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Three Sri Lankan asylum seekers have been tortured and jailed upon their forced return to Sri Lanka from Australia.
The UN has rebuked Australia's record on protecting the rights of Indigenous people in its latest set of recommendations.
Amnesty International Australia's Media and Public Affairs team assists journalists with queries and arranges interviews with spokespeople.
4 September 2010, 07:41AM Be the first to comment
Well-known members of the Bahrain's Shi’a Muslim community, arrested in recent weeks, were allegedly tortured or otherwise ill-treated while being detained incommunicado.
4 September 2010, 07:35AM Be the first to comment
Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into allegations that employers of a Sri Lankan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia drove 24 nails and a needle into her hands, legs and forehead.
4 September 2010, 07:29AM Be the first to comment
Prompt, impartial and effective investigation needed after the violent clash between police and hundreds of protesters in Indonesia.
4 September 2010, 07:22AM Be the first to comment
25 contract workers injured after protesting against retrenchments at the Vedanta Aluminium refinery at Lanjigarh.
4 September 2010, 07:19AM Be the first to comment
Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of Iranian human rights defender Shiva Nazar Ahari.
4 September 2010, 07:10AM Be the first to comment
Amnesty International condemns the attacks on Israeli citizens in the West Bank over recent days which have reportedly left four, including a pregnant woman, dead.
3 September 2010, 02:44PM Be the first to comment
Amnesty International is calling on the UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution ensuring the urgent establishment of an international commission of inquiry into serious human rights violations committed in Burma, including crimes against humanity and possible war crimes.
3 September 2010, 10:51AM 4 comments - add yours
Three former asylum seekers have been tortured and jailed in Sri Lanka following their forced return from Australia in 2009.
2 September 2010, 10:28AM 1 comment - add yours
The release of Raúl Hernández is a very welcome step.
2 September 2010, 10:12AM Be the first to comment
Human rights worker sentenced to two years in prison for giving out anti-government leaflets.
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