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APPEALS

India: lawyer's home attacked
On 30 June, the residence of Pervez Imroz, a leading human rights defender and lawyer in Jammu and Kashmir state, was attacked with gunfire and a hand grenade. The attack was carried out by between eight and 10 persons...

Thailand/Laos: Lao Hmong asylum-seekers returned

Sri Lanka: journalist's detention extended, risks more torture

China: HRD detained incommunicado

GOOD NEWS

Good News: Jaranbayar Soyolt released!
Mongolian human rights activist Jaranbayar Soyolt was released from custody in China on 16 June and returned to his home in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, on 18 June 2008...

Pakistan: journalist released!

Pakistan ratifies key UN human rights treaty

TOOLS & TECHNIQUES

The Value of Writing Letters
"What's the use of writing letters to the repressive governments? They will only go into the waste-paper basket". How often one hears this said – and how wrong it is!

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How to Address Your Letters