Vietnamese authorities have stepped up a countrywide crackdown marked by arrests and widespread social media censorship as they attempt to stifle public debate about a deadly land dispute, said Amnesty International today.
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:
The Cambodian authorities must stop the harassment and intimidation of members of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party. Amnesty International has received information that Mr. Soun Chamroeun, a 37-year-old CNRP activist, was subject to a physical attack and an apparent attempted abduction in Bangkok on the evening on 22 December 2019. Mr. Chamroeun is at serious risk of further human rights abuses at the hands of the Cambodian authorities should he be forcibly returned to Cambodia.
Amnesty International calls for an end to judicial harassment of the political opposition, human rights defenders and activists in Thailand, as authorities began new criminal proceedings against members of the Future Forward Party and activists because of their recent peaceful protests.
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:
Amnesty International has today launched Write for Rights, the world’s biggest human rights campaign, which this year champions children’s rights and youth activists.
เราทุกคนสามารถเป็นส่วนหนึ่งในการทำให้ใบโลกนี้น่าอยู่ยิ่งขึ้น! และนี่คือ 5 สิ่งที่คุณสามารถทำได้เพื่อสนุบสนุนสิทธิมนุษยชน และช่วยกันส่งเสริมให้เกิดความรู้ความเข้าใจในเรื่องนี้ เพื่อทำให้คนในสังคมเคารพกันมากยิ่งขึ้นได้ด้วย
Facebook and Google’s omnipresent surveillance of billions of people poses a systemic threat to human rights, Amnesty International warned in a new report as it called for a radical transformation of the tech giants’ core business model.
The past few months have seen a seemingly massive surge in protests globally. From the streets of Hong Kong to La Paz, Port-au-Prince, Quito, Barcelona, Beirut and Santiago, we have witnessed a huge wave of people taking to the streets to exercise their right to protest and demand change from those in power.
Cabinet expected to consider draft regulation to screen refugees before the end of this year