By Conor Fortune, Senior Crisis Response Communications Adviser Open-source investigators are collaborating online to verify and expose human rights abuses. Here’s how. A grisly video showing a heinous act of violence quickly went viral after it was posted on 10 July 2018. Men dressed in army fatigues and wielding military-grade rifles brutally marched women and […]
In September 2000, Cathy Freeman sprinted to victory in front of a home crowd at the Sydney Olympics. The image of Freeman running her victory lap carrying the Australian and Aboriginal flags remains in Australia’s collective mindset. Over the years, a number of high profile athletes from around the world have spoken up for what […]
By Laith Abu Zeyad, Amnesty International Campaigner on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories The children of Khan al-Ahmar school in the occupied West Bank curtailed their vacation this year – instead they went back to school early to try to prevent the Israeli army destroying it. In June when I visited the village of […]
With only tepid support in Japan for the #MeToo campaign against sexual harassment, Amnesty’s East Asia Researcher Hiroka Shoji believes Japanese women must hold the government to account and demand respect for their rights. “I beat my wife again, because she gave birth to a girl.” These are the words my grandfather wrote in his […]
The Western Australian government must stop breaching international laws and standards by locking children in solitary confinement, to ensure children are protected, said Amnesty International today. The organisation called on WA’s government to place a moratorium on holding children in solitary confinement until the state’s laws are amended to prevent children being held in these […]
Solitary confinement of children should be ended in Western Australia, an inquiry into allegations raised by Amnesty International Australia has found today. The recommendation is one of five in the WA Inspector of Custodial Services’ report, which WA Corrections Minister Fran Logan must implement immediately, said Amnesty International. The WA Office of the Inspector of […]
From gun violence and police brutality to sexual violence and harassment, young people — in all their diversity — around the world are living violent realities. Yet, in a new wave of human rights activism, these young trailblazers are rising up, taking action and calling for change, while juggling school, university and jobs. AMERICAS “The […]
Amnesty International Australia has been working alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to defend Indigenous rights for over a decade. August 9 is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, and we think it’s the perfect time to look back on the significant contributions and progress Amnesty has been part of, together with Aboriginal […]
Shahidul Alam, the Bangladeshi photographer and outspoken social activist facing between 7 and 14 years in prison for Facebook posts about the student protests he was covering, is a prisoner of conscience who should be immediately released, Amnesty International said today. Shahidul Alam was charged on Monday under Section 57 of Bangladesh’s Information and Communication […]
Since the My New Neighbour campaign was launched in February activists have been working on getting councils to show local leadership and pass a motion in favour of community sponsorship. This month we have seen another 3 councils, Inner City and Canterbury Bankstown in NSW and Yarra City in Victoria, join the call for an […]
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