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Refugees' Human Rights

Positive Changes for Asylum Seekers

GrahameB
2 July 2009, 02:56PM

New work permit regulations will greatly aid many asylum seekers who are struggling to survive without paid employment.

woman and child crossing the border into South Africa
© AP Photo/Themba Hadebe

Refugees' Human Rights

Zimbabwean Refugees face further hardship in South Africa

GrahameB
1 July 2009, 03:21PM

Incidences of abuse, discrimination and rape are not uncommon for desparate Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa.

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Refugees' Human Rights

One step closer to ending detention debt

AlexPags
26 June 2009, 09:31AM

Amnesty International congratulates the Australian Parliament for passing a bill to end the damaging practice of charging asylum seekers the costs of their detention.

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© Brennan Linsley/AP Photo.

Torture and Terror

Freedom for Four Uighurs

AloysiaB
22 June 2009, 10:33AM

After seven years of unlawful detention in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, four of the Uighurs have finally been released into Bermuda.

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Torture and Terror

Amnesty urges caution on stun guns

Deb
15 June 2009, 03:23PM

Amnesty International Australia is extremely concerned by the recent announcement that the NSW State Government plans to distribute electro-shock weapons to all front line police officers from 1 July 2009.

Blindfolded man
© US DoD Source: New York Times

Torture and Terror

Padilla to see civil remedy

AloysiaB
15 June 2009, 10:49AM

A US District Court Judge has allowed a civil case to proceed which holds John Yoo, one of the authors of the now notorious "torture memo's", liable for approving the alleged torture and ill-treatment and illegal detention of Jose Padilla.

woman in Lagos
© Amnesty International

Stop Violence Against Women

Getting to the heart of violence

HannahH
11 June 2009, 10:40AM

What’s the right to water got to do with violence against women? Read the latest report by the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and find out.

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Refugees' Human Rights

Senator queries Christmas Island detention policy

AlexPags
5 June 2009, 05:06PM

The Amnesty International 2009 Annual Report was recently used in a Senate hearing to highlight the continuing problems with detaining asylum seekers, including over 80 children, on Christmas Island.

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Torture and Terror

Another Death at Guantanamo

AloysiaB
3 June 2009, 09:03AM

A US Military spokesperson has announced the death of 31-year-old Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, also known as Al Hanashi in an apparent suicide on Monday night (1st June).

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Refugees' Human Rights

Refugees in Turkey denied protection

AlexPags
28 May 2009, 11:08AM

Amnesty International has released a report highlighting the many dangers facing people seeking protection in Turkey.

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