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Amnesty International Australia has welcomed a Bill before the Victorian State Parliament which seeks to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14. Amnesty International Australia Indigenous Rights Advisor, Rodney Dillon, said: “This is an important step in the right direction to keep our kids out of jail. “We’ve known that the report …
Continue reading “Victoria can show national leadership on raising the age”
Ahead of an appeal hearing at the Jerusalem District Court on 26 May over the forced eviction of two Palestinian families in the Batn al-Hawa area of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Saleh Higazi said: “This is yet another illustration of Israel’s criminal policy …
Continue reading “Israel/ OPT: Scrap plans to forcibly evict Palestinian families in Silwan”
Amnesty International welcomes the UN Human Rights Council’s decision to hold a special session to address the rapidly deteriorating situation across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Within a matter of weeks, the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories has escalated from a crackdown by Israeli forces against peaceful Palestinian demonstrators in East …
Amnesty International holds grave concerns for Shafqat Emmanuel and Shagufta Kausar, a Christian couple who were convicted of ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan and sentenced to death in 2014. They have been in prison for the better part of eight years waiting for their appeal hearing, when they should not be in jail in the first place. …
Continue reading “Australia must help get Shafqat and Shagufta off death row in Pakistan”
Under international human rights law, the principle of non-refoulement guarantees that no one should be returned to a country where they would face torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and other irreparable harm. This principle applies to all migrants at all times, irrespective of migration status. Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the …
Continue reading “Denmark must not return refugees to Syria”
Reacting to the news that the Belarusian authorities apprehended Raman Pratasevich, former editor-in-chief of the popular opposition Telegram channel NEXTA, after an emergency landing in Minsk of the airplane he took, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “The situation here is simple. There is little doubt that the Belarusian authorities …
Two decades of hard-won progress by Afghanistan’s women and girls is at serious risk of being unravelled.
As thousands gathered around the country today to show their anger at the Australian government’s lack of action on climate change, students in Sydney were once again roughly pushed to the ground in a clash with NSW police. This is not the first time law enforcement officers in NSW have used force while policing peaceful protests. …
As thousands gathered around the country today to show their anger at the Australian government’s lack of action on climate change, students in Sydney were once again roughly pushed to the ground in a clash with NSW police. This is not the first time law enforcement officers in NSW have used force while policing peaceful …
Continue reading “Police overreach as students protest against climate change”
Responding to the announcement that the European Parliament has voted to back the TRIPS waiver, Amnesty International Campaigner Joel MacKay said: ‘This news from the European Parliament further isolates Australia as one of the few governments holding out on an important step towards equal access to vaccines. “With the US and now Europe throwing their …
