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Myanmar: Genuine press freedom must follow release of Reuters journalists

Responding to news of the amnesty and release of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s East and Southeast Asia Director said the following.

May 7, 2019
TOPSHOT - Reuters journalists Wa Lone (L) and Kyaw Soe Oo gesture as they walk to Insein prison gate after being freed in a presidential amnesty in Yangon on May 7, 2019. - Two Reuters journalists who had been jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison on May 7, freed in a presidential amnesty after a global campaign for their release. (Photo by ANN WANG / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANN WANG/AFP/Getty Images)

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Myanmar: Reuters journalists’ rejected appeal a tragic denial of justice

Responding to the decision by Myanmar’s Supreme Court to uphold the conviction and seven year prison sentence of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Nicholas Bequelin Amnesty International’s…

April 23, 2019
Reuters journalist Wa Lone (C) is escorted by police out of a court in Yangon on August 27, 2018. - A Myanmar court postponed ruling on August 27 whether two Reuters journalists, Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28 violated a state secrets law while reporting on the Rohingya crisis, a judge said, with a new date set for next week. (Photo by YE AUNG THU / AFP) (Photo credit should read YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images)

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill December Edition

To view PDF click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill December Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  December 6, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on…

December 6, 2018

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Myanmar: Rohingya returns plan puts thousands at risk

Bangladesh and Myanmar authorities must immediately halt plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Rakhine State, Amnesty International said today.

November 14, 2018
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine state arrive near the Khanchon border crossing near the Bangaldeshi town of Teknaf on Septebmer 5, 2017. Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said September 5, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps. The UN said 123,600 had crossed the border in the past 11 days from Myanmar's violence-wracked Rakhine state. / AFP PHOTO / K M Asad (Photo credit should read K M ASAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill November Edition

Human Rights on Capitol Hill November Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  November 13, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill: 1) President…

November 13, 2018

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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty’s highest honor

Amnesty International announced today that it has withdrawn its highest honor, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Aung San Suu Kyi, in light of the Myanmar leader’s shameful betrayal of…

November 12, 2018
Aung San Suu Kyi collects the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience award (2009) at the Electric Burma Concert held her in honour in Dublin, Ireland, 18 June 2012. Aung San Suu Kyi was presented with the award by Bono and Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty.

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Human Rights on Capitol Hill October Edition

To view PDF click here: Human Rights on Capitol Hill October Human Rights on Capitol Hill published by Amnesty International USA  October 9, 2018  In this edition of Human Rights on…

October 9, 2018