Hearing a family member is in trouble is enough to make anyone want to do all they can to help. When it’s not just one family member, but many of them, you can understand how you’d feel helpless. As a proud Palawa man from Tasmania, the work we’re doing looking at Indigenous incarceration gives me that …
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Briefing to the UN: elimination of discrimination against women
Sexual assault and violence against women in Papua New Guinea is rife and the PNG Government must take immediate action to eliminate all violence against women. In 2009. Amnesty International submitted a briefing to the Briefing to the UN Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women. Watch the Amnesty International Women’s Lives Matter …
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Deaths in custody: inquiry into transportation of detained persons
Amnesty International is concerned that the administration of the criminal justice system in Western Australia falls short of internationally recognised human rights standards. These failings expose prisoners to the risk of abuse and, in the most extreme cases, lead to preventable deaths in custody such as the tragic death of Mr Ward who died of …
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