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Category: Asia Pacific

  • EU-India Summit

    Make human rights part of the discussions with India, says Amnesty International ahead of the EU-India Summit taking place in Marseille.

  • Ill-treatment of Papuan prisoner must be investigated

    The Indonesian authorities must take immediate action to investigate the torture of Papuan prisoner Ferdinand Pakage, who is detained at Abepura Prison, Papua.

  • Freedom for U Win Tin

    Seven prisoners of conscience including prominent Government opponent U Win Tin have been released in Myanmar. While this is great news and a victory for justice, there are still some 2,100 prisoners of conscience behind bars in Myanmar today.

  • Pakistani human rights defender’s visa revoked

    Amnesty International calls on the US government to re-issue a visa to Pakistani human rights defender Amina Masood, after an earlier visa was revoked on "security and related grounds".

  • Statement to the Human Rights Council

    Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch call on the Human Rights Council members to extend the mandate of the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia.

  • Executions in Japan

    The new Japanese Minister of Justice should immediately re-examine the country's death penalty policy following the hanging of Mantani Yoshiyuki (68), Yamamoto Mineteru (68) and Hirano Isamu (61) in Japan today on 11 September, said Amnesty International.

  • Sri Lanka: Blocking aid workers endangers trapped civilians

    The Sri Lankan Government has ordered United Nations and non-governmental aid workers out of the war-torn northern Wanni region. Amnesty International has grave concerns about the welfare of civilians trapped in northern Wanni and their access to humanitarian assistance.

  • Security Act used to punish activists

    New information about the arbitrary detention of five Malaysian government critics obtained by Amnesty International researchers highlights the need for the Malaysian parliament to immediately abolish the country’s Internal Security Act, Amnesty International said on 4 September.

  • State of emergency in Thailand

    The Thai government should remove restrictions on free speech contained in the 2 September emergency decree, Amnesty International said.

  • Cambodian residents fear forced eviction

    The filling of Boeung Kak Lake in central Phnom Penh should immediately stop until a proper process that ensures human rights protection is in place, said Amnesty International and the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions.

  • Civilians under threat in Philippines

    Tens of thousands of civilians who have already suffered from the renewal of violence in Mindanao could be at even greater risk if the Philippine government supports the creation of untrained and unaccountable civilian militias, Amnesty International said on 21 August.

  • Myanmar: 20 years on

    Twenty years after the start of pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar that were violently repressed, the United Nations (UN) should take stronger measures to obtain the release of U Win Tin and other prisoners of conscience detained since that day, Amnesty International said on 4 August.

  • Call for full investigation into attack on police

    In response to reports that an attack on a police station in Kashgar city, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, killed 16 police officers, Amnesty International called on the Chinese authorities to ensure that they conduct a full, immediate and impartial investigation of this incident.

  • Sites unblocked but still no freedom of expression

    "We welcome the news today that the authorities have lifted blocks on our website in the Olympics media venues and possibly elsewhere in Beijing," said Roseann Rife, Deputy Director for The Asia-Pacific Program at Amnesty International on 1 August.

  • Brutal beating in Fiji condemned

    Amnesty International strongly condemns the brutal beating of escapee prisoner Josefa Baleiloa at the hands of Fijian Police officers during his recapture in the country's capital Suva on the night of 23 July 2008.

  • IOC caves in to China’s demands on censorship

    "The International Olympic Committee and the Organizing Committee of the Beijing Olympic Games should fulfil their commitment to 'full media freedom' and provide immediate uncensored internet access at Olympic media venues. Censorship of the internet at the Games is compromising fundamental human rights and betraying the Olympic values," said Mark Allison, East Asia researcher for Amnesty International.

  • China’s ‘Great Firewall’ arrives in Sydney

    Ten days out from the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, Amnesty International will be encouraging Sydney-siders to tear down a 20-metre yellow wall at an event in Martin Place from 1pm to 2pm on Wednesday 30 July 2008.

  • Immigration detention reforms a welcome step

    Australia's immigration detention system has finally been brought into line with other Western democracies, following reforms announced today that will see asylum seekers detained as a last resort and for the shortest practicable time. The Government must now amend the Migration Act to ensure these principles are protected by legislation says Amnesty International.

  • Broken promises jeopardise Olympic legacy

    The Chinese authorities have broken their promise to improve the country's human rights situation and betrayed the core values of the Olympics, said Amnesty International in a new report published on 29 July, marking the 10 day countdown to the Games.

  • Internet censorship in China put to the test

    Amnesty International is calling on Australians to help monitor access to key websites in China over the coming months, to test the extent of Government control over the internet.

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