Responding to news about the arrest and detention of Lejun Dela Cruz, Magsasaka political nominee and activist , Jepie Papa, Amnesty International Philippines Acting Director said: “Accounts surrounding the arrest of Lejun dela Cruz raise serious concerns about the Philippine National Police’s enforcement of the law and possible abuse of police powers. According to media […]
Human rights are the fundamental freedoms and protections that belong to all of us. But did you know that Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world without a Human Rights Act? Our current patchwork laws are failing to protect our fundamental rights, and without a Human Rights Act, there’s almost nothing most Australians […]
Yaama! Welcome to our monthly CIE Newsletter! We are really excited to share with you some news about our CIE (Community Is Everything) campaign, our Firestick Flick for this month and much more! But first, let us introduce ourselves – Uncle Rodney Dillon is a Palawa man, and our Indigenous Rights Advisor. Kacey Teerman is […]
Australia Day is a national public holiday, which has been celebrated on the 26th January each year since 1994. However, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities January 26 is a day of mourning. It marks the start of the invasion and colonisation of this country, the mass genocide of First Nations peoples, and the […]
Four separate air strikes by Israeli forces, which killed at least 49 civilians and decimated entire families in Lebanon, must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today. Under international law, direct attacks on civilians or civilian objects, indiscriminate attacks that kill or injure civilians, and disproportionate attacks that cause excessive incidental civilian loss […]
Amnesty International Australia is outraged at Labor’s passage of draconian bills, which deliver a devastating setback to the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum. These laws blatantly violate Australia’s international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, undermining principles such as non-refoulement and the protection of asylum seekers from punishment. The Albanese Government has […]
Saudi Arabia’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release people who have been detained and convicted solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression online as the country prepares to host the annual United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF), Amnesty International said today. The forum, which runs from 15 to 19 December, includes a focus […]
Edition 6 | November 2024 Dear fellow activists, We, the creators of this edition would like to acknowledge the traditional protectors and custodians of the land on which we write, Amnesty International Australia operates, and you reside. We pay our respect to elder’s past, present, and emerging, recognising their ongoing preservation of the Dreaming through […]
Responding to reports of multiple deaths and mass detentions of protesters from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad on 26 and 27 November, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said: “Yet again, protestors in Pakistan have faced a brutal and lethal crackdown shrouded in a callous opacity by […]
Despite a decade-long government plan to end violence against women, the alarming reality is that the rate of women being killed violently continues to rise. On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring women’s rights are protected. Women deserve to live free from fear and violence, […]
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