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Death penalty Middle East
Middle East crisis: Email Foreign Minister Penny Wong

Hostilities across the Middle East have escalated rapidly following unlawful attacks on Iran by the United States and Israel, and Iran’s subsequent retaliatory strikes across the region. What began as attacks on Iranian territory has now spread across multiple countries, placing civilians across the region at grave risk. Homes, schools and essential infrastructure have been […]

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Right to Protest Asia
Indonesia: Acid attack on human rights defender must be investigated
16 March 2026 | 10:36 am

Responding to an acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus in Jakarta, Amnesty International Indonesia’s executive director Usman Hamid said: “This cowardly act must not be dismissed as ordinary street crime. It is a violent attack aimed at silencing human rights defenders. Andrie is widely respected for his relentless advocacy for victims of human […]

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International and crisis Middle East
Israel/OPT: Decision to drop charges against soldiers accused of abuse at Israeli military prison disgraceful
14 March 2026 | 10:17 am

Responding to the decision by Israel’s Military Advocate General to drop charges against five Israeli soldiers accused of abusing and sexually assaulting Palestinian detainees at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research Advocacy and Policy, Erika Guevara Rosas said: “This decision marks yet another unconscionable chapter in the Israeli legal […]

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International and crisis Middle East
Wesam Hamada: “I want to keep Hind’s voice alive, because hers is the voice of all the children of Gaza”
12 March 2026 | 1:10 pm

On 29 January 2024, five-year-old Hind Rajab was brutally killed, along with her four cousins, uncle and aunt, by the Israeli military as they attempted to flee a neighbourhood in Gaza City. The two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics who went to Hind’s rescue were also killed by the Israeli military. Hind’s mother, Wesam Hamada, was […]

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International and crisis North America
USA: Amnesty International condemns extrajudicial killing of six more people in international waters
12 March 2026 | 12:46 pm

Following the latest US government attack on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Sea yesterday, Amnesty International strongly condemns these acts and reiterates that they constitute extrajudicial killings, a form of murder, prohibited under international law, and represent a grave affront to the most basic principles of humanity and legality. No circumstances justify the arbitrary […]

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International and crisis Middle East
Middle East: All parties to the conflict must refrain from unlawful attacks on energy infrastructure
12 March 2026 | 12:33 pm

Israel, the US and the Islamic Republic of Iran must immediately cease or refrain from unlawful attacks on energy infrastructure, including facilities providing essential services such as electricity, heating and running water, said Amnesty International today, highlighting the risks of devastating civilian harm and environmental impact posed by such attacks. In recent days Israeli-US air […]

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International and crisis Middle East
Israel’s genocide in Gaza inflicts compounded harms on women and girls
10 March 2026 | 12:37 pm

Over the past 29 months the devastating, multilayered impact of Israel’s ongoing genocide has pushed Palestinian women and girls in the occupied Gaza Strip to the brink, said Amnesty International today. Amid Israel’s deliberate imposition of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza, Palestinian women face compounded and […]

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International and crisis Australia
Amnesty International Australia welcomes protection for Iranian women’s football team amid ongoing safety concerns
10 March 2026 | 9:05 am

Amnesty International Australia welcomes Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s decision to grant humanitarian visas to five players from the Iranian women’s football team, currently in the Gold Coast for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup. However, the human rights organisation remains concerned for the safety of the remaining members of the team. Following serious concerns for […]

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China Asia
China: Authorities block life-saving kidney treatment for woman activist ahead of major government meetings
9 March 2026 | 2:31 pm

Chinese authorities must stop blocking access to medical treatment for a land rights activist, Amnesty International said, as the annual ‘Two Sessions’ meetings of China’s government opened in Beijing. The family of woman human rights defender Yang Li, who recently spent 15 months in detention for her advocacy on land rights, say that her condition […]

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