Annual Report 2011
The state of the world's human rights

Regional News

from Asia and the pacific

19 July 2011

Court upholds government decision to reject plans for the expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery finding that the project violated the country's environmental laws.

11 July 2011

Malaysia's Prime Minister should be told during his UK visit this week that Saturday's violence against peaceful protesters was unacceptable.

09 July 2011

The Malaysian authorities must immediately release hundreds of protesters arrested for taking part in a peaceful pro-reform rally in Kuala Lumpur.

08 July 2011

"Shoot on sight" is a recipe for disaster in Karachi says Amnesty International, after sectarian violence reportedly kills as many as 95.

07 July 2011

The Indian Supreme Court's decision to ban state-sponsored civil militias must be implemented immediately.

07 July 2011

Pakistani authorities must stop a rising wave of targeted killings around the country and bring to account those responsible.

05 July 2011

The Indian health minister's description of homosexuality as a "disease" encourages discrimination.

04 July 2011

Two years on from riots and mass arrests in Xinjiang, the Chinese authorities continue to silence those speaking out on abuses

30 June 2011

China's efforts to control and suppress human rights lawyers have intensified recently, according to a new Amnesty International report.

30 June 2011

More than 100 have been arrested or questioned ahead of a reform rally, with 30 now accused of "waging war against the king."

25 June 2011

Trio who had been subjected to enforced disappearance along with the Chinese artist released, but other dissidents remain in detention.

23 June 2011

Three of artist Ai Weiwei’s associates are still missing, presumed in secret detention, despite the conditional release of Ai and his cousin

22 June 2011

The artist's release on bail must not diminish the international outcry about other activists detained during this year’s ‘Jasmine’ crackdown

17 June 2011

A group of rejected Sri Lankan asylum seekers, most of them Tamil, have been taken for questioning in Colombo after being forcibly returned from the UK.

16 June 2011

A group of Sri Lankan asylum seekers facing deportation from the UK today are at risk of torture in their home country.

16 June 2011

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, who is wanted for genocide and other serious abuses, is due to visit China this month.

15 June 2011

A Uighur man who reported a death in custody is at risk of torture following his extradition from Kazakhstan.

14 June 2011

UK broadcaster Channel 4 is airing ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’, a harrowing documentary exposing new evidence of war crimes committed during the civil war. 

13 June 2011

Wanted by the ICC for genocide and war crimes, President Omar Al-Bashir has been invited to an economic forum by the Malaysian government.

09 June 2011

A 25-year old student has been shot dead by Karachi Rangers, a paramilitary police force under the authority of the Interior Ministry.

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Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly...
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Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly...
Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly...
Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly...