Asia And The Pacific

Indonesia: Police abuse goes unchecked in Indonesia
13 December 2009

Amnesty International has received consistent reports of police committing a series of human rights violations including torture, ill-treatment and at times unlawful ...

Document       ASA 21/023/2009

China: Urumqi justice! Independent investigation into 2009 unrest ...
11 December 2009

Index: ASA17/070/2009 Issue Date: 11 December 2009. PETITION. URUMQI JUSTICE! Independent investigation into 2009 unrest Chairman ...

Document       ASA 17/070/2009

Viet Nam: Time to release ill Catholic priest and prisoner of ...
11 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 11 December 2009. AI Index: ASA 41/010/2009. Viet Nam: Time to release ill Catholic priest and prisoner of conscience. ...

Document       ASA 41/010/2009

China: Equality for Uighurs: petition
11 December 2009

PETITION. EQUALITY FOR UIGHURS. Chairman of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission. Yang Jing Zhuren. Guojia Minzu Shiwu Weiyuanhui. 252 Taipingqiaodajie, Xichengqu ...

Document       ASA 17/069/2009

India: Parliamentarians must repeal the Armed Forces (Special ...
10 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT 10 December 2009 AI Index: ASA 20/022/2009 India: Parliamentarians must repeal the Armed ...

Document       ASA 20/022/2009

Singapore: Stay of execution for Yong Vui Kong
9 December 2009

Yong Vui Kong has received a stay of execution, after lawyers argued that his earlier withdrawal of an appeal was void due to his poor mental health. His appeal ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/007/2009

Nepal: Army officer sought over girl's murder
9 December 2009

Major Niranjan Basnet of the Nepal Army was charged by a civilian court in 2008 with the murder of a 15-year-old girl. He was recently found to be serving in a ...

Urgent Action       ASA 31/011/2009

Papua New Guinea Porgera update: Companies accept that police ...
9 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 34/005/2009. 9 December 2009. Papua New Guinea Porgera update: Companies accept ...

Document       ASA 34/005/2009

Philippines : Limit Martial Law and disband paramilitaries ...
8 December 2009

The Philippine authorities should immediately establish a clear and short timetable for an end to martial law in the country’s restive Maguindanao province and ...

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Philippines must limit Martial Law and disband paramilitaries ...
8 December 2009

The Philippine authorities should immediately establish a clear andshort timetable for an end to martial law in the country’s restiveMaguindanao province.

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