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BREAKING: The High Court has ruled that it is unlawful and unconstitutional for the Australian Government to detain people indefinitely in immigration detention.
Joint statement with
@KaldorCentre
👇
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THREAD:
@4corners
has obtained a copy of a secret government report that reviewed the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility in 2020. The report was not made public and access to it was denied following a Freedom of Information request by
@humanrightsHRLC
#4corners
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We've launched a legal challenge against Minister Peter Dutton and the Department of Home Affairs on behalf of a person in immigration detention relating to COVID-19.
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“I’ve played for Australia 29 times and at the time I thought it was everything, but now I would give it all up to get just one man off Manus.” Thank you
@Craig_Foster
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BREAKING NEWS: The High Court has ruled that women have the right to access reproductive healthcare without being harassed and abused. Safe Access Zone laws that protect the privacy, safety, dignity and wellbeing of patients and staff are here to stay. Well done to all involved!
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BREAKING: David McBride’s guilty plea to have a chilling effect on whistleblowing and public interest journalism
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BREAKING:
@Richard_D_Boyle
, who spoke up about unethical debt recovery practices at the tax office, has had his whistleblower protections appeal dismissed.
Boyle will now go on trial in September and he could face jail - for telling the truth about government wrongdoing.
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STATEMENT: In the wake of ICJ's interim orders, the Human Rights Law Centre calls for the Australian Government to use all efforts to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people, including by supporting an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
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Today we celebrate the life and work of Eddie Mabo. On 3 June, 1993 the High Court ruled that Australia was not terra nullius or “land belonging to no-one". The ruling overturned a legal fiction and paved the way for land rights and Native Title.
#MaboDay
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It’s an Australian story that as a nation we cannot be proud of, but it’s a story that cannot be ignored. Congratulations
@BehrouzBoochani
for winning the top
#VPLA2019
prize. Great call
@wheelercentre
@DanielAndrewsMP
& all involved.
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We condemn the NSW Police Minister and NSW Police for refusing to allow a planned protest to go ahead by members of the Palestinian community and their supporters.
Open Letter: Peak Bodies & Trade Unions call on
@ChrisMinnsMP
to affirm support for the right to protest!
@humanrightsHRLC
@PIACnews
@NTEUNSW
@CLCsAustralia
@auslawyersHR
@theACIJ
@OurDemocracyAU
@amnestyOz
#nswpol
#protectprotest
#nswlaw
#auslaw
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Watch our
@DanielHRLC
's address to the UN Human Rights Council last night about the Turnbull Government's deliberate destruction of the lives of children - 134 it keeps in its off-shore refugee camp on Nauru. More info here:
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@4corners
We are of the view that it is firmly in the public interest for the Final report and its recommendations to be made public. 3/3
#RaiseTheAge
#4corners
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MEDIA RELEASE: 60 civil society orgs have called for governments across Australia to adhere to international standards and human rights law to ensure protest rights are protected in the Declaration of Our Right to Protest.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Morrison government rushes through new laws that allow lifetime detention of refugees
#auspol
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BREAKING: Laws that would give unchecked powers to the Minister for Home Affairs to ban almost any item in immigration detention - including phones - have just been passed in the House of Reps. We now call on Aust Senators to reject this attack on transparency.
#NoPhonesNoLife
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“Today, 38 kids who’ve spent the last five years in desperation remain trapped on Nauru. They are getting sicker by the day. They cannot wait months. They cannot wait hours. They must be evacuated now.”
@DanielHRLC
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#JusticeForTanyaDay
Coroner finds that the V/Line officer who woke
#TanyaDay
up and called the police - rather than calling an ambulance - was influenced by unconscious bias and his decision making was influenced by her Aboriginality. First finding of racism in the case.
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A refugee who has become one of the country's leading orthopaedic surgeons has a message for Scott Morrison
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This probably wasn't how the Turnbull Government hoped its first appearance on the UN Human Rights Council would go...
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BREAKING: David McBride
@MurdochCadell
sentenced to almost 6 years' jail for leaking documents to the ABC on war crimes in Afghanistan. This is a dark day for our democracy and will have a grave, chilling effect on potential whistleblowers.
@KieranHRLC
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We have written to four unis urging them to drop threats of disciplinary action against students for peacefully protesting.
Universities must be spaces where diverse perspectives are not only tolerated but encouraged.
#ProtectProtest
Learn more here:
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BREAKING: We made multiple attempts – including through freedom of information to access this evidence. Today, after silence, we’re instead releasing 48 submissions that all call to
#raisetheage
from 10 to 14.
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Here’s what Dujuan, a 12 year old Arrernte/Garrwa boy from central Australia, had to say at the UN Human Rights Council. (For more about Dujuan’s story, check out
@inmyblooditruns
)
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NEW REPORT: From voting rights to the eight-hour workday, the right to protest has been fundamental to our democracy.
Our new report "Protest in Peril" shows evidence that the right to protest has steadily eroded in Australia over 20 years.
Read here:
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Statement on allegations against the Australian Attorney-General
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Congratulations to
@BehrouzBoochani
for winning the Prize for Non-fiction in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. For over six years the Australian Government has deprived you of your freedom, but they cannot silence you
.
@BehrouzBoochani
’s book No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison (
@picador_aus
) wins the Prize for Non-fiction.
#vpla2019
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We're in the High Court today challenging the Australia Government's
#MarriageEquality
postal plebiscite.
@AnnaHRLC
@LeeHRLC
🌈
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This is not about fences or facilities. This is about four and a half years of cruelty and torment that the Australian Government has inflicted upon innocent men. Australia owes them the chance to rebuild their lives in safety.
#EvacuateNow
#BringThemHere
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"Our friends, neighbours and colleagues on temporary visas should be allowed to plan for their future, not continue to be forced to beg for rare exemptions to avoid missing out on critical moments in their lives,"
@ScottHRLC
tells
@canberratimes
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Australia's closest allies are calling out our Government's unacceptable treatment of refugees. PM
@TurnbullMalcolm
it's time to listen & accept NZ's offer to help
#EvacuateNow
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Media Release: Attorney-General must intervene as first-ever whistleblower defence hearing begins
“Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished. There is no public interest in this prosecution going ahead,"
@KieranHRLC
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Richard Boyle’s brave whistleblowing has been vindicated — but Australia will still punish him. This is not just bad for whistleblowers, but undermines the integrity and accountability of Australia’s democracy.
@KieranHRLC
's op-ed in
@crikey_news
👇
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The UN has urged the
@ScottMorrisonMP
Government to release a dangerously ill refugee who has ‘given up on living’ after 8 years.
Kaveh must be released into the community so he can recover in safety. He should never have been detained in the first place.
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Every day, women in NSW are treated as second class citizens when it comes to healthcare by the criminalisation of abortion.
This bill will ensure women will have the freedom to decide what is right for their lives. Thank you
@AlexGreenwich
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The Morrison Government is having another go at creating a giant dragnet database of some of your most sensitive personal data - including your face ID, which will be accessible to private corporations. We’re urging opposition & cross-bench MPs to block it
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Voter ID laws are a solution in search of a problem. Instead the PM should introduce laws to fix political advertising + stop billionaires skewing election results “not laws which compound inequality and suppress voter rights,”
@AliceDrury
@TomMcIlroy
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South Australia has a long and proud history of peaceful protest. But the SA government's proposed anti-protest laws are putting our rights at risk. These laws are not just anti-protest, they're anti-people. We urge
@PMalinauskasMP
to withdraw.
@DavidHRLC
#ProtectProtest
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Lots of countries recommending that Australia
#RaiseTheAge
of criminal responsibility to stop kids as young as 10 from being locked up in jails.
#ausupr
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Imposing a blanket law that forcibly restricts how and where a person can spend their money fails the human rights test ❌
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"This is a human rights lawyer who has been defending West Papuan dissidents, she is now being prosecuted by Indonesia - that is an outrage. And the Australian government should have nothing to do with it,"
@suigenerisjen
tells
@v_langeberg
at
@SBSNews
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Peter Dutton is not a constitutional legal expert. We call on the Albanese Government to respect the High Court’s ruling, and ensure that every person who is unlawfully detained is released without further delay and provided with proper support. Sanmati Verma on ABC News 👇
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“After 6 years, we deserve our lives back and a future. We urge your mandates to take this up with the Australian government, which deserves to be held accountable by this Council.” We’re so glad to have helped
@Abdulaziz_Ada
get a chance to address
#HRC40
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If you were disappointed/infuriated by PM
@ScottMorrisonMP
’s comments on International
#WomensDay
, wait until you read about what his Government did at the UN last night...
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"What is unfolding on Manus and Nauru is a human tragedy.
There is no other way to act on this but to free the innocent human beings who they have tortured systematically for years," writes
@BehrouzBoochani
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Tomorrow in Geneva, a Arrernte/Garrwa child from central Australia will give a heartfelt speech at the world’s peak human rights body – with a simple message for Australian govts: Stop sending 10 year old kids to prison.
#HRC42
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ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re proud to launch Australia’s first specialist whistleblower legal service. The Whistleblower Project will protect and empower people to speak up about human rights abuses and serious injustice.
Find out more:
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There is no place for secret trials in Australia.
"The mere possibility that someone can be secretly arrested and jailed for years without the public ever knowing erodes confidence in our legal system" -
@KieranHRLC
@GuardianAus
@knausc
#auspol
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BREAKING: The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has recommended that Australia adopt
@AHumanRightsAct
. The inquiry and community have spoken, now the Albanese Government must act and implement a Human Rights Act.
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After 4 yrs
@rightsagenda
incredible
@musk_shah
is taking on a new role with Vic Commissioner for Aboriginal Children & Young people.
Shah has been at the forefront of child rights work in Aust & is unflinching in her commitment to get kids out of the criminal legal system 🙌❤️
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MEDIA RELEASE: Civil society groups condemn prosecution of war crimes whistleblower David McBride
@MurdochCadell
.
@KieranHRLC
@MrRexPatrick
@theACIJ
@AhrdoAfg
@PeterGreste
@DGavshon
@JMwhistleblower
@GetUp
@TheAusInstitute
@withMEAA
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Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished. The $2.4million spent by the Australian Government to prosecute whistleblower David McBride would be far better spent on setting up a whistleblower protection authority.
@KieranHRLC
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We're in! We'll be part of a HighCourt challenge to Gov's divisive & unnecessary postal plebiscite
#MarriageEquality
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When rights are violated, Triggs will say things that Govs may not like to hear. It's her job.
http://t.co/D0RtuhrIkr
http://t.co/YbxbsW60lf
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Media Release: The Human Rights Law Centre has been granted leave to make amicus submissions in
@Richard_D_Boyle
's landmark whistleblower protections appeal. Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished.
@KieranHRLC
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Good to see principled stand from
@gedkearney
on the shameful indefinite detention of people seeking asylum on
#Manus
and
#Nauru
.
@AustralianLabor
should follow her lead.
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Please, Prime Minister
@TurnbullMalcolm
, this is a SOS from our clients on Manus. Do the right thing
#EvacuateNow
&
#BringThemHere
to safety
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Melbourne shows its support for the men on Manus. After 4 years of suffering they must be brought to safety.
#BringThemHere
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It’s time to do this - Australia needs a Charter of Human Rights so everyone’s rights are properly protected & people have the power to hold government to account. Together we can make it a reality. Sign the petition today.
#CharterOfRights
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What does it say about our democracy that the first person imprisoned in relation to war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan is not a war criminal, but a whistleblower? Joint op-ed by
@KieranHRLC
and
@PeterGreste
👇
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Michael Kirby says it's time to protect human rights in Australian law. We need a
#CharterOfRights
to fulfill the promise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights & hold governments to account.
@RightsCharter
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STATEMENT: Tasmania has committed to raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 with no exceptions alongside raising the minimum age of detention to 16 by 2029. The
#RaiseTheAge
campaign welcomes this announcement.
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World refugee crisis knows no more sinister exercise in cruelty than Australia’s island prisons writes
@NYTimesCohen
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Well done Australia - you were asked to have your say and you shouted YES for
#MarriageEquality
. All eyes now on the politicians in Canberra to deliver! 🌈
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#BREAKING
: Abortion is no longer a crime in NSW.
Women in NSW will finally have the freedom to decide what is right for their bodies without fear of criminal prosecution.
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What wrongdoing might be occurring right now that we will never know about, because those who witnessed it remain mute? writes
@KieranHRLC
@theage
Whistleblowers perform a vital democratic function in Australia. We must hear their call, not lock them up.
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"My number is QNK002." Make sure you watch the message
@Abdulaziz_Ada
delivered to the UN Human Rights Council
#HRC40
about being kept for the last six years in the Australian Government's off-shore refugee camp on Manus Island
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As the Australian Government sits on the UN Human Rights Council – professing its commitment to human rights – 102 children remained imprisoned on Nauru.
Overnight in Geneva,
@DanielHRLC
made sure the UN heard about our Govenment's hypocrisy.
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Tomorrow, Attorneys-General across Australia can make a call to stop imprisoning 10 year olds. Children belong in playgrounds and schools, never prison. We call on AGs to
#RaiseTheAge
at least to 14 and release the secret government report. Add your voice:
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'Enough is enough'. Our new report with
@GetUp
calls for end to the cruelty of Manus, Nauru
#EvacuateNow
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No child belongs in prison. Victoria will
#RaiseTheAge
if no national consensus reached. Thanks
@DanielAndrewsMP
on leadership for this critical reform. The age must be raised to at least 14 with no carve-outs, no police involvement.
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We support Yes to the Voice to Parliament.
We believe the Voice is a step towards breaking down the barriers that stand in the way of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people advancing rights, sovereignty and self-determination.
Full statement:
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UPDATE: Tomorrow, being intoxicated in public will be decriminalised in Victoria.
This is an historic and long overdue reform, following sustained advocacy by the Day family in seeking justice for their mother.
Read the family's statement 👇
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THREAD: Six years after
@4Corners
exposed the brutal treatment of children inside NT’s Don Dale prison, we’re now seeing serious allegations of excessive force in WA’s only youth prison, Banksia Hill. 1/5
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MEDIA RELEASE: Australian lawyer wins prestigious international human rights award
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Breaking: UN furious with the Australian Government's "blatant attempt to coerce" people seeking asylum back to harm & danger |
#LetThemStay
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The ACT Government has now officially committed to raise the age at which children can be put in prison. We know children do best when they are in community - not behind bars. Time for all states and territories to step up and
#RaiseTheAge
We did it! You all did it! The ACT Greens-Labor Government have committed to
#RaiseTheAge
as a priority reform for this term of government!
@NATSILS_
@amnestyOz
@rightsagenda
@ama_media
@AIDAAustralia
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For many people
#AustraliaDay
is
#InvasionDay
. We stand in support of those asking to
#ChangeTheDate
. We have a long way to go for justice & reconciliation - finding a more sensitive date can only help.
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The Albanese Government claims to hold grave concern for the safety of Palestinians in Gaza, yet refuses to do the bare minimum of allowing people to take shelter with family members in Australia.
#Gaza
#Palestine
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Watch Senior Lawyer
@davidHRLC
speak with
@NareldaJacobs10
about the alarming increase in anti-protest laws by governments across Australia over the last 20 years.
#ProtectProtest
Read our new Protest in Peril report here:
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STATEMENT: Australian Government must do all in its power to prevent genocide against Palestinian people by Israel
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Last night, the UN told Australia to adopt a Charter of Human Rights to better protect women's rights at home
#AusCEDAW
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Keeping the age of criminal responsibility as low as 12 is a cop-out and a failure by Premier Daniel Andrews and Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes for the children locked up behind bars.
Victoria must
#RaiseTheAge
to at least 14. No younger. No exceptions.
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Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished.
David McBride's imprisonment sends a chilling message to prospective whistleblowers who speak up about wrongdoing and corruption.
To learn more, read Senior Lawyer
@KieranHRLC
's op-ed in The Guardian 👇
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“My mum, Tanya Day, was a proud Yorta Yorta woman. She was a mother to five children, a grandmother, an auntie, a sister. In December 2017, mum got on a train to travel from Echuca to Melbourne. She never made it.” ~ daughter Belinda Stevens at the coronial inquest for Tanya Day.
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For nearly five years now, the Australian Government has held refugee children in its offshore camps in conditions UN experts have described as cruel and inhuman. Watch the passionate statement our
@DanielHRLC
just delivered to the Human Rights Council
#HRC37
@AustraliaUN_GVA
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We urgently need an Australian Charter of Human Rights, writes
@GillianTriggs
in
@ConversationEDU
. If you agree, make sure you sign our petition at
@RightsCharter
and get involved to help make it a reality
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THREAD: Today was a landmark moment for whistleblower protections in Australia.
Richard Boyle's appeal hearing was the first time an appeals court in Australia considered what protections are available to people who speak up about wrongdoing.
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“From ending slavery to stopping apartheid, boycott campaigns have played a critical role in achieving many social advances,” says our
@HughdeKretser
in the
@washingtonpost
. PM Morrison’s proposal to ban boycott actions “deeply disturbing”
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Our PM
@TonyAbbottMHR
is "sick of being lectured to by the UN"
http://t.co/yvfV9yIa4V
Perhaps he should stop breaking international law.
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Media Release: Morrison Government must accept New Zealand offer to provide safety for refugees due to COVID-19 crisis w/
@ASRC1
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"Whistleblowers should be protected, not punished. But Richard Boyle's case does not reflect this reality."
@KieranHRLC
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We've joined 74 civil society organisations across Australia to call on the Australian government to act on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
A joint statement, signed by 74 civil society organisations in Australia, calls on the Australian government to act on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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This is the political courage and moral leadership we have been missing.
@WilkieMP
@AdamBandt
@MakeMayoMatter
have just given notice of a bill to bring children & their families from
#Nauru
to Aust for medical treatment.
It's been 5 years. Bring them here.
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"The Australian Government doesn't have and has never had the right to use immigration detention as a way to punish people... or to effectively impose a sentence of life imprisonment on someone."
@JosephineHRLC
on
@RNBreakfast
on the High Court decision.
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Last night our
@DanielHRLC
addressed the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva about the Australian Government's attempts to prevent charities & community groups from engaging in public policy debates |
#HandsOffOurCharities
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