Amnesty International Australia’s People Powered Strategy ensures that all people and institutions in Australia have an understanding of, and respect for, human rights and are agents of change in upholding them. We will share resources, skills and platforms so people can campaign, advocate for, and uphold their rights and those of others. Recognising Amnesty Australia’s […]
On the 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty International Australia is asking supporters to petition the Governor of Alabama to commute Rocky Myers’ death sentence. October 10 is World Day Against the Death Penalty. On this day every year, the Global Coalition Against the Death Penalty – which Amnesty International is a founding […]
Social change movements regarding human rights are the most powerful when they are driven by people power.
The ACT is raising the age to 14, but not until 2015. It’s progress, just not enough.
In 2022, we saw new or renewed conflicts break out and prolonged ones persist across 156 countries.
Amnesty International Australia condemned the Queensland government’s plans to overturn breach of bail legislation which requires dumping its own human rights act. “Attempting to overturn the human rights act suggests that human rights are conditional. When in actuality, everyone is entitled to their human rights, no one is more or less worthy of protection,” Amnesty […]
To read or listen to the headlines in Queensland at the moment, you’d be surprised people were game enough to leave their houses for the youth crime emergency. Last week’s announcement of the highly visible police patrols are the latest in the knee-jerk responses to deeply complex problems. Let’s not forget when we’re talking about […]
