By Kacey Teerman, Indigenous Rights Campaigner, Amnesty International Australia I’m writing from Wurundjeri Country where conversations about truth, Treaty and justice have been led by Elders and community for decades. The work that’s brought us to this moment in Victoria has been tireless, carried forward by generations of Aboriginal leaders who have never stopped pushing […]
Lebanese authorities have yet to deliver truth and justice for the victims and their families five years after the devastating Beirut port explosion on 4 August 2020, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. It is imperative to conduct a comprehensive and unobstructed investigation that establishes the full chain of responsibility. The blast, which […]
It’s hard to miss the increasing debates around the word “gender”. The last few decades have seen historic gains in the struggle for equality of access to rights and opportunities for women and girls around the world. Though there is still a long way to go, some progress has been made towards recognising the rights […]
Content warning: this article contains discussion of homophobia, transphobia, conversion practices, physical and sexual assault. What are conversion practices? Conversion practices – also known as Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts (SOGICE) – are formal therapeutic and informal practices that target LGBTQA+ people with the false ideology that their sexual orientation, gender identity or […]
Human rights are the fundamental freedoms and protections that belong to all of us. But did you know that Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world without a Human Rights Act? Our current patchwork laws are failing to protect our fundamental rights, and without a Human Rights Act, there’s almost nothing most Australians […]
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today. The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military […]
Update The results are in. In the wake of the election, help us tell the newly elected Queensland Government that kids don’t belong in jail cells. Together we won’t stop fighting for the rights of kids and the justice of First Nations communities. The Liberal National Party’s ‘adult crime adult time’ policy is set to […]
Responding to the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission’s (EAIC) findings of physical and mental abuse in the Bidor Temporary Immigration Depot which led to the attempted escape of 131 detainees, on 1 February 2024, and resulted in the death of two detainees, Nicole Fong, the Research and Advocacy Officer of Amnesty International Malaysia said: “Amnesty International […]
Update 28/08/2024: Territorians headed to the polls on Saturday and voted strongly in favour of The Country Liberal Party (CLP). Chief Minister-elect Lia Finocchiaro, said the work would begin Sunday in “the start of a new day and a new chapter”. That is, promising to lower the age of criminal responsibility to just 10 years […]
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch given permission to intervene in judicial review case Responding to the High Court this morning granting permission for Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to intervene in an ongoing legal challenge by Al-Haq and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) to the UK’s transfer of arms to Israel, Sacha […]
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