The failure of the US-based chemical company Dow to provide remedy to victims of a deadly gas leak from a pesticide plant in India that resulted in the deaths of more than 22,000 people has created a “sacrifice zone” in which 500,000 more continue to suffer, Amnesty International said in a new...

The Hong Kong government has passed new national security legislation – known as Article 23 – that will severely undermine human rights in the city. Here are 10 key facts about the law: This law is a quarter-century in the making When Hong Kong was handed over to China by the United Kingdom in...

Responding to the passing of Hong Kong’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (Article 23), Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said: “With this draconian legislation, the Hong Kong government has delivered another crushing blow to human rights in the city. The authorities have...

Responding to the release of the full draft text of Hong Kong’s new national security law – known locally as Article 23 legislation – Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “The Hong Kong government, having already presided over an erosion of human rights in the city with the...

A Chinese transgender activist due to be released tomorrow after serving a prison sentence in Hong Kong will be at grave risk of persecution if she is deported to mainland China. She must instead be allowed to remain in Hong Kong or travel to another destination, Amnesty International urged today. ...

Responding to the announcement by Chief Executive John Lee that Hong Kong’s legislature would open public consultation on a new draft national security law – known locally as Article 23 legislation – Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said: “This is potentially the most dangerous...

Responding to Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal overturning the acquittal of activist Chow Hang-tung on charges related to the city’s Tiananmen crackdown vigil, Amnesty International’s China director Sarah Brooks said: “Hong Kong’s top court has levelled another blow to the rule of law in the city....

Ahead of Monday’s national security trial of Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and founder of the defunct Apple Daily newspaper, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for China, Sarah Brooks, said: “This case has been an attack on press freedom and freedom of expression...

Responding to the Hong Kong police placing bounties of HK$1m (US$128,000) on five overseas pro-democracy activists, as well as arresting in Hong Kong four persons accused of assisting exiled activists targeted in a previous round of bounties, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for...

Responding to the arrests of several people in connection with Hong Kong’s District Council elections, which took place on Sunday, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for China, Sarah Brooks, said: “We have witnessed a clampdown on dissent since the introduction of Hong Kong’s National...

In response to today’s Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal verdict that granted a partial victory to LGBTI activist Jimmy Sham, who has been bidding to have his overseas same-sex marriage recognized since 2018, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Piya...

Responding to the Hong Kong government’s bid to seek a court order to prohibit people from singing, broadcasting or distributing the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong”, the Head of Amnesty International’s China Team, Sarah Brooks, said: “The Hong Kong government’s absurd campaign to outlaw a song...