South Korea

Human Rights in Republic of Korea

G-20 must set the example and clean up their human rights record ...
28 May 2009

Amnesty International’s Secretary General has called on the G-20grouping that brings together the world’s leading economies to lead byexample and show real commitment ...

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South Korea: Four more arrests at MBC signal continuing erosion of ...
28 April 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 25/005/2009. 28 APRIL 2009. South Korea: Four more arrests at MBC signal continuing erosion of press freedom ...

Document       ASA 25/005/2009

South Korea: Government Must Protect the Rights of Migrant Workers
26 April 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 25/004/2009. Embargoed until 26 April2009. South Korea: Government Must Protect ...

Document       ASA 25/004/2009

The Wire, April/May 2009. Vol. 39, issue 002
1 April 2009

Worldwide Appeals.

Appendix       NWS 21/002/2009

Le Fil. Avril/Mai 2009
1 April 2009

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2009

South Korea: Cabinet should reject proposed cuts to National Human ...
29 March 2009

The South Korean government’s proposed plan to significantly re-organize and cut the staff of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) jeopardises ...

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Journalist detained since Sunday in South Korea | Amnesty ...
25 March 2009

A South Korean television journalist and trade unionist has been heldby police after he was arrested on the eve of a strike overwage disputes and government interference ...

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South Korea: Journalists’ arrests threaten press freedom ...
24 March 2009

Amnesty International today called on the South Korean government to immediately release television journalist Roh Jong-myeon, who was arrested for “interfering ...

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Sri Lankan journalist's year of detention for reporting on the war ...
5 March 2009

Saturday marks the first anniversary of the detention of Sri Lankanjournalist and human rights activist, Jayaprakash SittampalamTissainayagam.

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South Korea must not resume use of the death penalty | Amnesty ...
16 February 2009

The South Korean government is deciding whether to resume its use of the death penalty, following the arrest of a man for the alleged murder of seven women.

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