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Responding to reports of a “vast offensive” underway to capture Hodeidah city from Huthi control, supported by the Saudi Arabia and UAE-led coalition, and the announcement that the US military will cease refuelling Saudi/UAE-led coalition warplanes involved in the conflict, Amnesty International Australia’s Crisis Campaigns Coordinator Diana Sayed said: “While any steps to rein in reckless …
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Civilians in Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah will pay a terrible price amid the battle engulfing their city unless warring parties act immediately to protect them from the fighting, Amnesty International warned today. In an extremely worrying development, Huthi fighters arrived at a hospital in Hodeidah and recently took up positions atop a hospital …
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In response to an incident at Don Dale Youth Detention Centre in Darwin overnight, Amnesty International’s Indigenous Rights Adviser, Rodney Dillon, said: “There have been reports for months that the conditions at Don Dale are no better than they were before the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory …
Continue reading “Don Dale Detention Centre at crisis point”
Almost a year-and-a-half after they were first arrested, and still facing absurd charges, Amnesty International Turkey’s Honorary Chair, former Director and nine other human rights defenders must be acquitted, said Amnesty International as their trial resumes tomorrow in Istanbul. Taner Kılıç, Amnesty Turkey’s Honorary Chair, and İdil Eser, the organisation’s former Turkey Director, are being tried …
Continue reading “Turkey: Judicial farce must end with acquittal of human rights defenders”
The Egyptian authorities have stepped up their onslaught against the human rights community by arresting at least 19 human rights lawyers and activists in a series of raids yesterday, said Amnesty International. So far at least eight women and 11 men were arrested in raids which began in the early hours of the morning. The …
A message to Amnesty International Australia members from Secretary General Kumi Naidoo. Dear Friends at Amnesty International Australia, I’m Kumi Naidoo and, as some of you know, I joined Amnesty International as Secretary General in August this year. I’m sorry I could not join you in person for your annual general meeting but I wanted …
Amnesty International applauds the Queensland Government’s reported announcement that this week it will introduce a Human Rights Act for Queensland. Emma Bull, Advocacy Manager at Amnesty International Australia, said: “Introducing a Human Rights Act is a welcome and principled move to protect the human rights of all Queenslanders. “We are delighted the Palaszczuk Government will …
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Reacting to the election of Jair Bolsonaro and Hamilton Mourão as president and vice president of Brazil, Amnesty International said: “The president-elect has campaigned with an openly anti-human-rights agenda and frequently made discriminatory statements about different groups of society. His election as Brazil´s president could pose a huge risk to Indigenous Peoples and quilombolas, traditional …
Continue reading “Brazil: Toxic speech must not become government policy”
The following can be attributed to Victoria Coy, End Gun Violence campaign manager at Amnesty International USA: “The horrifying killings of worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue are the latest example of the tragic results of the politics of hate and fear combined with the devastating impact of gun violence. “We call on leaders at all …
In response to reports that President Trump plans to take executive action blocking refugees and people seeking asylum from Central America from entering the United States to request protection, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “The Trump administration is defying international law and manufacturing a crisis at the border by proposing policies that …