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Press Release
Filmmaker Sentenced To One Year In Prison In Myanmar For Facebook Post
Responding to the decision by the Insein Township Court to sentence filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi to one year in prison on charges of undermining the military, Nicholas Bequelin, Amnesty International’s Director for East and South East Asia, said:
August 29, 2019
Press Release
Google Must Fully Commit to Never Censor Search in China
Google must now go one step further and commit to never aid China’s large-scale censorship and surveillance. The company’s past evasiveness on this issue leaves the door open to future abuses. CEO Sundar Pichai should make a definitive statement that it will not engage in any project in China that undermines human rights full stop.
July 17, 2019
Press Release
Indonesia: Arrested after singing a song critical of military, ludicrous charges against pro-democracy activist must be dropped
Responding to the charges brought against pro-democracy activist and human rights defender Robertus Robet, who was detained in the night of 7 March for criticizing the Indonesian Military (TNI)
March 7, 2019
Press Release
Google Dragonfly plans further eroding users’ trust
Responding to reports by The Intercept that Google is still working on Project Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China
March 5, 2019
Press Release
Zimbabwe must drop absurd charges over Mugabe tweet
In response to a Zimbabwean court’s decision to grant bail to Martha O’Donovan, a US citizen who was detained last week after being accused of insulting President Robert Mugabe, Amnesty International Zimbabwe Executive Director Cousin Zilala said: “Martha O’Donovan should not have spent a single night in jail – expressing an opinion in a tweet is not a crime. Her arrest was the latest example of the Zimbabwean’s authorities’ utter contempt for freedom of expression.
November 9, 2017
Press Release
Palestine: Dangerous escalation in attacks on freedom of expression
The Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and their rivals, the de-facto Hamas administration in Gaza, have both tightened the noose on freedom of expression in recent months, launching a repressive clampdown on dissent that has seen journalists from opposition media outlets interrogated and detained in a bid to exert pressure on their political opponents, said Amnesty International.
August 23, 2017
Press Release
Dozens of news sites blocked as Egypt ramps up digital censorship
The Egyptian authorities have shifted their onslaught against media freedom to the digital sphere, blocking access to more than 40 news sites without justification in recent weeks, in an attempt to eliminate the country’s last remaining spaces for criticism and free expression, said Amnesty International.
June 13, 2017
Press Release
Pakistan: Quash conviction and death sentence for alleged blasphemy in Facebook post
Responding to an Anti-Terrorism court’s decision to convict and sentence to death a man for allegedly posting content on Facebook deemed to be ‘blasphemous,’ Amnesty International’s Pakistan campaigner, Nadia Rahman, said:
June 12, 2017
Press Release
Tech industry must speak out against Chinese censorship at World Internet Conference
Leaders from the tech industry gathering in Wuzhen, China, this week for the third World Internet Conference should send a clear message to the Chinese government that they are not prepared to be complicit in the widespread abuse of the rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
November 15, 2016
Press Release
Leaving Edward Snowden in limbo will be a stain on President Obama’s legacy
U.S. President Barack Obama should place himself on the right side of history by pardoning whistleblower Edward Snowden, who faces the possibility of decades in prison for speaking out to defend human rights, said Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch and a host of other organizations and individuals as they launched a global petition today.
September 14, 2016
Report
It’s Enough for People to Feel it Exists: Civil Society, Secrecy and Surveillance in Belarus
Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and dissent, said Amnesty International in a report published today.
July 6, 2016
Press Release
Belarus uses telecoms firms to stifle dissent
Belarus authorities are using phone networks run by some of the world’s biggest telecoms companies to stifle free speech and dissent, said Amnesty International in a report published today.
July 6, 2016