The Lebanese authorities must disclose the full findings of their investigation into the deaths of four Syrian refugees, said Amnesty International, after the country’s military prosecutor yesterday revealed that a forensic report concluded that they had died of “natural causes”. The men died after they were arrested in a military raid on the town of […]
14-year old Sophie Nguyen from Collingwood College in Victoria is a winner in our Junior Blogging Competition. Here she reveals her father’s heroic journey to Australia by boat over 30 years ago and her wish for Australia to help refugees reach safety. Recently, the global refugee crisis has become a widely discussed issue. What I […]
Since assuming the presidency of the Philippines a year ago, Rodrigo Duterte and his administration have presided over a wide range of human rights violations, intimidated and imprisoned critics, and created a climate of lawlessness, Amnesty International said today. Using the highest office in the country, Duterte has explicitly approved violence that has led to […]
– Write messages of welcome, stories of welcome or arrival and reflections on.the importance of welcoming refugees to Australia. – The tree will be lit up in all sorts of colours! – Get your picture taken of your message, if they would like to, to put on Facebook. – We will use the messages afterwards […]
About Oz Comic Con: Oz Comic Con is one of Australia’s largest pop-culture conventions. More Oz Comic-Con is headed your way! Don your capes, gather your comic books, assemble your squad. Come and say hi! We will have a stall at Comic Con. Come along and sign our petitions, and learn about Amnesty’s latest campaigns […]
This amazing activist gathered a group of black and white protesters, placed them in a bus, and took the fight for equality to rural Australia. On the way they got egged and rammed by other vehicles, but they also managed to edge Australia closer to equality. As a young white Australian, I didn’t know who […]
An already dangerous journey for tens of thousands of refugees has become deadlier thanks to President Trump’s Executive Order on border control and immigration as well as entrenched reckless practices in Mexico, Amnesty International said in a new report based on intensive investigations on both sides of the border. Read the report Facing Walls: USA […]
Lionel Fogarty, a Yugambeh man born on Wakka Wakka land, is an award-winning poet and longtime Aboriginal rights activist. He spoke with Amnesty International campaigner Roxanne Moore to reflect on 40 years of political poetry, justice, revolution, and the 1967 Referendum. Q What inspired you to write poetry? A I grew up in a mission, […]
The expected battle involving Iraqi and US-led coalition forces against the Islamic State (ISIS) in west Mosul’s Old City poses a considerable threat to civilians and civilian objects, international humanitarian and human rights organisations say. All warring parties should cease using explosive weapons with wide area effects and inherently indiscriminate weapons in densely populated west […]
By Andrea Sophocleous Humans have been telling stories for tens of thousands of years. Today, one of our most powerful storytelling forms is film. Movies have the power to transport us into the world of the story. Whether it’s following the tenacious investigations of a pair of journalists into the corrupt conduct of a US […]
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