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5 human rights cases you can take action for this July
Rights belong to every one of us – but they are abused and denied every single day. From across the globe into our own backyard, our human rights are under threat. This can feel really overwhelming, and at times, hopeless. But when this happens, we search out the facts. We expose what’s happening on the …
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Report: China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang
Amnesty International’s latest report Like We Were Enemies In A War is a comprehensive human rights investigation into the crushing repression faced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Based on scores of interviews – 55 of them with former detainees – the investigation since October 2019 found evidence …
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Report: Stop Burning Our Rights! What governments and corporations must do to protect humanity from the climate crisis
A blueprint for what governments and corporations must do to address the climate crisis.
Justice for George Floyd: A Year of Global Activism for Black Lives and Against Police Violence
George Floyd’s death highlighted the similarly tragic treatment of our First Peoples in the judicial system.
Amnesty International Global Death Penalty Report: Death Sentences and Executions 2020
In 2020, we recorded the lowest number of executions in over a decade. The world is getting closer to abolishing death penalty. 2021 cannot be a year of regression.
Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The state of the world’s human rights
The human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020.
4 things Scott Morrison’s new cabinet can do right now for human rights
In the wake of weeks of shocking revelations about workplace culture and the treatment of women in federal politics, The Morrison Government have reshuffled their cabinet. Among these new ministerial appointments are Senator Michaelia Cash to Attorney General, Peter Dutton MP to Defence, and Karen Andrews MP to Home Affairs. Senator Marise Payne has been …
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Report: The nightmare of Uyghur families separated by repression
Amnesty International speaks to six Uyghur parents who have been separated from their children in the hopes of reunification.
5 Australian human rights cases to take action for this January
In 2020, our global movement continued to stand up for justice, freedom and equality. We took action for the human rights of all, despite the difficult circumstances of a global pandemic. In Australia, we experienced some of the strictest lockdowns in the world. Standing up for what’s right and demanding human rights for all looked …
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