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Amnesty International Australia's Hills Group meets on the 1st Monday each month (Feb to Nov) at 8pm at The Wateringhole Tavern, Monbulk. From Wurundjeri and Bunurong lands, Australia

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China: Authorities Block Life-Saving Kidney Treatment for Woman Activist Ahead of Major Government Meetings Chinese authorities must stop blocking access to medical treatment for land rights activist, Yang Li.

Chinese authorities must stop blocking access to medical treatment for land rights activist, Yang Li.

Denying urgent care to a critically ill woman – seemingly in retaliation for her peaceful advocacy – is a violation of China’s duty to respect the right to health of all.

https://bit.ly/4b1pXZC

05.03.2026 15:29 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Amnesty International Canada condemns the killing of Iraqi-Canadian woman human rights defender Yanar Mohammed.

Yanar was one of Iraq’s most courageous advocates for women’s rights. Her death is a tremendous loss for the human rights community & for women & girls whose lives she helped protect.

05.03.2026 17:39 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
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Intensifying hostilities across the Middle East have triggered significant population movement, while clashes along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan have forced thousands of families to flee.

More than 330,000 people have been forcibly displaced.

➡️ www.unhcr.org/news/press-r...

05.03.2026 17:59 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1

New year, new platform. 👋

Same fight for human rights.

We’re officially on Bluesky — because human rights conversations belong everywhere people care about dignity, freedom, and justice.

Follow along. More to come.

01.01.2026 20:19 👍 30 🔁 12 💬 4 📌 0
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Global: Amnesty International raises human rights concerns following US's military action in Venezuela Today’s military action by the US Trump Administration in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, raises grave concerns for the human rights of the Venezuelan popu...

#Venezuela: Amnesty warnt vor Eskalation der Menschenrechtsverletzungen und fordert die USA auf, Uno-Charta und #Völkerrecht zu respektieren.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

04.01.2026 15:33 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

This year’s UNHCR #NansenAward honours five heroes bringing hope in crisis.

From Cameroon to Ukraine, their courage shows what it means to stand with displaced people — with dignity, safety and compassion. unh.cr/NDDffU

10.12.2025 07:07 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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We’re back with another year of #Write4Rights!

This International Human Rights Day, join #W4R25, the world’s biggest human rights event where hundreds of thousands of people around the world come together to protect the rights of others: amn.st/633227f5xC ✍️

10.12.2025 10:00 👍 62 🔁 26 💬 2 📌 3
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EU-AU summit must rise to challenges on human rights – European Institutions Office Dear African and European leaders, As the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) meet for a summit on 24-25 November in Luanda, Angola, both institutions are confronted with burgeoning conflic...

Conflict & crises. Authoritarian practices & closing civic space. Attacks on the international human rights system.

At 25 years of their partnership, leaders at the EU-AU summit must rise to challenges in both regions & worldwide.

24.11.2025 10:12 👍 6 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
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US President Donald Trump issued a memorandum last week directing law enforcement to investigate a sprawling, imaginary conspiracy to foment political violence, with no evidence to substantiate these claims.

This is a serious threat to human rights and democratic institutions.

29.09.2025 16:59 👍 73 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 2
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Israel/OPT: No more bargaining chips: Immediate ceasefire and release of hostages urgently needed Palestinian armed groups must immediately and unconditionally release all civilians held hostage in the occupied Gaza Strip, reiterated Amnesty International nearly two years after they were seized during the Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. The organization is also reiterating its calls for an immediate ceasefire and for Israel to end its […]

No more bargaining chips. @amnesty reiterates its call for an immediate ceasefire and unconditional release of all civilian hostages.

Every moment of inaction costs more lives and deepens the horrors civilians are facing.

30.09.2025 11:30 👍 42 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0
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#ThrowBackThursday: Community voices from Hopley 🗣️💬

Last week, Amnesty International Zimbabwe partnered with All Generations Theatre group to host two community dialogues on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) and Obstetric Fistula in Hopley, Harare. 🎭

18.09.2025 03:16 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Belarus: Release of 52 prisoners “welcome” but without accountability repression persists Reacting to the release of 52 people imprisoned under politically motivated charges, including journalists, independent trade union leaders and activists, in Belarus, Anna Wright, Regional Researcher for Amnesty International, said: “The release of 52 people locked up prison in Belarus for exercising their right to freedom of expression is welcome, but long overdue. While their […] The post Belarus: Release of 52 prisoners “welcome” but without accountability repression persists appeared first on Amnesty International.
18.09.2025 11:44 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Malawi: Elections offer an opportunity to end human rights violations

#InCaseYouMissedIt, on 4 September 2025, @amnesty published a human rights manifesto ahead of #Malawi’s presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 16 September 2025.

07.09.2025 04:23 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Graduation in pictures🎓🌟
Congratulations to the first cohort of Amnesty International Zimbabwe's Activists Circles who graduated last week after a four-day intensive human rights training! 🎉🌟
#PeoplePoweredMovement!✊

31.08.2025 04:41 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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PAKISTAN: In 2018, Muhammad Ibrar was 17 years old. He would turn 18 in December that year. It was also the year he was abducted from his home.

His parents hope he will celebrate his 25th birthday with them.

#EndEnforcedDisappearances

31.08.2025 06:36 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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DRC: Warring factions in eastern DRC commit horrific abuses including gang rapes, summary executions and abductions Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups backed by the Congolese army, have gang raped women and committed widespread human rights abuses aga...

“They said we would die”

@amnesty.org new briefing exposes grave abuses in North & South Kivu, DRC.

Gang rapes, summary executions, torture & attacks on health facilities by #M23, Wazalendo & the Congolese army (FARDC).

Many may amount to war crimes. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

25.08.2025 12:48 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Two men caned 76 times each by authorities
for having consensual sex

Two men caned 76 times each by authorities for having consensual sex

This public flogging is a disturbing act of state-sanctioned discrimination and cruelty in Aceh, Indonesia.

Aceh’s regional autonomy must not come at the expense of human rights. Intimate relationships between consenting adults should never be criminalized.

26.08.2025 10:04 👍 59 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 2
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Gaza fieldworker: “We are torn apart watching our children suffer from hunger” In this moving account, Amnesty International's fieldworker bravely shares how their hopes of a ceasefire have been torn apart. The reality of their lives is now truly unbearable. Their home has been ...

"We are not weak - but the war has broken our bones, and the siege has hollowed out our stomachs"

Read this moving account from an @amnesty.org fieldworker in Gaza: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...

26.07.2025 05:53 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran: Deliberate Israeli attack on Tehran’s Evin prison must be investigated as a war crime  The Israeli military’s deliberate air strikes on Evin prison in Tehran on 23 June 2025 constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and must be criminally investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today, following an in-depth investigation. 

New @amnesty investigation finds Israel’s deliberate air strikes on Iran’s Evin prison on 23 June 2025 constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian law and must be criminally investigated as war crimes.

22.07.2025 09:30 👍 56 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 1
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🚨This isn’t history. It’s a plan for our future.

Amnesty UK has exposed powerful & well-funded groups that are working to stop women, LGBTI+ people & children making decisions over our bodies, health & futures.

This matters to all of us as everyone’s rights are at risk.

Join us in exposing them.

09.07.2025 07:12 👍 1006 🔁 524 💬 26 📌 43
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EU/Israel: Promises of humanitarian aid must not lead to inaction on EU-Israel Association Agreement - Letter On 15 July, EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs will meet at the Foreign Affairs Council to decide whether to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement, or take any other measures to bring an end to Isr...

Today, EU ministers will decide whether to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement.

Anything less than a suspension will be a greenlight for Israel to continue its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, unlawful occupation of OPT & apartheid.🧵

www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-isra...

15.07.2025 08:25 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1
Climate action is a human rights obligation NOT a political choice

Climate action is a human rights obligation NOT a political choice

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights' advisory opinion has affirmed that states have an obligation to take immediate, concrete, and positive action to urgently tackle the climate crisis.

04.07.2025 15:22 👍 134 🔁 50 💬 3 📌 1
Living free from violence is a human right.

Living free from violence is a human right.

A reminder.

04.07.2025 13:35 👍 70 🔁 26 💬 1 📌 0
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The world has come out to celebrate Pride month ✊

These Pride protests show people coming together to fight for the rights of LGBTI people, but not everyone can. In other places, Pride is actively shut down by governments and law enforcement agencies.

#ProtectTheProtest

27.06.2025 09:00 👍 63 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 1
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The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. 🌍⚖️
Children are among those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and environmental damage worldwide, yet they are the least responsible for this global crisis, which is now threatening their rights.

22.06.2025 03:18 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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“It’s all still like a dream”: Syrian refugee builds new life in Argentina Eddy knew little about Argentina before arriving in Buenos Aires as a refugee in 2017. With the support of a sponsor family, he has built a new life.

Since 2017, Amnesty International has been part of a global movement to open up new pathways to safety through community sponsorship. Thanks to this collective effort, more than one million refugees have been welcomed worldwide.

This is Eyad Jaabary (Eddy)'s story ⬇️

16.06.2025 16:30 👍 30 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
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Satellite imagery reveals total razing of Khuza’a in May 2025 in further evidence of Israel’s wanton destruction and genocide in Gaza Amnesty International’s analysis of satellite imagery and verification of video footage reveals how Israeli forces completely razed what remained of the town of Khuza’a in the southern occupied Gaza S...

The analysis underscores the urgent need to investigate the Israeli military for the war crimes of wanton destruction and collective punishment.

It also provides fresh evidence of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

13.06.2025 11:22 👍 57 🔁 36 💬 2 📌 0

Khuza’a, a town in the Khan Younis governorate, once home to approximately 11,000 Palestinians, has been entirely reduced to rubble in less than two weeks after a significant part of the town had already been destroyed in 2024.

13.06.2025 11:22 👍 28 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0
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🧵 Amnesty International’s analysis of satellite imagery and verification of video footage reveals how Israeli forces completely razed what remained of the town of Khuza’a in the southern occupied Gaza Strip over the course of two weeks in May 2025.

13.06.2025 11:00 👍 85 🔁 61 💬 4 📌 7
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The U.S. government must do better. We urgently call on authorities to respect the right to peaceful protest. We also call upon the Trump Administration to end the mass deportations that are at the heart of these protests.

09.06.2025 17:10 👍 104 🔁 43 💬 5 📌 4