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Joint Media Release: US Treasury requested to deny a licence to permit Adani Ports’ business with sanctioned Myanmar military company

Aug 12, 2021

12 August 2021 Adani Ports & SEZ Ltd has requested that the United States’ Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) grant a general licence for their container terminal currently being developed under a build-operate-transfer agreement...

Joint Media Release: Human rights groups call on Australia to provide full, effective and prompt reparation to Afghan victims

Aug 5, 2021

5 August 2021 Human rights organisations in Afghanistan and Australia have written to the Australian government regarding the recommendations on compensation set out in the report of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, led by...

Statement from Chilean relatives of victims of torture and enforced disappearances regarding extradition request of alleged perpetrator in Australia

Jun 23, 2021

23 June 2021 Tomorrow, the Federal Court of Australia will hand down its judgment relating to the extradition of Adriana Rivas to Chile, to answer allegations of her role in the crimes of the Pinochet regime. The matter is on appeal from a decision of the Central...

Joint Media Release: Human rights groups demand suspension of reports on Sri Lanka to assess refugee applications following rejection by a UK court

Jun 3, 2021

3 June 2021 In a landmark immigration case in the United Kingdom, three Upper Tribunal judges have been scathing in their rejection of Australian and UK country reports used as a basis to determine asylum applications for Sri Lankan Tamils. The consequences for many...

Joint Media Release: Palestinian and Australian human rights organisations call on Australian Government to condemn Israel’s crimes in Gaza and East Jerusalem and reject strengthening trade with Israel

May 13, 2021

Joint Media Release: Palestinian and Australian human rights organisations call on Australian Government to condemn Israel’s crimes in Gaza and East Jerusalem and reject strengthening trade with Israel 13 May 2021 In a submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Media Release: Israel committing apartheid and persecution as crimes against humanity, the Australian government must change track on Palestine

Apr 27, 2021

Media Release: Israel committing apartheid and persecution as crimes against humanity says a Human Rights Watch report, the Australian government must change track on Palestine 27 April 2021 Human Rights Watch today released a report finding that Israel practices the...

Joint Media Release: Adani Ports removed from Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Apr 13, 2021

13 April 2021 S&P Dow Jones has announced that it will remove Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (Adani Ports) from its Sustainability Index in response to calls for its review from human rights and environmental groups. The case for review included evidence of...

Joint Media Release: Adani Ports misleads shareholders in statement that fails to disclose Myanmar military ties, NSE and BSE must take regulatory action

Apr 1, 2021

1 April 2021 Joint Media Release: Adani Ports misleads shareholders in statement that fails to disclose Myanmar military ties NSE and BSE must take regulatory action In response to the March 30 Port of Complicity: Adani Ports in Myanmar report into Adani Ports’...

Joint Media Release: Pressure builds on Adani Ports investors as new report reveals Adani Ports paid tens of millions to Myanmar military company. Human rights groups call on Adani Ports’ investors to divest

Mar 30, 2021

30 March 2021 A new report by the Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and Justice For Myanmar (JFM) exposes shocking new links between Adani Ports, and the Myanmar military owned company Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC). Last week, the United States...

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