Refugee rights Australia FOI documents raise serious concerns over Australian Government’s role in detention of Hakeem al-Araibi 11 October 2019 | 6:00 am Freedom of information documents finally released after nine months illustrate how shambolic... Read More
Death penalty Asia Malaysia: Unfair trials, secretive hangings and petty drug convictions reveal ‘cruel injustice’ of the death penalty 10 October 2019 | 5:30 pm Malaysia must start to fulfil its promise to abolish the death penalty in forthcoming legislation... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Asia Hong Kong: Face mask ban an extreme attempt to quash protests 4 October 2019 | 9:46 pm Hong Kong government invokes colonial-era law to crack down on protests “It is thanks to the... Read More
Gender and sexuality South America Four new arrests in Marielle Franco murder case; Australian community continues to support fight for justice 4 October 2019 | 1:12 pm In response to the news that there has been four arrests for the murder of high-profile, Brazilian... Read More
Child rights Australia It’s time to act on United Nations’, experts and community calls to raise the age 4 October 2019 | 11:01 am Australia has been urged by a committee of international experts to raise the age of criminal... Read More
Freedom of expression, association and assembly Middle East Iraq: authorities must rein in security forces after at least 18 protester deaths 4 October 2019 | 9:37 am Eyewitnesses report security forces ‘choking’ protesters with large amounts of tear gas,... Read More