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Government misses opportunity to re-establish rights protection in the Northern Territory
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Senate Committee recommendation will perpetuate discrimination and disempowerment amongst large numbers of Indigenous peoples.
Bangladesh: Investigate army’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses in Chittagong Hill Tracts
27 February 2010, 11:53AM
At least two men have died after the army fired into a crowd of Jumma Indigenous people who were peacefully protesting attacks from Bengalee settlers against their homes.
Amnesty International welcomes UN expert’s views on Northern Territory intervention
26 February 2010, 12:32PM
Australian Government should “fully purge” NTER of its racially discriminatory character, says UN Special Rapporteur
President of Burkina Faso commits to lifting barriers to maternal health
13 February 2010, 09:08AM
The President of Burkina Faso has committed to lifting all financial barriers to emergency obstetric care and access to family planning, as part of a strategy to fight maternal mortality in the country.
Vedanta Resources’ statement on report full of errors and omissions
10 February 2010, 04:12PM
The statement from Vedanta Resources, which was distributed by a marketing agency in Delhi on 9 February, does not address any of the substantive concerns raised by Amnesty International in its report.
Bauxite mine and refinery devastate lives in India
9 February 2010, 03:03PM
Indian authorities have given local communities scant or misleading information about the potential impact of a proposed alumina refinery expansion and mining project to be operated by subsidiaries of UK-based company Vedanta Resources in Orissa, Amnesty International said in a new report.
Impartial police investigation needed in PNG
5 February 2010, 07:41AM
We call for any investigation into forced evictions in Porgera, PNG, to be impartial, following comments by PNG's Police Commissioner that he may launch an investigation with the predetermined objective of clearing the police of misconduct.
Investigate police violence, illegal evictions near PNG gold mine
3 February 2010, 10:21AM
The government of Papua New Guinea must investigate the conduct of police who burnt down homes and threatened people with guns, while illegally evicting them from land next to one of the biggest gold mines in the country.
Proposed new laws make few changes to failed intervention
2 February 2010, 01:15PM
Amnesty International has labeled the Australian Government’s claim that proposed new laws will reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory as misleading and has found evidence required to assess the success of the Emergency Response to be woefully inadequate.
Women in Burkina Faso dying because of discrimination
27 January 2010, 11:28AM
Women are dying needlessly during pregnancy and childbirth because discrimination prevents them from accessing sexual and reproductive health services, leaving them unable to make key decisions on their pregnancies.
Governments must uphold the rights of Indigenous peoples
25 January 2010, 11:59AM
Amnesty International urges Australian governments to advance the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through comprehensive implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in laws, policies and programs.
Israel’s Gaza blockade continues to suffocate daily life
18 January 2010, 12:02PM
Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty International said one year on from the end of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.
World Human Rights Day
10 December 2009, 04:41PM
The Dalai Lama and 2009 NAIDOC Person of the Year Professor Larissa Behrendt took to the stage this morning, to mark World Human Rights Day.
Investigations needed into killings in Orissa
4 December 2009, 11:30AM
Amnesty International is calling on authorities in Orissa to conduct a credible and impartial investigation, following the killings of two adivasi leaders by police and paramilitary personnel in Narayanpatna.
Climate change deal must not further disadvantage those in poverty
1 December 2009, 03:51PM
Political leaders meeting in Copenhagen next week must reach a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change that does not leave out and further disadvantage the world’s poor, said Mary Robinson and Irene Khan.
Government proposals on Northern Territory Emergency Response fall short
1 December 2009, 01:37PM
Amnesty International has welcomed an Australian Government Bill repealing legislation that removed anti-discrimination protections for Indigenous residents of prescribed communities under the Northern Territory Emergency Response but believes these moves fall short of resolving other important issues.
Unchecked Police Abuse in Nabire District, Papua
30 November 2009, 01:15PM
Amnesty is calling on the Police Chief of Nabire District, Papua, to conduct thorough, independent and impartial investigations into reports of police abuse.
Promise to free displaced in Sri Lanka must be followed by concrete action
23 November 2009, 11:46AM
As restrictions on movement are lifted, Amnesty International urges the Sri Lankan government to continue to assist internally displaced people.
Irene Khan Calls for New Approach to Tackling Indigenous Disadvantage
18 November 2009, 05:06PM
After Irene Khan's visit to Indigenous communities, she is calling on the Government to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act and bring human rights home to Australia.
Harassment of Government Critics Continues in Fiji
10 November 2009, 11:50AM
Amnesty condemns the ongoing repression of peaceful dissent in Fiji as the Government expels an Australian academic.
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