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The Prime Minister must urgently end the abuse of children in youth detention across Australia by focussing on prevention and rehabilitation, Amnesty International said as more serious allegations of mistreatment have emerged, this time in Canberra. Former staff, government officials and detainees of Bimberi Youth Detention Centre have unveiled concerns in The Canberra Times about …
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The Trump administration may not recognise refugee resettlement agencies as having “bona fide relationship” for purposes of its refugee ban implementation. The decision by the administration means tens of thousands of refugees from countries all over the world who were in the process of being resettled in the United States may not be able to …
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Since assuming the presidency of the Philippines a year ago, Rodrigo Duterte and his administration have presided over a wide range of human rights violations, intimidated and imprisoned critics, and created a climate of lawlessness, Amnesty International said today. Using the highest office in the country, Duterte has explicitly approved violence that has led to …
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“Amnesty International Australia is seriously concerned about reports that the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has given troops an unequivocal license to kill civilians with impunity while fighting ISIS-aligned militants in Marawi,” Amnesty International Australia Crisis Campaigns Coordinator, Diana Sayed said today. “The Australian Government, in its planned supply of surveillance airplanes to the effort, needs …
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Australia urgently needs a national approach to stop abuse of children in youth detention, in light of new, horrific details about hog-tying and sedating children. The latest revelations from Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville add to the litany of abuses of children in detention around Australia, including the Northern Territory’s Don Dale and Victoria’s …
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The Myanmar authorities must immediately release three journalists, who were detained while carrying out their work in conflict-afflicted northern Shan State, Amnesty International said today. Aye Nai and Pyae Phone Naing, both reporters for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Thein Zaw (aka Lawi Weng), a reporter for the Irrawaddy newspaper, were arrested along …
Entries are now open for the 2017 Indigenous Issues Reporting award, part of the annual Amnesty International Australia Media Awards. This award celebrates insightful, excellent reporting on human rights issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It recognises those journalists at media outlets large and small, across Australia, who shine a light on …
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NEW YORK – Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing parts of President Trump’s Muslim ban to go into effect, Amnesty International USA this evening filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents showing how federal agencies are planning to implement the ban. Amnesty International is asking the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland …
Fiji’s authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a youth activist for protesting against torture in the Pacific island nation. On the International Day for Victims of Torture yesterday, the Fijian authorities arrested Jope Koroisavou – a youth leader from the opposition Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) – for holding a solitary and peaceful protest, carrying …
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Amnesty International Australia has launched its 2017 Media Awards recognising excellence in reporting on human rights issues in the Australian media. See above for this year’s ad, featuring some of last year’s finalists. Journalists, photographers, cartoonists and their editors and producers are invited to enter items published or broadcast between 1 August 2016 and …
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