Iran-born visual artist Hesam Fetrati dreams of a ‘Shared Australia’. An Australia that welcomes refugees and asylum seekers rather than locking them up in detention and abolishes phrases like ‘illegal immigrant’ from its vernacular. Amnesty International Australia grabbed 10 minutes to chat with Hesam about the power of art in creating social change. In his […]
Celebrated global music artist and activist Alicia Keys and the inspirational movement of Indigenous Peoples fighting for their rights in Canada have been honoured with Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2017. The award will be officially presented at a ceremony in Montréal, Canada, on 27 May. Accepting the award recognising the Indigenous rights […]
A lot of hard work is going on behind the scenes to keep up momentum for the Community is Everything campaign in the wake of the release of an interim report by the NT Royal Commission into Youth Detention, and a visit to Australia by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. […]
The prominent philanthropist is the first Australian to join Amnesty’s council of leaders from the arts, business and philanthropic world. Amnesty International is pleased to announce that philanthropist and arts patron Judith Neilson, AM will join the organisation’s prestigious Global Council. Judith Neilson, founder of the White Rabbit Gallery in Sydney, Australia, will be the […]
Sri Lanka will not break with its violent past until it reckons with the cruel history of enforced disappearance and delivers justice to as many as 100,000 families who have spent years waiting for it, Amnesty International said today in a new report, revealing the enduring scars of a conflict that has been forgotten by […]
Transgender rights have come under the spotlight in recent years, thanks to a growing resistance against discriminatory laws and the rise of high-profile icons like young activist Jazz Jennings and actress Laverne Cox. But while momentum for trans activism continues to soar, how many of us are aware of the stigma — or everyday discrimination […]
Hundreds of civilians have been killed by airstrikes inside their homes or in places where they sought refuge after following Iraqi government advice not to leave during the offensive to recapture the city of Mosul from the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS). Survivors and eyewitnesses in East Mosul said they did not try […]
The National Board held its first meeting for 2017 on 25 and 26 February. This meeting covered national and international issues, and the Board took some key decisions in order to meet our 2020 Vision. National Director Claire Mallinson provided the board with a review of our work in 2016. Some of the key highlights […]
Sara Beltran Hernandez, a mother who fled violence in El Salvador only to be detained in the United States for 15 months, has been released from detention to be with her family and to seek treatment for a brain tumor. What happened? Sara is a 26-year-old mother of two who fled to the US to […]
Same hate and fear, new packaging. President Trump has signed a new executive order banning people from six Muslim-majority countries and slamming the door on refugees. This hateful ban demonises the vulnerable – those who have fled torturers, warlords and dictators – and make no mistake: people will lose their lives because of it. Raise […]
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