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Human Rights Australia

Good news: Hakeem returns to Australia

13 February 2019 | 12:59 pm

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Economic, social and cultural rights Asia

“We are willing to risk everything to defend our homes and land”

22 October 2018 | 2:37 pm

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Individuals at risk Asia

Mother Mushroom: Vietnamese blogger released and exiled

17 October 2018 | 9:46 pm

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Refugees North America

US Government Detention of Children at Homestead Facility Cruel and Unlawful

18 July 2019 | 10:30 am

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Freedom of expression, association and assembly Australia

Amnesty joins chorus of LGBTIQ+ allies

16 July 2019 | 11:20 am

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Crisis response Asia

Philippines: Australian support of UN resolution welcome

12 July 2019 | 1:47 pm

Community is everything Australia

Indigenous Legal Assistance Program must be retained

11 July 2019 | 4:34 pm

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Human Rights Asia

Amnesty International Australia calls on Morrison to show leadership on extrajudicial killings in the Philippines

11 July 2019 | 11:51 am

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Human Rights Asia

Philippines: Duterte’s ‘large-scale murdering enterprise’ amounts to crimes against humanity

8 July 2019 | 1:26 pm

Gender and sexuality North America

Fifty years after Stonewall riots: Pride, protest and a hunger for equality

28 June 2019 | 3:13 pm

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Community is everything Australia

Inside Queensland’s broken youth justice system

28 June 2019 | 12:11 pm

Crisis response Middle East

Sharrouf children’s return welcome news

24 June 2019 | 3:59 pm

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China: release Buzainafu

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Support a Human Rights Act so all Australians are treated equally and justly

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Send a message of hope to Manus and Nauru

We call out injustice wherever it happens, and work together with people just like you to stand for human dignity

We call out injustice wherever it happens, and work together with people just like you to stand for human dignity

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7 million people strong, the movement works

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