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  • Release or fair trials for all remaining Guantanamo detainees

    As nine more detainees were freed from Guantanamo, Amnesty International reiterated that the Guantanamo detentions are a travesty of justice.

  • Time to end the lethal lottery of India’s death penalty system

    The first major study into India's legal judgements on death penalty cases has revealed that the system is riddled with fatal flaws and that the only remedy is to abolish the death penalty completely, said the study authors in New Delhi on 2 May.

  • World Press Freedom Day

    Amnesty International's Great Firewall of China will travel to Hobart this weekend, to symbolise the struggle for media freedom in China. World Press Freedom Day is an opportunity to celebrate and evaluate the fundamental right to expression, and Amnesty International calls on the Chinese authorities to end the persecution of journalists.

  • Sami Al Hajj has been released from Guantanamo

    Sami Al Hajj, the 39-year-old Sudanese Al Jazeera cameraman who had been held in US custody since December 2001, has finally been transferred back to Sudan from Guantanamo.

  • Same-sex discrimination removed

    We welcome the Attorney-General’s announcement that it will be introducing laws to remove discrimination against same-sex relationships from federal legislation.

  • World Press Freedom Day: Saturday 3 May

    Amnesty International will create a giant wall in Hobart's Salamanca Square on Saturday 3 May, to symbolise the struggle for media freedom in China.

  • At least 14 arrests in Viet Nam under the excuse of Olympic torch relay

    Using the Olympic torch as an excuse to crack down on peaceful critics is yet another bitter twist in Viet Nam's pattern of repressing legitimate and peaceful dissent.

  • Respect the rights and safety of demonstrators in Turkey

    On the eve of planned May Day demonstrations in many Turkish cities, Amnesty International calls upon the Turkish authorities to ensure that the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is respected and law enforcement officers use force only where strictly necessary and only to the extent required to perform their duties.

  • Call for independent investigation into killings by Israeli Forces

    Amnesty International is again calling on the Israeli government to end reckless attacks by its forces on populated areas and to order an immediate, independent investigation into strikes on 28 April in Gaza which killed six Palestinians, including four children under five and their mother.

  • National Close the Gap Day

    Federal, state and territory governments have finally committed to Close the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health in Australia. Amnesty International have proudly joined the Close the Gap coalition alongside over 40 Indigenous and non-Indigenous organisations.

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