Tran Thi Nga looking at the camera smiling.

Tran Thi Nga released!

Write for rights

20 years of Write for Rights: How your words have the power to change lives

30 September 2021 | 4:40 pm

Letter writing has always been at the heart of Amnesty's work, and 60 years of activism shows us...

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Refugee rights Australia

Final refugee family trapped in Darwin Airport APOD released into community

23 August 2021 | 11:18 am

Their release into community detention follows months of protests outside the Darwin Airport by...

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Loujain with black hair and a gray dress stands in front of a vine.

Freedom of expression, association and assembly Global

15 lives changed in 2021

2 August 2021 | 4:56 pm

Campaigning for people who have been wrongfully imprisoned is at the heart of what Amnesty...

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A group of activists in yellow shirts hold pink posters with a photo of Nassima and the words

Activism Global

Write for Rights 2020: You’re already changing lives!

6 May 2021 | 5:38 pm

In 2020, Amnesty International Australia supporters took over 185,000 actions as part of Write for...

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A crowd gathers in Sydney to protest the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers, February 2016.

Right to Protest Australia

Defeat of Tasmanian Government’s anti-protest laws a win for human rights and the right to protest

25 March 2021 | 3:10 pm

Responding to the news that the Tasmanian State Government’s proposed legislation to restrict the...

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Video verified by Amnesty International shows police shooting at and killing a protester in Myanmar.

Human rights Asia

Myanmar: suspension of security assistance welcome, but more needs to be done to protect human rights

8 March 2021 | 7:57 am

Amnesty International Australia today welcomed the suspension of security assistance with Myanmar...

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