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Asia and the Pacific
4 June, 1989 is etched into history as the day the Chinese authorities ruthlessly stamped out peaceful protest. Chinese troops shot dead hundreds, if not thousands, of people who had taken to the streets in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to call for political reforms. No one knows the true...
June 1, 2023
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Armenia
Armed Conflict
A joint investigation has revealed that at least twelve Armenian public figures and officials, including journalists and human rights defenders were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware amid conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, between October 2020 and December 2022. Evidence from the...
May 25, 2023
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Kyrgyzstan
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to the news that the Kyrgyzstani authorities are charging 27 activists who protested against a border agreement with Uzbekistan with “attempting to overthrow the government”, Heather McGill, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Central Asia, said: “It is absurd that these individuals...
April 28, 2023
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Kyrgyzstan
Armed Conflict
Reacting to the news that a court in Kyrgyzstan approved a Ministry of Culture request to close down Radio Azattyk, the national bureau of the international broadcasting corporation Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), for purported violation of media regulations, Marie Struthers, Amnesty...
April 27, 2023
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Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Luisenrrique Becerra, a 29-year-old freelance photojournalist, was covering a demonstration in downtown Lima when officers from Peru’s National Police approached and him started shooting. It was Saturday, 28 January, at around 9pm. Becerra, who works with German and Swiss outlets, had seen how the...
April 26, 2023
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Uzbekistan
Domestic Violence
Reacting to Uzbekistan’s upper house of Parliament passing legislation that criminalizes domestic violence, Heather McGill, Amnesty International’s Central Asia Researcher, said: “Women rights activists and human rights defenders in Uzbekistan have been campaigning for years for better protection...
April 6, 2023
Research
Africa
For more than a decade, human rights organizations have warned that a persistent deterioration of respect for human rights and the rule of law was underway. Where does 2022 fit in that descent? Was it yet another disastrous year for human rights? Has the breakdown of international norms reached a...
March 28, 2023
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Russia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Reacting to the news that Russian law enforcement officers have searched the homes of members of Memorial, Russia’s oldest human rights organization and Nobel Peace Prize awardee, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said: “By raiding the homes of members of Memorial, the...
March 21, 2023
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Russia
Armed Conflict
In response to the Investigative Committee of Russia’s announcement that three Ukrainian prisoners of war, including human rights defender Maksym Butkevych, have been “convicted” of war crimes by “supreme courts” in Russia-occupied Luhansk and Donetsk and given long prison sentences, Denis...
March 10, 2023
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Georgia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Responding to the news that the Parliament of Georgia has announced its intention to withdraw repressive bills on “foreign agents” following mass protests in Tbilisi, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The authorities have finally pledged...
March 9, 2023
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Russia
Armed Conflict
Reacting to the sentencing of student and blogger Dmitry Ivanov to 8.5-years’ imprisonment for his vocal opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International’s Russia Director, said: “Dmitry Ivanov’s case is another demonstration of the brutal repression of anti-war...
March 7, 2023
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Georgia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Georgia’s parliament should firmly reject the two bills it is debating that would require individuals, civil society organizations, and media outlets to register with the Ministry of Justice as “agents of foreign influence” if they receive at least 20 percent of their funds from abroad, Human...
March 7, 2023