In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Amnesty International has teamed up with Moomin Characters Ltd to launch a brand-new limited range of products. 

Agnes Callamard will be attending COP26 in Glasgow from the 8-10 November

AmnestyInternational Thailand’s activists together with Panusaya ‘Rung’ Sittijirawattanakul have submitted 28,426 signatures of the people in Thailand who participate in the AmnestyInternational’s Urgent Action and Change.org online campaign to Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha via his representative urging him to adhere to his pledge made to the public to stop human rights violation by the Thai authorities.

Amnesty International Thailand extends its deepest condolence for the loss of life of a child shot at the Samliam Din Daeng Intersection and demand the Thai authorities expedite its effort on par with international standards to investigate the shootings of protesters including children and youth while converging at the Din Daeng Police Station on the past 16 August in order to bring to justice the perpetrators. 

 G20 leaders meeting in Rome must put aside greed and selfishness and ensure the fair global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, said Amnesty International ahead of this year’s G20 Summit in Rome, Italy, which takes place from 30-31 October.

Amnesty International will close its two offices in Hong Kong by the end of the year, the organization announced today.

Thailand’s parliament should amend the draft law on torture and enforced disappearance without delay in order to ensure compliance with Thailand’s international legal obligations, said the ICJ and Amnesty International.

That night, Benja was studying for her upcoming exam. Our conversation had started by the time the sunset. She apologized for being so busy but I understand very well the life of university students when exams draw near. I know what they are facing during such a period. Benja’s life has became even more hectic as she has to deal with Thai public sectors due to the summons warrants she receives daily. 

Amnesty International Thailand in collaboration with Nuttha ‘Bew’ Thongkaew, Miss Face of Humanity Thailand 2021, will fundraise and distribute clothe face masks, surgical masks, thermometers, and hand sanitizers to the ethnic Mani people in the provinces of Satun, Trang, and Phatthalung and seven prisons in Bangkok and other provinces under the campaign “No-one is safe until everyone is safe.” Bew Nuttha has also launched another campaign to urge public health authorities in Satun, Trang, and Phatthalung and the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Interior to “Not leave the ethnic groups behind during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

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:

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.

Responding to the Thai parliament’s vote to approve in principle a draft law that seeks to criminalize both torture and enforced disappearances in Thailand for the first time, Emerlynne Gil, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Research, said: