Refugees Australia Beyond the ‘refugee’ label: welcoming new people to our neighbourhoods 27 March 2018 | 6:00 pm Felix Machiridza is a social worker, musician, human rights activist, former refugee and now an... Read More
Community is everything Australia Teargassing of children in Darwin 2 September 2014 | 11:56 am The tear-gassing of children at a Darwin correctional facility last month is extremely alarming and... Read More
Refugees Australia Why I care about refugees 23 April 2015 | 3:37 pm Amnesty volunteer Laura James tells us how motherhood motivated her to campaign for refugee rights.... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Asia China must release supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests 28 September 2015 | 9:09 am The Chinese authorities must immediately release eight mainland human rights activists detained for... Read More
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Write for rights Write for Rights Wrap Up 27 March 2018 | 12:45 pm Over 5 million actions for Write for Rights were collected world wide last year with Australians... Read More
Crisis response Middle East Yemen: Huthi missile attack on Saudi Arabian cities is a possible war crime 27 March 2018 | 8:17 am Responding to reports that the Huthi armed group in Yemen fired seven ballistic missiles at... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Australia Scrap proposed laws that would suffocate NGOs, create climate of secrecy 26 March 2018 | 3:01 pm The Australian government must immediately scrap proposed new laws that, if passed, would suffocate... Read More
Australia Branch Annual General Meeting (BAGM) 2018 26 March 2018 | 1:28 pm Branch Annual General Meetings (BAGMs) will be held on 19 May 2018 and every year we run training... Read More
Women's rights Australia What’s in a name? 23 March 2018 | 4:32 pm Sara Saleh is an Arab-Australian human rights and refugee advocate, grassroots activist and artist.... Read More
Activism Global Brave Activist Resources 23 March 2018 | 10:02 am Stand up for the Brave Today people across the world are taking enormous risks for our rights. But... Read More
Refugees Australia Bipartisan ACT milestone brings Australia closer to refugee solution 22 March 2018 | 1:50 pm The Australian Capital Territory today marked a significant milestone in Australia’s response to... Read More
Human Rights Middle East Israel/OPT: Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi’s 8-month prison sentence ‘ruthless’ 22 March 2018 | 10:46 am The eight-month prison sentence imposed on Palestinian child activist Ahed Tamimi is a flagrant... Read More
