DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

Death penalty Global

Recorded executions hit their highest figure since 2015

8 April 2025 | 11:55 am

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Responsive campaigning Middle East

Syria: Historic opportunity to end and redress decades of grave human rights violations under President Assad must be seized

9 December 2024 | 9:27 am

Responding to the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following the seizure of power by...

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Responsive campaigning Middle East

Amnesty International investigation concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

5 December 2024 | 12:26 pm

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed...

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Refugee rights Australia

100 days of refugee-led protests: Open letter urges Government to resolve Fast Track failures

22 October 2024 | 11:30 am

Seventy-six prominent refugee, legal, human rights and faith-based organisations have united in an...

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Human rights Middle East

Israeli military must be investigated for war crime of wanton destruction in Gaza – new investigation

5 September 2024 | 11:47 am

The Israeli military’s campaign to significantly expand a “buffer zone” along the eastern...

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Extended release: Analysis of Australian Compliance with Arms Trade Treaty

15 August 2024 | 3:28 pm

Amnesty International has documented patterns of serious violations of international human rights...

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