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Thailand: Immediately drop unjustified charges against protest leader

Responding to the arrest of prominent Thai rights activist Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul today for alleged sedition and computer-related crimes, Ming Yu Hah, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, said: “As Thailand’s protest movement resumes, the Thai authorities continue to abuse their powers to detain and penalize peaceful protesters. For many years, the Thai authorities have tried to systematically silence …

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Australia must backup its promise not to acquire nuclear weapons by signing UN treaty

Amnesty International Australia welcomes Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Peter Dutton’s assurances that despite Australia’s decision to purchase nuclear submarines, that “Australia has no plans to acquire nuclear weapons”. Sam Klintworth, National Director of Amnesty International Australia, has written to the Prime Minister, urging the government to backup its recommitment to nuclear non-proliferation …

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New report shows leading Covid-19 vaccine pharma companies fuelling unprecedented human rights crisis

Six companies at the helm of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis through their refusal to waive intellectual property rights and share vaccine technology, with most failing to prioritise vaccine deliveries to poorer countries, Amnesty International said today.

Afghanistan: Taliban wasting no time in stamping out human rights

The Taliban are steadily dismantling the human rights gains of the last twenty years, said Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in a new briefing published today, which documents the group’s wide-ranging crackdown since their seizure of Kabul little more than five weeks ago.  

Egypt: End National Security Agency’s web of fear controlling activists’ lives

Egypt’s National Security Agency (NSA), which specializes in policing terrorism and political cases, is increasingly using a well-honed pattern of unlawful summons, coercive questioning that amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and excessive monitoring/probation measures against human rights defenders and political activists, in an attempt to harass and intimidate them into silence, destroying …

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Community groups urge Trade Minister to deliver on waiving monopolies at WTO

Following months of campaigning, Australian civil society organisations last week welcomed the  comments from Trade Minister Dan Tehan that the Australian Government now supports the  temporary waiver of monopoly rules on COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and related products proposed by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The waiver is key to supporting equitable …

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