Our wins Archives

Human rights WIP: Refugee families resettled, Prisoner of conscience Ahmed is free, #BLM facial recognition lawsuit win, and more

Small actions from compassionate people have big impacts. Here are a handful from the past few months.

Ahmed Samir Santawy released after being unjustly imprisoned for spreading false news.

Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova has been acquitted of ‘pornography’ charges for posting her body-positive illustrations of women online.

Thanks to supporters, we’ve achieved some incredible wins in the first half of 2022. Here’s our human rights impact from Australia.

As part of W4R 2021 in Australia, 275,000 actions were taken by 103,000 people.

Australia has accepted New Zealands resettlement offer for refugees detained in Australia’s offshore detention regime.

People suffering in Australia’s cruel offshore processing regime will finally be allowed to move on with their lives in New Zealand.

Amnesty welcomes the new pilot scheme and the improved Community Sponsorship program.

Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty’s work, and 60 years of activism shows us that words have power.

Their release into community detention follows months of protests outside the Darwin Airport by refugee advocates and the community.