Women's rights Middle East Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling Read More
Refugees Australia Amnesty condemns Fraser Anning’s election tactics 18 April 2019 | 4:43 pm Following reports today that an alt-right campaigner claiming to work for Senator Fraser Anning... Read More
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Indigenous rights Australia ‘Why I didn’t celebrate Australia Day’ 24 January 2017 | 10:55 am For me, like many other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, “Australia Day” is not a... Read More
Women's rights Middle East Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling 18 April 2019 | 4:30 pm Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders... Read More
Refugees Australia Nauru’s former President Sprent Dabwido condemns ‘torture’ of refugees 18 April 2019 | 11:56 am In an interview with The Project that aired last night, 17 April, former President of Nauru Sprent... Read More
Human Rights Australia Stand against racism 15 April 2019 | 2:56 pm With the election campaign in full swing, Amnesty International Australia is urging all political... Read More
Human Rights Europe Julian Assange must not be extradited to the US 12 April 2019 | 10:01 am Following the announcement of Julian Assange’s arrest, and request for extradition to the United... Read More
Death penalty 10 frequently asked questions about the death penalty 10 April 2019 | 11:05 am Does the death penalty stop crime? Does it give victims justice? Is there a humane way to execute?... Read More
Death penalty Global Death penalty 2018: Dramatic fall in global executions 10 April 2019 | 9:01 am Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade,... Read More
Community is everything Australia Has the QLD Government given up on keeping kids out of prison? 5 April 2019 | 3:23 pm The Queensland Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Women yesterday announced that 12 new beds have... Read More
Human Rights Australia Freedom of religion: time to act 5 April 2019 | 8:47 am In response to the release of the Freedom of Religion Second Interim report Tim O’Connor, Impact... Read More
Indigenous rights Australia Indigenous Legal Assistance Program should be retained 3 April 2019 | 1:31 pm As part of the 2019 Budget, the government yesterday announced plans to disband the Indigenous... Read More
