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Human Rights in China
China has emerged as a powerful force on the world stage. It is now the fourth largest economy in the world, Australia's biggest trading partner and plays a lead role in global politics and economics. But despite the political and economic triumphs, human rights are still not part of China in 2008.
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Refugees' Human Rights
Millions of people around the world have no choice but to flee their homeland to escape persecution and conflict. Refugees seek asylum in other countries so they can rebuild their lives, free from fear and violence. Because of the reasons they are forced to leave, they are often unable to obtain proper passports and visas.
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Torture and Terror
Human rights have come under attack from armed groups and governments in all parts of the world. Amnesty International condemns the atrocities committed by groups such as al-Qa'ida, and we strongly believe the people who carry out these cruel and criminal acts must be brought to justice.
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Stop Violence Against Women
Violence against women is the most widespread human rights abuse in the world. Every day, thousands of women and girls are abused in their own homes. They are raped in armed conflict or murdered by their families. They are attacked for speaking out, for defending womens' rights.
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Abolish the Death Penalty
The death penalty violates the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It has no place in a modern criminal justice system.
Amnesty International Australia is opposed to the use of the death penalty, anywhere, for any reason.
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Human Rights Education
Our human rights education program is aimed at promoting a greater focus on human rights in schools. Key projects are:
- Publishing a new curriculum resource, Human Rights today.
- Developing China, the Olympics and Human Rights
- Developing a professional learning program for teachers.
- Teachers' guide accompanying 'Human Rights today'.
- Lesson plans.
Campaign blogs
Chinese net users on the BBC
The BBC's news pages (in English only) have been available to Chinese internet users and the comments are starting to flow as people in China take the opportunity to read what 'the West has to say'.
Leaving fear behind in Tibet
Amateur filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen wanted the world to know what Tibetans thought about the Olympics. Now he and his assistant, Buddhist monk Golog Jigme, are in jail.
Rights advocate safely home after Games detention
Human rights activist Zeng Jinyan, who with her baby daughter disappeared the day before the Olympics opened, returned home over the weekend.
Continue reading Rights advocate safely home after Games detention
Journalists still struggle to enter Tibet
Five months after the violent unrest in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the region's still difficult to access if you are a foreign journalist. So France24's reporter went in as a tourist.
China in the headlines – 27 August 2008
In the latest wrap-up from news outlets and bloggers across the globe:
The Olympics were a great success in organisational terms, but they were full of falsehoods from the start.
Well-known Tibetan blogger Woeser is arrested by police.
A group of US protestors say Chinese authorities accused them of having ties with the US government, deprived them of sleep and interrogated them for hours.
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