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
Death penalty Global Death penalty: No matter the method, never humane 12 March 2015 | 3:20 pm In less than 40 years, 124 countries have abolished the death penalty – and here’s why the... Read More
Individuals at risk Global Five women defending human rights that you need to know about 29 November 2017 | 10:04 am In the face of discrimination, violence and imprisonment, these extraordinary women are refusing to... Read More
Individuals at risk Asia Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested 28 April 2017 | 10:47 am Police arrested nine people involved in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement on Thursday morning,... Read More
Activism What happened at WOMAD! 27 March 2018 | 1:31 pm WOMAD What? For the past number of years, the SA/NT Branch Committee has taken an active role in... Read More
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
Women's rights Global #ToxicTwitter: Online abuse of women thrives as Twitter fails to respect women’s rights 21 March 2018 | 11:01 am On the day Twitter celebrates 12 years since the first tweet, Amnesty launches a new campaign... Read More
