The Board held its 4th quarter meeting over the weekend of 26 and 27 November, and we have some exciting updates to share. As you know, in our 2020 Vision we have committed to protect and defend more lives. To meet this important goal, we approved key project plans for the upcoming year: Continue our […]
In a bold move which has received both praise and cries of being ‘unAustralian’, the The City of Fremantle has cancelled its Australia Day festivities, instead celebrating its National Day on 28 January. Its new family-friendly event, labelled “One Day” will replace the traditional fireworks display and include an impressive list of performances from artists […]
There is an urgent need for governments around the world to provide better protection for women and girls, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees, who face appalling levels of sexual and gender based violence at every stage of their journeys. “Imagine living in a refugee camp where you are too scared to go […]
By Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General That which unites us is always greater than that which divides us. Yet, around the world, the forces of division seem to be gathering momentum. Walls rising up along borders, hatred and fear welling up within and between populations, repressive laws assailing basic freedoms. The US election results, […]
Today’s announcement by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on third country resettlement is an extreme step in shirking responsibility by the Australian Government. Prime Minister Turnbull today announced that the Australian Government is in discussions with the United States for some of the refugees warehoused on Nauru and Manus Island to be settled in the US […]
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 […]
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