Amnesty International Australia

China further tightens net control over Beijing activists

13 March 2008, 10:31AM

Intensified censorship and attacks and abductions of peaceful activists by suspected security officials in Beijing make a mockery of official promises to improve human rights in the run-up to the Olympics.

Public executions by North Korea is another injustice

7 March 2008, 12:32PM

We condemn the North Korean authorities for executing 15 people in public for illegally crossing the border with China.

China pressures activist

11 February 2008, 12:06PM

Chinese authorities are putting pressure on human rights activist Hu Jia to plead guilty to crimes against national security and we are gravely concerned by this.

China should stop executions, not expand the use of lethal injection

7 January 2008, 10:11AM

We strongly condemn the expansion of China's lethal injection program and call on the Chinese authorities to accelerate the abolition of the death penalty.

Amnesty appeals to the Olympic Committee Executive Board

11 December 2007, 03:04PM

Ahead of the forthcoming International Olympic Committee Executive Board meeting in Switzerland (10-12 Dec), Amnesty International urges the Committee to ensure that human rights concerns are addressed in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

Human Rights Day

10 December 2007, 12:05AM

Today on Monday 10 December we celebrate Human Rights Day.

This date commemorates the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948.

Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real

9 December 2007, 11:46PM

A message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007.

New Government has an opportunity to make human rights gains

28 November 2007, 01:23PM

The newly elected Australian Federal Government has a responsibility to ensure the principles set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are upheld.

Human rights in the ASEAN Charter and beyond

23 November 2007, 01:47PM

Amnesty International welcomes the inclusion of a commitment within the Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at its 13th Summit to establish a regional human rights body, but urges more transparency.

Olympics build-up: China’s cruel detention laws must end

18 October 2007, 09:34AM

Amnesty International has published an open letter to the Standing Committee of China's legislature and highest state body, at the 17th National People's Congress. With the Beijing Olympics less than a year away, we call for an end to 'Re-education Through Labour' - China's cruel form of detention imposed without charge, trial or judicial review.

Tibetan child detainees at risk of torture

16 October 2007, 12:49PM

Four Tibetan children aged 15 years are at grave risk of torture on suspicion of writing pro-Tibetan independence slogans. We have long-standing concerns about arbitrary detention without charge or trial, as well as the ill-treatment of detainees in Tibet. We demand the immediate release of these children and call on the Chinese authorities to launch an investigation into this brutal treatment.

Lethal injections break ethical oath

5 October 2007, 02:00PM

Doctors and nurses should not participate in executions ordered by the state in breach of their ethical oath, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

PM should raise human rights concerns with China

5 September 2007, 12:37PM

This week's 15th APEC Economic Leaders Summit provides a unique opportunity to pursue significant human rights matters with key States. Amnesty International Australia has written to the Prime Minister to highlight several human rights issues of key concern in China, which we hope will be pursued during scheduled meetings with President Hu Jintao.

One year for China to meet its human rights promises

8 August 2007, 04:37PM

As the one year countdown begins, time is running out for the Chinese government to fulfill its promise of promoting human rights as part of the Olympics legacy.

High court upholds life imprisonment of Canadian Uighur

25 July 2007, 10:50AM

Amnesty International is disappointed by the 10 July 2007 Chinese high court decision to reject an appeal by Husein Dzhelil who has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The human cost of China’s economic miracle

20 June 2007, 12:23PM

Millions of rural Chinese workers, moving to big cities as part of the world's largest ever peacetime migration, are being discriminated against both economically and socially.

Cycling 21,000kms for human rights

18 May 2007, 01:55PM

On 1 April 2006, 21-year-old Timo Mueller embarked on a 420-day epic cycling journey from Germany to Australia. Riding solitary overland through 15 countries, his aim was to cycle 21,000 kilometres at the age of 21 to raise 21,000 Euros.

China Olympics: Important reforms marred by increasing repression

1 May 2007, 09:51AM

Despite significant reforms to the death penalty system and new rules for foreign journalists in China, there is little evidence of improvement in other areas of human rights related to the Olympics - and there has been increasing repression of human rights activism and domestic journalism, Amnesty International has said.