Recent Wins

Amnesty International Australia welcomed the news that people suffering in Australia’s cruel offshore processing regime will finally be allowed to move on with their lives in New Zealand.

After four years of relentless campaigning by communities across Australia, the Federal Government has finally agreed to dramatically reduce the cost and bureaucratic burden for those wanting to sponsor refugees and welcome them into their neighbourhoods.

The last remaining family held in the Darwin Northern APOD, has finally been released into community detention after more than a year confined to a small, demountable cabin out the back of the Darwin Airport Hotel.

“Amnesty calls on all states and territories to take note of this important win in Tasmania, and take it as a warning: the only changes to protest laws should be those that make it easier and freer to peacefully protest anywhere in Australia.”

Thanks to the advocacy of survivors and allies, LGBTQA+ Victorians are now protected from harmful conversion practices.

In response to a motion passed by the Alice Springs Town Council, Amnesty International Australia wrote to the Northern Territory Police Minister, Nicole Manison, asking her to intervene and ensure that a curfew did not go ahead.