http://www.amnesty.org/en/adv_search/feed/library Download Documents from Amnesty International Library Search Results en http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/australian-government-must-end-state-sponsored-racially-discriminatory-measures- Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a uniqueopportunity to right historic wrongs. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/australia-government-must-end-state-sponsored-racially-discriminatory-me Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions, disempowerment and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan warned that the government of Prime Minister Rudd must not squande Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/POL33/004/2008/en Migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are regularly deprived of their liberty purely for administrative convenience. Many countries use detention to deter people from migrating or seeking asylum. Using illustrative cases, this document provides an overview of detention practices in different countries. Deten Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/002/2008/en In this document Amnesty International submits information to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of its pre-sessional working group meeting on 19-23 May 2008, during which Australia’s Fourth Periodic Report will be considered. The briefing identifies issues that have arisen fr Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/001/2008/en This briefing focuses on concerns about: further reports of Indigenous deaths in police custody operations, and in prison custody; a recent report from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission which highlights on-going concerns with conditions in immigration detention; and the Government announcemen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/003/2008/en 1) Conveyor belt of injustice in Nigerian prisons 2) Inside US network of secret jails 3) Liberian women struggle to rebuild their lives after war 4) Trapped in a cycle of poverty and violence in Jamaica's inner cities 5) Carnage and despair in Iraq 6) Worldwide Appeals: Russian Federation: Human rights defe Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/003/2008/es Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/australia-apologises-abuses-indigenous-20080213 Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally apologised to theIndigenous people who were members of the Stolen Generation and theirfamilies on Wednesday in Parli Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/the-world-shouts-close-guantanamo-20080116 Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/001/2007/en This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's views about Australia's implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. It focuses on: the lack of a comprehensive framework for the implementation of the Convention obligations; the decision not Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International