Young human rights defenders across Southeast Asia are challenging the abuse of power, standing up against injustice, and speak out in support of marginalized individuals and communities. In doing so, they face grave risks and practical challenges relating to their age, identity and status in...

Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review outcome on Brunei Darussalam. Amnesty International is disappointed that Brunei Darussalam has rejected numerous recommendations aimed at strengthening respect for and protection of human rights.

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In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, domestic legislation and human rights violations. The abuses considered include death penalty; unfair trials; torture; violence in the...

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of each of fifteen countries to be considered in the Universal Periodic Review. These include recommendations about domestic violence; forced eviction; ratification of human rights treaties; the International Criminal...

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. Amnesty International raises concerns, inter alia, about administrative detention laws; restrictions on press freedom; the...

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1. Crimes of hatred: Sexual identity is highlighted in AI’s campaign against torture; 2. Algeria: Silencing the protesters; 3. DRC: A culture of torture and impunity; 4. Indonesia: Fighting for truth in Aceh; 5. Opinion: When is rape of women torture – and when should the state be held responsible?...

The nations of ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) are a notable exception to the trend followed by an increasing number of countries from widely different regions and cultural traditions moving to abolish the death penalty. This document...

This report provides compelling evidence of the futility and injustice of trying to use the death penalty to suppress drug trafficking and abuse. Some 26 countries have responded to the drug menace by introducing laws which make drug-related offences punishable by death. Thousands of prisoners have...