Responding to the conviction of former diplomat, renowned opposition activist and prisoner of conscience Nikolai Platoshkin on absurd charges of “incitement to commit mass disorder” and “dissemination of false information”, Amnesty International’s Moscow Office Director Natalya Zviagina, who attended the trial, said: “Handing Nikolai Platoshkin a five–year suspended sentence is another nail in the coffin …
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Spain/Morocco: People ‘being used as pawns’ as political games turn violent
Children and asylum seekers likely to be among those returned Spokespeople available People, including children have been subjected to violence by Spanish security forces and the army, including being thrown into the sea, after Morocco opened its borders, said Amnesty International today. The organization says that asylum-seekers and migrants are being used as pawns in …
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Global Health Summit: Leaders must waive intellectual property rights and push pharma companies to share life-saving technology
G20 leaders meeting tomorrow at the Global Health Summit must face up to the harsh reality that the clock is ticking and without waiving intellectual property rights now Covid-19 may not be brought under control for years, Amnesty International warned today. More than 60,000 people died from Covid-19 across South America and South Asia last …
Dozens of submissions made public after Attorney-Generals refuse to act on raising the age of criminal responsibility in Australia
48 organisations publicly released their submissions on raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
Scott Morrison must accept NZ refugee resettlement offer when he meets Jacinda Ardern later this month
Former Socceroo Craig Foster and rugby legend Sonny Bill Williams have written to Scott Morrison asking him to accept the New Zealand offer to take the remaining refugees still trapped offshore after almost eight years when he meets with Jacinda Adern later this month. Morrison will fly to Queenstown to meet the New Zealand Prime …
Greece: Safety of women and children at risk as MPs vote on law which would breach Istanbul Convention
The Greek Parliament will today vote on proposed changes to the Civil Code which would allow perpetrators of domestic violence or sexual offences to retain child custody until they are convicted by a first instance court. Ahead of the vote, Amnesty International has joined women’s groups and civil society organizations to call on Greek authorities …
Promising signs from ACT Government announcement to protect trans, gender diverse and intersex rights
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the ACT Government’s move to examine the Territory’s discrimination act to better protect trans, gender diverse and intersex people’s rights. “This is promising news as we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, discrimination against Intersex people and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), but it’s essential any reform is done in consultation with the …
Closing of Guantánamo Must be a Priority for President Biden
Responding to the Biden administration approving three more detainees at Guantánamo Bay for release, Daphne Eviatar, the director of the Security With Human Rights program said: “It is not enough for the Biden administration to announce that more detainees are cleared for release when the government has not made any plans for how it will …
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Belarus: Blocking leading online media outlet is a brazen attack on freedom of expression
Reacting to the news that TUT.by, one of Belarus’ leading independent online media outlets, was blocked today by the country’s Ministry of Information, Amnesty International’s Senior Campaigner on Belarus, Aisha Jung, said: “This is a cowardly step taken by a government which fears truth and resorts to brutal measures to suppress human rights. It must …
Iran: Murder of gay man highlights dangers of state-sanctioned abuses against LGBTI people
The horrifying murder of a 20-year-old gay man in Iran has shed new light on how the criminalization of consensual same-sex sexual conduct and gender non-conformity perpetuates systemic violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTI), said Amnesty International in a detailed analysis issued to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, …