Russia: authorities using 'scorched-earth' tactics against independent media
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Russia: authorities using 'scorched-earth' tactics against independent media Description: We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
UK: Anything less than a full visa waiver for Ukrainian refugees should be 'binned'
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: UK: Anything less than a full visa waiver for Ukrainian refugees should be 'binned' Description: Even under this new scheme, the grounds for entering the UK are still extremely narrow.
Provider: Reuters Type: Link Title: Ukraine and Russia agree on evacuation corridors as U.S. punishes oligarchs Description: Russia and Ukraine agreed on Thursday to the need for humanitarian corridors to help civilians escape Moscow's eight-day-old invasion, the first apparent progress in talks, as the United States added to Western sanctions on more oligarchs.
Provider: The New York Times Type: Link Title: Russian forces fire on evacuees, leaving 4 people dead outside Kyiv. Description: The attack in Irpin, west of the capital, suggested either direct targeting of evacuees or disregard for the risk of civilian casualties.
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Many old people and those with disabilities trapped Description: “Regrettably, humanitarian corridors are needed urgently"
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Media regulator Roskomnadzor appears to have blocked access Description: ‘The Kremlin is showing that it can’t stomach the truth’
Hong Kong: Jail threat to UK group signals 'disturbing expansion' of crackdown
Provider: Amnesty International Type: Link Title: Hong Kong: Closure of prominent rights group signals worrying domino effect Description: Responding to today’s disbandment of the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), a prominent coalition of Hong Kong rights groups and organizer of many large-scale protests in the city over the past two decades, the head of Amnesty International’s China team, Joshua Rosenzweig, said: “Days after Hong Kong lost its biggest teachers’ union, the city’s leading […]
Hong Kong: Jail threat to UK group signals 'disturbing expansion' of crackdown
Provider: Amnesty International Type: Link Title: Hong Kong: Demise of vigil group shows marking Tiananmen crackdown will not be tolerated Description: Responding to the disbandment of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (Hong Kong Alliance), which has organized Hong Kong’s Tiananmen commemoration vigil for the past 30 years, Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director Yamini Mishra said: “For 32 years, the Chinese government has sought to censor all mention of the Tiananmen […]
Hong Kong: Jail threat to UK group signals 'disturbing expansion' of crackdown
Provider: Amnesty International Type: Link Title: Hong Kong: Disbandment of teachers’ union signals intensifying crackdown on independent labour organizations Description: Responding to the disbandment of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU), which cited “enormous pressure” from the authorities as a factor in its decision, the head of Amnesty International’s China team, Joshua Rosenzweig, said: “The rapid demise of Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union in the face of increasing hostility from the Hong Kong and […]
Hong Kong: Jail threat to UK group signals 'disturbing expansion' of crackdown
Provider: Amnesty International Type: Link Title: Hong Kong: Apple Daily closure is dark day for press freedom Description: Announcement follows freezing of newspaper's assets and arrests of staff by national security police.
Hong Kong: Jail threat to UK group signals 'disturbing expansion' of crackdown
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Hong Kong: Jail threat to UK group signals 'disturbing expansion' of crackdown Description: We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
