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Australia Has Violated Human Rights During The Pandemic

Nadia Abed — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:33:05 +0000

By: Dianne Jahangani Journal of Global Rights and Organizations, Administrative Editor AUSTRALIA – As the world continues to face the COVID-19 Pandemic, each country has been tasked with the duty of protecting the lives of its citizens. In the next few months, as the world enters the one-year anniversary of battling against this virus, individuals…

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Papua New Guinea Declares Australia’s Manus Island Detention Center Illegal

Impunity Watch Archive — Tue, 17 May 2016 21:54:15 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Reporter, North America and Oceania PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — On Tuesday, Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court ruled that Australia’s practice of detaining asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea’s (“PNG’s”) Northern Manus Island was illegal and must stop. Refugees and asylum seekers detained on Manus Island under Australia’s off-shore processing…

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Australia Announces All Mainland Asylum-Seeking Children Freed from Detention

Impunity Watch Archive — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 02:40:19 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Reporter, North America and Oceania BRISBANE, Australia — Over the weekend, the Australian government confirmed that all the asylum-seeking children that were being held in mainland immigration centers across the country had been released. However, this appears only to be possible as the government has reclassified sections of detention centers as…

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Indonesia Raises Dispute with Chinese Fishing Vessels in South China Sea

Impunity Watch Archive — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 17:59:37 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Reporter, North America and Oceania JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia on Monday strongly protested the Chinese government and demanded it clarify the actions of a Chinese coast guard vessel that reportedly had contravened law enforcement measures being conducted by Indonesian authorities against a China-flagged boat allegedly committing illegal fishing in Indonesian waters.…

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Australia Illegally Forcing Return of Refugees – Amnesty International

Impunity Watch Archive — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 18:55:18 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Reporter, North America and Oceania CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s record of sending asylum seekers to Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, as well as policies of mandatory detention, boat push-backs and soaring indigenous imprisonment rates have resulted in heavy criticism from Amnesty’s annual human rights report. For example, Amnesty International…

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Australia High Court Upholds Offshore Detention For Asylum Seekers

Impunity Watch Archive — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 17:06:10 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Desk Reporter, North America and Oceania CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian High Court on Wednesday dismissed a claim that detention of asylum seekers offshore on Nauru violated the Australian constitution, and upheld its policy to hold refugees at processing centers on the island. In a decision announced in Canberra, the court…

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Indonesia To Review Anti-Terror Laws Following Jakarta Attack

Impunity Watch Archive — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:09:23 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Reporter, North America and Oceania JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has called for revisions to the country’s anti-terrorism laws after last week’s attacks in the capital, Jakarta. The proposed changes would make it easier for officials to arrest anyone suspected of planning an attack. The call for review comes…

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Human Trafficking Investigator Seeks Asylum In Australia

Impunity Watch Archive — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:17:19 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Desk Reporter, North America and Oceania SYDNEY, Australia — Thailand’s top police investigator in charge of human trafficking has fled to Australia, telling Australian media that he feared for his life after his findings implicated influential people who want to silence him. Major General Paween Pongsirin was appointed to investigate trafficking…

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Papua New Guinea Facing Domestic Violence Crisis

Impunity Watch Archive — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 16:17:50 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Desk Reporter, North America and Oceania PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — In a report released Tuesday, Human Rights Watch released a report, declaring women and girls in Papua New Guinea are enduring brutal attacks from their partners, as government officials neglect survivors’ needs for safety, services, and justice. At the…

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Amnesty International Criticizes Australia’s Maritime Migrant Policies

Impunity Watch Archive — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:44:02 +0000

By Samuel Miller Impunity Watch Desk Reporter, North America and Oceania SYDNEY, Australia — New evidence gathered by Amnesty International suggests that Australia’s maritime border control operations now resemble a lawless venture, with evidence of criminal activity, pay-offs to boat crews and abusive treatment of women, men and children seeking asylum. In its report, Amnesty International…

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