eight persons in Sulu on pretext of "legitimate encounter" - 2008-02-13 SRI LANKA: Mirihana Special Investigation Unit allegedly tortures a man after arbitrary arrest - 2008-02-13 SAUDI ARABIA/INDIA/SRI LANKA: Death sentence of two Sri Lankan and one Indian in Saudi Arabia - 2008-02-12 UPDATE (Burma): Family and human rights defenders threatened over complaint - 2008-02-12 THAILAND: Alleged torture of teacher after raid on school by Border Police in Southern Thailand - 2008-02-12 UPDATE (India): Arrest of human rights activists stayed by the court - 2008-02-11 FORWARDED APPEAL (Iran): Stoning to death of two women in Iran - 2008-02-06 PAKISTAN: Police refuse to file charges against a provincial minister and his men who severely assaulted and detained activists - 2008-02-06 BURMA: Monks, nuns and civilians still detained after nationwide protests in September 2007 - 2008-02-06 UPDATE (Cambodia): Attempts of forcible eviction in Dey Krohorm continue; another woman injured - 2008-02-05 BURMA: Young woman illegally detained and denied bail after September protests - 2008-02-02 INDIA: A man remanded in custody without charge - 2008-02-01 SRI LANKA: A man allegedly assaulted due to a private quarrel by the police who then filed fabricated charges against him - 2008-02-01 SRI LANKA: Teachers deprive a student from receiving education after getting forcible statement - 2008-02-01 BURMA: Family given paltry compensation for death of porter in army service - 2008-01-31 GENERAL APPEAL (Cambodia): A senior army officer allegedly pressures local authorities in order to illegally grab land - 2008-01-31 BURMA: Child soldier kept in jail since 2005 - 2008-01-30 THAILAND: Ten activists charged for protesting against undemocratic legislation - 2008-01-30 FORWARDED APPEAL (Malaysia): Five activists are detained for 2 years without trial under the Internal Security Act - 2008-01-30 GENERAL APPEAL(India): Caste based discrimination against 13 villages in Tamil Nadu must end - 2008-01-29 SRI LANKA: Police allegedly assault and fabricate charges against three men for refusing to pay bribe - 2008-01-28 THAILAND: Alleged use of torture to obtain forced confessions in southern Thailand - 2008-01-25 BANGLADESH: A man tortured by the Gournadi police in Barisal - 2008-01-25 GENERAL APPEAL (Cambodia): Forcible eviction and blockade of food supplies against the villagers in Kompong Thom province - 2008-01-24 PHILIPPINES: Yet another activist killed following threats - 2008-01-24 BANGLADESH: A man died due to alleged custodial torture - 2008-01-24 SRI LANKA: Panadura south police allegedly mishandle the case of assault of a couple - 2008-01-24 PAKISTAN: Rape victim held against her will for months must be freed - 2008-01-23 UPDATE (India): Cases registered against Guria must be expedited - 2008-01-23 CAMBODIA: Police bury a corpse of an alleged rape victim without postmortem - 2008-01-22 GENERAL APPEAL (South Korea): Independence of National Human Rights Commission of Korea is at risk - 2008-01-19 UPDATE (India): Human rights organisation likely to be destroyed by malicious police action - 2008-01-18 SRI LANKA: Alleged torture and fabrication of charges against a journalist by Kalpitiya police - 2008-01-16 NEPAL: Assault and threat of a policeman by senior police officers at District Police Office in Surkhet - 2008-01-15 THAILAND: Alleged torture of two men in southern Thailand - 2008-01-14 INDIA: A college teacher arrested and tortured in Manipur - 2008-01-10 INDIA: Yet another minor killed by the Border Security Force in West Bengal - 2008-01-09 UPDATE (Bangladesh): Mr. Akash faces three alleged false charges; Judge issued warrant against him - 2008-01-09 SRI LANKA: Police allegedly attempt to abduct a journalist - 2008-01-08 PHILIPPINES: Attempts to kill a farmer following abduction, torture and captivity requires credible inquiry - 2008-01-08 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: Yet another person dies from starvation in Uttar Pradesh - 2008-01-07 UPDATE (Cambodia): No investigation into injuries of two women; ten villagers sued and one still detained - 2008-01-06 GENERAL APPEAL (Cambodia): Police disperse people's march protesting against land grabbing - 2008-01-03 UPDATE (Philippines): Colleague of murdered bishop receives death threats - 2008-01-02
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