http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1925 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/002/2008/en In this document Amnesty International submits information to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in advance of its pre-sessional working group meeting on 19-23 May 2008, during which Australia’s Fourth Periodic Report will be considered. The briefing identifies issues that have arisen fr Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/001/2008/en This briefing focuses on concerns about: further reports of Indigenous deaths in police custody operations, and in prison custody; a recent report from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission which highlights on-going concerns with conditions in immigration detention; and the Government announcemen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/NWS21/003/2008/en 1) Conveyor belt of injustice in Nigerian prisons 2) Inside US network of secret jails 3) Liberian women struggle to rebuild their lives after war 4) Trapped in a cycle of poverty and violence in Jamaica's inner cities 5) Carnage and despair in Iraq 6) Worldwide Appeals: Russian Federation: Human rights defe Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/good-news/three-australians-spared-death-penalty-bali-20080306 Three members of the so-called Bali Nine have had their death sentencesreduced to life imprisonment following a judicial review by the SupremeCourt.  Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/the-world-shouts-close-guantanamo-20080116 Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/001/2007/en This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's views about Australia's implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. It focuses on: the lack of a comprehensive framework for the implementation of the Convention obligations; the decision not Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/asia-and-pacific/south-east-asia/australia Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/006/2006/en Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/003/2006/en Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA12/002/2006/en Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International