Two children sit on the floor of a destroyed building in Gaza during the Israel/OPT conflict, November 2023.

DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

Two children sit on the floor of a destroyed building in Gaza during the Israel/OPT conflict, November 2023.

Responsive campaigning Middle East

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: All states must pressure Israel to immediately halt its ground operations in Rafah

8 May 2024 | 12:38 pm

Responding to the recent ground invasion in Rafah, Amnesty International Australia’s Occupied...

Responsive campaigning Australia

Nationwide events: Australia joins Global Day of Action to end arms transfers to Israel

2 May 2024 | 11:23 am

As the people of Gaza face relentless bombardment, death, and destruction on an unprecedented...

LGBTQIA+ rights Middle East

Iraq: Authorities must urgently repeal new law criminalizing same-sex relations

30 April 2024 | 10:23 am

The Iraqi authorities’ passing of a law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in...

Sign reading 'We Stand Together' on Aboriginal Flag at a rally

Indigenous rights Australia

Statement on Coronial findings of NSW police unconscious bias and racism, Jacinta Rose ‘Cindy’ Smith and Mona Lisa Smith inquiry

26 April 2024 | 12:11 pm

Amnesty International Australia is appalled with the lack of care and respect shown by NSW Police...

A Palestinian woman stands with others (not pictured) as they gather near an Israeli army checkpoint.

Human rights Middle East

State-backed deadly rampage by Israeli settlers underscores urgent need to dismantle apartheid

23 April 2024 | 11:35 am

An alarming spike in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians across the occupied West...

Human rights Middle East

Syria: Mass death, torture and other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat – new report

18 April 2024 | 12:23 pm

EXTENDED MEDIA RELEASE People detained following the territorial defeat of the Islamic State (IS)...