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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 | Amnesty International
29 June 2011

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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's new Afghan prisoner policy could violate international ...
14 December 2010

Australia's new policy to transfer prisoners it holds in Afghanistan to Afghan and United States forces could put detainees at risk of torture and ill-treatment ...

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Suggested recommendations to States considered in the tenth round ...
1 November 2010

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for ...

Document       IOR 41/034/2010

Australia: Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of ...
4 August 2010

This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's assessment of Australia's implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ...

Report       ASA 12/002/2010

Australia: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Tenth ...
12 July 2010

In this submission, Amnesty International raises concern over provisions in the Australian Constitution which do not protect adequately against racial discrimination ...

Report       ASA 12/001/2010

Amnesty International | Australia asylum suspension could harm ...
9 April 2010

Amnesty International has condemned the Australian Government's suspension of the processing of new asylum claims by Afghan and Sri Lankan nationals, which is ...

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Migration-related detention: A global concern
1 December 2008

Migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees are regularly deprived of their liberty purely for administrative convenience. Many countries use detention to deter people ...

Report       POL 33/004/2008