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Tag Archives: LGBTQIA+
Amnesty calls on Western Australia and South Australia to end conversion practices
Amnesty International Australia, SOGICE Survivors and Ending Conversion Practices WA have written to SA and WA government representatives.
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 …
Religious Discrimination Bill illustrates urgent need for Federal Human Rights Act
Amnesty International Australia today called for the scrapping of the Morrison Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill and called instead for a Federal Human Rights Act. “The fatal flaws of this Bill have been laid bare, as well as the discriminatory implications of the proposed legislative changes for the LGBTQI+ community. The Government should not countenance discriminating …
Submission: Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and related bills
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry and the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee inquiry into the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and Related Bills (the Bill).
Lebanon: Imminent involuntary repatriation of a refugee, victim of INTERPOL abuse
A 25 year old LGBTQI+ and women’s rights defender, and refugee from Jordan, AOA, is facing forced repatriation from their current location in Lebanon. The Australian Humanitarian Visa holder, who identifies as a non-binary lesbian, was two days away from flying to Australia when they were arrested in Beirut due to an abuse of the …
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Georgia: The authorities’ failure to protect Tbilisi Pride once again encourages violence
Reacting to the news that the office of Tbilisi Pride have been ransacked and activists and journalists attacked, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “The violence against Tbilisi Pride organizers, activists and journalists was as lamentable as it was predictable. The Georgian authorities are responsible for failing to …
Promising signs from ACT Government announcement to protect trans, gender diverse and intersex rights
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the ACT Government’s move to examine the Territory’s discrimination act to better protect trans, gender diverse and intersex people’s rights. “This is promising news as we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, discrimination against Intersex people and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), but it’s essential any reform is done in consultation with the …
Iran: Murder of gay man highlights dangers of state-sanctioned abuses against LGBTI people
The horrifying murder of a 20-year-old gay man in Iran has shed new light on how the criminalization of consensual same-sex sexual conduct and gender non-conformity perpetuates systemic violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI), said Amnesty International in a detailed analysis issued to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, …
Kenya: Homophobic attack leaves man dead at Kakuma Refugee Camp; UN safety measures review needed
Ugandan man, Chriton Atuhwera, has died after a homophobic attack at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. The LGBTQIA+ community at the camp were targeted in a fire-bombing. The death of Chriton Atuhwera serves as a tragic reminder of the significant threat faced by refugees fleeing homophobic violence. In light of this very real threat, it …