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LGBTQIA+ rights Australia
What is Pride Month?
13 June 2025 | 3:10 pm

With the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras just around the corner you may be wondering how you can support the LGBTQIA+ people in your community. 

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Activists march with Chicago torture survivors at Amnesty International USA's 2014 human rights conference in Chicago, Illinois
Human Rights Act Australia
Labor is in: Here’s what that means for human rights in Australia
13 June 2025 | 9:45 am

In returning Labor to power, Australians look to the Albanese government to lead their second term with courage and a commitment to advancing the human rights of all. Yet, across the continent, many people continue to face challenges accessing housing and healthcare, food insecurity, gender inequality, and the impacts of climate change. So, what exactly […]

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Iran: Arbitrary execution of Woman Life Freedom protester after sham trial and torture
Death penalty Middle East
Iran: Arbitrary execution of Woman Life Freedom protester after sham trial and torture
12 June 2025 | 11:40 am

Reacting to an announcement by Iran’s judiciary that the Iranian authorities this morning executed Mojahed (Abbas) Kourkouri in connection with the 2022 Woman Life Freedom protests in Iran, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Hussein Baoumi, said: “The news of Mojahed Kourkouri’s arbitrary execution is utterly appalling. It exposes […]

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Amnesty Candle - light drawing. A light artist stands against a dark night sky and paints the AI candle.
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Australia
Amnesty demands University of Melbourne reverse expulsions and suspensions over Palestine protests
12 June 2025 | 11:22 am

Amnesty International Australia is outraged by the University of Melbourne’s decision to recommend two students for expulsion and two for suspension for participating in peaceful demonstrations for human rights to be protected for Palestinians in Gaza, last October. “The right to protest is a fundamental human right that must be protected and upheld, and universities […]

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Responsive campaigning Middle East
Israel’s interception of Madleen and detention of crew flouts international law
12 June 2025 | 11:09 am

Responding to the news that Israel has intercepted and detained the 12-person crew aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s Madleen boat, including activist Greta Thunberg, who has been designated by Amnesty International as an Ambassador of Conscience, which had attempted to break Israel’s illegal blockade on the occupied Gaza Strip and get in desperately needed humanitarian […]

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Human rights North America
USA: Deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles in Response to ICE Raids Is Dangerous
12 June 2025 | 10:38 am

In response to the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles, Amnesty International USA Executive Director, Paul O’Brien, made the following statement: “President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests against recent ICE raids is deeply alarming. This shows the Trump administration is ready to do […]

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Human rights North America
USA: Trump’s travel ban will harm people seeking safety, spread hate and discrimination
12 June 2025 | 10:31 am

In response to President Trump imposing a new discriminatory travel ban on visitors from Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, and a partial travel ban on people from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard […]

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Activism Australia
Refugee Week 2025 Activist Toolkit
10 June 2025 | 9:15 pm

Every year in June, Amnesty International Australia joins the global community in celebrating Refugee Week, culminating in World Refugee Day on 20 June. It’s a week that does two important things at once: celebrates the incredible contributions refugees make to our communities, and shines a light on the urgent challenges they still face. Over 120 […]

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Responsive campaigning Middle East
USA: Veto of UN resolution on lifting Gaza aid restrictions and release of hostages is shameful and inhumane amid Israel’s ongoing genocide
6 June 2025 | 8:57 am

Responding to the US government’s decision to veto a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the occupied Gaza Strip, the release of hostages, and the “immediate and unconditional lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid”, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “This latest shameful US veto […]

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Responsive campaigning Middle East
58 years since the Naksa
6 June 2025 | 8:47 am

58 years since the Naksa, Israel’s destructive West Bank military operation fuels mass forced displacement of Palestinians On 5 June, Palestinians mark Naksa Day, commemorating the forced displacement of approximately 300,000 Palestinians during the June 1967 war, when Israel occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Fifty-eight years on, Israel’s military […]

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