Human Rights
Will children be returning to detention in higher numbers?
Human Rights activists have called on Julia Gillard to keep her promise on getting children out of Australia’s detention centres.......
Alice Springs ad before the Human Rights Commission
On Thursday the third of March, residents of Alice Springs launched a complaint with the Human Rights Commission against a......
A call for human rights to be reinstated in NSW prisons
In 2011 the people of NSW will decide who will govern the state for the next four years. Tonight, in......
Military exercises raise questions on human rights
The largest multinational military exercise to take place in Asia this year is underway in Cambodia. The Global Peace Operations......
Amnesty releases Human Rights report card
Amnesty International today released its yearly report card on how well countries around the globe treat their citizens. It’s called......
Borders protected, but human rights?
One of the big ticket items in last night’s budget was a $4.3 billion dollar national security spending program. $1.2......
Dictator’s horse comes third at the Melbourne Cup
Mourilyan, the horse owned by Chechan dictator Ramzan Kadyrov, has won its owner $420,000. The money will be heading back......
Asia’s first human rights commission
The South- East Asian region will now have a watchdog, as ASEAN has just adopted the framework for Asia’s first......
Human rights group shuts up shop after death of activist
The murder of prominent human rights activist Natalia Estemirova in Chechnya has lead her organisation- Memorial- to close it’s operations......
Shell evades conviction of human rights abuses
Shell has settled out of court for $15.5 million US, over a case involving human rights abuses in Nigeria. Shell......