Topic: amnesty
EU-India Summit: Global rights orgs call on EU to discuss activists’ arrests in India
Request to raise serious concerns and urge progress on the situation of human rights defenders during the upcoming 15th EU-India Summit of 15 July 2020
Police killings: TN Govt must end impunity for police officers, demands Amnesty
"The deaths of Jayaraj and Bennicks once again signal towards India’s continuing failure to hold its police accountable," reacting to the custodial death of a father-son duo in Tamil Nadu, Avinash Kumar, Executive Director of Amnesty International India said on Saturday.
In Poland activists at risk of 10-year imprisonment for challenging govt COVID-19 data
Charges brought by Polish authorities against two activists who face possible prison sentences of up to 10 years for a poster campaign should be immediately dropped said, Amnesty International.
25 international organizations write letter to Indian govt calling for release of student leaders
Twenty Five international organizations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and International Commission of Jurists wrote an open letter to India's Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding the immediate release of jailed rights activists and protesting students.
Coronavirus response flaws put older Rohingya refugees in imminent danger
Older Rohingya refugees in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh are being left behind in the humanitarian response to COVID-19, which could have devastating consequences given the high risks older people everywhere face from this deadly pandemic, Amnesty International said.
Twitter remains indifferent to reports of violence against women
The international organization said that Twitter has asked them for a clarification on the definition of “problematic” in accordance with “the need to protect free expression and ensure policies are clearly and narrowly drafted
