Indigenous rights Australia Amnesty International welcomes Queensland Youth Justice Amendment Bill Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Europe UK must refuse extradition of Julian Assange to the United States Read More
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Indigenous rights Australia Amnesty International welcomes Queensland Youth Justice Amendment Bill 14 June 2019 | 2:23 pm Responding to Queensland’s Youth Justice Amendment Bill introduced today, Amnesty International... Read More
Community is everything Australia Teargassing of children in Darwin 2 September 2014 | 11:56 am The tear-gassing of children at a Darwin correctional facility last month is extremely alarming and... Read More
Refugees Australia Why I care about refugees 23 April 2015 | 3:37 pm Amnesty volunteer Laura James tells us how motherhood motivated her to campaign for refugee rights.... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Asia China must release supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests 28 September 2015 | 9:09 am The Chinese authorities must immediately release eight mainland human rights activists detained for... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Europe UK must refuse extradition of Julian Assange to the United States 14 June 2019 | 10:18 am Following the formal extradition request by the United States to the United Kingdom for Julian... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Asia Hong Kong: ‘Excessive’ police force against peaceful protesters condemned 13 June 2019 | 2:58 pm Amnesty International has condemned the use of force against largely peaceful protesters by Hong... Read More
Activism Global Climate activists Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement honoured with top Amnesty Award 7 June 2019 | 4:11 pm Climate change activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement of school-children... Read More
Women's rights Europe Rape law amendment in Greece ‘a historic victory’ for women 7 June 2019 | 1:12 pm Greece to become ninth out of 31 European countries to recognise that sex without consent is rape... Read More
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Freedom of expression, association and assembly Australia Response to AFP Raids on Australian Press 5 June 2019 | 7:59 pm Today’s raids by the Australian Federal Police on Australian journalists are the latest in what... Read More
Community is everything Australia Eight issues behind Indigenous youth suicide 31 May 2019 | 4:41 pm By Dr. Hannah McGlade Curtin As a Noongar woman, a mother, and human rights advocate I have been... Read More
Crisis response Asia 29 May 2019 | 11:33 am The Myanmar military has committed fresh war crimes and other human rights violations in Rakhine... Read More
Refugees Australia Manus: Surge in suicide attempts illustrates crisis of Australian policy 24 May 2019 | 2:41 pm Responding to reports that several men sent to Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) by Australia have... Read More
