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DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

Bunkbeds in the Florida Homestead

Refugees North America

US Government Detention of Children at Homestead Facility Cruel and Unlawful

18 July 2019 | 10:30 am

No Home for Children: US Government Detention of Children at Homestead Facility Cruel and Unlawful,...

A light artist stands against a dark night sky and paints the AI candle.

Freedom of expression, association and assembly Australia

Amnesty joins chorus of LGBTIQ+ allies

16 July 2019 | 11:20 am

Amnesty International Australia has joined more than 50 LGBTIQ+ advocates, organisations and allies...

Interior photograph of the large international meeting chamber room at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland. The room is empty.

Crisis response Asia

Philippines: Australian support of UN resolution welcome

12 July 2019 | 1:47 pm

Responding to the UN Human Rights Council voting in favour of a resolution to monitor and report on...

Indigenous rights protest

Community is everything Australia

Indigenous Legal Assistance Program must be retained

11 July 2019 | 4:34 pm

During NAIDOC week, Amnesty International Australia is joining the National Peak Body for...

Relatives of Michael Siaron grieve during his burial ceremony at a cemetery in Manila.

Human Rights Asia

Amnesty International Australia calls on Morrison to show leadership on extrajudicial killings in the Philippines

11 July 2019 | 11:51 am

Amnesty International Australia today called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to support a...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during visit to army personnel in Manila, 4 October 2016. © TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

Human Rights Asia

Philippines: Duterte’s ‘large-scale murdering enterprise’ amounts to crimes against humanity

8 July 2019 | 1:26 pm

Police in the Philippines are operating with total impunity killing people from poor...