Amnesty International has written to Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defence Minister Peter Dutton ahead of their planned meetings with counterparts in Indonesia, India, South Korea and the United States over the next few days.
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Biden administration must prioritise human rights
People in the United States deserve a bold and transformational approach from their new President, Joe Biden, who is being inaugurated today in Washington DC. “As a global superpower, US government policy affects us all, and we call on the Biden administration to put human rights at the forefront of all their policies,” Amnesty International …
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Human rights warning issued to Australians travelling to the US
Amnesty International Australia has issued a human rights alert to those intending to travel to the United States of America as the nation faces unrest in the lead up to the November 3 election. Last month Amnesty International released a report, Losing the Peace: US Police Failures to Protect Protesters from Violence which found law …
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USA: come clean about Syria civilian deaths
US-led Coalition forces carrying out air strikes in Syria must conduct thorough investigations into reports of civilian casualties from its operations and disclose their findings. Eleven Coalition attacks examined by Amnesty International appear to have killed some 300 civilians during two years of strikes targeting the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS). So far …
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