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The overrepresentation problem: First Nations kids are 26 times more likely to be incarcerated than their classmates

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Eleven human rights milestones for the first 100 days for the Albanese government

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Abortion rights in Australia and why you should care about Roe v Wade

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Amnesty Australia's Refugee Campaign Coordinator Shankar Kasynathan as a child with his mother and sisters and the family who sponsored them to stay in Australia

Refugee rights Australia

How Australian communities can help solve the global refugee crisis

6 March 2018 | 3:37 pm

In 2017 we saw hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees flee ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and the...

A Syrian woman and children run for cover amid the rubble

Responsive campaigning Middle East

Eastern Ghouta: a humanitarian catastrophe

5 March 2018 | 3:31 pm

The Syrian government and its ally Russia have escalated a bombing campaign in Eastern Ghouta, an...

Syria Middle East

Syria: UN Human Rights Council must ensure those responsible for atrocities in Eastern Ghouta are held to account

4 March 2018 | 10:44 am

Amnesty calls on the United Human Rights Council to act ‘for the sake of humanity’. Australia...

Umbrellas with the pride colours, held out of the window of a tall building. Blue sky is above.

Australia

Mardi Gras 2018: In the wake of the rainbow momentum

2 March 2018 | 5:48 pm

By Wing Hong Chu Wing Hong also goes by (Vee) is the Co-founder of the Adelaide Amnesty...

Sign calling for rehabilitation not incarceration at Don Dale vigil.

Community is Everything Australia

NT leads the way but it’s not enough: Australia must now raise criminal age to 14

1 March 2018 | 3:58 pm

Acknowledging the Northern Territory Government’s response to the The Royal Commission into the...

Canberra activists holding rainbow flags and banners at a Marriage Equality Rally in Canberra

Group health checked!

28 February 2018 | 12:07 pm

Across late 2017 early 2018, Amnesty ran the Group Health Check (GHC) survey for the first time in...

SYRIA: In April 2017, a chemical attack in Idlib, Syria, killed more than 80 people and injured hundreds of people as they slept in their beds.

Responsive campaigning Middle East

Syria: Alleged chemical weapons pact with North Korea would represent ‘a betrayal of humanity’

28 February 2018 | 7:18 am

Reacting to a New York Times article alleging that an unpublished United Nations report reveals...

Australia

How to create a human rights ambassador?

26 February 2018 | 7:15 pm

Last year Amnesty Townsville created a new initiative to reach out to high school students in their...

Ethiopian jounalist Eskinder Nega reacts with people after being released from Kaliti Prison in Addis Ababa on 14 February 14 2018.

Freedom of expression, association and assembly Africa

Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega released from prison

26 February 2018 | 1:30 pm

Journalist and prisoner of conscience Eskinder Nega was unconditionally released as part of a...

Responsive campaigning Global

Syria: Security Council must ensure civilians in Eastern Ghouta get immediate humanitarian assistance

25 February 2018 | 7:31 am

Responding to the news that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) finally voted on a...

Indigenous rights Australia

10 Years later: The National Apology

23 February 2018 | 4:32 pm

Tuesday 13 February marked the 10th anniversary of the National Apology to Australia’s First...

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The overrepresentation problem: First Nations kids are 26 times more likely to be incarcerated than their classmates

Eleven human rights milestones for the first 100 days for the Albanese government

Abortion rights in Australia and why you should care about Roe v Wade

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How Australian communities can help solve the global refugee crisis

Eastern Ghouta: a humanitarian catastrophe

Syria: UN Human Rights Council must ensure those responsible for atrocities in Eastern Ghouta are held to account

Mardi Gras 2018: In the wake of the rainbow momentum

NT leads the way but it’s not enough: Australia must now raise criminal age to 14

Group health checked!

Syria: Alleged chemical weapons pact with North Korea would represent ‘a betrayal of humanity’

How to create a human rights ambassador?

Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega released from prison

Syria: Security Council must ensure civilians in Eastern Ghouta get immediate humanitarian assistance

10 Years later: The National Apology