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In 1974, at the age of 30, Herman Wallace was convicted of murder and imprisoned in solitary confinement at Louisiana State Penitentiary where he would spend the next 41 years. His conviction was overturned in late September 2013 after it was ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that there was a “systematic exclusion of women” on …
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Hearing a family member is in trouble is enough to make anyone want to do all they can to help. When it’s not just one family member, but many of them, you can understand how you’d feel helpless. As a proud Palawa man from Tasmania, the work we’re doing looking at Indigenous incarceration gives me that …
20 years of Amnesty International campaigning culminate in an Arms Trade Treaty that will protect human rights and potentially save millions of lives. Let’s face it, the United Nations’ multilateral treaty process isn’t the most engaging nor is the treaty easily understood, so this week we wanted to give you a simple breakdown of what …
Alex Pagilaro, Refugee Campaign Coordinator for Amnesty International, helps to ensure the rights of people seeking asylum are protected in Australia. Here are her experiences of time in Australia’s detention centres. Friday 27 January, 2012 Next Saturday I’ll be leaving my desk to spend two weeks visiting some of the most remote detention facilities in the country – Christmas …
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Homelands are small-to-medium sized communities, established so that Aboriginal people can maintain connection with their traditional, ancestral land. There are approximately 500 homelands in the Northern Territory. Around 30 per cent of the Aboriginal population of the NT live on homelands. By raising their families on homelands, Aboriginal people are able to maintain their deep …
In this edition of brief insights, Charles Rozario chats to Rob Lundie, long standing Amnesty activist, volunteer, donor, bequestor and recipient of the National June Fassina Award. Rob has been a supporter for the past 31 years. How did all begin and what keeps him going? It was a film called Missing that sparked Rob’s …
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