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Southeast Asian leaders must take urgent steps to address grave human rights violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar, Amnesty International said in a letter sent to the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) today. The letter, signed by directors of 13 Amnesty International offices across the Asia-Pacific region, called for an emergency …
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As a key player in the region the Australian Government has significant influence and must ensure that no Rohingya refugees are forced back to Myanmar Australia must also increase humanitarian assistance, immediately agree to an emergency intake of Rohingya refugees to Australia, and use its influence to pressure the Myanmar authorities to end the violence …
Amnesty International has today upped the ante on the Australian government and increased its calls for action on the crisis in Myanmar. “Today, Amnesty International supporters around Australia will begin making direct calls on Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister Marise Payne to do everything in their power to end the violence and ethnic …
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Amnesty International has assessed three new videos taken inside Rakhine State as recently as Friday afternoon showing large plumes of smoke rising from Rohingya villages, one of which was already deserted, as well as satellite imagery with smoke visible over burnt-out structures. Local sources in northern Rakhine State claim the fires were started by members …
“Amnesty International welcomes the news that for a select few people on Manus Island and Nauru this week may finally bring hope, and the prospect of safety as they receive news about settlement in the US,” said Graham Thom, Refugee Coordinator at Amnesty International Australia. “Amnesty International acknowledges the US for giving people a genuine …
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Myanmar’s security forces planted internationally banned antipersonnel landmines along its border with Bangladesh which have seriously injured at least three civilians, including two children, and reportedly killed one man in the past week, Amnesty International confirmed today. Based on interviews with eyewitnesses and analysis by its own weapons experts, Amnesty International has documented what seems …
Responding to the discovery of the body in Gapan City of Reynaldo de Guzman, a 14-year-old boy who had been missing for nearly three weeks, Amnesty International’s Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, James Gomez, said: “How many more children must die in the Philippines to end this horrific and heartless violence? Reynaldo de …
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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. Aid workers told Amnesty International of an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation in Rakhine state, where the military has been …
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Responding to the news that the ACT parliament today passed a motion to resettle refugees that the Federal Government has warehoused on Manus Island and Nauru, Ming Yu Hah, Refugee Campaigner at Amnesty International Australia, said: “Amnesty International strongly welcomes the move by the ACT parliament to pass a motion that calls for the immediate …
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Madrid / Barcelona: At least 13 people died and more than 100 were injured on 17 August, when a van deliberately ploughed into crowds of people in Las Ramblas in Barcelona, one of the town’s main tourist areas. According to official sources, several hours later, in the early hours of 18 August, another attack took …