A taxi driver accused of the high profile rape and murder of young women in Rangoon was handed the death penalty.
Tag: Amnesty International
Junta blocks release of Amnesty report on torture in Thailand
Amnesty International vows to continue to investigate torture in Thailand after being forced to cancel a press conference to release a report into widespread allegations.
Thai junta allows 'culture of torture' to flourish: Amnesty
Amnesty International says Thailand’s military government has allowed a “culture of torture” to flourish since the army seized power in a 2014 coup.
Plight of Rohingya women raised at CEDAW review
Discrimination against Rohingya women is raised as a key concern as Burma’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women comes under review in…
Amnesty report demands new laws for a new government
Amnesty International calls on the incoming NLD-led government to break the “vicious cycle of political arrests” with new laws.
Rohingya victims of global assault on rights in 2015: Amnesty
Amnesty International said on Wednesday as it warned that many governments were brazenly breaking international law.