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Archive for: 08/2009
Discrimination in the Northern Territory must end
28 August 2009, 12:43PM
Amnesty International is urging the Federal Government to immediately end discriminatory practices in the Northern Territory, after a visiting UN expert declared the intervention into Indigenous communities incompatible with Australia’s international human rights obligations.
Timor-Leste: No justice ten years after independence vote
27 August 2009, 12:53PM
Justice must be delivered for grave human rights violations in Timor-Leste committed between 1975 and 1999.
Resumption of executions a backwards step for Thailand
27 August 2009, 12:45PM
Amnesty International deeply regrets the resumption of executions in Thailand after a six-year hiatus.
2009 International Day of the Disappeared
27 August 2009, 10:12AM
A new Convention could make a difference to those searching for their loved ones. Amnesty calls on all governments to ratify the treaty.
Malaysia: Photographic evidence of cruelty of caning
26 August 2009, 09:16AM
Amnesty International calls on the government of Malaysia to repeal all laws that allow caning and other forms of corporal punishment.
The Philippines: Displaced civilians at risk despite Mindanao ceasefire
25 August 2009, 10:55AM
More than 200,000 civilians in central Mindanao are forced to live in camps or makeshift shelters, at risk of human rights abuses by both the army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
Bangladesh: Do not extend Army Act to Bangladesh Rifle suspects
25 August 2009, 10:32AM
Bangladesh Rifles personnel accused of killing and hostage taking during a mutiny in February should be tried in civilian courts, not under the country's Army Act.
Latest Bush-era torture revelations corroborate need for full-scale investigation
25 August 2009, 09:20AM
Amnesty International is calling on President Obama to ensure more concrete steps are taken to ensure torture ceases.
India: Illegal detention of 11-year-old in Manipur must be investigated
24 August 2009, 12:37PM
A minor being targeted by armed forces to justify their action against armed opposition groups should not be tolerated under any circumstances.
Malaysia: End caning as a punishment for all offences
21 August 2009, 11:27AM
The sentence of six strokes of the cane handed down to Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno in Malaysia is unacceptable and prohibited under international human rights law.
Afghanistan: Electoral Media Restrictions Undermine Democratic Process
20 August 2009, 10:12AM
The Afghan government should reverse its ban on national and international media from reporting on cases of violence and insecurity related to the Presidential election.
Government response to report on immigration detention unacceptable
19 August 2009, 01:45PM
If the Federal Government is serious about making Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers more humane, offshore processing must cease and children held in detention on Christmas Island should immediately be brought to mainland Australia.
USA: Amnesty International welcomes Supreme Court order
18 August 2009, 09:34AM
For years Amnesty International has maintained that Troy Davis should be granted a new evidentiary hearing due to his compelling claim to innocence. Finally the U.S. Supreme Court has granted that hearing.
Iran: Supreme Leader must act on torture, says Amnesty International
18 August 2009, 09:30AM
Allegations of torture in Iran's prisions must be subject to immediate independent investigations.
Torture allegations in Iran must be investigated
16 August 2009, 09:56AM
Torture allegations now emerging in Iran must be urgently and independently investigated, Irene Khan, Amnesty International’s Secretary General said, as she urged Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to institute an immediate, independent inquiry and to invite international experts to help carry it out.
Review of anti-terrorism laws welcome, but some proposals are not acceptable
13 August 2009, 03:19PM
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the Federal Government’s review of counter-terrorism laws in the discussion paper released yesterday. We acknowledge the fundamental duty of all governments to protect the safety of their citizens, but believe that this should never come at the cost of human rights and the rule of law.
Iran: Open Tehran trial to international observers, Amnesty International challenges
12 August 2009, 10:55AM
The trial of protesters in Tehran appears to be nothing but a show trial and should be opened to international observers.
China: Free Sichuan earthquake activists
12 August 2009, 10:53AM
Chinese authorities should drop the politically-motivated prosecution against earthquake activists.
Independent investigation into alleged UK involvement in torture long overdue
12 August 2009, 10:50AM
We reiterate our call for an independent public inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in torture.
Somalia: Better accountability and safeguards needed on arms transfers
12 August 2009, 10:42AM
Urgent safeguards must be applied to any arms transfers to Somalia, after the US reportedly decided to double its arms transfers to Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government.
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