Responding to the arrests in Hong Kong of prominent pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow on Friday morning and independence activist Andy Chan on Thursday night, Man-kei Tam, Director of Amnesty International Hong Kong, said: “The ludicrous dawn swoops by police to arrest Agnes Chow and Joshua Wong are an outrageous assault on the […]
Responding to news that Netflix have removed an episode from a comedy show in Saudi Arabia, after officials from the Kingdom complained that it violated cyber-crime laws, Samah Hadid, Middle East Director of Campaigns at Amnesty International, said: “Saudi Arabia’s censorship of Netflix using a cyber-crime law comes as no surprise, and is further proof […]
Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Global Operations, Minar Pimple, has been refused an entry visa to speak at this week’s World Economic Forum on ASEAN event in Hanoi, further evidence of the Vietnamese government’s ongoing crackdown against freedom of expression. Minar Pimple, who is part of Amnesty International’s senior leadership team, was due to speak […]
The sentencing of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison today for peacefully expressing his opinions online illustrates the Bahraini authorities’ utter contempt for freedom of expression, said Amnesty International. The sentence relates to posts on his Twitter account in 2015 as well as retweets about alleged torture in Bahrain’s Jaw […]
The Hong Kong authorities’ prosecution of three pro-democracy student leaders sends a chilling warning for freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the city, after Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law were found guilty for their roles in events that triggered 2014’s Umbrella Movement. The city’s Eastern Magistrates’ Court found Joshua Wong and Alex […]
This morning’s killing of prominent journalist Pavel Sheremet by a car bomb in central Kyiv is a reprehensible act that has sent a shockwave for freedom of expression in Ukraine, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said. Pavel Sheremet, who writes for the country’s top internet news site Ukrayinska Pravda, was driving to work when […]
As the sweeping crackdown in Turkey following a failed coup continues, purges may be extended to censor media houses and journalists, including those critical of government policy. “We are witnessing a crackdown of exceptional proportions in Turkey at the moment. While it is understandable, and legitimate, that the government wishes to investigate and punish those […]
Southeast Asian leaders meeting this week in Malaysia must urgently prioritize a coordinated plan to help the thousands of asylum seekers and migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who are forced to risk abuse and death at sea. Looming refugee crisis can’t go ignored Governments meeting at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in […]
Ahead of Julian Assange’s next hearing in the UK courts ahead of his possible extradition to the US, Amnesty International reiterates concerns that Assange faces the risk of serious human rights violations if extradited to the US and warns of a profound ‘chilling effect’ on global media freedoms. “The risk to publishers and investigative journalists […]
Responding to Meta’s proposed revision of its content policies regarding use of the terms “Zionism” or “Zionist”, Alia Al Ghussain, Researcher and Advisor on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights at Amnesty Tech, said: “Meta must ensure that its content policies are neither discriminatory nor biased against pro-Palestinian voices. A blanket ban on the criticism of […]