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Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: renewed concern for the Montagnard minority

Amnesty International is reiterating recommendations to the Vietnamese government that were first made in December 2002 to address the serious human rights situation in the Central Highlands. The organization believes that greater transparency including immediate and unfettered access to the Central Highlands for independent observers are essential first steps to ascertain the truth about recent … Continue reading Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: renewed concern for the Montagnard minority

Myanmar: the Rohingya minority: fundamental rights denied

This report is based on almost 50 testimonies taken from Rohingyas which were made available to Amnesty International during the last year. These interviews were conducted in private and in confidence in accordance with the organization’s general terms of reference for primary research. Information from other reliable and credible sources is also used to corroborate … Continue reading Myanmar: the Rohingya minority: fundamental rights denied

People’s Republic of China: Uighurs fleeing persecution as China wages its war on terror

The first section of this report gives an overview of the human rights situation in the XUAR, including recent developments in China’s official propaganda campaign against terrorism. The second section describes the plight of Uighurs in other countries, including those who apply for asylum. According to Amnesty International’s research, several disturbing trends have emerged or … Continue reading People’s Republic of China: Uighurs fleeing persecution as China wages its war on terror

Belarus and Uzbekistan: the last executioners: the trend towards abolition in the former Soviet space

This document includes reports and concerns relating to people seeking asylum from the death panalty, for religious or political crimes.

Thailand: memorandum on human rights concerns

Includes particular concerns regarding the rights of refugees

Myanmar: lack of security in counter-insurgency areas

This document is a summary of human rights violations in some parts of eastern Myanmar during the last 18 months which migrants reported to Amnesty International. One section of the report also examines several cases of abuses of civilians by armed opposition groups fighting against the Myanmar military. Finally, this document describes various aspects of … Continue reading Myanmar: lack of security in counter-insurgency areas

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam/Kingdom of Cambodia: no sanctuary: the plight of Montagnard minority

In February 2001, thousands of people from indigenous minorities, collectively known as Montagnards, held protests in the Vietnamese Central Highlands focusing on a number of grievances, including anger at government confiscation of their ancestral forest homelands, an influx of lowland Vietnamese settlers taking their agricultural land, lack of freedom of worship for the many who … Continue reading Socialist Republic of Viet Nam/Kingdom of Cambodia: no sanctuary: the plight of Montagnard minority

Bosnia-Herzegovina: all the way home: safe minority returns as a just remedy and for a secure future

This document gives the background to Amnesty International’s concerns about the current obstacles to minority return in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the organization’s objections to involuntary return to majority areas, including the ending of temporary protection for refugees.