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August 7, 2019 News Release

Australia: Protect Public Interest Reporting

National Security Laws, Powers Have Chilling Effect

Australia's Federal Police enter the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster, during a raid on their offices in Sydney, Australia. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File).

July 24, 2019 Commentary

Trump’s Attack on Asylum Seekers Was Made in Australia

Demonstrators protest against the detention of asylum seekers at Australian-run offshore detention centers on the island of Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island, in Sydney, Australia, August 31, 2017.

July 19, 2019 Commentary

Keep Pressure on China Over Abuse of Turkic Muslims

June 24, 2019 Dispatches

What Next for Australian ISIS Suspects?

Government Should Pursue Full Investigations, Fair Trials

Rusafa Central Criminal Court in Baghdad.

June 24, 2019 Dispatches

Australia’s Terrifying ‘Watch Houses’

Children with Disabilities Abused in Police Detention

A person lying on the floor of a prison cell, seen through a CCTV camera.

June 24, 2019 Letter

Letter to Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne

Re: Protecting Human Rights in Australia’s Foreign Policy

June 24, 2019 News Release

Australia: Protect Human Rights in Foreign Policy

Human Rights Council Seat Demands Greater Leadership

April 17, 2019 Commentary

Australian Children are Trapped in Syria and the Government Must Bring Them Home

April 10, 2019 Commentary

One Woman's Extraordinary Journey to Australia

April 7, 2019 Commentary

More Must be Done to Protect Academic Freedoms Under Threat from China

Then Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the opening of Australia's first Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute, at the RMIT University in Melbourne on June 20, 2010.

April 7, 2019 Commentary

Football leaders stand by as human rights abuses pile up

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani receiving a present from FIFA president Gianni Infantino during their meeting at the presidential office in Tehran, Iran, on March 1 2018. Handout photo, Iranian Presidential Office.Iranian President Hassan Rouhani receivi

March 20, 2019 Dispatches

Harmony in Australia Means Stop Racist Dog-Whistling

Long History of Politicians Stoking Fears Over Refugees

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March 7, 2019 Commentary

Silencing Women’s Voices in Saudi Arabia

Screenshot of an animation about domestic abuse and male guardianship in Saudi Arabia

February 21, 2019 Letter

International Civil Liberties and Technology Coalition Comments on the PJCIS Review of the Assistance and Access Act, 2018

February 18, 2019 Dispatches

Australia’s Parliament Speaks Out On Disability

But Fears Government Will Delay Inquiry Into Nationwide Abuse and Neglect

A prisoner lies in his solitary confinement cell in the safety unit at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, northern Queensland.

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