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Kids need more than platitudes: close Ashley, Don Dale and raise the age
Amnesty calls to close detention centres and raise the age of criminal responsibility during National Child Protection Week.
Report: Amnesty International Australia Human Rights Barometer 2022
We look at 4 key human rights Australians care about: First Nations peoples’ rights, racism, Covid-19 impact and refugee rights.
Raising the age: why it needs to be more than detention
Tasmania has recently been in the news for raising the age – not of criminal responsibility, but of detention. Amnesty welcomes this significant step in a smarter approach to justice. Putting children in prisons causes irreparable harm, governments know this, but continue to allow children to be subject to this treatment. The Tasmanian government recognising …
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Australians strongly support a human rights act: new research
Amnesty International Australia today launched its second annual Human Rights Barometer which finds that Australians are strongly in support of a Federal human rights act, all the more so when they discover Australia is the only western liberal democracy without one. Some Australian States already have human rights acts which have enabled people to challenge …
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China: Long-delayed UN report must spur accountability for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
This 46-page document lays bare the scale and severity of the human rights violations taking place in Xinjiang.
Eleven human rights milestones for the first 100 days for the Albanese government
Amnesty would like to see the new government action the following pledges.
Good news: Student Ahmed Samir Santawy has finally been released
Ahmed Samir Santawy released after being unjustly imprisoned for spreading false news.
Statement from Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Australia apologises for the pain and anger caused by the publication of an extended press release on August 4 2022 regarding the actions of the Ukrainian resistance to Russian invasion. We recognise that we should have set out framing and contextualization of the press release in more detail, including referring to the multiple …
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UN Security Council must prioritize accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine
A UN Security Council session due to take place today must urgently prioritize civilian protection and accountability for the litany of war crimes committed by Russian forces and call for an end to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Amnesty International said. Russia requested the Security Council session, to focus on growing concerns over the militarization of …