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Morrison must engage with Biden to secure safe passage from Afghanistan
The Australian Prime Minister must urgently work all involved in the twenty year war in Afghanistan to get vulnerable people to safety.
Afghanistan: Shameful failure of UNHRC special session to address escalating human rights and humanitarian crisis
The UN Human Rights Council today failed the people of Afghanistan after neglecting to establish an independent mechanism to monitor ongoing crimes under international law and human rights violations and abuses, Amnesty International said today. At the opening of today’s UNHRC special session, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, …
Najeeba Wazefadost shares what it’s like for women and girls in Afghanistan
The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan and there are already reports of killings and human rights violations, particularly for women and girls.
Afghanistan Crisis: Amnesty calls for United Nations Human Rights Council Investigation
Evidence obtained by Amnesty researchers in Afghanistan has uncovered the brutal murders of nine ethnic Hazara men by Taliban forces.
At the Olympics our refugees made us proud, now the Australian Government must make us proud and help those trapped in Afghanistan
Australia and its political leaders must not only embrace the contributions of refugees to Australia when it features Olympic stardom.
Afghanistan: Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men – new investigation
Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International said today.
3000 places for people from Afghanistan wholly insufficient
Australia has the capacity to at least match the humanitarian resettlement commitments of its allies.
Refugee Advisory Group: Afghanistan Crisis
Amnesty International’s Refugee Advisory Group has written to Alex Hawke, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, urging him to take tangible and meaningful steps to help Afghan people who are now facing an imminent humanitarian crisis.
Australia must step up and extend humanitarian program to Afghanistan
Amnesty International Australia is calling on the Australian government to immediately and urgently extend its humanitarian program to those fleeing the crisis in Afghanistan. “The security situation has deteriorated so rapidly and dramatically that we must act now. Australia has an obligation to protect those most at risk including human rights defenders, ethnic minorities and …
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