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Govt fails to heed lessons of the Intervention

Published on 8/12/2011

New legislation set to extend Interventionist policies

Urgent Action News December 2011

Published on 29/11/2011

Read about the latest results of our Urgent Action appeals.

Homelands: The “art + soul” of the outback

Published on 28/11/2011

A combined review of ABC documentary series "art + soul" & Amnesty International Australia's Homelands report

Another big turn out for ‘Our Generation’ on the Central Coast

Published on 28/11/2011

The AIA Web team speaks with Steve Turner from the Central Coast group about their fundraiser screening of Our Generation

‘Summertime’ Concert in Avalon

Published on 28/11/2011

Celebrate the end of the year by joining the Avalon Action Group for the 'Loosely Woven' free Concert.

Serious violations of human rights persist in Sri Lanka

Published on 22/11/2011

Senthorun Raj, NSW Branch President, presented Amnesty International's statement on human rights in Sri Lanka at the Australian Tamil Congress and Global Tamil Forum on 20 October 2011.

Best Campaign Film of 2011, London Documentary Film Festival

Another big turn out for ‘Our Generation’ on the Central Coast

Published on 10/11/2011

The AIA Web team speaks with Steve Turner from the Central Coast group about their fundraiser screening of Our Generation

Barbara Shaw, spokesperson for the Intervention Rollback Action Group in Alice Springs and resident of Mt Nancy Town camp

Guest speaker Barbara Shaw meets with the NSW Demand Dignity Network

Published on 30/10/2011

The Indigenous activist brings home the message from the town camps: any developments in the NT need to be in collaboration wih Aboriginal people.

Prison doors open in Burma

Published on 26/10/2011

The recent release of 200 political prisoners in Burma - including comedian Zarganar, labour rights activist Su Su Nway and 2007 Saffron Revolution demonstrator Zaw Htet Ko Ko - is a step forward for human rights, but several hundred more remain behind bars.