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Indonesia: ‘Slap on the wrist’ for police violence in Papua is accountability failure »
JAKARTA, Indonesia/24 November 2011–The fact that eight Indonesian police officers involved in a violent crackdown on a peaceful gathering that left three dead have only been given written warnings, is a failure of human rights accountability, Amnesty International said today. The warnings were given after an internal disciplinary hearing on 22 November found that the [...]
ASEAN: Set Benchmarks for Burma on Rights »
MANILA, Philippines/17 November 2011–The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should set clear human rights benchmarks for Burma as a condition for its chairmanship of the regional grouping in 2014, Human Rights Watch said today. These benchmarks should include the immediate release of all political prisoners, the repeal of laws used to repress peaceful dissent, [...]
