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“Amnesty International Australia welcomes NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s strong statement recognising marriage equality as a human right and calling for a Yes vote to remove discrimination against our community under law,” Amnesty International Australia’s New South Wales LGBTQI Network convenor Lizzi Price said. “The LGBTQI community is working hard to look after each other at …
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Amnesty International will tell the UN Human Rights Council this week that Prime Minister Turnbull must stop passing the buck to state and territory governments: he must overhaul the youth ‘injustice’ system so Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children grow up in their communities, not behind bars. The message comes just weeks before the Human …
More Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh in the space of three weeks than the total number of refugees who fled by sea to Europe in 2016 Worldwide situation goes from bad to worse as rich countries fail to do their part in addressing the refugee crisis, leaving poorer countries to pick up the pieces …
More than 80 sites set ablaze in orchestrated campaign since 25 August More than 370,000 Rohingya fled across border in less than three weeks Testimonies show attacks were planned, deliberate and systematic In legal terms, these are crimes against humanity Australia must take immediate steps to bring in an emergency intake of Rohingyan refugees and …
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to dig deep and take immediate steps to bring in an emergency intake of Rohingyan refugees and clarify the training Australia is providing to the Myanmar military. “Bangladesh cannot do this on its own, Australia must provide humanitarian assistance and take immediate steps to bring in an …
The United Nations has criticised Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government for the soaring rates at which Australia locks up Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. In her new report, the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, said “the routine detention of young Indigenous children” was “the most distressing aspect of her visit” to …
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Two new landmine incidents today, including a blast blowing off a young man’s leg, bring to three the number of known sites where Myanmar authorities have mined border crossings used by Rohingya fleeing violence. A Bangladeshi farmer in his early 20s stepped on a landmine near the Bangladeshi village of Baish Bari this morning when …
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Myanmar’s security forces planted internationally banned antipersonnel landmines along its border with Bangladesh which have seriously injured at least three civilians, including two children, and reportedly killed one man in the past week, Amnesty International confirmed today. Based on interviews with eyewitnesses and analysis by its own weapons experts, Amnesty International has documented what seems …
The decision to charge Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro using a controversial Electronic Crimes Law marks a dramatic escalation in the Palestinian authorities’ onslaught against freedom of expression, said Amnesty International. Issa Amro, coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, a peaceful group that documents violations and organises protests against Israeli policies in Hebron, was arrested on 4 …
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“Marriage equality is a human rights issue. Amnesty International Australia wanted a free vote in Parliament to usher in marriage equality in our country. However, now the High Court has ruled the postal survey will proceed, we call on all Australians who believe in fairness, in family, in equality and in love to make certain …
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