Ahead of a Thai Cabinet meeting on 28 December, Amnesty International urges the government to immediately withdraw the proposed Operation of Not-for-Profit Organizations Act, after reviewing a copy of the latest draft.
It’s been a busy year for Amnesty International with positive changes taking place around the world. Laws have been rewritten, awards have been won, prisoners of conscience released and our supporters have continued to campaign with passion to ensure people can live free from torture, harassment or unjust imprisonment. Here’s a round-up of human rights wins to celebrate this year…
The Myanmar military has been carrying out indiscriminate attacks on its civilian populations and obstructing access to necessities critical to their survival since it seized power nearly a year ago on 1 February 2021, Amnesty International said today.
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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:
Responding to the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA)’s decision to halt all competitions in China, Doriane Lau, Amnesty International’s China researcher said:
Amnesty International’s record-breaking Write for Rights campaign launches today, marking 20 years of the global letter-writing drive. Since 2001, the organization has collected millions of messages written in support of people who are unjustly detained or persecuted, and Write for Rights has become the world’s biggest human rights event.
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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.