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Paraguay: Land dispute victory for displaced indigenous community
4 February 2012, 09:48AM
A land deal finalised this week between Paraguayan authorities and a land owner in the country’s central region will allow a long-displaced indigenous community to rebuild in safety and dignity, Amnesty International said today.
Gaps in rhetoric on Government’s proposed ‘Stronger Future’ for Indigenous Peoples
3 February 2012, 03:35PM
Amnesty International has criticised the blatant gap between the Australian Government’s rhetoric on community engagement and the actual policies being introduced, in a submission leading up to the implementation of the Stronger Futures Northern Territory legislation.
Amnesty International supports 40 years of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy
25 January 2012, 01:51PM
Forty years of the struggle for Aboriginal rights will be recognised and celebrated by Amnesty International this weekend as the organisation takes part in the Aboriginal Tent Embassy’s 40th Anniversary Commemoration.
Constitutional reform paves the way forward for Indigenous Peoples’ rights
19 January 2012, 04:09PM
Amnesty International welcomes the recommendations announced today by the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Accountability and justice must be delivered for yet another Aboriginal death in custody
10 January 2012, 05:08PM
Amnesty International is deeply disappointed by the Northern Territory Police Association President Vince Kelly’s comments alleging Aboriginal poor health and alcoholism as key factors contributing towards deaths in police custody.
Intervention under a new name
23 November 2011, 02:12PM
Amnesty International cautions the Government not to repeat mistakes of the past following the introduction of its Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory legislation in Parliament today.
Brazil: Indigenous leader killed in armed raid
23 November 2011, 11:56AM
A deadly attack on an indigenous community in southern Brazil highlights the authorities’ failure to protect indigenous peoples amid ongoing land conflicts, Amnesty International has said.
India: Nun murdered in fourth activist killing in 2011
18 November 2011, 10:56AM
Indian authorities must ensure a thorough investigation into the killing of a nun who had worked for the rights of adivasi indigenous communities, Amnesty International has said.
Peru to reopen investigation into forced sterilisations of women
1 November 2011, 11:03AM
The Peruvian authorities must investigate allegations that a government-run family planning scheme was used to sterilise thousands of indigenous and peasant women against their will, Amnesty International said today after an investigation into the state programme was reopened.
Stronger futures in the NT must be a product of the people
19 October 2011, 12:00PM
Community consultations are a welcome first step towards tackling Aboriginal disadvantage in the Northern Territory, but any strategies to ensure stronger futures must be community-driven in order to be sustainable, said Amnesty International today.
Amnesty chief finishes fact finding mission with key ministerial meetings in Canberra
12 October 2011, 04:20PM
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, has wound up a fact finding mission of Australia, delivering a scathing assessment of the handling of asylum seekers and Aboriginal people at the hands of the Australian government.
Amnesty head slams decades of neglect in remote Aboriginal communities
9 October 2011, 05:39PM
The Australian Government’s failure to provide basic services to remote Aboriginal communities is a significant blight on Australia’s human rights record and must be immediately addressed, says Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty.
Paraguay to restore Indigenous community’s ancestral lands
30 September 2011, 09:28AM
An agreement signed by Paraguayan authorities, local companies and Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community leaders presents a key opportunity for the community to finally return to their ancestral lands, a lawyer for the Sawhoyamaxa has told Amnesty International.
A call for the Australian Government to uphold its commitment to Indigenous rights
13 September 2011, 11:48AM
In marking the fourth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Amnesty International is reminding the Australian Federal Government of its commitment to advancing the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Peruvian Congress unanimously passes Indigenous consultation law
26 August 2011, 10:34AM
Peru’s new Congress has passed a law that will for the first time make it mandatory to seek Indigenous Peoples’ consent before development projects are allowed to go ahead on their ancestral lands.
Amnesty International warns against government return to assimilation era
9 August 2011, 12:01AM
Starving Aboriginal communities of essential services will effectively force families to abandon their traditional land and move into larger towns and cities. Amnesty International accuses the federal and Northern Territory governments of policies that echo Australia’s failed assimilation era by stripping traditional Indigenous communities - ‘homelands’ - of funds.
Americas: Development must not trump Indigenous Peoples’ rights
6 August 2011, 08:52AM
Governments in the Americas urged to stop prioritising development projects at the expense of Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
UN confirms massive oil pollution in Niger Delta
5 August 2011, 09:53AM
The oil company Shell has had a disastrous impact on the human rights of the people living in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, said Amnesty International, responding to a UN report on the effects of oil pollution in Ogoniland in the Delta region.
UN report shows huge gap for Indigenous children and children in immigration detention centres
7 July 2011, 12:00PM
The latest report to the United Nations on Australia's implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child has found Australia is failing its Indigenous children as well as children in immigration detention centres.
The Northern Territory intervention – where to now?
24 June 2011, 01:22PM
Amnesty International is calling on the federal government to avoid a repeat of past failures by ensuring any future strategies aimed at tackling Aboriginal disadvantage in the Northern Territory are owned and controlled by the people they affect.
some of the stuff you guys stand up for are basic human rights that i take for granted.
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16 February 2012, 07:47PM