Mining operations by India’s state-owned Coal India Limited, the world’s largest coal producer, are shutting out indigenous Adivasi communities from decisions that affect their lives. The report, “When Land Is Lost, Do We Eat Coal?”: Coal Mining and Violations of Adivasi Rights in India, traces how Coal India subsidiaries, central government ministries and state government […]
Great news from the NT! Our supporters really stepped up to ensure that independent MPs did not support the government’s damaging plans to lock up more kids before they have even been to trial. What happened? The Northern Territory government was seeking to rush through changes on their final parliamentary sitting day before the NT […]
It’s been one year since China began its assault on human rights lawyers and activists across the country on 9 July 2015. In all, 248* lawyers and activists were questioned by police, detained or charged. We look back on the key events as they unfolded, from the height of the crackdown in July last year, […]
We urge the Maldives authorities to immediately halt plans to carry out the execution of Hussain Humaam Ahmed (Humaam) and to commute his, and all other, existing death sentences in Maldives. Early in the morning of 24 June 2016, the Maldives Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Humaam for the murder of MP Afrasheem […]
The Malaysian authorities’ failure to hold anyone accountable for the death in custody of N. Dharmendran raises serious questions about their commitment to ending serious human rights violations. The statement followed a decision by the Lumpur High Court on Wednesday to acquit four police officers accused of torturing a man, N. Dharmendran, to death in […]
Vietnamese human rights defender and Catholic priest, Father Nguyen Van Ly, has been released from prison – months ahead of his expected release date. What happened? In March 2007, pro-democracy activist Father Nguyen Van Ly was sentenced to eight years in prison for “conducting propaganda” against the state. Accusations against Father Ly included his involvement […]
NSW community organiser and long-time Amnesty supporter Amanda Atlee took the Hike the Himalayas challenge and recalls her journey to India. Tell us about yourself My name is Amanda Atlee, and I have the pleasure of working as the NSW Community Organiser for Amnesty International Australia. In my downtime I convene the Randwick Action Group […]
Loved Beyonce’s political stance at the Super Bowl? Laughed out loud at Nakkiah Lui’s Black Comedy? It’s exciting to see the push for black and Indigenous rights creeping into the mainstream. Here’s a few other home-grown young Indigenous heroes who are totally nailing it for progress — ‘like’ them before everyone else does. Rachael Hocking […]
Every year, Amnesty supporters across the globe write millions of letters on behalf of people whose basic human rights are being attacked. During late 2015 and early 2016, our supporters around the world wrote an astonishing 3.7 million letters, messages, emails and tweets as part of our global letter-writing marathon, Write for Rights. Success In […]
Five years ago, Bashar al-Assad’s government brutally suppressed mass protests which began on 15 March 2011. The violent response sparked the region’s most severe armed conflict. On the fifth anniversary of the start of the Syrian war, we look at eight key facts about the conflict and its devastating effects on the people of Syria. […]
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