Ahead of the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s ongoing detention, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said:
Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas makes this submission in response to the Security Bureau’s public consultation on improving the laws on sexual offences in Hong Kong, launched in July 2026.
Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas makes this submission in response to the one-month public consultation on proposals to improve the laws on sexual offences in Hong Kong, launched by the Security Bureau on 7 July 2026.
This submission outlines Amnesty International’s concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (the Convention) in Hong Kong, in advance of the Committee on the Rights of the Child’s (the Committee) adoption of the list of issues and subsequent review of Hong Kong. It aims to assist the Committee by highlighting ongoing children’s rights concerns in Hong Kong, while not seeking to provide an exhaustive assessment of all children’s rights issues.
Reacting to the crossing of tens of thousands of people, including children, from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and the reported deaths of 43 people, Esteban Beltrán, Director of Amnesty International Spain, said:
Responding to today’s appeal decision overturning the murder conviction of a woman who had a later abortion while reducing the sentences of medical staff, Amnesty International Korea’s Executive Director HeeKyoung Cho said:
Responding to the reported arrest of five people in police raids on two independent bookstores in Hong Kong today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said:
On World Refugee Day, Amnesty International calls on Chinese authorities to end their long-standing practice of pressuring states to forcibly return refugees and asylum seekers. Such actions contribute to violations of human rights obligations under the Convention against Torture (CAT), including the absolute prohibition of refoulement, and undermine the customary international law ban on returning individuals to a real risk of serious harm. They also have a chilling effect on freedom of opinion and expression and on human rights activism both within China and around the world.
Responding to the Hong Kong government gazetting legislation that makes clear the city’s Chief Executive can designate certain criminal cases as national security cases, Joey Siu, the spokesperson of Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas, said:
The Cambodian government’s high-profile crackdown on scamming compounds has failed to dismantle the vast majority of sites in the country or protect and support thousands of people subjected to human trafficking, torture and slavery, Amnesty International said in a new report released today.
On 4 June 1989, Chinese troops opened fire on students, workers and others who had been peacefully protesting for political reform in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. The demonstrations, which began in April, called for an end to corruption, greater political accountability, and respect for freedoms such as expression and assembly. Protesters gathered in large numbers, engaging in marches, sit-ins and hunger strikes, largely in a peaceful manner.
Responding to reports that Chinese authorities have barred the mothers of protesters killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown from visiting their loved ones’ graves on this week’s anniversary of the atrocity, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: