Menu
Login

Search Results

human rights refugees editors picks kevin hogan noosa district state high school amnesty asylum seekers lgbt nauru refugee policy

Peace icon stripped of human rights award

Amnesty International has withdrawn its highest honour from Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi over her failure to speak...

amnesty international aung san suu kyi editors picks human rights icon peace

13th Nov. 2018 9:11 AM

Suu Kyi was globally hailed as a freedom fighter who stood up to her country’s feared military junta. Picture: Getty

Russian World Cup presents dangers for LGBT fans

It’s one of the most positive events in the world, but there’s a sinister side to the World Cup that authorities want to...

amnesty international lgbt peter tatchell vladimir putin world cup

15th June 2018 5:06 PM

It’s one of the most energetic and positive events in the world. But there’s a sinister side to the World Cup that Moscow doesn’t want you to talk about. Picture: Victor Caivano/AP

Nina's humble graduation address on uni's big stage

AFTER a lifetime of fighting for others, Nina was awarded on her university's stage.

amnesty international chancellor's medal nina ashfield university of the sunhine coast

16th April 2018 5:04 AM

TOP OF THE CLASS: Nina Ashfield with her Medal.

Regional residents join refugee fight

Locals from Tweed, Lismore, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Ipswich will gather for talks about refugees and...

amnesty international asylum seeker resource centre asylum seekers immigration kon karapanagiotidis mums 4 refugees oxfam australia refugees

16th March 2018 11:03 AM

Hundreds of people from Tweed, Lismore, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Ipswich will travel to Brisbane for a refugee and asylum seeker forum hosted by the ASRC, Amnesty International, Oxfam Australia and Mums 4 Refugees.

Amnesty wants end to military ties with Myanmar

Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to cut ties with the Myanmar military over the Rohingya...

amnesty international australian ties to myanmar military bangladesh ethnic cleansing murder myanmar rakhine state rape rohingya rohingya muslims village burning

13th Oct. 2017 4:10 PM

Police stand guard at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have fled.

Little Theatre concert for global issues

Amnesty Stanthorpe to hold variety show in support of human rights.

amnesty international human rights music concert stanthorpe little theatre

03rd Oct. 2017 2:10 PM

RAISING AWARENESS: The WUPPIES performed at last year's Amnesty International fundraising concert.

Flash mob dances for attention on crowded beach

Marriage equality flash mob had plenty of competition on Coast beach packed with long weekend and school holiday makers.

amnesty international dancers flash mob giant slide loo with a view mooloolaba sand art university of the sunshine coast

30th Sept. 2017 4:09 PM

THIS Flash Mob dancing for marriage equality had plenty of competition on a Mooloolaba Beach jam-packed with holiday makers and other attractions. Annie Serling and Kirsty Ferguson with Zara, Great, Mia and Eva Campbell watching on were part of the University of the Sunshine Coast Amnesty International group putting on the performance.

Chinese peace prize winner Liu Xiaobo dies

The Chinese activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died at the age of 61, the government has said.

amnesty international chinese activist communist party liu xiaobo nobel peace prize laureate tiananmen square

14th July 2017 4:07 PM

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2008.

Students talk about sex(uality)

"While we're all in the same community, we're all completely different people.”

amnesty international bisexual gay international day against homophobia biphobia and lesbian lgbt sexuality trans* university of the sunshine coast usc

15th May 2017 8:05 AM

LGBT PRIDE: Scores of students turned out in support for last year's event.

Activists rejoice for new Amnesty International branch

Refugee rights, indigenous youth incarceration rates and child labour are at the top of the agenda.

activism amnesty international amnesty international maroochydore grassroots youth

04th May 2017 8:05 PM

AMNESTY ACTIVISTS: Attendees at the launch of the Maroochydore Amnesty International group.