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Vietnamese human rights activist Father Ly - temporarily allowed to leave detention on 16 March - should be unconditionally and permanently released.
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Recommendations to pass legislation that does not reinstate rights protections in the NT will perpetuate discrimination and disempowerment.

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18 March 2010, 09:16AM Be the first to comment
More needs to be done to improve accountability for civilian casualties of military operations in Afghanistan.
17 March 2010, 11:23AM Be the first to comment
Indian authorities must act on vital findings of an official team into abuses of human rights and violations of forest laws by Vedanta Resources’ companies in their bauxite mining and alumina refinery projects in Orissa.
17 March 2010, 09:32AM Be the first to comment
Amnesty International has written to President Jose Ramos-Horta on following his meeting with our interim Secretary General, Claudio Cordone, in the UK.
17 March 2010, 08:50AM Be the first to comment
Vietnamese human rights activist and Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, should be unconditionally and permanently released.
12 March 2010, 03:08PM Be the first to comment
Senate Committee recommendation will perpetuate discrimination and disempowerment amongst large numbers of Indigenous peoples.
12 March 2010, 02:16PM Be the first to comment
Insurgent groups must end the policy of targeting international and national humanitarian agencies
11 March 2010, 05:31PM 4 comments - add yours
Legislation has passed though the Australian Senate that explicitly prohibits torture and ensures that states are unable to reinstate the death penalty.
11 March 2010, 04:33PM 4 comments - add yours
Sending asylum seekers back to refugee camps would place Australia in direct contravention of the UN Refugee Convention.
11 March 2010, 12:13PM Be the first to comment
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have released a joint statement calling on the Sri Lankan government to end its harassment of journalists and activists.
11 March 2010, 11:56AM Be the first to comment
New law in Burma bars all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, from belonging to a political party. This means they will be barred from contesting upcoming national elections.
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