Looking Beyond Australia’s Debate About Asylum To Better Regional Answers For Refugees
Paul Power, CEO of the Refugee Council of Australia, offers 10 concrete steps that could be taken to improve Australia’s asylum seeker policy.
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Fighting for justice and dignity: Interview with Behrouz Boochani
Right Now speaks to writer Behrouz Boochani about his call for a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention.
Why is Australia’s Immigration Minister Attacking the Refugee Convention?
Dana Affleck responds to the Minister for Immigration’s attack on the Refugee Convention, explaining what might have been thought obvious – why it is important to protect people fleeing persecution.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will cut accessibility to medicine for those that need it most
Following the Global Ideas Forum in Melbourne last week, Right Now’s Hector Sharp reflects on the health implications of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership discussed at the forum.
Elaine Pearson, Australia Director at Human Rights Watch
Ellen Hays spoke to Elaine Pearson, Australia director of Human Rights Watch, at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law’s annual conference, where Pearson was speaking on the consequences of Australia’s border protection policy.
Why the Bikie Laws should concern us all
Jack Maxwell explains that new laws aimed at bikie groups are a threat to the rights of all citizens, and what legal means might resist them
What’s bringing Melbourne’s Ethiopian community to the streets?
Hector Sharp explains why members of Melbourne’s Ethopian community recently picketed the British consulate on Collins Street, and what it has to do with the disappearance of activist Andargachew Tsige
Exposing the true “undesirables” in Australian immigration
The Undesirables is an explosive expose of the tightly controlled asylum seeker detention facility on Nauru and further highlights the depths of Australian government depravity, writes Sonia Nair.
Rich soil: Can Indigenous land rights and Australia’s economic interests coexist?
Though the Australian government’s economic desires have contrasted sharply with Indigenous land ownership in the past, Christine Todd argues the two are not mutually exclusive and suggests the economic development of the land should be carried out by the Indigenous population.
Does Australia need tougher cyberbullying legislation?
Nadia Wu considers whether tougher laws are needed to combat the pervasive and insidious phenomenon of cyberbullying.
Human Rights in Australia and Argentina: a clear rights framework
Alexandra Hurley compares human rights frameworks in Argentina and Australia, and suggests we need not wait for a “Dirty War” here to implement clear human rights protections
How Useful are International Human Rights in a Sovereign and Democratic State?
Anthony Hallal explores the relationships between Australia’s sovereignty and democracy, and international human rights norms
Welfare, environment & asylum seekers: Human rights in the media in June
Pia White looks back over media coverage of human rights during June, a month dominated by welfare, the environment and the ever-present issue of government handling of asylum seekers.