Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International said today.
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3000 places for people from Afghanistan wholly insufficient
Australia has the capacity to at least match the humanitarian resettlement commitments of its allies.
Amnesty International Australia Announces Extension For Media Award Entries 2021
Amnesty International Australia has announced an extension to the entry deadline for their Media Awards 2021. Entries will now be open until AEST 11:59pm 25th August 2021. “With extended lockdowns around the country, now is a hard time for everyone. Because of this added pressure, we’ve decided to extend the deadline for entry to the Media …
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Australia must step up and extend humanitarian program to Afghanistan
Amnesty International Australia is calling on the Australian government to immediately and urgently extend its humanitarian program to those fleeing the crisis in Afghanistan. “The security situation has deteriorated so rapidly and dramatically that we must act now. Australia has an obligation to protect those most at risk including human rights defenders, ethnic minorities and …
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Australia’s Human Rights Barometer: overwhelming support for a Human Rights Act
More than half of Australians believe we already have a national Human Rights Act and when told we’re the only Western liberal democracy without one, 76% said they would support its introduction. More than a third of Australians are unsure if their right to vote is protected. The nation is split as to whether the …
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Ethiopia: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray conflict – new report
Forces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity Women and girls in Tigray were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said today in …
South Korea: Lawmakers must seize chance to pass landmark anti-discrimination act
Responding to the introduction of a bill that seeks to forbid discrimination across South Korean society, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, Suki Chung, East Asia Campaigner at Amnesty International, said:“The introduction of this anti-discrimination bill, combined with existing draft laws on the matter, represents a historic opportunity for South Korea to …
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Pakistan: Drop ludicrous blasphemy charges against eight-year-old boy
Responding to reports that an eight-year-old Hindu boy in Bhong village in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab has been charged with blasphemy – which can carry a mandatory death penalty – after he was alleged to have urinated in the library of a madrasa (religious school) where religious texts were kept, prompting a mob attack on a local Hindu temple, …
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Charities Gather at Parliament House to Condemn New Federal Laws That Shut Them Down for Speaking Out
Morrison Government regulations introduced into the Senate today will silence charities representing millions of Australians Leaders of Canberra-based charities including Anglicare Australia, St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia, The Benevolent Society, Alliance for Gambling Reform, the ACT Council of Social Service, Public Health Association of Australia and Catholic Social Services have come …
Ukraine: Authorities must conduct effective investigation into suspicious death of prominent Belarusian exile
Responding to the death of prominent Belarusian exile Vital Shyshou (Vitaly Shishov), who was found hanged in a park in Kyiv on the morning of 3 August, and whose death is being investigated as a possible murder related his political activism, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “We welcome …