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Our new report ‘I want a safe place: Refugee women from Syria uprooted and unprotected in Lebanon’ reveals that Syrian refugee women don’t feel safe in Lebanon. Here are four reasons why, and four possible solutions. 1. Refugee women are often threatened and sexually harassed in public Amnesty recently interviewed 65 Syrian refugee women in …
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During war and conflict, crisis researcher Joanne Mariner is the first on the ground to gather evidence of serious human rights crimes. She tells us how your support makes her life-changing work possible. 1. Training “I’ve had training in first aid, facing hostile fire, and dealing with hostage situations. I’ve seen how high velocity bullets …
Our latest Amnesty International Annual Report 2020/21: The State of The World’s Human Rights highlights how the global pandemic crisis impacted everyone, but also threw into stark relief, and sometimes aggravated, existing inequalities and patterns of abuse. The global system of governance strained at the seams, exacerbated by powerful governments’ attacks on multilateral institutions. However, by …
As Australia heads into an election year and steps up its bid for a UN Human Rights Council seat, now is the time to show human rights leadership. Yet, Australia is missing the chance to be a world leader on human rights due to its failures on Indigenous and refugee rights and new draconian laws. …
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Malaysia is spiraling into a dark era of repression as the government has launched an unprecedented crackdown through the Sedition Act over the past two years to silence, harass and lock up hundreds of critics. Sedition Act allows authorities to target opposition An Amnesty briefing, Critical Repression: Freedom of expression under attack in Malaysia (PDF …
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Peshmerga forces from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdish militias in northern Iraq have bulldozed, blown up and burned down thousands of homes in an apparent effort to uproot Arab communities in revenge for their perceived support for the so-called Islamic State (IS). Displacement of civilians Our new report, Banished and dispossessed: Forced displacement …
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products. Lung damage A new report by Amnesty International and Afrewatch, This is what we die for: Human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo …
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For over 50 years we’ve worked tirelessly with passionate supporters like you, to stop torture globally. People power is behind the success of all our work and we’d like to share with you some of the top recent successes that we’ve achieved together. 1. Claudia Medina With torture on the rise in Mexico, it remains …
What are the solutions to keeping Indigenous kids in communities and out of detention? All over Australia – in urban, regional and remote communities – Indigenous leaders and community members know the way forward for their children. With Indigenous-designed and led community programs, kids can grow up in an environment that nurtures their potential rather …
The Laos authorities must establish an independent commission to uncover the truth about the fate of civil society activist Sombath Somphone, on what is now the third anniversary of his disappearance. In an open letter to the Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, 49 Directors of Amnesty International national offices around the world are highlighting the …
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