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Amnesty International Australia is calling on Australia to respond resolutely to the Chinese Government’s introduction of the new ‘ethnic unity’ law, which will underpin and reinforce China’s escalating transnational repression and systemic erasure of ethnic minority communities. In response to the law coming into force, Amnesty International Australia’s Strategic Campaigns Manager and Tibetan advocate, Kyinzom […]

By Kyinzom Dhongdue Strategy and Advocacy Manager at Amnesty International Australia I’ll be honest. As a Tibetan working in international human rights, I sometimes struggle to convey the gravity of what the Chinese Government is doing in Tibet and Xinjiang. Much of my work involves responding to immediate human rights crises – families displaced by […]

The Australian Government’s response to its fourth UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is extremely disappointing, says Amnesty International Australia, following the government’s response to the UN peer-review of Australia’s human rights record. “The federal government has missed an important opportunity to strengthen human rights protections for people across Australia”, says Kyinzom Dhongdue, Strategy and Advocacy […]

By Boram Jang, East Asia Researcher at Amnesty International In a Seoul courtroom in March this year, a prosecutor read out charges against Jeon Seung-il, a former art student, from an indictment first written in 1989. The language had not changed, nor had the charges. Thirty-seven years later, only the young defendant had grown old. […]

Nearly four months after the U.S. airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, which killed more than 150 people, including 120 children, Amnesty International USA’s National Director for Government Relations & Advocacy, Amanda Klasing, said: “It’s been four months since the deadliest U.S. airstrike against civilians in recent memory, yet we are […]

Ahead of World Drug Day on 26 June, Amnesty International and Harm Reduction International said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) must take urgent action to condemn the unlawful use of the death penalty for drug-related offences, and work with UN member states towards abolishing this […]

What is COP? COP, or the Conference of the Parties, is the main decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This conference takes place annually and is a critical opportunity to assess the world’s progress on the climate crisis, find solutions and hold states accountable for their commitments to climate […]

100 organisations, including Amnesty International Australia and Amnesty International Türkiye, have released a joint statement ahead of COP31, calling for ambitious and inclusive climate leadership. The partnership of Türkiye, Australia and the Pacific in 2026 represents a unique opportunity for these governments to drive ambitious global action to phase out fossil fuels. This phase out […]

Saudi Arabian authorities have executed nearly 100 people so far this year, including at least 61 for drug-related offences, the latest of which was on 18 June. In response, Dana Ahmed, Middle East Researcher at Amnesty International, said today: “It is halfway through the year and Saudi Arabia has executed nearly 100 people, a grim […]

Amnesty International urges the European Union (EU) institutions and member states to abandon Afghanistan deportation plans and end any readmission cooperation with Taliban de facto authorities. Afghanistan cannot in any way be considered safe for returns, and this approach will put the lives of returnees at risk, as repeatedly noted by several UN bodies. The […]