Amnesty International Australia today welcomed the suspension of security assistance with Myanmar in the wake of the military coup on February 1, and called for further targeted multilateral sanctions against senior officials. “The Myanmar military has a well-documented history of violence and grave human rights violations. Amnesty commends he Australian government for finally suspending its …
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Backtrack Boys Education Resources
BackTrack is a community based not-for-profit organisation helping young people who are having a hard time, get back on track. The program works with young people that find themselves hanging around in parks, stealing for food, sleeping on the streets, and running into trouble with the police. These young people are on a path to …
Indonesian authorities must end cruel and inhuman punishment of LGBTQIA+ community
In the Indonesian province of Aceh, authorities conducted at least 60 public floggings against 254 LGBTQIA+ people in 2020, 52 of which were conducted after the COVID-19 outbreak started. We can’t stand by and allow the LGBTQIA+ community to be targeted like this. On Thursday 28 January 2021, two men were flogged in public for …
Kirin pulls out of MEHL: a win for activists and human rights
Commenting on Kirin Holdings’ statement today that it would end its joint venture, Myanma Economic Public Company Limited (MEHL), with the Myanmar military, Amnesty International Australia Campaigner, Tim O’Connor said: “We welcome that Kirin, which owns Australian and New Zealand brewing and beverage giant Lion, has finally divested from its MEHL joint venture with the …
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LGBTQIA+ conversion practices are finally banned in Victoria!
Thanks to the advocacy of survivors and allies, LGBTQA+ Victorians are now protected from harmful conversion practices. On 4 February 2021 the Victoria’s Legislative Council passed the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill (2020). The Bill protects LGBTQA+ Victorians from harmful change or suppression practices, otherwise known as conversion practices. The Bill puts in …
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Proposed Alice Springs youth curfew will not go ahead: Minister Manison
In response to a motion passed by the Alice Springs Town Council, Amnesty International Australia wrote to the Northern Territory Police Minister, Nicole Manison, asking her to intervene and ensure that a curfew did not go ahead. Amnesty International Australia argued that a curfew on children and young people will only entrench cycles of disadvantage, …
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Navalny’s arrest and detention warrants a global response
Russian politician and anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny was arrested on 17 January 2021 after arriving from Germany at Sheremetyevo airport and remanded in custody for 30 days. His arrest and detention are arbitrary and politically motivated. Navalny is a prominent and vocal government critic. Like many others in Russia, he has been arbitrarily targeted and …
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Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk released from prison
Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk has been released after five years in prison for “inciting separatism.” Tashi was targeted after campaigning for the Tibetan languge to be taught in Tibet’s schools. BACKGROUND Tashi wants Tibetan children to learn their native tongue in Chinese schools, as well as the Mandarin that they currently learn. In January 2016, …
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Australian government to “encourage” Hungary to uphold human rights
In December 2020, Amnesty International Australia wrote to Foreign Minister Marise Payne, asking her to pressure the Hungarian government to drop its plans to ban LGBTQI people from adopting children. Amnesty International is concerned that the (now adopted) measures would further undermine the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people, including right …
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Amnesty to Reynolds: sign the treaty to ban nuclear weapons
To mark the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Amnesty International has written to Defence Minister Linda Reynolds asking her to sign the treaty. The treaty makes it illegal under international law to develop, test, possess, host, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. Whilst two-thirds of UN …
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