Amnesty International Gold Coast invites you to commemorate National Sorry Day in recognition of Indigenous Australians we were forcibly removed from their families during the Stolen Generation. We will also be celebrating Amnesty International’s 59th birthday, and all of the wins we have achieved for human rights in those years. This is a great opportunity […]
Amnesty International SA/NT invites you to join us at the Journey of Healing commemoration of National Sorry Day, held on Friday 24th May from 10.30am – 2:30pm at Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square). Elders are especially invited to this event to receive the recognition their place in the community entitles them to. Options for engaging Treaty negotiations […]
Amnesty International Gold Coast invites you to commemorate National Sorry Day, in recognition of Indigenous Australians who were forcibly removed from their families during the Stolen Generation. We will also be celebrating Amnesty International’s 58th birthday, and all of the wins we have achieved for human rights in those years. Join us for a special […]
Maitland Action Group will be celebrating National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week by holding a stall at Pender Place shopping centre from 9.00am. We will be providing information about these important days and highlighting what we can all do to support indigenous human rights. We will also give people the opportunity to support refugees and […]
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More than 323,000 people worldwide sign Amnesty International’s ‘Free Xinjiang Detainees’ petition, which urges UN to investigate human rights violations against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities.
Reverend John Jegasothy and his family sought safety in Australia, after fleeing Sri Lanka’s civil war. Today he is a community leader in Sydney helping to promote a fair go for refugees. Story as told to Annika Flensburg. Fleeing Sri Lanka When Sri Lanka’s civil war started, I was working as a Superintendent Minister in […]
Associate Professor Munjed Al Muderis fled Saddam Hussein’s Iraq after refusing to cut off the ears of army deserters. Today he is one of Australia’s – and the world’s – pioneering orthopaedic surgeons. Story as told to Annika Flensburg. A young doctor in Iraq I was 27 years old in 1999, living very happily in […]
Justice remains elusive a year after a network of secret prisons was first exposed in southern Yemen, Amnesty International said in a new report documenting egregious unchecked violations, including systemic disappearances and torture as well as other ill-treatment amounting to war crimes. “God only knows if he’s alive” details how scores of men have been […]
Rodney Dillon is a Palawa man from Tasmania and Amnesty International Australia’s Indigenous Rights Advisor For some people, 26 January means a day of barbecues, of fireworks, of friends and family. A day to celebrate this country. Australia Day. This year, like every year, I wish I could tuck into some prawns, watch those fireworks, […]