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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 […]

The Amnesty Vision Action Group is a newly formed group based on the Gold Coast that specialises in delivering human rights education and coordinating special projects in collaboration with various local community groups. Contact:vision@amnesty.org.au Join us on facebook

‘We have been fighting, surviving, resisting and being resilient for over 200 years and still we must fight.’

An Israeli government directive placing additional restrictions on the display of Palestinian flags in public spaces in Israel is an audacious attack on the rights to nationality, freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly, Amnesty International said today. The directive, which was issued by Israel’s new Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir on Sunday, […]

What we read and loved this year, from the staff at Amnesty International Australia. Add these to your summer reading list, your gifts for the holidays, or at the very least, your summer reading list pile.

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COP27: Accounts of climate crisis victims underscore urgency of action as the world hurtles toward global warming levels of at least 2.5°C.