Tag: Amnesty International

Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Amnesty International: Right to life, public health demand extraordinary cooperation

Governments should stop blocking a temporary waiver of some global intellectual property rules that will help boost global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday ahead of a key World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva on December 10, 2020.
Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:45 UTC
Amnesty International: Major human rights events in the Americas 2019

Amnesty International has documented grave violations of human rights in 2019 in 24 countries across the Americas. Examples of the major human rights events analyzed include:
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Green activist Greta Thumberg receives Amnesty International's “Ambassadors of Conscience” award

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future youth movement received Amnesty International's “Ambassadors of Conscience” award on Monday, days before a major UN climate summit in New York.
Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 08:48 UTC
Purge at Amnesty International as abusive practices and toxic workplace conditions are exposed

Amnesty International is to lose most of its senior leadership team after a report said it had a “toxic” workplace. The human rights organization's secretary-general, Kumi Naidoo, ordered an independent review after two employees killed themselves last year. In the review, one staff member described Amnesty as having “a toxic culture of secrecy and mistrust”.
Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 08:31 UTC
Equal marriage controversy reaches BOTs: 5 out of 14 reluctant to approve the initiative

A report from the UK Parliament’s foreign affairs committee has called on the government to extend equal marriage to the British Overseas Territories. Although equal marriage was legalized in England and Wales in 2013, and Scotland in 2014, the laws did not automatically extend to the British Overseas Territories, which include Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.
Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:05 UTC
Chile pulls out of controversial UN migration pact

Chile has become the latest country to pull out of a controversial United Nations migration pact, its interior ministry indicated, provoking fury among opposition parties who accused Sebastian Piñera's government of “shameful and authoritarian” behavior.
Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 21:58 UTC
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi no longer deserving of Amnesty International award

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, once deemed worthy of Amnesty International's highest honour, was stripped the the human rights organization's Ambassador of Conscience Award, which she received in 2009, due to “shameful betrayal of the values she once stood for,” it was announced Tuesday.
Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 15:03 UTC
Malaysia to join list of countries that have abolished death penalty

Malaysia's government has pledged to amend the law and abolish capital punishment. It will also halt all pending executions, it was reported.
Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 11:26 UTC
Amnesty presses FIFA on Qatar's 'rampant migrant labor abuse'

Five years to the day since Qatar secured 2022 World Cup hosting rights, Amnesty International says the Gulf nation has done little to “address rampant migrant labor abuse”. Qatar has made pledges for labor reforms and the 2022 World Cup committee has introduced a workers’ charter. But the kafala system of tied employment has yet to be overhauled to ease restrictions on workers’ rights.
Friday, September 11th 2015 - 06:03 UTC
Venezuelan opposition leader sentenced to 13 years in prison; Unasur statement expected Friday

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was convicted inciting violence and sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for his leading role in the 2014 street protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro that spiralled into bloodshed, killing more than 40 people. A statement from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) is expected on Friday.