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Uyghurs tell of China-led intimidation campaign abroad It has been nearly three years since China launched an unprecedented campaign of mass detention of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. This has taken place in Xinjiang – the Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. During this time, details about the treatment of the estimated …
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Each year, the world’s biggest human rights event just gets bigger. Write for Rights 2018 was no exception, with people writing millions of messages that transformed the lives of women activists worldwide. They came in their dozens, hundreds, even thousands. They were students, parents, teachers, friends – ordinary people who took a moment to tweet, …
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By Anna Shea, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Refugee and Migrants Rights Working on refugee rights, I have had the privilege of meeting people seeking asylum in many countries around the world. Time and again I have been struck by the unfailing generosity and hospitality of people who have had to give up everything they know …
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Over the past few years, Amnesty International offices on four continents have been working to support refugees in a way and on a scale never seen before. The goal? To increase the number of people who can start their lives in a safe country. The method? Community sponsorship. At its heart, community sponsorship is a …
Thanks to a combination of fierce campaigning and people power, 2019 has seen some major human rights wins so far! January As a tribute to Julián Carrillo, an environmental rights defender killed in October 2018, we launched Caught between bullets and neglect, a digest on Mexico’s failure to protect environmental human rights defenders. Just a few hours …
The Refugee Advisory Group consists of courageous individuals with lived experiences as refugees in Australia.
The National Board of Amnesty International Australia (AIA) provides leadership and governance for AIA. Members of AIA are now invited to nominate for election to the National Board. At the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in October last year AIA members voted overwhelming in support of a new system of governance. A key component of this …
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Campaigner Michael Hayworth answers some of the tougher questions – like why it is fundamentally important to abolish the death penalty? Anti-death penalty campaigners can rattle off 25 different reasons why we need to abolish the death penalty: its cruel, degrading, inhumane, what about families, it’s just wrong and world peace. Most of us can …
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Invisibility seems like an unlikely problem for Joey Joleen Mataele. Radiating both strength and warmth in equal measure, she was one of the most striking figures at the second Asia-Pacific Rainbow Families Forum, a meeting of delegates from 27 countries hosted once again last year in Hong Kong. Three decades ago she founded the Tonga …
It has been more than 40 years since the UN chose 8 March as the day to celebrate the power and efforts of women worldwide. A rallying call for feminists everywhere, it has thrown light on sexism and misogyny, while amplifying the voices of sisters everywhere. But with all the progress women have made, is …
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