Amnesty International Australia
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In response to figures released by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. (Young people returning to sentenced youth justice supervision 2017–18) Joel Clark, Indigenous Rights Advocate said: “The figures released today are yet more evidence that keeping kids locked up doesn’t work. It is shocking that four out of five kids released from sentenced …
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The Immigration and Citizenship Authority of Papua New Guinea has offered refugees currently on Manus a voluntarily transfer to Port Moresby. The men will be provided with residential accommodation in Port Moresby, re-location support, a weekly living allowance and other support such as health services and employment support will also be provided. In response to …
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Amnesty International has joined the voices of the Aboriginal Peak Organisation of Northern Territory and others in condemning the proposed site of the new Don Dale youth detention facility. In response to the news that the new facility will be built next to an adult prison, Rodney Dillon, Indigenous Rights Advisor at Amnesty International Australia …
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An independent report presented to the UN has recommended that the minimum age of criminal responsibility should be at least 14. Manfred Nowak, the Independent Expert leading the global study on children deprived of liberty says that ‘States should establish a minimum age of criminal responsibility, which shall not be below 14 years of age’. …
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Amnesty International will divest from fossil fuel companies in acknowledgement that investment in an industry whose products are the primary source of the climate crisis is at odds with the organization’s mission of protecting and championing human rights. The decision was taken at Amnesty’s highest decision-making forum – the Global Assembly – which is formed …
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Amnesty International Australia calls On Government to help return seriously ill Australian citizen Joseph Sarlak from detention in Qatar Amnesty International Australia today called on Foreign Minister Marise Payne to make representations to the Qatari government to return seriously ill citizen Joseph Sarlak from detention. Mr Sarlak suffers from several serious health conditions and has …
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Death during police operation raises serious questions about worsening treatment of migrants The death of a Central American man travelling with his eight-year-old daughter during a police operation in the city of Saltillo is yet another brutal sign of Mexico’s increasingly hostile approach to migrants and refugees, said Amnesty International today. “Mexican authorities should treat …
Today, (19 July 2019) marks the six year anniversary of the Rudd Government’s decision that anyone arriving by boat seeking safety would be deported to indefinite offshore detention, on Manus (PNG) or Nauru, and be subject to a permanent ban on settling in Australia. Since that date 3,127 people have been sent to Nauru or …
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No Home for Children: US Government Detention of Children at Homestead Facility Cruel and Unlawful, Says New Amnesty International USA Report The Homestead facility housing children who travelled alone to the United States must be shut down as quickly as possible, a new Amnesty International USA report finds, and children should immediately be placed in …
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Amnesty International Australia has joined more than 50 LGBTIQ+ advocates, organisations and allies in a joint statement in support of an affirming Religious Discrimination Act. Joint LGBTIQ+ community statement in support of religious discrimination protections We, the undersigned LGBTIQ+ advocates, organisations and allies, place on the public record our support for protections from discrimination for …
