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A major report by Amnesty International has condemned Australia's treatment of asylum seekers as a "deliberate and systematic regime" of neglect and cruelty, amounting to torture. Released Monday, the ...

Leaders at COP30 in Brazil failed to agree to place people over profits as a lack of unity, accountability and transparency ...

Amnesty International Australia issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing the Australian federal government’s newly proposed bill reintroducing punitive measures targeting a group of people released ...

At least 50,000 guns were turned in across Australia over the past three months as part of a nationwide crackdown on illegal firearms which began in July. At least 50,000 guns were turned in across ...

Australia's bishops are discussing Amnesty International’s new policy to advocate for the decriminalization of abortion worldwide, with the intention of presenting a unified response. Many Christians, ...

Australia has now handed in over 50,000 firearms as part of the country's national firearms amnesty, according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The following story's figures have been amended to ...

SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday rejected a claim by rights group Amnesty International that conditions on a tiny South Pacific island where about 400 Australian-bound asylum seekers ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will allow gun owners to hand in illegal firearms without penalty from next month as concerns grow over gun crimes involving such weapons, a federal minister said ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian cricketers will be given an amnesty 'window' until the end of November to report any previous corruption-related information, the country's cricket board said on ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia said on Friday it would introduce a three-month national gun amnesty, the first in more than 20 years, in a bid to reduced the number of illegal firearms which have been ...