MIL-OSI NGOs: UK: Natural History Museum must justify hosting Saudi Arabia event
Source: Amnesty International – Event comes amid intense concern over Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and an ongoing crackdown in Saudi Arabia Commenting on the Natural History Museum’s hosting of a reception by the Saudi Arabian authorities this evening, Polly Truscott, Amnesty International UK’s Foreign Affairs expert, said: “As a prestigious UK institution with an international profile, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Myanmar: Journalists arrested in ‘another alarming assault on press freedom’
Source: Amnesty International – 10 Oct 2018, 01:02pm Responding to the arrest of journalists Nayi Min, Kyaw Zaw Linn and Phyo Wai Win in Myanmar today, Tirana Hassan, Amnesty International’s Director of Crisis Response, said: “These arrests are yet another alarming assault on press freedom in Myanmar, and demonstrate that the authorities in the country are growing […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Sympathy for Clare Curran
Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Sympathy for Clare Curran Dr Bryce Edwards. It is very hard not to feel sympathy for Clare Curran. The minister was obviously not coping with her job, and scrutiny from the National Party opposition and the media. She was clear about that herself in her statement, saying she found it an […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Egypt: 75 death sentences and heavy jail terms handed down in ‘disgraceful’ mass trial
Source: Amnesty International – Photojournalist ‘Shawkan’ among those given prison sentences ‘The Egyptian authorities should be ashamed’ – Najia Bounaim Amnesty International has condemned as “disgraceful” a series of sentences handed down in Egypt today in a mass trial related to participation in the Rabaa sit-in in Cairo during August 2013. Earlier this morning, Cairo […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: South Sudan: sentencing of soldiers for Juba hotel attack welcomed
Source: Amnesty International – 06 Sep 2018, 11:46am Journalist murdered and aid workers gang-raped in the Terrain Hotel attack in 2016 ‘Today’s convictions and sentences represent a first step towards ending chronic impunity in South Sudan’ – Seif Magango Following the conviction and sentencing of ten South Sudanese soldiers in connection with the killing of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI NGOs: Northern Ireland: deep concern at arrest of investigative journalists
Source: Amnesty International – 31 Aug 2018, 01:58pm Amnesty International has said it is deeply concerned at the reported arrest of two investigative journalists in Northern Ireland. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey, who worked on the documentary film ‘No Stone Unturned’ about the 1994 Loughinisland massacre, have been arrested and are being questioned by […]
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