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In response to the recent sentencing of Australian citizen Sean Turnell under Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act, Tim O’Connor, Impact Director at Amnesty International Australia, has strongly criticized the lack of fair trial procedures and access to legal representation: “Sean Turnell, like many others imprisoned following the February 1, 2021, coup in Myanmar, has been deprived …
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Facebook owner Meta’s systems contributed to violence against the Rohingya people and Meta owes reparations.
The anniversary of the Rohingya crisis – an urgent quest to deliver justice to the victims and hold those responsible to account.
Amnesty has called on the Australian Government to commit to increasing the Humanitarian Program to 30,000 places.
● Beatings, gender-based violence and arbitrary arrests documented● Myanmar must immediately free all those unjustly detained● Profound psychological trauma experienced upon release Authorities in Myanmar’s prisons and interrogation centres routinely subject people detained for resisting the 2021 military coup to torture and other cruel or degrading treatment, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing, …
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The landmines laid by the Myanmar military have killed and seriously injured civilians and will have significant long-term consequences.
Since 2020, Australia has reduced its annual humanitarian intake by 5000 places each year,
If the international community continues to drag its feet on the grave human rights violations including lethal violence targeted at protestors that we have seen in Myanmar this past year, many more people will suffer and this human rights crisis could worsen, Amnesty International said today ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 1 February, 2021 coup. …
In response to the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns Ming Yu Hah said: “The harsh sentences handed down to Aung San Suu Kyi on these bogus charges are the latest example of the military’s determination to eliminate all opposition and suffocate freedoms in Myanmar. …
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The Myanmar military authorities should immediately drop charges against journalists, said Amnesty International today. This includes those in pre-trial detention, on bail, or those with warrants outstanding on them solely for carrying out their work and the peaceful exercise of their human rights. “Journalists are at the frontline of the struggle to expose the truth on what …
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