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The Hong Kong authorities’ relentless pursuit of jail terms for three leaders of the pro-democracy movement is a vindictive attack on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said. On Thursday, Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal handed Joshua Wong, Alex Chow and Nathan Law between six and eight months in prison for their roles …
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The international community must deliver and improve on existing financial commitments to help Uganda support the refugees it is hosting, following a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announcement that one million South Sudanese refugees are now in the country. Driven by the ongoing violence in South Sudan, refugees have been entering Uganda in …
In response to President Trump’s comments on the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists following this weekend’s violence in Charlottesville — Amnesty International USA Deputy Executive Director of Campaigns and Membership, Njambi Good, issued the following statement: “Despite today’s speech, President Trump has traded in bigotry since day one, putting ordinary people at greater …
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Amnesty International calls on Minister of Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion to work with states and territories fund and support Indigenous-run prevention, diversion and rehabilitation programs for children in the justice system. The Northern Territory’s only alternative to detention, Bushmob, has announced it will end a bushcamp, trialled for 14-months, due to lack of support from …
Following the United Nations’ adoption of a new global treaty outlawing nuclear weapons, James Lynch, Head of Arms Control and Human Rights at Amnesty International, said: “This historic treaty brings us a step closer to a world free from the horrors of nuclear weapons, the most destructive and indiscriminate weapons ever created. All states should …
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Responding to the news that Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty International Turkey, was detained on Wednesday along with seven other human rights defenders and two trainers during a digital security and information management workshop in Büyükada, Istanbul, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “We are profoundly disturbed and outraged that some of Turkey’s leading human …
The soaring death toll in the central Mediterranean and the horrific abuses faced by thousands of refugees and migrants in Libyan detention centres are clearly linked to failing EU policies. A perfect storm: The failure of European policies in the Central Mediterranean finds that by ceding the lion’s share of responsibility for search and rescue …
Two former juvenile justice officers have been charged over horrific historical child sex offences allegedly committed on children as young as 10 at Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre between 1996-2004. In response Roxanne Moore, Amnesty International’s Indigenous Rights Campaigner said: “It is beyond belief that for the third time in just one week we are hearing …
The Prime Minister must urgently end the abuse of children in youth detention across Australia by focussing on prevention and rehabilitation, Amnesty International said as more serious allegations of mistreatment have emerged, this time in Canberra. Former staff, government officials and detainees of Bimberi Youth Detention Centre have unveiled concerns in The Canberra Times about …
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NEW YORK – Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing parts of President Trump’s Muslim ban to go into effect, Amnesty International USA this evening filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents showing how federal agencies are planning to implement the ban. Amnesty International is asking the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland …