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UN urges Australia to stop our client’s deportation to Nauru
The Albanese Government wants to banish people to Nauru, where they might be killed or face violence, for the rest of their lives – including our client, who is a 65-year-old refugee from Iraq.
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We stand with Kumanjayi Walker’s family and Yuendumu
This week the Coroner delivered her findings into Kumanjayi’s death, saying that Kumanjayi Walker’s death was “entirely avoidable”
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ADF whistleblower breaks 15-year silence on sexual abuse cover-up
Former RAAF airwoman Julia Delaforce represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, has broken her fifteen year silence on alleged wrongdoing and sexual abuse which was covered up by the Australian Defence Force.
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