Roj Amedi is a writer and editor, and a Senior Human Rights Campaigner at GetUp.

She was a guest editor of the 38th issue of Acclaim Magazine. She has written for The Saturday Paper, SBS, Meanjin, Swampland, Vault and and is a regular columnist for Right Now. A seasoned public speaker and commentator, Roj has appeared at the Melbourne Writers Festival, the Wheeler Centre and the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law. She is also a regular host on PBS 106.7FM.

Roj is of Kurdish heritage, and sought refuge after being displaced in Iraq in the 1990s as the result of war and persecution. She is passionate about human rights, community building and social justice, and her advocacy and community work has a strong focus on platforming and supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of colour, LGBTI+ people, and refugees.   

RESOURCES LIST

• Roj Amedi in Saturday Paper: Systematic racism, dehumanisation, and Islamophobia [if you need a copy please email me at smrwinoto@gmail.com]
• Naomi Murakawa: Penology of Racial Innocence
• Roj in Meanjin: Human Rights and Political Wrongs
• Roj interviewed by Liminal

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