Yang Hengjun faces possible death sentence for espionage
Writer has reportedly already endured more than 300 separate interrogations
‘The charges against Yang appear to be a politically-motivated prosecution for articles he wrote that were critical of the Chinese government’ - Joshua Rosenzweig
Amnesty International has for the first time carried out investigative field research on Aotearoa New Zealand soil. It follows a number of reports of the ill-treatment of people in prison, including people who’ve sought asylum here. The report clearly establishes that the Government has repeatedly violated the human rights of people seeking asylum.
Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza must not repeat violations of international humanitarian law that led to killing and maiming of civilians and destruction of homes and infrastructure in previous rounds of fighting, said Amnesty International today.
Responding to news of the conviction and three-year jail term handed down by a Myanmar court to Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) journalist Min Nyo for his reporting on the post-coup reality in Myanmar on 12 May, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Southeast & East Asia, Emerlynne Gil, said:
