Annual Report 2012
The state of the world's human rights

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Human Rights in AUSTRALIA

Amnesty International
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Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Australia: Indefinite detention harms asylum seekers' mental ...
23 February 2012

Asylum seekers placed in long-term detention in Australia have told Amnesty International how the practice traumatizes them and harms their mental health.

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Wire, January/February 2012. Vol. 42, issue 01
1 January 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Life after eviction: The young women of Njemanze 3) Death from the skies 4) A migrant's journey 5) Stand up for the rights of migrants ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2012

Wire, October/November 2011. Vol. 41, issue 05
1 October 2011

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Amnesty archives support case against Haiti's former dictator 3) No help from Europe 4) Police in the Dominican Republic: they kill, ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2011

Australia: The Land Holds Us: Aboriginal Peoples' Right to ...
10 August 2011

All Indigenous Peoples have the fundamental human right to their traditional lands. This right enables Indigenous Peoples to fully enjoy their economic, social ...

Report       ASA 12/003/2011

Australia: 'The land holds us': Aboriginal Peoples' right to ...
10 August 2011

All Indigenous Peoples have the fundamental human right to their traditional lands. This right enables Indigenous Peoples to fully enjoy their economic, social ...

Report       ASA 12/002/2011

Australia: I Support Homelands [Action card]
10 August 2011

Postcard       ASA 12/004/2011

Traditional Indigenous communities abandoned by government in ...
8 August 2011

Aboriginal peoples' rights to traditional lands and adequate housing are being undermined in Australia, says a new Amnesty International report.

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Australia: Human Rights Council adopts Universal Periodic Review ...
8 June 2011

Amnesty International urges end to mandatory detention of asylum-seekers, welcomes commitment to respect rights of Indigenous Peoples and regrets rejection of same ...

Public Statement       ASA 12/001/2011

Australia: New Afghan prisoner policy could violate international ...
14 December 2010

The Australian government's newly announced policy of transferring prisoners detained in Afghanistan to Afghan and United States forces could violate international ...

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