In response to an incident at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin overnight, Amnesty International’s Indigenous Rights Adviser, Rodney Dillon, said: “There have been reports for months that the conditions at Don Dale are no better than they were before the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory […]
The Queensland Government asked the Queensland Productivity Commission to undertake an inquiry to determine how government resources and policies may be best used to reduce imprisonment and recidivism to improve outcomes for the community. Amnesty International Australia submitted to the inquiry into imprisonment and recidivism focused on and making recommendations to go towards ending the […]
Reacting to the election of Jair Bolsonaro and Hamilton Mourão as president and vice president of Brazil, Amnesty International said: “The president-elect has campaigned with an openly anti-human-rights agenda and frequently made discriminatory statements about different groups of society. His election as Brazil´s president could pose a huge risk to Indigenous Peoples and quilombolas, traditional […]
Disappointing Pentagon communiqué spurns liability for civilian casualties Coalition strikes destroyed 80% of Raqqa, killing hundreds of civilians Ongoing Amnesty International investigation reveals evidence of dozens of new civilian victims The US-led Coalition’s ongoing failure to admit to, let alone adequately investigate, the shocking scale of civilian deaths and destruction it caused in Raqqa is […]
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 […]
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