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DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

COVID-19 Middle East

Qatar: Contact tracing app exposes personal details of more than one million

27 May 2020 | 2:22 pm

Serious security vulnerabilities in Qatar’s mandatory contact tracing app, uncovered by Amnesty...

Community is everything Australia

CAG should seize the opportunity to transform the lives of Indigenous kids by raising the age

27 May 2020 | 10:00 am

The Councils of Attorneys-General (CAG), which is due to meet in July, has a unique opportunity to...

Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East

Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree

21 May 2020 | 9:24 am

Amnesty International has released details of the deaths of 304 men, women and children killed by...

LGBTQI rights Europe

Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”

20 May 2020 | 11:27 am

Following yesterday’s vote in parliament on a new legislation that bans the legal recognition...

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Refugees Australia

New bill to ban mobile phones in immigration detention may breach Mandela Rules

19 May 2020 | 4:09 pm

A new Bill to go before Australian Parliament to prohibit mobile phones in immigration detention...

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Indigenous rights Australia

Indigenous kids in prison: Australia’s national disgrace

15 May 2020 | 10:55 am

Despite a slight dip in the number of Indigenous children in the youth justice system according to...