PIAC in the news. 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 Truth and Accountability / ABC 702 - Transitional justice in Sri Lanka Daniela Gavshon, (Program Director, Truth and Accountability) on ABC 702 talking about the Sri Lankan civil war and the importance... 10 Feb 2021 Discrimination / Mental health insurance problems to be exacerbated by COVID-19 Systemic problems with the way life and income protection insurers offer policies and assess the claims of people with mental... 10 Feb 2021 Energy + Water / Off-grid dream becomes reality as bushfire threat creates new era for power networks Craig Memery, who leads PIAC’s Energy + Water Consumers’ Advocacy Program, explains some of the benefits of stand alone power... 17 Dec 2020 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
