Amnesty International is concerned that there are an estimated up to 45.8 million individuals in modern slavery worldwide. Modern slavery affects almost every sector, region and company. Modern slavery covers a wide spectrum of crimes, but includes human trafficking, slavery and slavery like practices such as servitude, forced labour, forced or servile marriage, the sale …
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Children suffer as PM Turnbull delays youth justice change
Alongside the Indigenous-led Change The Record coalition, Amnesty International has released a National Plan of Action calling for an overhaul of Australia’s youth justice system. Released 10 days after the Federal Government pledged national commitment on youth justice, Free to be kids: National Plan calls on Prime Minister Turnbull to end the abuse and overrepresentation of …
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MANUS ISLAND: Lives at risk as authorities attempt to move refugees
Responding to the news that the Papua New Guinea authorities have sent in immigration officials armed with sticks and knives into the Lombrum refugee detention centre at around 8.00am on Thursday 23 November on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, Amnesty International said: “The risks of serious injury if the authorities use force now is completely …
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Rohingya Crisis: Australia out of step as U.S. State Department acknowledges ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the sustained and systemic attacks on the Rohingya population by the Myanmar military “ethnic cleansing” overnight in an acknowledgment of the nature of the humanitarian crisis. He also called for an independent probe into north Rakhine State. The announcement comes a week after promising an additional US$47 …
“Caged without a roof”: Apartheid in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Since August, security forces in Myanmar have waged a devastating campaign of violence against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine State. An unknown number have been killed, women and girls have been raped, at times in front of their families, and entire villages have been burned to the ground. As a result, more than 600,000 Rohingya …
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Myanmar: Rohingya trapped in dehumanising apartheid regime
Rohingya segregated and abused in “open air prison” Two-year investigation reveals root causes of current Rakhine State crisis System of discrimination amounts to the crime against humanity of apartheid Australia must immediately cut ties to the Myanmar military, including the provision of training and other military and security assistance The Rohingya people in Myanmar are …
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Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Next week Australia will appear before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the CERD Committee). The CERD Committee is a group of independent experts who monitor and encourage governments to uphold and implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the Convention). The appearance by Australia’s representatives …
Online abuse against women: Amnesty International reveals alarming impact
New research by Amnesty International has revealed the alarming impact that abuse and harassment on social media are having on women, with women around the world reporting stress, anxiety, or panic attacks as a result of these harmful online experiences. The organisation commissioned an IPSOS MORI poll which looked at the experiences of women between …
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Yemen: USA, UK, France risk complicity in collective punishment of civilians
The USA, UK and France must immediately cease supplying arms to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen, which is impeding humanitarian assistance, including items indispensable to the survival of civilians. According to the UN and humanitarian agencies food and medicine are being blocked and vital supplies will run out in a matter of weeks. …
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PM Turnbull must live up to today’s promise on youth justice leadership
Amnesty International welcomes the Federal Government’s commitment to show national leadership on the issue of youth justice across Australia, and urges Prime Minister Turnbull to oversee nationwide reform of the youth justice system. Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said this morning that “every other jurisdiction will be looking to the NT and Commonwealth for leadership; …
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