Torture and Terror
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Thousands of people have been locked up in secret detention centres, tortured or have disappeared in the war against terrorism. We firmly uphold that all counter-terrorism measures that erode human rights must stop.
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NSW Ombudsman calls for review the use of Taser weapons
In his report handed to Parliament yesterday, NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour calls for a 2 year review of the use of electroshock weapons such as Tasers by NSW police forces.
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Reform needed to anti-terror legislation
The Rudd Government to bring Australia’s anti-terror laws into line with international human rights standards. This includes the control order regime under which former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks is attempting to live his life.
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Thomas not guilty of receiving al-Qaeda funds
Amnesty International is pleased with the Supreme Court's finding that Jack Thomas is not guilty of receiving funds from al-Qaeda. We have been involved in his case for a number of years.
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The arrest of Augusto Pinochet: 10 years on
The arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London on 16 October 1998 was a milestone in Amnesty International's work for international justice. On the tenth anniversary of Pinochet's arrest, we celebrate the dramatic impact it has had on the search for justice both in Chile and in other cases of human rights violation internationally.
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Judge orders Guantanamo Uighurs be allowed into US
In a triumph for the rule of a law, a federal judge has ordered the US to immediately free 17 Chinese Uighurs who have been held in Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years, and allow them into the US.
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School attendance and welfare: another blow to human rights
Under new legislation passed by the Australian Government, the principal carers of children who miss school regularly could have their welfare payments stopped for up to three months. This policy targets Indigenous people without seeking to address the underlying causes of Indigenous disadvantage.
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