Edition 3 | August 2024 Hey fellow activists! 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 elders past, present, and emerging, recognising their resistance in order to preserve their ongoing […]
Qatari authorities should immediately free a Jordanian former media manager for the 2022 men’s World Cup, Abdullah Ibhais, after a UN committee determined that he has been arbitrarily detained for nearly three years, FairSquare, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch said today. Ibhais, a former media manager for the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, […]
Edition 2 | July 2024 Hey fellow activists! The team and I are all so excited for you to see this new and latest edition of our Act Up! Empowering Youth in Action Newsletter. In this week’s edition, we all had an opportunity to collaborate to bring together an edition showing Climate Justice history within […]
Just half way through the year, Amnesty International has contributed to a series of human rights wins, with people released from prison, laws changed, and justice served! Here in Australia, we celebrated Julian Assange touching down on home soil after being a part of Amnesty International’s campaign since he was imprisoned. When the Australian government […]
Amnesty International has documented new shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar despite global calls to deprive the country’s military of the resources it needs to carry out unlawful air strikes. In January 2024, Amnesty International exposed the Myanmar military’s new evasive tactics for importing aviation fuel throughout 2023, following sanctions imposed on parts of its […]
Rights Groups Urge UN Rights Chief to Follow up on Xinjiang Report (Geneva) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, should provide a public update of measures taken by the Chinese government and by his office to address the human rights situation in Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International […]
As Chinese Premier Li Qiang prepares for his upcoming visit to Australia, it’s more important than ever for the Australian Government to prioritise human rights in their discussions. While recent efforts to address human rights issues in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and broader China, highlighted during Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit in March, are welcomed, […]
The Rohingya people have been persecuted for decades by the Myanmar military as an ethnic minority, with a renewed wave of violence in 2017 causing nearly one million people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. The United States in 2022 declared the Myanmar military had perpetrated a genocide against the Rohingya during the 2017 atrocities. They […]
Refugees in Australia face dire circumstances and are subject to harsh treatment; such as being turned back on arrival or being sent into detention facilities. They’re often villainised by mainstream media and politicians as being lazy, which is simply untrue. These refugees have a genuine need and right to seek asylum, and once given it, […]
The Rohingya people have been persecuted for decades by the Myanmar military as an ethnic minority, with a renewed wave of violence in 2017 causing nearly one million people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. The United States in 2022 declared the Myanmar military had perpetrated a genocide against the Rohingya during the 2017 atrocities. They […]
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