75 Years of Human Rights. 75 Years of Nakba. In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Thirteen years later, in 1961, Amnesty International was founded, and our global movement has been helping people across the world claim their fundamental rights ever since. This World Human Rights Day marks […]
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The statement below on “the worsening humanitarian and human rights crisis in Afghanistan, suppression of women’s rights, and genocide against the Hazara people under Taliban tyranny” by Australian-Hazara and Juris Doctor student Sitarah Mohammadi, was given at a press conference in federal Parliament on 7 August 2023.
Australian Government urged to address the worsening global refugee crisis by raising the Refugee and Humanitarian Program intake to at least 30,000 places a year.
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‘Unlike the war in Ukraine, the conflict in my home country, Sudan, receives little media coverage.’