DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

Refugee rights Australia

Djokovic saga highlights Australia’s ‘shameful’ refugee policies

11 January 2022 | 5:48 am

Responding to the judgement delivered in tennis star Novak Djokovic’s appeal against the...

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Human rights Asia

Afghanistan: The Taliban must immediately release Professor Faizullah Jalal

10 January 2022 | 3:29 pm

Responding to the arrest of Professor Faizullah Jalal, a Kabul University lecturer detained for...

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LGBTQIA+ rights Global

Lebanon: Imminent involuntary repatriation of a refugee, victim of INTERPOL abuse

25 December 2021 | 5:12 pm

A 25 year old LGBTQI+ and women’s rights defender, and refugee from Jordan, AOA, is facing forced...

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Human rights Africa

Ethiopia: New wave of atrocities in Western Tigray

16 December 2021 | 11:00 pm

Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings and forced...

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Refugee rights Australia

Australians celebrate as improvements to refugee sponsorship program announced, but those sponsored must be in addition to the Federal Government’s existing humanitarian quota

16 December 2021 | 2:36 pm

Amnesty welcomes the new pilot scheme and the improved Community Sponsorship program.

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Human rights Australia

Pandemic lays bare need for Federal Human Rights Act: Amnesty

10 December 2021 | 11:54 am

The next Australian Government must put human rights – both here at home and abroad – at the...

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