South Asia

Viet Nam: Monks and nuns threatened with eviction
23 December 2009

A mob with official backing is attempting to evict nearly 200 Buddhist monks and nuns from a monastery in central Viet Nam. The group have been sheltering there ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/013/2009

China: China to execute Akmal Shaikh on 29 December
23 December 2009

British national Akmal Shaikh has exhausted all his appeals against his drug-smuggling conviction. According to the UK Foreign Office, he is scheduled to be executed ...

Urgent Action       ASA 17/074/2009

India: Chhattisgarh authorities must stop torture and arbitrary ...
23 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI index: ASA 20/023/2009. 23 December 2009. India: Chhattisgarh authorities must stop torture ...

Document       ASA 20/023/2009

Viet Nam: Further information: Le Cong Dinh could face death ...
22 December 2009

Human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh has been charged with attempting to overthrow the state. For this, he could face the death penalty. Two others are facing the same ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/012/2009

Viet Nam: Further information: Ill Catholic priest returned to ...
21 December 2009

Prisoner of conscience Father Nguyen Van Ly was returned to prison from hospital on 11 December: he had not fully recovered from a stroke. He is partially paralysed ...

Urgent Action       ASA 41/011/2009

Mongolia: 'Where should I go from here?': The legacy of the 1 July ...
18 December 2009

‘WHERESHOULD IGOFROMHERE?’ THELEGACYOFTHE 1JULY2008RIOTINMONGOLIA. AmnestyInternationalisaglobalmovementof2.2millionpeopleinmorethan ...

Report       ASA 30/003/2009

Impunity and injustice are legacy of deadly July riots in Mongolia ...
18 December 2009

The Government of Mongolia has failed to effectively respond to humanrights abuses that took place during the July 2008 riot in Ulaanbaatar.

Report Abstract      

Mongolia: Legacy of deadly July riots– impunity and injustice ...
18 December 2009

The Government of Mongolia has failed to effectively respond to human rights abuses.

Press Release      

Nepal must bar human rights violators from UN peacekeeping ...
18 December 2009

Story      

Nepal: Bar human rights violators from UN peacekeeping missions ...
18 December 2009

Amnesty International today called on Nepal’s government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate ...

Press Release