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Myanmar: Reuters journalists must be released
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 12:04 pm | Amnesty International
Myanmar: Reuters journalists must be released The Myanmar authorities must immediately release two journalists from the Reuters news agency who have been arbitrarily detained for investigating military abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Amnesty International ... More >>
Myanmar: Rohingya trapped in dehumanising apartheid regime
Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 5:18 pm | Amnesty International
• Rohingya segregated and abused in “open air prison” • Two-year investigation reveals root causes of current Rakhine State crisis • System of discrimination amounts to the crime against humanity of apartheid More >>
Alarming impact of online abuse against women
Monday, 20 November 2017, 1:51 pm | Amnesty International
New research by Amnesty International has revealed the alarming impact that abuse and harassment on social media are having on women, with women around the world reporting stress, anxiety, or panic attacks as a result of these harmful online experiences. More >>
Authorities in PNG must allow aid in, must not use force
Thursday, 9 November 2017, 5:04 pm | Amnesty International
Authorities in PNG must allow aid in, must not use force to move refugees out More >>
Manus Island: Court ruling jeopardises lives
Tuesday, 7 November 2017, 4:06 pm | Amnesty International
Critical services - including food, water and medical treatment - must be restored to the more than 600 refugees and vulnerable men inside the Lombrum detention centre on Manus Island before a major tragedy occurs, Amnesty International said today as ... More >>
Manus Island: Authorities must prevent violence
Monday, 30 October 2017, 3:13 pm | Amnesty International
Manus Island: Authorities must prevent violence and ensure safety of refugees Amnesty International researchers have been on Manus Island for several days interviewing a wide range of people about the human rights issues related to the proposed closure ... More >>
Authorities must not force refugees into transit facilities
Friday, 27 October 2017, 9:13 am | Amnesty International
The Australian and Papua New Guinean authorities must ensure that a tense standoff with refugees on Manus Island does not descend into violence by security forces as the authorities try to move hundreds of people from the refugee detention centre ... More >>
Show trial of human rights activists begins in Turkey
Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 12:38 pm | Amnesty International
Trumped up charges against the 11 arrested in Istanbul exposed Forensic analysis shows Amnesty Chair did not download Bylock Spokespeople available on the ground for trials on October 25 & 26 Trumped up charges against 11 human rights defenders, ... More >>
Myanmar: New evidence of systematic campaign of crimes
Wednesday, 18 October 2017, 6:37 pm | Amnesty International
Myanmar: New evidence of systematic campaign of crimes against humanity to terrorize and drive Rohingya out More >>
Global solidarity parties for jailed Amnesty director
Thursday, 12 October 2017, 1:31 pm | Amnesty International
One hundred days after their wrongful arrest, Amnesty International is leading a global demand for the immediate and unconditional release of 11 prominent human rights defenders in Turkey. More >>
Give A Home single release for Amnesty International
Friday, 6 October 2017, 1:18 pm | Amnesty International
Ciaran McMeeken Give A Home single release All available proceeds to go to Amnesty International More >>
Rohingya Refugees Must Not be Forced Home to Abuse
Friday, 6 October 2017, 12:25 pm | Amnesty International
The international community must help ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar as long as they remain at risk of serious human rights violations following the army’s vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing, Amnesty International ... More >>
Thailand: Hard line on refugees leaves thousands vulnerable
Thursday, 28 September 2017, 1:09 pm | Amnesty International
With the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis developing on its doorstep, Thailand must take concrete action to reverse its long-standing failure to offer protection to those most in need, Amnesty International said today as it launched a report revealing ... More >>
Scorched-earth campaign fuels ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
Friday, 15 September 2017, 9:15 am | Amnesty International
Amnesty International can reveal new evidence pointing to a mass-scale scorched-earth campaign across northern Rakhine State, where Myanmar security forces and vigilante mobs are burning down entire Rohingya villages and shooting people at random as they ... More >>
Myanmar: Official response to Rakhine crisis unconscionable
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 10:18 am | Amnesty International
The statement by Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s office, which claims that the government is defending all the people in Rakhine state “in the best possible way”, is unconscionable, Amnesty International said today. More >>
Myanmar: Restrictions on International Aid Put 1000s At Risk
Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 10:08 am | Amnesty International
The Myanmar authorities’ restrictions on international aid in Rakhine state is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in a region where mainly Rohingya people are already suffering horrific abuses from a disproportionate military campaign, ... More >>
Philippines: 32 killed in a day
Thursday, 17 August 2017, 11:13 am | Amnesty International
After Philippine police killed 32 people in what is believed to be the highest death toll in a single day in President Rodrigo Duterte's so-called "war on drugs", Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, James Gomez, said: More >>
Indonesia: At Least 60 Killed as Police Shootings Skyrocket
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 11:22 am | Amnesty International
The number of police killings of suspected drug dealers has skyrocketed in Indonesia this year, an alarming rise which signals that authorities could be looking to emulate the murderous “war on drugs” in neighbouring Philippines, Amnesty International ... More >>
Kiwi acts join international line-up for global concert
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 10:27 am | Amnesty International
Kiwi acts Theia, Ciaran McMeeken, Estère and Opal House are joining a line-up of 1000 musicians playing intimate shows in 200 cities over 24 hours on September 20. The first-of-its-kind concert series called Give a Home aims to unite people in welcoming ... More >>
Refugee solidarity action at Aust High Commission
Friday, 14 July 2017, 3:24 pm | Amnesty International
Amnesty International supporters will be standing in solidarity and joining hands outside the Australian High Commission in Wellington and the Consulate-General in Auckland on Wednesday 19 July to support the thousands of men, women and children ... More >>
