Amnesty International

17 Jun 2013

International human rights advocacy group Amnesty International has launched a Chinese-language website as part of its efforts to reach out to a Chinese-speaking audience, even though the site...

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Refugees and migrants face rising dangers

23 May 2013

Amnesty International said on Thursday millions of people who have fled conflict or persecution, and migrants who have left home in search of work, have suffered abuses at the hands of state...

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Talking points

27 Mar 2013

The academic behind plans for an Occupy Central pro-democracy campaign in summer fleshes out his proposal. Dr Benny Tai Yiu-ting, an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong,...

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UN must refer Syria war crimes to ICC, says Amnesty

14 Mar 2013

The UN Security Council must refer war crimes committed by both sides in Syria’s two-year conflict to the International Criminal Court, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

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Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps

22 Jan 2013

Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

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Chinese International School's student human rights group

9 Dec 2012

Students in their final school year usually have little time to pay attention to anything outside the immediate demands of projects, exams and trying to keep sane under a hectic schedule.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Amnesty London staff strike over changes

The church hall in central London was standing-room only, the atmosphere charged. In a room draped in banners carrying the slogan "Workers' Rights are Human Rights", a union official summed up the...

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Amnesty International criticises Iran on hangings

Iran has hanged 10 people convicted of drug trafficking, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, in part of what rights group Amnesty International called a "state killing spree".

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Beijing must heed rural discontent over land grabs

The downfall of Bo Xilai has dominated headlines. Yet as China prepares for a change in leadership, there is another tale of abuse of power that continues unabated - the forced eviction of people...

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HOUSING

China forced evictions on the rise, Amnesty finds

Violent forced evictions are increasing in China as local governments seek to pay off debts by seizing land and selling usage rights to property developers, Amnesty International said in a report...

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CAMBODIA

Amnesty International decries 20-year jail term for activist Mam Sonando

A prominent critic of Cambodia's government was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday for an alleged secessionist plot, dismaying rights campaigners who decried the verdict as politically...

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Briefs, September 23, 2012

Police arrest 8 suspects in anti-terrorism raid

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