‘The continued handcuffing of asylum seekers to attend minor civil court matters is “humiliating” and creates a barrier to accessing justice, lawyers say.’ ‘The use
‘The handcuffing of refugees and asylum seekers for medical appointments should be illegal, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.’ ‘Their client Yasir, who has
Doctors say handcuffed asylum seeker patients are being “paraded like criminals” through hospital wards and humiliated as they sit shackled in doctors’ waiting rooms. The
Introduction by Croakey: A landmark test case is highlighting the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention centres, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre(PIAC). Yasir*,
‘The use of handcuffs to restrain asylum seekers who are seeking access to medical appointments will be challenged before the federal court in a landmark
‘Exclusive: Landmark case in federal court to test handcuff use when transferring mentally ill detainees ‘Australia’s use of handcuffs to transfer asylum seekers to medical
‘One Nation’s Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020 gets one thing right — the lack of protection for religious belief is a genuine
Australia is out of step with most of the world when it comes to the age we send kids to jail – here 10 year
Interview with Jonathon Hunyor, Daniel Daylight and Dr Jacqueline Small in relation to raising the age of criminal responsibility. Starts at 24:11.
Snapshot In National Disability Insurance Agency v WRMF, the Full Federal Court upheld an AAT decision in which the sex therapy services requested by an applicant
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