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The marriage equality debate has been a very stressful and difficult time for many people in the LGBTQI community, and until the result is announced, there will be continued negative commentary that will affect particularly young people and families. That’s why Amnesty International Australia is hosting a special solidarity sunset event Love in Taylor Square! …
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The civil engineering company Canstruct International Pty Ltd (‘Canstruct’) has taken on a toxic contract to run facilities on Nauru where the Australian government has trapped refugees in a system that amounts to torture, Amnesty International said today. Canstruct, an Australian family-run company, has signed a contract to run refugee processing centres on the island, …
The Australian Government must do everything in its power to pressure the Myanmar Government to end the violence and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people to: use its influence to pressure the Myanmar authorities to end the violence and persecution against the Rohingya people and allow humanitarian agencies and independent investigators access to Rakhine state, …
Baseless allegations against 11 human rights defenders, including Amnesty International’s Turkey director and chair, should have been rejected in their entirety, said Amnesty International after an Istanbul court accepted the indictment. “This indictment fails to provide a shred of incriminating evidence to substantiate the trumped up terrorism charges it contains. In accepting this indictment the …
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With Australia’s election to the United Nations Human Rights Council last night in Geneva, Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to end its hypocrisy on human rights at home. Despite its election to the Council, Australia continues its inherently abusive offshore detention regime, and oversees astronomical rates of Indigenous incarceration. “If we’re serious …
Marking the one-year anniversary since Iraqi forces and the US-led coalition launched the offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS), Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Campaigns, Samah Hadid said: “The battle for Mosul has had catastrophic consequences for the city’s residents. Entire families were …
The AFP news agency has reported that the European Union is considering cutting ties to the Myanmar military in protest at the Rohingya crisis. This follows a similar move last month by the United Kingdom. Amnesty International is calling on Australia to follow their leadership on human rights and cut ties with the Myanmar military. …
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Actors James McAvoy, Claire Danes and Ben Stiller have joined a host of Hollywood stars in calling for the immediate release of 11 prominent human rights defenders in Turkey. More than 20 celebrities – including Zoë Kravitz, Tim Roth, Mark Ruffalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Zach Galifianakis and Marisa Tomei – have signed a letter sent by Amnesty International …
Amnesty International Turkey’s Director and Chair among detained Global protests mark “shameful milestone” for #Istanbul10 They face 15 years in jail on trumped-up terrorism charges One hundred days after their wrongful arrest, Amnesty International is leading a global demand for the immediate and unconditional release of 11 prominent human rights defenders in Turkey. Ten activists, …
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Singapore’s continued reliance on mandatory death sentences, which violate international law, has meant that dozens of low-level drug offenders have been sent to death row in recent years, Amnesty International said in a new report, ‘Cooperate or Die’. ‘Cooperate or Die’ also reveals how death penalty reforms introduced in 2013, while reducing the number of …
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