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Amnesty International Australia’s National Director, Claire Mallinson has just returned from visiting Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and is warning that urgent action is needed before the imminent monsoon season hits, to prevent catastrophic loss of life. “What we just witnessed was a scene where 900,000 people – 80% of them women …
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The Whittlesea council today marked a significant milestone in Australia’s response to the global refugee situation passing a motion in support of the Amnesty International campaign to expand and improve the current federal government refugee community sponsorship program. “Whittlesea is the first local council in Australia to get behind expanding this neighbourhood-led solution to the …
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Despite the Turkish government’s cynical crackdown on human rights, activists for justice and freedom will not be silenced, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the detention of Taner Kılıç. The Honorary Chair of Amnesty International Turkey was arrested on 6 June 2017 on a baseless charge of belonging to a terrorist organisation. More …
Amnesty International carried out field investigations in the destroyed city US-led Coalition fired vast number of imprecise explosive weapons in populated civilian areas Even Coalition precision bombs took a horrendous toll on civilians Hundreds of civilians killed and then ‘Islamic State’ fighters allowed to leave From amid the rubble of Raqqa, civilians are asking …
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Australia is lagging far behind the rest of the world in locking up little children as young as 10 years old, said health, legal, Indigenous and children’s experts at a roundtable with Shadow Assistant for Indigenous Affairs Senator Pat Dodson and Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus in Canberra today. The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, National …
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Responding to news reports that more people have been detained in Saudi Arabia – bringing to 11 the number imprisoned since last week – Samah Hadid, Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Campaigns, said: “Amnesty International is extremely concerned following reports that yet more individuals and activists have been arrested in Saudi Arabia. “Despite the …
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New evidence gathered inside Rakhine State points to gruesome massacre of Hindus Men, women and children rounded up and killed, execution-style Access for UN, independent investigators urgently needed A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men, and …
Responding to the news that a Rohingya refugee has reportedly died on Manus Island, Kate Schuetze, Refugee Researcher at Amnesty International said: “This is extremely sad and heartbreaking news. Amnesty International is extending our sincere condolences to the man’s family and friends.” “This tragic and avoidable death is the seventh death of a refugee on …
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Amnesty International is appalled by Australia’s decision to vote against last night’s United Nations Human Rights Council resolution calling for an independent investigation into Israel’s killings of over 100 Palestinians. “Australia is on the wrong side of history. Last night it was one of only two countries, the other being the United States, who voted …
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The Australian government is attempting to walk away from the human rights crisis it has created for refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea (PNG) by winding back critical healthcare services, despite the ongoing plight of the people trapped in its offshore detention centres, Amnesty International said as it released a new briefing today. …
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