Asylum Seekers

Archive of posts in the 'Asylum Seekers' category

Accountable Government / Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020: Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

PIAC made a submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee in relation to the Data Availability and Transparency...

5 Mar 2021

Asylum Seekers / Detained asylum seeker given bucket to shower, after dispute with authorities over medical treatment

Gudrun Dewey is leading the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project, and said the government owed a...

25 Feb 2021

Asylum Seekers / 'Humiliating': lawyers decry Australia's handcuffing of asylum seekers for court visits

‘The continued handcuffing of asylum seekers to attend minor civil court matters is “humiliating” and creates a barrier to accessing...

12 Dec 2020

Asylum Seekers / ABC RN Breakfast: Refugee brings landmark test case against handcuffing by Australian Border Force

‘The handcuffing of refugees and asylum seekers for medical appointments should be illegal, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.’...

7 Dec 2020

Asylum Seekers / Handcuffed asylum seekers 'paraded like criminals' in Australian hospitals, doctors say

Doctors say handcuffed asylum seeker patients are being “paraded like criminals” through hospital wards and humiliated as they sit shackled...

25 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Test case challenges use of handcuffs in transferring asylum seekers to medical care (Yasir's story)

Introduction by Croakey: A landmark test case is highlighting the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention centres, according to...

25 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Landmark legal case challenges the 'inhumane' use of handcuffs on asylum seekers

‘The use of handcuffs to restrain asylum seekers who are seeking access to medical appointments will be challenged before the...

25 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Australia's use of handcuffs on asylum seekers inhumane and unlawful, advocates say

‘Exclusive: Landmark case in federal court to test handcuff use when transferring mentally ill detainees ‘Australia’s use of handcuffs to...

25 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Test case challenges the misuse of handcuffs against detained asylum seekers

An asylum seeker has launched a landmark test case that highlights the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention...

24 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Ombudsman highlights excessive use of force in immigration detention

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has made alarming revelations about the increasing use of force and restraints in immigration detention.   The...

19 Aug 2020

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