The Australian government must immediately evacuate every person warehoused on Nauru and Manus to safety if it wants to be taken seriously as a human rights leader, the Human Rights Law Centre told the United Nations in a statement delivered to the Human Rights Council.
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Addressing the UN in a statement to the Human Rights Council, the Human Rights Law Centre called on all UN member states to cooperate with the first United Nations independent expert tasked with combating the unacceptable violence and discrimination faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world.
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The High Court of Australia heard a landmark case seeking to strike down Tasmania’s excessive anti-protest laws that unreasonably limit people’s freedom to stand together and speak out on matters that they care about.
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With a decision from the Supreme Court on the legality of the Victorian Government's decision to detain children in the maximum security adult prison at Barwon pending, our Tom Clarke & Alina Leikin discuss why as a society we shouldn't just give up on kids.
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The HRLC returned to the Victorian Supreme Court in March 2017 to challenge the Victorian Government sending children to Barwon maximum security adult jail.
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Fleeing persecution, Nayser Ahmed was separated from his family en route to Australia. While they rebuild their lives in Sydney, he remains stuck on Manus Island. In this Fairfax produced video Daniel Webb speaks to The Age's Nick McKenzie about Nayser and his family and the situation for the men on Manus Island.
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