Human Rights
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Is now the right time for Australia to have a Bill of Rights?
Compensation lawyer and principal of Travis Schultz & Partners, Travis Schultz, said the COVID-19 crisis has shone a spotlight on…
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Ghislaine Maxwell trained underage girls as sex slaves, documents allege
Ghislaine Maxwell sexually abused underage girls and joined Jeffrey Epstein in directing Virginia Roberts Giuffre to be sexually abused by…
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In Belarus, Lukashenko faces a female challenge
MINSK – There’s little doubt that Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko will win a sixth term in elections on August 9…
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UK has ‘poisoned’ relations with China, says ambassador
LONDON — The U.K. has “poisoned the atmosphere” of its relations with China and is putting the post-Brexit vision of…
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Australian lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert reportedly moved to harsh women’s prison in Iran
Melbourne University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert, jailed in Iran for spying, has reportedly been moved for “punishment reasons” to the harsh…
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Poland to withdraw from treaty on violence against women
Poland will begin the process of withdrawing from a treaty to prevent violence against women, which the right-wing government in…
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New Zealand grants asylum to Behrouz Boochani, Kurdish-Iranian refugee who was detained on Manus Island
The Kurdish-Iranian journalist spent six years in detention in Papua New Guinea for asylum seeker processing after attempting to enter…
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Murder on the Middle Passage by Nicholas Rogers review – slavery and the British empire
You are trapped in a net cast by a white man reeking of rum and smoke, and then dragged miles…
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Olga Neubert was refused family violence order before her murder by estranged husband
The coronial investigation into the murder of Olga Baraquio Neubert found that Tasmania Police refused her request for an FVO…
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We worked with children in prison. They should never have been there
Now, we are fighting to shut the door to police and prison cells in response to young children by raising…
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UK accuses China of ‘gross and egregious’ human rights abuses against Uyghur population in Xinjiang
It came on a day when Britain and China threw public criticisms of each other, with the UK Foreign Secretary…
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‘Heartbreaking’: Mother from detained Biloela Tamil family evacuated from Christmas Island for medical treatment
There are concerns for the Biloela Tamil family controversially detained on Christmas Island after mother Priya Murugappan was evacuated for…
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What does the ‘new normal’ look like for women’s safety in cities?
Women’s perception of safety – as opposed to their risk of experiencing gendered violence or crime – very much determines…
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US carries out first federal execution in 17 years
Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, died by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mike Brest & Jerry…
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Black Like Me
This is not something that I can break down with facts. Stan Grant ABC News This is not something that…
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Sudan criminalises female genital mutilation
Sudan’s highest governing body ratified a law criminalising female genital mutilation, a widespread ritual in the African country, the justice…
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