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Category: Human rights

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Foreign affairs / Human rights / News / Refugees / Uncategorised

Government fails Afghan people, again

The announcement last week by Minister Alex Hawke of 15,000 places for Afghan Refugees has been roundly criticised because it is spread over 4 years and is not an increase …

Accountability / Human rights / News

Has the prosecution not placed the wrong accused in the dock?

So asks former Supreme Court of Appeal Judge, Stephen Charles, who has written an explosive forensic account of the shameful, ongoing treatment of lawyer and former ACT attorney general, Bernard …

Defence / Human rights / News

The futile 20-year war on terror

The 20-year mission in Afghanistan was a failure, the war on terror unwinnable, and the Middle East remains volatile at great cost to its people.

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Democracy / Human rights / News

Opinion: Identify, Disrupt bill intrusive, dangerous and undemocratic

The Surveillance Legislation Amendment Bill is an attack on our freedom, privacy and, ultimately, democracy.

Foreign affairs / Human rights / News

Today is World Humanitarian Day. Think Afghanistan

As they fear for their lives, the people of Afghanistan need to know we will not abandon them. As the Taliban take over governance of Afghanistan they need to know …

Human rights / News / Refugees

Grant Afghan asylum seekers visas now

It is beyond depraved that all this government can do in this humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, is to offer a moratorium on sending Afghan refugees in Australia back to Afghanistan! …

First nations / Human rights / News

Don Dale – still there, still harming children despite Commission

This week a settlement of $35 million was reached by the NT government for a class action covering 1200 young people who had been in Don Dale Youth Detention Centre …

Human rights / News / Refugees

Sinking to new lows on asylum seekers

It’s hard to fathom why a government would deny timely medical treatment to four-year old Tharnicaa, whose Tamil parents fled Sri Lanka by boat almost a decade ago. By all …

Human rights / News / Refugees

Crisis in the refugee assessment program: Part 1

The refugee assessment program in Australia is in crisis.. the ‘fast track’ process for assessing legacy Irregular Maritime Arrival cases is four years behind schedule; the air arrival section is …

Human rights / News / Refugees

Ahmed: Every door is closed to me

No work rights, no study rights, no access to Medicare – this is the plight of asylum seekers denied access to bridging visas for years and years. It was brought …

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