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Human Rights and Poverty
Cycling 21,000kms for human rights
18 May 2007, 01:55PM
On 1 April 2006, 21-year-old Timo Mueller embarked on a 420-day epic cycling journey from Germany to Australia. Riding solitary overland through 15 countries, his aim was to cycle 21,000 kilometres at the age of 21 to raise 21,000 Euros.
Hicks gets hearing - justice still denied
29 March 2007, 12:15PM
After five long years without access to a fair trial by international standards and allegations of torture and ill-treatment, the fact that proceedings are finally underway before the military commission must be a relief for David Hicks and his family. Amnesty International believes David Hicks has been denied justice.
Justice for woman abused in Australian detention centre
20 October 2006, 10:00AM
Following a three year investigation, Amnesty International Australia welcomes the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's (HREOC) finding in the matter of a woman referred to as Ms CD
Australia: Draconian laws in action undermine Australia’s human rights obligations
29 August 2006, 01:07PM
The first control order issued today under Australia's new anti-terror legislation heralds a regrettable period for Australia's human rights record said Amnesty International Australia.
Australia: Australian Government must use US Supreme Court ruling as springboard for action
1 July 2006, 07:28AM
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the decision overnight of the highest court in the United States of America which rejected the US military commissions as unfair as they contravene international law.
New laws to terrorise Australians
8 December 2005, 08:08AM
The Australian Government's anti-terrorism legislation opens the door to the kind of tyranny that Amnesty International has documented in police states worldwide.
Australia: New laws brutalise our human rights
1 December 2005, 10:18AM
Innocent people remain vulnerable to imprisonment under the Australian Government's radical new anti-terrorism laws, irrespective of a bipartisan Senate committee's 52 recommended changes, says AmnestyInternational Australia.
Australia: Anti-terrorism Bill undermines basic civil liberties
16 November 2005, 11:52AM
The Federal Government's Anti-terrorism Bill proposes radical new laws that make innocent people vulnerable to imprisonment, according to Amnesty International Australia's submission to today's federal Senate Committee hearing on the Anti-terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005.
Australia: Anti-terrorism Bill imposes dangerous new Australian slang for ‘secret detention’
29 October 2005, 03:52PM
According to advice from criminal law barrister, Stephen Robson, commissioned by Amnesty International Australia, under new anti-terror laws that the Federal Government intends to introduce to the parliament early next week, a dangerous new precedent may be introduced into Australia - secret detention.
14 day detention a draconian move
29 September 2005, 07:47AM
The proposal of new counter terrorism laws that enable suspects to be held by the police for up to 14 days without charge is draconian and represents a serious threat to fundamental freedoms within Australia, said Amnesty International Australia.
Respect for human rights the only way to security
29 September 2005, 06:08AM
European governments must not roll back the absolute prohibition against torture and ill-treatment in the name of counter-terrorism. They should instead affirm that respect for human rights is the route to security not the obstacle to it.
Australia: ASIO powers undermine human rights says Amnesty International
26 August 2005, 11:25AM
ASIO's detention and questioning powers go too far – reversing the burden of proof and creating a system of detention without charge.
A policeman's job is to protect all citizens, even those he or she doesn't like. I'd have thought that a pretty basic concept.
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