Hakeem is home! On 12 February he arrived at Tullamarine airport in Melbourne and into the arms of his joyous wife. The Thai authorities have now dropped the falsified case against Melbourne-based footballer Hakeem al-Araibi. He had spent 76 days unjustly imprisoned in Thailand and for every single one of those days, he faced deportation to danger …
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Rohingya rights: Remains from the ashes
The Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have yet to come to terms with the trauma they had experienced in Myanmar. Multimedia Producer Ahmer Khan visited Cox’s Bazar to document in photographs the Rohingya people with what they held dearest to them during their troubled escape from home. Words by Saad Hammadi, Amnesty International South Asia Campaigner. …
Meet the women fighting sexual violence in Nepal
It’s awards season in Hollywood, and a year since a #MeToo-dominated Oscars ceremony made sexual harassment a global talking point. Critics will be watching to see what, if anything, has changed in the film industry since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke. But the #MeToo movement has made ripples far beyond LA. Away from the spotlight …
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Brave young people fighting for human rights
In the aftermath of Jair Bolsonaro’s election on an openly anti-human rights agenda, a climate of fear remains in Brazil. Yet, young people are rising up and making their voices heard. Amnesty International met seven human rights activists who reveal what life is like in Salvador, Brazil, and how they’re tackling violence against women, racism …
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Five things you can do for human rights this year
However dire and widespread the human rights abuses of the last year may feel, we each have a role to play in making the world we want to live in a better place for all. Here are just five things you can do for human rights this year: 1. Spread the word on social One …
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Saving Khizar: Mentally ill defendant faces execution in Pakistan
Khizar Hayat did not know how close he came to death earlier this month. It’s not as if nobody told him. He just cannot understand what an execution is. In fact, even though he has been on death row since 2003, he does not know why he is in jail. The anti-psychotic medication he has …
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What’s the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker?
Do you know the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker? The most common refugee terminology explained. Asylum seeker An asylum seeker is an individual who is seeking international protection. In countries with individualised procedures, an asylum seeker is someone whose claim has not yet been finally decided on by the country in which …
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Putin Has Given Chechnya Free Rein to Persecute LGBTQI People
By Natalia Prilutskaya, Russia Researcher at Amnesty International For the second time in less than two years, a violent homophobic crackdown has left LGBTI people in Chechnya fearing for their lives. Earlier this week the Russian LGBT Network confirmed reports that the Chechen authorities have resumed large-scale arrests of individuals believed to be gay or …
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Eight facts about Indigenous People in Australia
How many Indigenous languages are spoken in Australia? How many are in danger of disappearing? And why are so many Indigenous kids – some as young as 10 – being locked up? Here is your chance to find out. 1. Who are the world’s Indigenous Peoples? Hundreds of millions of people across 90 countries worldwide …
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12 bright moments for human rights
As we continue to fight the good fight in 2019 Amnesty Campaigner Belinda Lowe remembers a cheery moment for human rights for every month of 2018. January The councils of Flinders Island, Fremantle, Yarra, Darebin and Moreland showed respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by holding Australia Day events on a date other …