Amnesty International Australia
Defending Human Rights
Responding to the crisis emerging in Ukraine, Amnesty International Australia today launched a Global Emergency Fund to assist in protecting and defending human rights. “Right now, brutal war is breaking out in the centre of Europe. Russian soldiers have crossed the border into Ukraine. Cities are being bombed, and lives have already been lost,” Amnesty …
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Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians: Amnesty International’s new report.
Amnesty International Australia remains gravely concerned for the welfare of Australian citizen Shokrollah (Issa) Jebeli Javan who has been detained in Evin Prison since January 31 2020.
Illegal logging of protected forests is undermining the human rights and erasing the traditions of Indigenous peoples in Cambodia, new research by Amnesty International has revealed.
If the international community continues to drag its feet on the grave human rights violations including lethal violence targeted at protestors that we have seen in Myanmar this past year, many more people will suffer and this human rights crisis could worsen, Amnesty International said today ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 1 February, 2021 coup. …
The Saudi-led coalition used a precision-guided munition made in the United States in last week’s air strike on a detention centre in Sa’adah, north-western Yemen, which, according to Doctors without Borders, killed at least 80 people and injured over 200, Amnesty International said today. The laser-guided bomb used in the attack, manufactured by US defense company Raytheon, …
The life of a man on death row, and Singapore’s human rights reputation including its treatment of persons with disabilities, are in the balance.
The Indian government should immediately stop harassing the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns and its program unit People’s Watch, ten human rights groups said today. The government should stop using the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act and other abusive laws to silence civil society in India. The groups are Amnesty International, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development …
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Amnesty International remains gravely concerned for the welfare of Australian writer Yang Hengjun who has been in custody in China awaiting trial for three years. Dr Yang’s family and colleagues have told Amnesty that he is in poor health and that he has been informed his trial on espionage charges has yet again been delayed. …
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Over the course of the last 12 months, the Russian authorities have unleashed an unprecedented campaign of repression and reprisals against wrongfully imprisoned opposition leader AlekseiNavalny and his supporters, destroying all remnants of the rights to freedom of expression and association, Amnesty International said today on the first anniversary of the politician’s arrest. “In the …
