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:
Dujuan Hoosan, 14, Australia
Angelina Jolie and Amnesty International remind the world of its commitment to children’s rights with a book some adults won’t want children to read
1 September 2021
“If politics was good, what would you like to do now?” I asked,