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Death penalty Global The ultimate punishment: A beginner’s guide to the death penalty 1 April 2015 | 1:59 pm Amnesty International’s new report Death Sentences and Executions 2014 reveals that an... Read More
Community is everything Australia Don Dale teenagers hooded, transferred to adult prison 18 September 2015 | 2:49 pm A report by the Northern Territory (NT) Children’s Commissioner reveals shocking treatment of... 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
