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Category: Asia Pacific

  • 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.

  • Ye Guozhu must be immediately released

    Amnesty International demanded the immediate release of Beijing housing activist Ye Guozhu on 23 July. He was due to be released on Saturday 26 July, but will now remain imprisoned until 1 October, after the end of the 2008 Olympic Games.

  • Excessive force used against protesters

    South Korean police used excessive force against peaceful protesters demonstrating against the government's trade policies, Amnesty International said on 18 July as it provided preliminary findings of its investigation into human rights violations during the protests against US beef imports that took place in central Seoul between 25 May and 10 July.

  • Imminent executions in Indonesia

    Amnesty International believes Amrozi bin H. Nurhasyim, Ali Ghufron and Imam Samudera, who were convicted of involvement in the 12 October 2002 bombings on the island of Bali, which killed 202people and injured a further 209, are facing imminent execution by firing squad.

  • Official moratorium on the death penalty

    Amnesty International and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) urge the Lao government to introduce an official moratorium on executions.

  • An historic opportunity to provide justice missed

    The governments of Indonesia and Timor-Leste have missed an historic opportunity to provide justice for more than 1,000 people killed during Timor-Leste's vote for independence in 1999, Amnesty International said on 15 July.

  • Concern over detention of activists in Japan

    Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the prime minister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists, Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki who have been charged with theft and trespass.

  • Thousands join human art petition

    On the eve of the anniversary of Beijing being granted the 2008 Olympics, Amnesty International supporters across the globe teamed up with Circle Up Now to create visual representations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as a reminder to the Chinese authorities of their human rights promises.

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