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Asylum Seekers / 2SER interview: Handcuffing in Australian immigration detention

PIAC’s work with people in immigration detention shows the overuse of handcuffs is preventing people in onshore immigration detention from...

6 Oct 2022

Discrimination / UN recommends Australia legislate on audio descriptions

A seven+ year campaign to have Australian networks provide audio descriptions for the blind and vision impaired community has resulted...

4 Oct 2022

Discrimination / Lack of audio descriptions on Australian TV a human rights breach, UN committee finds

A United Nations committee has found Australia breached an international human rights treaty by failing to provide audio descriptions on...

4 Oct 2022

Discrimination / UN says Australia must ensure equal access to free-to-air TV for people who are blind or vision impaired

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has found Australia has breached the rights of people who...

3 Oct 2022

Truth and Accountability / 2SER interview: Sri Lanka conflict map

The Sri Lankan civil war spanned more than 25 years, ending in 2009. There have been thousands of reports of...

22 Sep 2022

Asylum Seekers / Activists Want The UN To Look Into Inhumane Use Of Handcuffs On Asylum Seekers

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is urging the United Nations torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers...

19 Sep 2022

Asylum Seekers / Being handcuffed for medical appointments left asylum seeker Yasir shaken. Why is it happening?

Asylum seekers are being given the choice of being handcuffed on their way to medical appointments or missing out on...

19 Sep 2022

Asylum Seekers / Submission to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

PIAC made a submission to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...

16 Sep 2022

Asylum Seekers / Call for UN torture watchdog to investigate Australia’s handcuffing of asylum seekers en route to medical care

The United Nations’ torture prevention watchdog has been urged to investigate Australia’s use of handcuffs on asylum seekers when seeking...

16 Sep 2022

Asylum Seekers / Handcuffing in Australian immigration detention needs urgent review ahead of UN visit

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says a comprehensive review of handcuffing in Australia’s onshore immigration detention system is urgently...

16 Sep 2022

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