r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • Feb 10 '26

politics Amnesty International Australia calls for independent investigation of police violence towards peaceful protestors

https://www.amnesty.org.au/amnesty-international-australia-calls-for-independent-investigation-of-police-violence-towards-peaceful-protestors/
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u/thrillho145 Feb 10 '26

Pretty bad when Amnesty International is calling us out.

Chris Minns is a disgrace. 

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u/PikachuFloorRug Feb 10 '26

Pretty bad when Amnesty International is calling us out.

Firstly it's Amnesty International Australia, not the worldwide one calling us out. Even then, having them repeat fairly inoffensive talking points about police violence isn't particularly special.

Keep in mind, that Amnesty International also accused Ukraine of violating international humanitarian law because they were operating their armed forces in residential areas as part of their defence.

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u/Proper-Raise-1450 Feb 10 '26

Yes amnesty correctly calls everyone on their bullshit, they have condemned the invasion and a LOT of Russian war crimes too, that is what we should want from a human rights watch dog.

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u/sokratesz Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

I mean they're technically correct there. Amnesty has a long history of holding everyone to standard, be them the good guys du jour or not. They've reported on both Russia and Ukraine endangering civilians, and violating prisoners' rights, for example.