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The Opposition and silencing Human Rights Defenders

The Opposition and silencing Human Rights Defenders

by Rights Advocacy Project | May 1, 2017 | Equality and Government Accountability

By Esther Faine-Vallantin In the absence of a Bill of Rights or strong legal protections for free speech in Australia, Human Rights Defenders can face legal proceedings that aim to silence them. RAP’s 2016-2017 Equality and Government Accountability team worked on...
This week in immigration

This week in immigration

by Rights Advocacy Project | Apr 23, 2017 | Refugees and Asylum Seekers

By Lexi Lachal ‘Talking about values is always an attempt first, at comforting some white minority who is feeling down and gets a bit high on thinking that they have something special called “values” and second, at hurting a non-white minority by making it feel...
3 nightmare-inducing ways Dutton and Trump are basically the same political beast

3 nightmare-inducing ways Dutton and Trump are basically the same political beast

by Rights Advocacy Project | Apr 2, 2017 | Criminal Justice Reform, Rights Advocacy Project

By Lauren Bull These two men hold an astonishing amount of power in their tiny little hands, and seem to be reading from the same how-to-make-racists-and–influence-people playbook. The similarities are striking: 1. The way they talk about migrants: Who can forget...
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