Human Rights
Amelia Kunoth-Monks following in her grandmother’s footsteps
Aboriginal Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks is known to be one of the feistiest warriors against the Northern Territory Intervention. She was......
UN human rights committee to decide on mandatory sentencing
An Indonesian fisherman who is imprisoned in Australia under mandatory sentencing for people smuggling has launched the first international case......
Govt ignores own human rights committee to trim sole parent payments
Some single parents receiving government assistance will be slugged with a $50 a week cut in their payments, after a......
US to sell more arms to Bahrain despite ongoing human rights abuses
The United States has decided to increase the scope of its arms sales to Bahrain, despite Amnesty International declaring that......
Human rights groups urge caution on celebration of Burma’s reforms
There have been celebrations in Burma after Aung San Suu Kyi and her pro-democracy party appeared to have cleaned up......
The result of a decade: ICC guilty verdict
The International Criminal Court today reached its first ever decision, ten years after it was set up. Thomas Lubanga was found......
Bahraini’s demand human rights on anniversary of uprising
Today marks one year since the pro-democracy movement began in Bahrain. And little has changed since last year, when thousands......
Human Rights Commission warns government on Manus Island
The government’s own human rights body has warned against the plan to send asylum seekers to Manus Island, cliaming it......
Fiji Women’s Meet – police shutdown
A raid on a Fiji Women’s rights group has drawn attention to the plight of human rights advocacy groups under......
China under pressure to patch up human rights policy
The unrest across North Africa and the Middle East has left leaders around the world nervous and worrying who will......