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Inhuman treatment to end for Sri Lankan refugees
© AFPThe announcement that 75 Sri Lankan men - who have been held at the remote offshore detention centre on Nauru since February - have been accepted as genuine refugees and will be resettled in Australia is great news.
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People adopted - time for a new beginning
©AFP/Torsten BlackwoodAmnesty International Australia is disappointed Australia was one of four countries which did not support the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples overnight. The adoption is a welcome step forward and AIA now calls on the Australian Government to work within the framework to address indigenous human rights abuses.
Open Letter to Prime Minister Howard and Prime Minister Harper
© jaroslavdAmnesty International has published an Open Letter to the Prime Ministers of Australia and Canada as the Canadian Prime Minister visits Canberra to address parliament today.
PM should raise human rights concerns with China
© AFP/Torsten BlackwoodThis 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.
Australia must adopt UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
© AFP/Torsten BlackwoodAustralia is among a group of 7 states delaying the final adoption of the important and long overdue United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Amnesty International believes support for the adoption of the Declaration is a critical step toward ending the pervasive human rights violations faced by Indigenous peoples.
Australian government must review counter-terror laws
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the Federal Court ruling to quash the Minister for Immigration's decision to revoke Dr Mohamed Haneef's visa on character grounds on 16 July 2007.
Amnesty International Australia not anti-APEC
Recent reports that Amnesty International Australia is planning to take part in protests against the upcoming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation are incorrect.
Government must review counter-terror laws
© Sydney Morning HeraldThe case of Dr Mohammed Haneef has highlighted more than ever the need for a review of Australia's counter-terror legislation. Parts of the legislation were used for the first time in Dr Haneef's case, and his experience was an assault on his human rights.
AI calls on Government not to deport Dr Haneef
Amnesty International Australia is concerned about the future of Gold Coast doctor Mohammed Haneef, following the decision to drop terrorism charges against him.
Unprecedented use of power jeopardises fair trial
Amnesty International Australia is extremely concerned that the Federal Government's action to revoke the visa of Dr Mohamed Haneef, only hours after he was granted bail by a Brisbane magistrate, impacts on his right to a fair trial.
Doctor’s detention unprecedented in Australian law
Amnesty International Australia is seriously concerned about the human rights implications of the continued detention of Gold Coast doctor Mohammed Haneef.
Cycling 21,000kms for human rights
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.
Hicks gets hearing - justice still denied
After five long years without access to a fair trial by international standards and allegations of torture and ill-treatment, the fact that proceedings are finally underway before the military commission must be a relief for David Hicks and his family. Amnesty International believes David Hicks has been denied justice.
Justice for woman abused in Australian detention centre
Following a three year investigation, Amnesty International Australia welcomes the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's (HREOC) finding in the matter of a woman referred to as Ms CD
Australia: Draconian laws in action undermine Australia’s human rights obligations
The first control order issued today under Australia's new anti-terror legislation heralds a regrettable period for Australia's human rights record said Amnesty International Australia.
Australia: Australian Government must use US Supreme Court ruling as springboard for action
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the decision overnight of the highest court in the United States of America which rejected the US military commissions as unfair as they contravene international law.
New laws to terrorise Australians
The Australian Government's anti-terrorism legislation opens the door to the kind of tyranny that Amnesty International has documented in police states worldwide.
Australia: New laws brutalise our human rights
Innocent people remain vulnerable to imprisonment under the Australian Government's radical new anti-terrorism laws, irrespective of a bipartisan Senate committee's 52 recommended changes, says AmnestyInternational Australia.
Australia: Anti-terrorism Bill undermines basic civil liberties
The Federal Government's Anti-terrorism Bill proposes radical new laws that make innocent people vulnerable to imprisonment, according to Amnesty International Australia's submission to today's federal Senate Committee hearing on the Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005.
Australia: Anti-terrorism Bill imposes dangerous new Australian slang for ‘secret detention’
According to advice from criminal law barrister, Stephen Robson, commissioned by Amnesty International Australia, under new anti-terror laws that the Federal Government intends to introduce to the parliament early next week, a dangerous new precedent may be introduced into Australia - secret detention.
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