Asia And The Pacific

Sri Lanka: Open letter to Heads of Government attending the ...
19 November 2009

Ref: TG ASA 37/2009.025. AI Index: ASA 37/025/2009. 19 November 2009. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT. Peter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street. ...

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Singapore defamation case threatens press freedom | Amnesty ...
19 November 2009

A magazine and its editor have agreed to pay S$405000 (ApproximatelyUS$290000) following a fine by the country’s highest court for allegeddefamation.

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Australian government must end state-sponsored racially ...
18 November 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a uniqueopportunity to right historic wrongs.

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Australia: Government must end state-sponsored racially ...
18 November 2009

Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous ...

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Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly’s ...
18 November 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 18 November 2009. AI Index: IOR 41/031/2009. Amnesty International urges members of the General ...

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Afghanistan: President Karzai must commit to human rights ...
18 November 2009

Amnesty International urges Afghanistan’s newly re-elected President Hamid Karzai to prioritize human rights and the rule of law in his second term in order to ...

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Singapore: Defamation case threatens press freedom | Amnesty ...
18 November 2009

The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today, after a magazine and its editor agreed ...

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Afghanistan's President Karzai must commit to human rights ...
18 November 2009

Amnesty International has urged newly re-electedPresident Hamid Karzai to prioritize human rights and the rule of lawin his second term.

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China: Chinese activist at risk of torture
17 November 2009

Zhao Lianhai, father of a boy rendered ill by a batch of contaminated milk powder in China in 2008, has been campaigning for justice for other affected families ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/064/2009

Amnesty International takes action for Sri Lanka displaced ...
16 November 2009

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