Report
Remaking Rakhine State
Myanmar’s Rakhine State is being militarized at an alarming pace, as authorities are building security force bases and bulldozing land…
March 11, 2018
Press Release
Myanmar: Forced starvation of Rohingya highlights danger of premature returns
Reacting to the UN’s claim that Myanmar is continuing its campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya including through “forced starvation”,…
March 6, 2018
Press Release
Baby Separated From Family by ICE Reunited with Mother, Father Remains Unfairly Detained
Three months after being separated from his father by ICE, one-year-old Mateo has been released into the custody of his…
February 9, 2018
Report
Punishment not protection: Australia’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea
The Australian government has abandoned hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers, leaving them in a situation that more closely resembles…
January 31, 2018
Press Release
DHS Imposes Further Restrictions on Refugees, Leaving Thousands in Peril
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced further restrictions on refugees as a result of a 90-day review of…
January 29, 2018
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Marks First Anniversary of Muslim Ban
A year ago tomorrow President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United…
January 26, 2018
Press Release
Yemen: ‘Heart-breaking’ mass drowning a symptom of devastating conflict and humanitarian crisis
Responding to reports that at least 30 Somali and Ethiopian refugees and migrants drowned after leaving the coast of south-western…
January 26, 2018
Press Release
Bangladesh/Myanmar: Postponing returns arrangement provides temporary relief for Rohingya refugees
The government of Bangladesh’s announcement that it is to postpone the return of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar is a welcome…
January 22, 2018
Press Release
Bangladesh: Rohingya refugees must not be relocated to uninhabitable island
The Bangladesh government must abandon all plans to relocate more than 100,000 Rohingya refugees on to an uninhabitable island, Amnesty…
November 28, 2017
Report
No Safe Place: LGBTI Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans Seeking Asylum in Mexico
The lives and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI) from violence-ridden El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras…
November 27, 2017
Press Release
Amnesty International Responds to Tillerson’s Myanmar Meetings
In response to Secretary Tillerson’s meetings with government and military officials in Myanmar, Joanne Lin, national director of advocacy and government relations…
November 15, 2017
Press Release
Manus Island: Court ruling jeopardizes lives
Critical services - including food, water and medical treatment - must be restored to the more than 600 refugees and…
November 7, 2017