Human Rights
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Urgent action to protect women is a matter of life and death
The list of names goes on. All women. Varying ages. And all calling different communities across Australia home. Madonna King…
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Amnesty warns human rights face ‘most serious threat’ in decades
Human rights worldwide are facing their most serious threats in decades, advocacy group Amnesty International says. The New Daily AAP…
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Iran: Security Forces Rape, Torture, Detainees
Kurdish, Baluch, Azeri, and Other Ethnic Communities Apparently Targeted. (Beirut) – Iran’s security forces raped, tortured, and sexually assaulted detainees while repressing…
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Rethinking Talks with the Taliban
The diplomatic agenda should be more focused, with issues like security cooperation and economic stability insulated from a main track…
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Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article may contain images of deceased people. The Conversation It contains…
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Senegal: Human Rights Agenda for President Faye
Prioritize Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Nairobi) – Senegal’s newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, should make protecting and promoting human…
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How Japan Can Lead on Human Rights
Opportunities at the G20 and ASEAN Summits Published in:毎日新聞 (The Mainichi Newspaper) Kanae Doi, Japan Director @kanaedoi John Sifton, Asia…
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Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released
30 Years On, Accelerate Justice Efforts (Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch announced today that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary…
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Japan Broadens Ban on Restraints of Jailed Women in Labor
Government Should Further Expand Prohibition on Restraining Pregnant People During a Diet session last week, Japan’s Ministry of Justice announced…
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A war on children: Gaza doctors no longer see normal-sized babies
Children are dying at an alarming rate from malnutrition and dehydration and doctors are no longer seeing normal-sized babies. Helen…
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Victoria to forge on with raising the age of criminal responsibility, new bail laws.
Indigenous groups have criticised the Victorian Opposition for attempting to reintroduce bail laws that were previously labelled an “unmitigated disaster,”…
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Irish voters overwhelmingly reject proposed changes to constitution
Ireland has overwhelmingly rejected proposed changes to references on family and women in its constitution, delivering a rebuke to a…
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China: Free Detained Tibetan Demonstrators
(New York) – The Chinese authorities should immediately release hundreds of Tibetan monks and villagers who were detained while peacefully protesting the…
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Governments Target Nationals Living Abroad
Killings, Removals, Other Abuses Threaten Rights; Bold Policy Response Needed. Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and…
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By boat or by plane? If you’re seeking asylum in Australia, the outcome is similarly bleak
This revived dormant debates about border security. Savitri Taylor The Conversation People without visas come to Australia by air and…
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Historic vote in Australian parliament on Julian Assange
The Australian House of Representatives passed a motion introduced by Tasmanian Independent, Andrew Wilkie on behalf of the Parliamentary Friends…
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