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Asylum Seekers / Concern after Australia misses critical deadline to protect human rights

Leading civil society organisations working with people who have been detained in Australia’s immigration detention system have raised concerns over...

23 Jan 2023

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / UN urges Australia to improve treatment of people in detention

A report from the UN Committee Against Torture urges government action to improve Australia’s treatment of people in police custody,...

20 Dec 2022

Asylum Seekers / A Legislative Vacuum: The Healthcare Crisis in Onshore Immigration Detention

Healthcare in Australian immigration detention is in crisis. People in immigration detention continue to be arbitrarily refused medical treatment, leading...

19 Dec 2022

Asylum Seekers / UN oversight body asked to rule on cruelty of Australian immigration detention

Leading Australian human rights advocates have asked a UN oversight body visiting Australia to rule on whether treatment of asylum...

19 Oct 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 / Forum: Health Care Denied in Australian Immigration Detention

Join an expert panel discussing barriers to health care experienced by asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. About this event...

28 Nov 2021

Asylum Seekers / Commission concerned for detainees during COVID

The Australian Human Rights Commission has again publicly called for the Commonwealth government to transfer into the community, those immigration...

20 Jul 2020

Asylum Seekers / Time for action on OPCAT

PIAC welcomes the release of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s recommendations for how Australia should implement the Optional Protocol to...

2 Jul 2020

Asylum Seekers / Asylum seekers held in prison-like conditions for record periods

People in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres are now held for an average of about 500 days: an all-time high,...

20 Jun 2019

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