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Australia
We rate the Turnbull Government’s progress on human rights in emojis
17 October 2016 | 1:00 pm

We asked the new Turnbull Government to make #10things for human rights a priority during its first 100 days – from tackling the high number of Indigenous children in youth detention, to legislating for marriage equality. How would you rate their progress? Take 2 mins to tell us here. Here’s how we rated them by […]

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International and crisis Middle East
Urgent call to protect civilians and respect international law amid escalating regional conflict following US and Israeli attacks on Iran
4 March 2026 | 3:05 pm

Amid the rapid expansion of regional hostilities across the Middle East following the ongoing joint United States-Israel attacks on Iran and the subsequent wave of Iranian retaliatory attacks across the region, Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call on all parties to protect civilians, adhere to international humanitarian law, in particular by ending unlawful attacks, […]

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International and crisis Australia
The Indignity of Herzog’s visit
24 February 2026 | 2:12 pm

By Mohamed DuarMohamed Duar is Amnesty International Australia’s Occupied Palestinian Territory Spokesperson and Deputy Chair of the Sydney Peace Foundation. He holds a Master of Human Rights from the University of Sydney. I was a speaker at the Palestine Action Group rally in Sydney earlier this month, when abhorrent scenes unfolded as people protested the […]

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Lera Burlakova is the Media and Campaigns Coordinator at Amnesty International Ukraine. She has lived, worked and raised a child during wartime.
International and crisis Europe
Lera Burlakova: “Solidarity is Not a Slogan Here in Ukraine. It is Infrastructure”
24 February 2026 | 10:08 am

To mark the anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Lera Burlakova, Media and Campaigns Coordinator at Amnesty International Ukraine, reflects on living, working, and raising a child during wartime — and on the human rights work that cannot be outsourced to safer places. “Death was not abstract. It had names.” Long before Russia’s […]

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International and crisis Europe
Russia: Two years after Navalny’s death, authorities evade justice, continue to hound his supporters
17 February 2026 | 11:24 am

Commemorating the second anniversary of the death in custody of Russian opposition politician and prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “Two years have passed since Aleksei Navalny, a prisoner of conscience and one of the most fearless voices against corruption and state repression in Russia, died in a remote […]

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International and crisis South America
USA: Act of aggression against Venezuela further weakens rules-based international order and leaves Venezuelans still waiting for justice
4 February 2026 | 1:43 pm

The 3 January US attack on Venezuela was an unlawful use of force under the UN Charter, further threatening the rules-based international order. Meanwhile, the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Maduro government against the Venezuelan people remain without justice or guarantees of non-repetition, warned Amnesty International today. “The US military operation in Venezuela constitutes […]

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International and crisis Asia
Bangladesh: Amnesty chief calls for human rights guarantees during election period in open letter to Muhammad Yunus
29 January 2026 | 12:02 pm

Bangladesh’s interim government must restore public trust by guaranteeing full respect for human rights and the rule of law in the fortnight ahead of next month’s national elections, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, said in an open letter to Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, the country’s acting leader. The letter, sent ahead of the 12 […]

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Climate justice Global
How is US President Trump impacting global climate action?
29 January 2026 | 11:25 am

In 2024, for the first time, the global average temperature exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making rapid coordinated global climate action even more urgent. Instead of supporting a fast and just phase out of fossil fuels, US President Donald Trump is recklessly assaulting global efforts to combat climate change in five key ways, by: Which […]

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Community is Everything Australia
Attack at Boorloo Invasion Day rally must be treated as a hate crime
28 January 2026 | 2:27 pm

Amnesty International Australia condemns the attack at the Boorloo Invasion Day rally on January 26 and calls on WA Police and government to conduct an investigation into the incident as a hate crime, with charges that reflect the severity and intent of the alleged conduct. The Federal Government must fully implement the Australian Human Rights […]

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International and crisis Asia
Cambodia: Victims must be protected as thousands ‘leave scamming compounds’
19 January 2026 | 3:33 pm

Responding to emerging videos that appear to show the release and escape attempts of victims from scamming compounds across Cambodia, Amnesty International’s Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said: “Footage appearing to show the mass release and escape attempts from scamming compounds of individuals who are possibly victims of human trafficking and torture raises concerns that […]

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