Freedom of expression, association and assembly Asia ATTACKS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS, MEDIA ORGANISATIONS AND JOURNALISTS IN SRI LANKA Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East IRAN: POINTED PELLETS, TEAR GAS AND RUBBER BULLETS FIRED AT PLANE PROTESTERS Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East Iran: Death toll exceeds 200 in Iran protests 3 December 2019 | 10:17 am The number of people believed to have been killed during the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on... Read More
Community is everything Australia Amnesty calls for Police to stop detaining kids while States and Territories work to raise the age 3 December 2019 | 8:46 am At its annual Council of Attorneys-General (CAG) meeting last week, Australian lawmakers extended a... Read More
Community is everything Australia The will is there to raise the age, now we need action 29 November 2019 | 3:29 pm Responding to the Communique from the Council of Attorneys-General today in Adelaide which... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East Lebanon: Military forces must end arbitrary arrests and torture of protesters 29 November 2019 | 1:11 pm Lebanese armed forces must end the arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment of peaceful... Read More
LGBTQI rights Australia Remembering Mhelody Polan Bruno: Transgender Day of Remembrance 29 November 2019 | 11:52 am Amnesty International Queensland LGBTQI Network commemorated Transgender Day of Remembrance with... Read More
Activism Global From slurs to sexual violence, women human rights defenders come under global attack 29 November 2019 | 11:01 am Governments are failing to protect women human rights defenders (WHRDs) who routinely face a wide... Read More
Refugees Australia Amnesty welcomes Senator Lambie’s statement on Medevac 27 November 2019 | 5:11 pm In response to an announcement by Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie that she will not support the... Read More
Human Rights Middle East Egypt: State Security Prosecution operating as a ‘sinister tool of repression’ 27 November 2019 | 11:01 am A new report published by Amnesty International exposes how Egypt’s Supreme State Security... Read More
Climate Change South America Brazil: Halt illegal cattle farms fuelling Amazon rainforest destruction 26 November 2019 | 2:01 pm Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures on Reserves and Indigenous territories... Read More
Human Rights Asia China: End hollow denials and give answers to victims of horrific Xinjiang abuses 25 November 2019 | 7:23 pm Responding to another leak of official Chinese government documents (labelled “The China... Read More
