Civil Liberties
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Iranian Leaders Should Call Off Their Campaign of Repression
The death of Mahsa Amini has outraged citizens throughout Iran, setting off a protest wave. IGC If it wishes for…
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Speaking up against muzzling freedom of speech
The stabbing of author Salman Rushdie again highlights the importance of defending the right to voice opinions, writes Morry Bailes.…
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What would an Indigenous Voice to Parliament look like? And how might it work?
He has also outlined what Australians might be asked in a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament Nicholas McElroy…
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A Turkish-style Cambridge-Analytica Scandal: Bulk reach into the digital presence of Turkish citizens
Cambridge Analytica, a former British political consulting firm, illegally acquired personal data about Facebook users starting from 2013 and exploited them for…
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Sedition law: Why India should break from Britain’s abusive legacy
Britain’s legacy in India includes abusive laws to suppress any opposition to colonial rule. Linda Lakhdhir & Jayshree Bajoria Scroll.in…
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Hong Kong’s handover 25 years on: why human rights eroded so dramatically in the past two years
The restrictions on how the anniversary is being held are symbolic of how much things have changed in Hong Kong…
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Efforts to combat far-right extremism must not curtail civil liberties, Victorian inquiry hears
The Victorian government must be careful not to blindly expand executive powers, surveillance and censorship in its bid to combat…
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The Proposed Ban of the Swastika in Victoria
Liberty Victoria is deeply worried by the emergence of far-right extremism, but opposes the ban of the ‘hakenkreuz’ for the…
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Umbrage as Turkey braces to hand over Jamal Khashoggi’s trial to Saudi Arabia
Turkey is set to hold the final stage of the trial in absentia of 26 suspects linked to the killing…
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Aus-NZ refugee deal is a bandage on a failed policy.
Australia has finally accepted New Zealand’s offer to settle some of the refugees from the offshore processing regime – about nine years…
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Rwanda: Wave of Free Speech Prosecutions
(Nairobi) – Judicial authorities in Rwanda are prosecuting opposition members, journalists, and commentators on the basis of their speech and opinions, Human…
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Ecuador: Investigate Police Abuse During Women’s Day Marches
(New York) – Ecuadorean police responded to peaceful demonstrations commemorating International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, with excessive force, including striking…
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Government Critics Languish in Nicaraguan prisons
Torres was reportedly being held in inhumane conditions, incommunicado for prolonged periods, repeatedly interrogated, and not allowed to access the…
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Is free speech a crime in President Akufo-Addo’s Ghana?
This recent spate of arrests and prosecutions has many worried. Isaac Kaledzi Deutsche Welle Since the start of the year,…
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Why Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia – and why it sets a concerning precedent
On one side is a tennis superstar who is unvaccinated and has raised concerns about receiving the vaccination. Maria O’Sullivan…
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Obituary: South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, was one of South Africa’s most important Nobel Laureates and a tireless…
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