Amnesty has called on the Australian Government to commit to increasing the Humanitarian Program to 30,000 places.
Tag Archives: Human rights
Afghanistan: One year of the Taliban’s broken promises, draconian restrictions and violence
Since seizing control of Afghanistan a year ago, the Taliban have mounted a sustained attack on human rights.
‘The new government gives me hope that the cruel limbo of temporary protection visas might end’
Amnesty International Australia Refugee Rights Campaigner Zaki Haidari, discusses his battle as a refugee living in Australia on a temporary protection visa, hoping that the new government will end the injustice. Australia has given me refuge – but it’s conditional. I’ve been living here for the past decade, temporary visa to temporary visa, never certain …
Myanmar: Detainees tortured to crush opposition to coup
● Beatings, gender-based violence and arbitrary arrests documented● Myanmar must immediately free all those unjustly detained● Profound psychological trauma experienced upon release Authorities in Myanmar’s prisons and interrogation centres routinely subject people detained for resisting the 2021 military coup to torture and other cruel or degrading treatment, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing, …
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Legality of all of Australia’s APODs (including MITA/BITA/AITA) now at centre of Federal Court battle
A two-day hearing in the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne has closed today with dramatic revelations that question the legality of many immigration detention facilities in Australia.
Non-Binary People’s Day is about more than ‘pronouns’
The fight for representation, understanding, and justice is about more than pronouns, it’s about love and care that is affirming and validating.
Submission: A New Equality Bill for New South Wales
Amnesty welcomes the creation of an Equality Bill for NSW.
Ensuring the inclusion of trans, gender diverse and intersex people in sport
FINA’s decision is a breach of the human rights of the athletes that this policy will impact directly, but it also sends a dangerous message to trans, gender diverse and intersex people that they are not welcome.
Write for Rights 2021: Your words are already changing lives
As part of W4R 2021 in Australia, 275,000 actions were taken by 103,000 people.
Submission: the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Inquiry Into the Use of Alternative Places of Detention
A submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s inquiry into the use of Alternative Places of Detention (APODs).