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Author Archives: Dan Veldre
UK: Certifying Assange’s extradition puts him at great risk and “would pose grave threat to press freedom”
If the UK Home Secretary certifies the US request to extradite Julian Assange, it will violate the prohibition against torture and set an alarming precedent for publishers and journalists around the world, Amnesty International said today following the UK Magistrates’ Court’s decision to issue an order to extradite him. The case will now be sent …
Banksia Hill report shocking, but not surprising
Responding to the latest damning report by the Inspector of Custodial Services into conditions at Perth’s Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre tabled in West Australian Parliament today, Amnesty International Australia Indigenous Rights Advisor, Rodney Dillon, said: “The findings in this report should come as a surprise to no one – but they should shock anyone …
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Russia: Authorities close down Amnesty International’s Moscow Office
Today, the Russian authorities have closed down representative offices of Amnesty International and other international NGOs. Reacting to the news, Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said: “Amnesty’s closing down in Russia is only the latest in a long list of organizations that have been punished for defending human rights and speaking the truth …
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Ukraine: Russia’s cruel siege warfare tactics unlawfully killing civilians – new testimony and investigation
The Russian military’s siege warfare tactics in Ukraine, marked by relentless indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas, are unlawfully killing civilians in several cities, Amnesty International said today in a new on-the-ground investigation. For the first time, Amnesty International field investigators in Ukraine have independently verified physical evidence of banned cluster munitions, the use of which violates international law. …
Plight of rainbow refugees highlighted at Mardi Gras: humanitarian intake must increase urgently
Amnesty International Australia will highlight the situation of LGBTQIA+ refugees at its annual float at Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade on Saturday evening. As the crisis unfolds in Ukraine, the float will draw attention to the challenges members of the rainbow community face when fleeing persecution. Co-founder of Forcibly Displaced People Network, Renee Dixson, said: “During …
Ukraine: Cluster munitions kill child and two other civilians taking shelter at a preschool
A preschool in north-eastern Ukraine was hit on the morning of 25 February with widely-banned cluster munitions while civilians took shelter inside, killing three of them, including a child, and wounding another child, Amnesty International said today. The attack appears to have been carried out by Russian forces, which were operating nearby, and which have …
National Plan lacks detail on key areas for gender-based violence
Amnesty International Australia today expressed serious concerns about the draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, including its failure to address gender-based violence as an abuse of women’s human rights, as recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. Submissions on the draft plan closed on Friday. …
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Use of spit hoods can amount to torture in youth detention or anywhere else
Amnesty International Australia today joined calls from Aboriginal health and rights groups to end the use of spit hoods in detention. “We have written to Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner to ask him to respect the recommendations of the 2017 Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the NT and end …
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Soaring concern for human rights and human lives as Russia invades Ukraine
Amnesty International calls for unerring respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s multi-pronged attack on Ukraine. “Our worst fears have been realized. After weeks of escalation, a Russian invasion that is likely to lead to the most horrific consequences for human lives and human rights has begun,” said Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès …
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