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Sexual violence in Haitian camps of the displaced, beyond the numbers
Chiara Liguori, 29 March 2010
Chiara Liguori visits the makeshift camps set up in Haiti and finds a reduction in reports of sexual violence - are they talking to the right people?
Trapped - migrant workers in Malaysia
Graham Thom, 24 March 2010
Dr Graham Thom blogs from the field in Malaysia, where he is visiting refugee and migrant worker communities and supporting the launch of Amnesty International's report on conditions for migrant workers in Malaysia.
Google says no to censorship
Sophie, 24 March 2010
For 12 months in 2008 Amnesty International Australia took to the streets calling for an end to internet censorship in China. With Google now taking the first steps, Sophie Peer looks at what this means for China's internet users.
The dark side of the Solomon Islands
HannahH, 18 March 2010
The Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created to examine the causes and impacts of the 1998-2003 armed conflict, which resulted in killings, torture and internal displacement of large numbers of Solomon Islanders.
The daily struggle in Haiti’s camps
Gerardo Ducos, 16 March 2010
Amnesty International delegate, Gerardo Ducos visited makeshift camps in Haiti
Enough swiss cheese - give us an Act
louiseallen, 3 March 2010
Louise Allen illustrates why we need to plug the gaps in Australia's human rights protection with a Human Rights Act.
Burma: Two decades later… same situation
jennyleong, 1 March 2010
It's hard to remember what you were up to two decades ago but for Aung San Suu Kyi it's easy. Under house arrest, the same as she is today.
There’s no such thing as a “queue”
Graham Thom, 26 February 2010
With detention facilities on Christmas Island getting closer and closer to capacity, and a Federal election looming, the issue of desperate people seeking asylum on Australian shores remains a hotbed of cheap political point-scoring at the expense of some of the world’s neediest people.
A deadly silence in Iran?
jennyleong, 15 February 2010
Given media and communications censorship reported in Iran, we can't know for sure whether the silence on the anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution signifies peace on the streets, or something far more sinister.
Ethnic Chin flee persecution in Burma
Graham Thom, 5 February 2010
In January 2010 Dr Graham Thom visited the Indian state of Mizoram to talk to Burmese Chin refugees about their plight.
A policeman's job is to protect all citizens, even those he or she doesn't like. I'd have thought that a pretty basic concept.
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