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To fully appreciate conversations on China’s social media platforms, merely knowing Chinese is not enough. To evade the most extensive internet censorship system in the world, netizens have no option but to create their own vocabulary to discuss “sensitive issues”. This language keeps evolving as the government constantly adds new topics and terms that are prohibited.
Amnesty International will participate in the demonstrations on 8th March alongside women’s movements fighting for the protection and ongoing promotion of their rights
“Five demands! Not one less!” is a chant you hear at virtually every Hong Kong protest. And one of those demands is an independent investigation into the police’s use of force.
Responding to a court announcement that former Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in China for “illegally providing intelligence to foreign entities”, Amnesty International’s China Researcher Patrick Poon said:
The outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCov) that started in the Chinese city of Wuhan (Hubei province) in late 2019 has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
A wave of youth-led protests across Asia is defying escalating repression and a continent-wide crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual report on human rights in the region.
เมื่อวันที่ 30 มกราคม ที่โรงแรมเดอะสุโกศล กรุงเทพฯ แอมเนสตี้ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล แถลงข่าวเปิดตัวรายงานสถานการณ์สิทธิมนุษยชนในภูมิภาคเอเชียและแปซิฟิกประจำปี2562/2563 โดยในรายงานนำเสนอบทวิเคราะห์เจาะลึกถึงพัฒนาการด้านสิทธิมนุษยชนใน 25 ประเทศและดินแดน กล่าวถึงบทบาทของนักกิจกรรมรุ่นใหม่ที่ต่อสู้กับความพยายามในการปราบปรามต่อผู้ที่เห็นต่าง การต่อสู้กับปฏิบัติการผ่านโซเชียลมีเดียที่รุนแรง และการเซ็นเซอร์ทางการเมืองอย่างกว้างขวาง
In response to today’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Myanmar to take “provisional measures” to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya community, Amnesty International’s Regional Director, Nicholas Bequelin, said:
Ahead of President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to Myanmar, which begins on Friday 17 January 2020, Amnesty International’s Regional Director, Nicholas Bequelin, said:
15 December 2019: On the seventh anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Lao and Thai governments to investigate enforced disappearances, and demand Vientiane finally reveal Sombath’s whereabouts and ensure justice for him and his family.
Responding to the statement made by Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Court of Justice in The Hague today, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Regional Director, said: