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Amnesty International Australia

Campaign newsletter October 08

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Everyone, everywhere has the right to live with dignity, free from poverty.

To mark the World Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, Amnesty International is joining in solidarity with millions of people around the world to STAND UP and hold governments to account for the human rights violations that drive and deepen poverty. Join us now and help make our voices heard!

Take part and STAND UP against poverty

Find out about other Amnesty events on 17 October

 

In this edition

NT intervention review

The Federal Government’s Northern Territory intervention has directly affected over 45,000 Aboriginal women, men and children. In line with our recommendations of over 12 months ago, Amnesty International strongly backs the Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board’s advice to the Government to immediately reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act.

Read our media release

Free Canberra seminars

"The UDHR 60 years on – What it means for Australia today" is the second in a series of three free seminars being held in Canberra to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Find out more

Latest news and blogs

- China internet censorship still widespread
- The plight of China's rural migrants

All the latest blogs

- Saudi Arabia: Death by discrimination
- Nobel Peace Prize 2008 awarded

All the latest news

Uighurs released from Guantanamo Bay

In a triumph for justice, a federal judge on 7 October ordered the US to immediately free 17 Chinese Uighurs who have been held in Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years, and allow them into the US.

Get the full story

  

Stop forced evictions in Orissa

Local indigenous and endangered communities in Orissa, India, are at risk of forced evictions after a Supreme Court decision to allow Sterlite India to mine for bauxite there. Call on the Government of Orissa to implement a full consultation with affected communities before taking any decisions that could affect their livelihoods.

Help these communities now

Protecting refugees’ rights

Despite the Rudd Government taking a more humane approach to refugees than the previous government, two boatloads of asylum seekers recently intercepted off Australian waters should not have been taken to Christmas Island.

Read more

Jobs at Amnesty

Know someone who would be interested in a role as a Research Officer or a Director of Finance, HR & Support Services? How about a position in Amnesty’s Fundraising or Media teams?

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10 years since Pinochet’s arrest

On 16 October 1998, former Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London. Ten years later we commemorate the crimes perpetrated in Chile under his regime, and the significance of his arrest both in Chile and internationally.

Read more and watch an interview with survivors

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