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Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory. The ill treatment and abuse of children in youth detention facilities in the Northern Territory and other Australian jurisdictions requires a national spotlight and sustained government leadership to address the problem. […]

Amnesty International and the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) are seriously concerned about the Aceh Islamic Criminal Code (Qanun Jinayat), which came into effect in the province a year ago. The code criminalizes consensual sexual relations and extends the use of caning as a punishment. Our organizations call on the Indonesian authorities to adhere […]

In a first for Amnesty’s Write for Rights campaign, we’ve joined forces with acclaimed contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, to bring you this unique set of portraits. Click through the gallery below to see the 12 Ai Weiwei portraits. Ai Weiwei was the perfect fit for this campaign. In 2015, he was joint recipient of Amnesty’s […]

US-led Coalition forces carrying out air strikes in Syria must conduct thorough investigations into reports of civilian casualties from its operations and disclose their findings. Eleven Coalition attacks examined by Amnesty International appear to have killed some 300 civilians during two years of strikes targeting the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS). So far […]

Paramilitary militias and government forces in Iraq have committed serious human rights violations, including war crimes, by torturing, arbitrarily detaining, forcibly disappearing and extrajudicially executing thousands of civilians who have escaped areas controlled by the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS). Paramilitary militias and government forces in Iraq have committed serious human rights […]

Sometimes, a letter can change someone’s life. And that’s what ‘Write for Rights’ is all about. Amnesty’s global letter-writing campaign, Write for Rights, kicks off again in November 2016. Around the world, people will write to defend freedoms stolen from others. Last year, Amnesty supporters wrote an astonishing 3.7 million letters and messages as part […]

The Lao authorities should lift all restrictions on journalists and allow them to do their job and move freely. The organisation’s call comes as foreign journalists arriving in Laos to cover USA President Barack Obama’s participation in the US-ASEAN Summit from 6-8 September have been told that their articles and broadcasts will have to be […]

An unstoppable movement built on the backs of passionate activists and volunteers. Our passionate volunteers are a vital part of our grassroots movement. While our researchers and campaigners hit the ground running in some of the most dangerous parts of the world, our army of activists are always striving to raise awareness and create change […]

Amnesty International has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement of an independent review into Queensland youth detention centres, and called for the terms of reference to be defined in consultation with Indigenous communities and the youth justice sector. Attorney General Yvette D’ath today announced the review will focus on the practices, operation and oversight of Queensland’s […]

When you’re bombarded by daily news of conflict, terror, unfair imprisonment and the mistreatment of refugees, it’s sometimes hard to keep a positive outlook and believe that you can help change things for the better. But, by looking further than the attention-grabbing headlines, you’ll see that progress is happening all around the world thanks to […]