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In August 2015 Amnesty International visited refugee camps in Indonesia, meeting with over 100 Rohingya people who had risked their lives for the chance to live in safety. Our new report, Deadly Journeys: The Refugee and Trafficking Crisis in Southeast Asia, uncovers the truth about why they fled their homes, their traumatic journey to Indonesia, …
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The Chinese authorities must immediately release eight mainland human rights activists detained for supporting last year’s pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, Amnesty International said, on the first anniversary of people taking to the streets in the city. Five of the activists, Su Changlan, Chen Qitang, Wang Mo, Xie Wenfei and Zhang Shengyu, have since been …
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El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly must vote today to overturn horrifying injustice and pardon a woman imprisoned for 30 years after having a miscarriage. Terrible injustice “Guadalupe” was just 18 years old when she was imprisoned in 2007. She received a 30 year sentence after authorities suspected she could have actively terminated her pregnancy. Members already …
Ten women housing rights defenders and a Buddhist monk, all jailed after short summary trials and some suffering from serious health issues, must be released immediately and unconditionally. The 11 were arrested after two related peaceful protests in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh in November last year. Cynical use of law “These activists are victims of …
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Amnesty International is calling on the governments of Australia and Papua New Guinea to protect the rights and welfare of asylum seekers currently protesting their detention in the Manus Island Detention Centre. Hunger strikes “The authorities must, as far as possible, ensure the health, welfare and safety of protesting detainees, and respect their right to …
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Oil giant Shell’s long-overdue compensation pay out to a community devastated by oil spills in the Niger Delta is an important victory for the victims of corporate negligence. Compensation at last Six years after two oil spills destroyed thousands of livelihoods in the Bodo area, legal action in the UK has driven Shell to make …
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