The Myanmar security forces are responsible for unlawful killings, multiple rapes and the burning down of houses and entire villages in a campaign of violence against Rohingya people that may amount to crimes against humanity, Amnesty International reveals in a new report. Read the report Based on extensive interviews with Rohingyas in both Myanmar and …
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Fiji: A darker side of paradise
Famed for white-sand beaches and sweeping views of turquoise water, Fiji is known as an idyllic holiday destination. However, under its picture-perfect exterior, the Pacific island contains an ingrained culture of torture. Read the report It’s been over a decade since the 2006 coup that brought Prime Minister Voreqe “Frank” Bainimarama to power. The military remains …
Palm Oil: Global brands profiting from child and forced labour
Unilever, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble among nine household names contributing to labour abuse. The world’s most popular food and household companies are selling food, cosmetics and other everyday staples containing palm oil tainted by shocking human rights abuses in Indonesia, with children as young as eight working in hazardous conditions, according to our latest research. …
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Australia’s regime of cruelty has turned Nauru into an open-air prison
The Australian Government is choosing to subject women, men and children to an elaborate and cruel system of abuse with a policy that is intentionally designed to harm people, as highlighted in our new report: ‘Island of Despair’: Australia’s “processing” of refugees on Nauru. Read the report “On Nauru, the Australian Government runs an open-air …
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Report: Heads held high
When Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are strong in their identity and culture, and have the support of their communities, they can face even the toughest challenges. But many Indigenous children have been disconnected from their culture and too frequently end up in detention, away from their community. Despite comprising only 6% of the …
Torture, inhuman conditions and mass deaths in Syria’s prisons
The horrifying experiences of detainees subjected to rampant torture and other ill-treatment in Syrian prisons are laid bare in a damning new report published by Amnesty International today which estimates that more than 17,723 people have died in custody in Syria since the crisis began in March 2011 – an average rate of more than …
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Queensland youth justice system needs Indigenous-led solutions
A new Amnesty International report, to be launched today at Queensland Parliament House, has found that, while the Queensland Government has recognised the need for reforming its youth justice system, serious concerns remain. Queensland leads the country in locking up 10- and 11-year-olds and detaining children on remand, the majority of them Aboriginal and Torres …
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Mexico faces a test to end torture of women by police and military
Verónica Razo, a Mexican 37-year-old mother of three is terrified of sleeping. Every night, when she lies in her bed in a small cell in Morelo’s federal prison, an hour outside the capital, Mexico City, her mind replays the scariest 24 hours of her life. On 8 June 2011 federal police raped, suffocated and electrocuted …
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Viet Nam: The secretive world of torturous ‘prisons within prisons’
A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of prisoners of conscience locked up in Viet Nam’s secretive network of prisons and detention centres. The organisation has urged Australia to press Viet Nam to protect these prisoners’ rights. Prisons within Prisons Prisons within Prisons: Torture …
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Viet Nam: The secretive world of torturous ‘prisons within prisons’
A new report published by Amnesty International today casts a rare light on the torture and other harrowing treatment of prisoners of conscience locked up in Viet Nam’s secretive network of prisons and detention centres. The organisation has urged Australia to press Viet Nam to protect these prisoners’ rights. Read the report Prisons within Prisons Prisons …
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