TOPSHOT - Palestinians evacuate the area following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Global: UNSC Resolution on ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza presents vital opportunity to stop massive suffering

Portrait of Rocky Myers (enhanced version)

Death penalty North America

Rocky is on death row for murdering his neighbour – he’s spent 30 years pleading his innocence

15 December 2023 | 9:47 am

When I asked him why, he said he was tired, had never begged anyone for anything, and wasn’t...

Responsive campaigning Global

10 December, World Human Rights Day – Change Starts with Us

9 December 2023 | 6:28 pm

75 Years of Human Rights. 75 Years of Nakba. In 1948, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal...

Community is Everything Australia

Safer future for Tasmanian children as age of criminal responsibility raised to 14 without exception

6 December 2023 | 4:19 pm

Amnesty International Australia welcomes the Tasmanian government’s confirmation the state will...

Cardboard silhouettes of children on the lawn outside parliament house

Refugee rights Australia

Rushed ‘community safety orders’ bill betrays principles of Australian democracy, justice

6 December 2023 | 1:58 pm

Responding to the Federal Government’s move to push Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions...

Women taking to the streets in Iran holding signs that say 'They are killing us because we want freedom'

Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East

Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity

6 December 2023 | 12:39 pm

Amnesty International shared its findings with the Iranian authorities on 24 November but has thus...

Human rights are my pride

Human Rights Act Australia

The Disability Royal Commission just called for New Disability Rights Act – But the Campaign for a National Human Rights Act Has Been Going on for Even Longer

3 December 2023 | 9:00 am

For many Australians, it's hard to see the impact of laws passed in parliament on their day-to-day...