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DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

Responsive campaigning Global

UN: States squander vital opportunity to uphold international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

11 March 2025 | 1:31 pm

Responding to Switzerland’s cancellation of a conference by the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to...

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Gender and sexuality Global

The Feminist Frontline: Women standing strong against the global surge of patriarchy

10 March 2025 | 2:45 pm

By Kathryn AllanAmnesty International Australia International and Crisis Strategic Campaigner Women...

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Portrait of Rocky Myers (enhanced version)

Death penalty North America

Thanks to your support, Rocky Myers death sentence has been commuted after 30 years

7 March 2025 | 10:47 am

Rocky, now a 63-year-old man – father of four, grandfather to nine, and great-grandfather to...

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Members of 'Les Foulards Violets' (The Purple Scarves), a collective of Muslim and and non-Muslim women who stand in solidarity with those who wear the headscarf, at a protest in Geneva, Switzerland.

Women's rights Australia

3 facts about women’s rights in Australia

7 March 2025 | 8:45 am

Until 1902, non-indigenous women across the continent were not allowed to vote in federal...

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Four women whose rights are at risk

Women's rights Global

Women’s rights are at risk globally

6 March 2025 | 9:07 am

All around the world, including in Australia, women suffer human rights abuses because of their...

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Manun Wongmasoh, Thai LGBTI activist

LGBTQIA+ rights Asia

“They said I should die if I can’t stop being trans”

4 March 2025 | 2:13 pm

Thailand has long positioned itself as a champion of gender equality and made various pledges at...

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