Join us to watch the unreleased film, Boy Erased and take action against conversion therapy and sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts in Australia. Thousands of Australians have taken action to end conversion therapy and sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts. Believe it or not, sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts still …
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“We are willing to risk everything to defend our homes and land”
Tep Vanny is a Cambodian human rights defender who spent more than 700 days in prison for her peaceful activism. Her only “crime” was standing up against a luxury tourist construction project which resulted in the forced evictions of thousands of people out of their homes in the Boeung Kak lake area of Phnomh Penh. Now back at …
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Mother Mushroom: Vietnamese blogger released and exiled
Nguyễn Ngọc Như Quỳnh, a prominent Vietnamese blogger also known by her pseudonym, Mẹ Nấm (Mother Mushroom), has been released from prison in Vietnam on the condition that she leaves the country. The mother of two was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of “conducting propaganda” against the state. Responding …
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What is Write for Rights?
Fifteen years ago, a young man named Witek met a young woman named Joanna at a festival in Warsaw, Poland. Joanna had just returned from traveling through Africa, where she’d seen activists organising 24-hour marathon events to protest government’s abusing human rights. Witek invited Joanna to a meeting of his local Amnesty action group, and …
There is more to sex than just male or female
‘Boy or girl?’ is often the first question people ask parents about their baby. It’s a question based on the assumption that the world is divided into two groups of people, male and female. But that’s not always the case. Worldwide, every year, an estimated 1.7% of children are born with variations of sex characteristics. …
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Introducing the new activist Refugee campaign leads
The My New neighbour campaign is a grassroots campaign driven by an organising strategy that relies on people taking the power back and leading the change from within their own communities. To do this we need activists ready and willing to get out and take the campaign to their neighbours, their workplace, their sporting clubs …
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Rohingya Campaign Update
Since we launched the Rohingya crisis campaign in August momentum has been building and thanks to the hard work of activists across Australia our campaign calls are being heard. Just last week Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced the Australian Government is considering options in response to the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar’s report. This …
The Merger film
The Merger film has been making its way across the country spreading positive messages of welcome. Amnesty is proud to be in partnership with this film that highlights the positive welcome communities can offer refugees and take a strong message of inclusivity to cinemas around Australia. The Merger is a tale of a struggling, small …
INDIA: Decriminalisation of consensual same-sex relations marks new era for LGBTI rights
The landmark ruling by India’s Supreme Court decriminalizing consensual same-sex relations is a historic step, which sends a message of hope not only to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, but to everyone fighting for justice and equality, Amnesty International India said today. “The judgment closes the door on a dark chapter of …
Cambodian land rights activist Tep Vanny released
After more than 700 days in detention Tep Vanny, a Cambodian land rights activist, is released from prison. What happened? Tep Vanny was released from prison following a royal pardon. Vanny spent over 700 days in prison, after being arrested on 16 August 2016. For almost 10 years, she has defended her community in the …
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