Sri Lanka: Jailed Sri Lankan journalist released on bail
JS Tissainayagam was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on terrorism charges last year, after criticizing the government.

Human rights in Afghanistan must be guaranteed during Taleban talks
Human rights must not be compromised during reconciliation talks with the Taleban, Amnesty International said on the eve of a conference on deteriorating security conditions in the country.

China must reveal fate of Uighur asylum-seekers
Amnesty International has called on the Chinese authorities to reveal the whereabouts of 20 ethnic Uighur asylum-seekers who were forcibly deported from Cambodia to China on 19 December

Nepal must bar human rights violators from UN peacekeeping missions
Amnesty International has called on Nepal?s government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate in the United Nations peace kee

Police violence and illegal evictions near Papua New Guinean gold mine must be investigated
Police in Papua New Guinea burnt down homes and threatened people with guns while illegally evicting them from land next to one of the country's biggest gold mines.