Climate change is not just an environmental issue, but a human rights issue. This is why human rights-based solutions are so important 🧵

Update the Sex Discrimination Act to protect LGBTQI+ people from vilification - Sign the Petition! chng.it/swWpwSw6 via @ChangeAUS

"They used to treat us badly there. I asked whether we would be able to live a normal life there, but then they stopped me...They did not want any more questions" Shamsun Nahar, a 40-year-old Rohingya woman voanews.com/a/rohingya-ske… Amnesty International Australia 🕯

"It's not the first time the Chinese government is trying to stop me...China is trying to manipulate the U.N. rights system." voanews.com/a/china-tries-… Amnesty International Australia 🕯

OUTRAGEOUS: A new bill proposed by Florida Republicans, and backed by Ron DeSantis, would give doctors and insurance companies the freedom to deny care to patients who are LGBTQ people or women. The so-called “Protections of Medical Conscience Act” was proposed by the Health &

Today is the 10 year anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh. Over 1,000 lives and 2,500 injured was the price paid by others - mainly poorer women - for our fast fashion addiction. Have we heard and learnt nothing? Amnesty International Australia 🕯 edition.cnn.com/style/article/…

Our latest global report reveals that last year, a total of 883 people were executed in 20 countries - the highest recorded figure since 2017. Despite this, we’re hopeful, here’s why 🧵

Amnesty International Australia 🕯 continues to call for the release of Julian Assange and for the US to drop all charges. After exposing possible war crimes, his continued incarceration is an assault on freedom of expression and undermines the importance of a free press. #FreeAssange

The Asia Regional Seminar on the death penalty is now open! Thanks to our special guests for your powerful words and insights on abolishing the #deathpenalty in the region. We hold dear thoughts for current death row prisonners Chiou Ho Shun and Wang Xin Fu 🙏 #AbolitionNow

Climate change is also a human rights crisis. There is no time to be greenwashing when what we need is real and rapid decarbonization. beuc.eu/press-releases…

Our paper boys are at it again. 📰 They've been down at CommBank handing out today's Financial Review. Along with 34 other organisations, we're calling on Commbank to be a true #climateleader and say no to funding new #fossilfuels.

Meet Uncle Paul and Uncle Pabai, proud First Nations leaders from Guda Maluyligal in the Torres Strait. 👋 They are currently sailing in solidarity with Greenpeace International onboard the Rainbow Warrior to the Pacific. 🌈🕊 And this is their #climatejustice story:

Thank you for the warm welcome, Vanuatu! 🌈🕊 Greenpeace Australia Pacific crew onboard the Rainbow Warrior are feeling very humbled and overwhelmed after this week's warm 'welcome home' by civil society groups, local communities, and government representatives in Port Vila, Vanuatu. 💚

Thanks to everyone who joined Amnesty International Australia 🕯 at #ALPFringe23,to talk about the campaign for a Human Rights Act for Australia. After almost a decade of inaction, we finally have an opportunity to ensure our human rights are protected in Australia's laws with a Human Rights Act.

[Amnesty International] supports this call of Indigenous, environment and human rights organisations to the #ThreeBasinsSummit : growing threats to rainforests must stop rainforestfoundationuk.org/indigenous-env…

STATEMENT: Amnesty International Australia is horrified by reports that Australian citizen Dr Yang Hengjuin has been sentenced to death by a Chinese court

Dr Yang Hengjun's suspended death sentence is another cruel move in a case marred by secrecy and an apparent lack of procedural fairness. Read our full statement👇