Amnesty International Australia
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Amnesty International condemns in the strongest possible terms the inhumane incarceration of a 16 year old Aboriginal boy, along with two 17 year olds, in solitary confinement at an adult maximum security prison in Victoria. Early reports indicate the 16 year old Aboriginal boy was placed in the cell in Port Phillip Prison, for four …
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Amnesty International Australia expresses solidarity with the community of Palm Island as they react to news the Queensland Government will pay the legal costs of the police officer acquitted over the manslaughter of Mulrunji Doomadgee. Amnesty International’s Indigenous Rights Campaigner Rodney Dillon says he understands why the latest news reports have inflamed concerns at Palm …
Since 2007, Amnesty International has provided comment to the Australian Government about major concerns regarding human rights violations occurring under the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) and the subsequent policy modifications made since then. Through the release of the discussion paper Stronger Futures the Hon Jenny Macklin MP has sought comment on the future of …
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Did you know just six countries supply a whopping 74 percent of the world’s weapons? Last year, when protestor throughout the Arab world demanded change, military forces in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain and beyond responded with deadly force, staining the streets with the blood of more than 8,000 people. This could happen ebcuase countries including US, …
Alex Pagilaro, Refugee Campaign Coordinator for Amnesty International, helps to ensure the rights of people seeking asylum are protected in Australia. Here are her experiences of time in Australia’s detention centres. Friday 27 January, 2012 Next Saturday I’ll be leaving my desk to spend two weeks visiting some of the most remote detention facilities in the country – Christmas …
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Each year, the global trade in conventional arms carries an enormous human cost. In July 2012, UN member states will be invited to the UN conference to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty. Now is the time to ensure that the Treaty contains the highest possible common standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional …
For over three years we partnered with the Alyawarr and Anmatyerr communities of Utopia homelands to develop our report which highlights how specific policies on homelands in the Northern Territory undermine the rights of Aboriginal communities. For Aboriginal People the connection to their traditional lands is of central importance to their identity and culture. Research also …
Continue reading “The Land Holds Us: Aboriginal Peoples’ right to traditional homelands”
Homelands are small-to-medium sized communities, established so that Aboriginal people can maintain connection with their traditional, ancestral land. There are approximately 500 homelands in the Northern Territory. Around 30 per cent of the Aboriginal population of the NT live on homelands. By raising their families on homelands, Aboriginal people are able to maintain their deep …
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