Brunei Darussalam’s shocking new Penal Code will take the country back to the dark ages when it comes to human rights, Amnesty International said. The new Penal Code, which is due to come into force on 1 May, allows for cruel and inhuman punishments including stoning to death, whipping and...

Brunei Darussalam’s shocking new Penal Code will take the country back to the dark ages when it comes to human rights, Amnesty International said. The new Penal Code, which is due to come into force on 1 May, allows for cruel and inhuman punishments including stoning to death, whipping and...

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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...

Amnesty International called on ASEAN member states to move human rights to the top of the agenda of the ASEAN summit, scheduled to take place this weekend in Thailand, if they are to demonstrate their commitment to the ASEAN Charter. “The treatment of the Rohingya boat people has highlighted the...

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Twenty-seven Acehnese asylum seekers in Malaysia are in danger of being forcibly returned to Aceh province in Indonesia, where they could be at risk of serious human rights violations, such as “disappearance”, incommunicado detention, torture and extrajudicial execution.

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...