Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand are subjecting people in the Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Kiribati at risk of climate related harm to discriminatory migration policies that tear families apart and disregard children’s rights, Amnesty International said in a new report published today, one month before the UN Climate Change Conference COP 30. The report, […]
Chinese courts are systematically weaponizing vague national security and public order laws to silence human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today in a new report exposing the judiciary’s central role in sustaining the Beijing authorities’ crackdown on fundamental freedoms. The research briefing, How could this verdict be ‘legal’?, published on China’s National Day, analyses more […]
In 2024, Gaza became the deadliest place on earth to be a child. Right now, 2.38 million Palestinian children are living under blockade and the Government of Israel’s unlawful occupation. Every child has the right to live in safety, with dignity and hope. Every name is a child. Every child is a life. While the […]
Our communities are safer when we properly fund support services for young Queenslanders, not when we put them in prison cells. Currently, Queensland locks up more children than any other state. Instead, the Queensland government could be reinvesting these funds into the many alternatives to incarceration that will keep our communities safer in the longer […]
The US authorities are using automated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tools to deliberately target non-US citizens and pose risks to those who speak out for Palestinian rights, said Amnesty International, amid the country’s ongoing unlawful clampdown on migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Amnesty International reviewed documentation from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public records, […]
Every four and a half years, the UN Human Rights Council reviews the human rights records of all member states. Recently, Amnesty made a submission to the United Nations as part of Australia’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) – an important opportunity to hold the Australian Government accountable for its human rights record. Since the last […]
Amnesty International remains concerned with the state of human rights in Australia, and calls for the government to take action to protect and promote human rights.
24 hours, honouring 17,000 Palestinian children taken too soon As Parliament resumed last week, we did not stay silent. For 24 hours, as part of the Voices for Gaza vigil, we read the names of over 17,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel’s relentless bombardment in Gaza. One by one, all day and night, we remembered […]
The Syrian government must urgently step up efforts to prevent gender-based violence and promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigate cases of abducted and kidnapped Alawite women and girls, and hold perpetrators accountable, Amnesty International said today. Since February 2025, Amnesty International has received credible reports of at least 36 Alawite women and girls, aged between […]
Hosted by Action Aid Australia, Amnesty International Australia, Caritas, ChildFund Australia, MAA International, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam Australia, Plan International Australia, Save the Children Australia. For 24 hours, Members of Parliament, doctors, journalists, academics, actors, writers, and community members will read the names of over 17,000 Palestinian children killed in […]
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