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  • Belarusian prisoner of conscience released

    Amnesty International welcomes the early release of Belarusian prisoner of conscience Alyaksandr Kazulin. The former opposition presidential candidate was pardoned by a presidential decree on 16 August.

  • Immigration detention reforms a welcome step

    Australia's immigration detention system has finally been brought into line with other Western democracies, following reforms announced today that will see asylum seekers detained as a last resort and for the shortest practicable time. The Government must now amend the Migration Act to ensure these principles are protected by legislation says Amnesty International.

  • Award for man of figures and fun

    Michael Becker receiving the June Fassina award from Georgina Perry
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    Michael Becker’s sense of humour stood him in good stead during his early years with Amnesty International when, as treasurer of the South Australia and Northern Territory Branch Committee, balancing the budget was a well-nigh impossible task.

  • Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt gains her freedom

    Amnesty International has welcomed the news that on 2 July former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt at last gained her freedom after more than six years in captivity at the hands of the guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

  • Sami Al Hajj thanks Amnesty International members

    We wish to thank everyone who wrote a letter to Sami Al Hajj, the 39-year-old Sudanese Al Jazeera cameraman who had been held in US custody since December 2001. We recently forwarded to him 10,000 Amnesty International members' letters, and he has replied with the following message...

  • UN brings rights in from the Cold War

    Amnesty International welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Optional Protocol).

  • US Supreme Court decision welcomed

    Reacting to the US Supreme Court ruling recognising the right of foreign nationals detained in Guantánamo Bay to challenge their detention in US civilian courts on, Amnesty International said the decision was an "essential step forward towards the restoration of the rule of law."

  • The law of the land

    A critical breakthrough at Grassy Narrows in Canada is a perfect opportunity for the government of Ontario to take a stand for the human rights of Indigenous peoples.

  • Sami Al Hajj has been released from Guantanamo

    Sami Al Hajj, the 39-year-old Sudanese Al Jazeera cameraman who had been held in US custody since December 2001, has finally been transferred back to Sudan from Guantanamo.

  • Same-sex discrimination removed

    We welcome the Attorney-General’s announcement that it will be introducing laws to remove discrimination against same-sex relationships from federal legislation.

  • Pakistan ratifies UN human rights convention

    Amnesty International welcomes Pakistan's ratification of a key human rights treaty and signing of two others.

  • Labour activist Mahmoud Salehi released

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    Mahmoud Salehi

    The ITUC, ITF and Amnesty International has welcomed the release from Sanandaj prison, in Iran's Kordestan Province, of independent labour activist Mahmoud Salehi, after one year of imprisonment.

  • Activists released from prison in Ethiopia

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    Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005. Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie were released on 28 March 2008 after receiving a presidential pardon.

  • Cuba signs up for human rights

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    Cuba signed two major human rights treaties at the UN in New York on Thursday.

  • Government commits to prohibiting torture

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    We welcome the announcement by the Australian Government that it is looking to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture.

  • European Court reaffirms ban on torture

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    We welcome the re-affirmation of the absolute prohibition of torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in last week's landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

  • Court win for man wrongly accused of terrorism

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    Lotfi Raissi

    A flight instructor wrongly accused of training the hijackers of planes used in the 11 September 2001 attacks in the USA won his appeal at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales on 14 February 2008.

  • Apology: An essential first step

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    We welcome the formal apology to the Stolen Generations by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The apology will help to develop respect and establish meaningful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and is essential to reconciliation.

  • Refugees arrival in Australia welcomed

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    We welcome to Australia the remaining Sri Lankan refugees from the Nauru detention centre. Closing the detention centre is a significant step towards dismantling the Pacific Solution, which we have campaigned for since 2001.

  • Belarusian youth activist freed

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    Zmitser Dashkevich © ByMedia.net

    The Belarusian youth activist, Zmitser Dashkevich, has been released early from Sklou prison in Belarus. Zmitser was the subject of a global Amnesty International action last year calling for his release.

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