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Why we need a dedicated, self-determined National Safety Plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children
Change the Record is Australia’s only national Aboriginal led justice coalition of Aboriginal peak bodies and non-Indigenous allies. For International Women’s Day in 2022, they write about the need for the government to commit to a dedicated, self-determined National Safety Plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children.
Malaysia should scrap the death penalty once and for all
The move would send a strong signal to other Southeast Asian governments. In January, Malaysia’s Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the cabinet would discuss the findings of a study on alternatives to the mandatory death penalty, which applies to crimes including drug trafficking, treason, and murder. After almost two years without any progress …
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5 ways to be an LGBTQIA+ ally this Sydney Mardi Gras
With the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras just around the corner you may be wondering how you can support the LGBTQIA+ people in your community.
The Religious Discrimination Bill might be off the agenda, but the damaging ‘debates’ continue
CONTENT WARNNG: Contains discussion of suicide and mental health During the height of the marriage equality debate, a close friend of mine took his life. The grief, the shock, the guilt, the pain, the heartbreak was something I had never felt before. He was my girlfriend’s best friend, and she was broken. The next few …
Explainer: Ukraine and the mounting threat of Russian invasion
Amnesty International will be monitoring the situation closely to expose violations of international humanitarian law by all parties.
Report: China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang
Amnesty International’s latest report Like We Were Enemies In A War is a comprehensive human rights investigation into the crushing repression faced by Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Based on scores of interviews – 55 of them with former detainees – the investigation since October 2019 found evidence …
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Report: Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians, a look into decades of oppression
Amnesty’s investigation details how Israel enforces a system of oppression against the Palestinian people wherever it has control over their rights.
Explainer: Why we need to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility
The campaign to raise the age across Australia is gaining momentum, but what does this mean for human rights and Indigenous rights?
Death penalty case: A man’s life – and Singapore’s reputation – are in the balance
The life of a man on death row, and Singapore’s human rights reputation including its treatment of persons with disabilities, are in the balance.