In recent weeks, around 150,000 Rohingya refugees have fled into Bangladesh, as a result of an unlawful and totally disproportionate military response to attacks by a Rohingya armed group.Here, Amnesty International explains this people’s plight, their state-sponsored persecution, and the crisis’ wide-ranging humanitarian effects.
จากต้นฉบับหนังสือ 30 หน้าที่ เจมส์ บาลด์วิน กวี นักเขียน และนักต่อสู้ชาวอเมริกันผิวสีขึ้นต้นไว้และไม่เคยมีโอกาสเขียนให้เสร็จสิ้น สู่หนังสารคดีทรงพลังรุนแรงที่สุดเรื่องหนึ่งของปีที่ “จดหมายบันทึกความทรงจำถึงบ้านเกิดเมืองนอนที่ผมทั้งรักทั้งชัง” ดังกล่าว ถูกนำมาถ่ายทอดด้วยเสียงของแซมวล แอล แจ็คสัน และภาพฟุตเตจประวัติศาสตร์ช่วงสำคัญตลอดระยะเวลาการต่อสู้เพื่อเสรีภาพของ มาร์ติน ลูเธอร์ คิง, มัลคอล์ม เอ็กซ์ และเม็ดการ์ เอเวอร์ส ก่อนที่พวกเขาทั้งสามจะต้องจบชีวิตลงด้วยการถูกลอบสังหาร
The Myanmar authorities’ restrictions on international aid in Rakhine state is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk in a region where mainly Rohingya people are already suffering horrific abuses from a disproportionate military campaign, Amnesty International said today.
Today, Amnesty International in partnership with The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Thai Lawyers for Human Rights and the Cross Cultural Foundation submitted a joint letter to the Royal Thai Government on International Day of the Disappeared which is held on 30 of August annually, to raise the issue publicly and to bring the cases to the court with neutrality.
Mrs. Piyanuch Kotsan, Director of Amnesty International Thailand, exchanged opinions on the topic “Viewpoint on Death Penalty in Thailand” at Workshop to Review Death Penalty Law in Thailand held by the European Union (EU) and the Rights and Liberties Protection Department, Ministry of Justice.
Amnesty International Thailand activists gathered opposite the Embassy of The People’s Republic of China in The Kingdom of Thailand in order to lay flowers commemorating the passing of Liu Xiaobo, a human rights and democracy activist, prisoner of conscience and the first Chinese person who received the Nobel Peace Prize. Liu Xiaobo died of cancer on 13th July 2017 his imprisonment in China. The activists put white chrysanthemums in front of Liu Xiaobo’s portrait and held message sign encouraging his family.
Amnesty International submitted the letter to Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand claiming the Thai authority to keep its stance in protecting human rights activists and promote their operations. On the occasion that Thailand will present the report on Sustainable Development Goals of 2030 at the United Nations (UN)
Responding to the news that Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo has passed away, Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International commented:
Activists in more than 30 countries will join protests outside Turkish embassies today demanding the release of Amnesty International Turkey’s Chair and Director as well as other prominent human rights defenders behind bars amid a spiralling crackdown.
On the occasion of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Mr. Filippo Grandi’s visit to Thailand, Amnesty International joins 12 other organisations urging the Thai government to demonstrate its commitment to protecting refugees by ending abusive practices as well as instituting and implementing laws that guarantee the rights of refugees in Thailand. These rights should be guaranteed without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, nationality or national origin, or membership of a particular social group or political opinion.
South Korea’s military must immediately end a bigoted hunt to root out gay personnel, Amnesty International said, after a serving soldier was convicted of having a same-sex relationship.
A live broadcast on ‘E-jan’ facebook page allowed me to witness the minutes ‘Wa’, the scapegoat who was jailed over a wrongful murder, walked free from Ubonratchathani prison into the arms of his mother, wife, sisters, toddler daughter, practically his whole family. He bent down to the ground in front of his mother to wai her (putting both his hands clapped together as a form of paying respect). They cried while holding each other. I couldn’t help crying as if this was happening to my own family. Later, elder relatives and friends took turn to tie holy threads around his wrist, a ritual of the northeasterners of Thailand to express loving care and to give protection to the person. They also sprinkled holy water collected from 9 temples to chase away bad omens.