In the submission, Amnesty advocates for ending the use of APODs as a form of ‘general’ detention, as well as establishing a uniform, fair, independent and impartial approach to the granting of a new class of bridging visa for refugees and people seeking asylum released into the community.
The NSW Social Change Lab will give us a first opportunity after the election of a new Australian Government to plan for the human rights changes we want to see. A focus will be planning for the Human Rights Act campaign and how we can work together to help deliver the campaign objectives in NSW. […]
More than 2000 people will attend the 2022 Palm Creek Folk Festival. The Human Rights Song Writing competition gives attendees the opportunity to write and perform their own songs with a human rights message. The winners get to perform their song at the Festival closing event attended by all festival goers. We also have an […]
Filmed in the remote NSW town of Brewarrina, this film involved the local community from the beginning. The story of Gem, a nine-year-old girl, is both heart-warming and ultimately triumphant. Entry fee $5-$10
Amnesty’s Wollongong Group presents a film screening of Freedom Street. Freedom Street Documentary explores the harrowing plights of Joniad, Ashfaq and Azizah, three refugees who are affected by the consequences of Australia’s policies and who are trapped in Indonesia. This feature-length documentary tells their moving stories whilst deconstructing Australia’s cruel border protection policy in a […]
Join us in the park on 4 June as we film our completed Refugee Week Community Project! Over 30 community groups have come together to create a giant, colourful welcome message to show that the Sunshine Coast welcomes refugees, and respects their human rights and dignity. Come along from 12pm for a sausage sizzle. If […]
Engagement Strategy Purpose and Vision The purpose of this Engagement Strategy is to prioritise the participation, cultural safety, inclusion of, and collaboration and partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse people, organisations and communities. This includes people and communities of African descent, people of colour and people who are asylum seekers or refugees. This strategy does […]
Engagement Strategy Purpose and Vision The purpose of this Engagement Strategy is to prioritise partnerships and collaboration, self determination, inclusion, representation and the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in our organisation and movement. Our vision for this Engagement Strategy is to create an inclusive, representative, accessible, connected and culturally […]
