Continued concerns about privacy and freedoms in Australia, following civic space rating downgrade Published at 27.05.2020 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling refugees and migrants environmental rights protestor(s) detained surveillance protest Read more
Smear campaign against green activists, anti-protest laws and media restrictions in Australia Published at 04.02.2020 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law bureaucratic restriction environmental rights censorship protestor(s) detained protest public vilification Read more
Freedoms at risk in Australia with media raids, silencing of whistleblowers and arrest of protesters Published at 29.08.2019 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid harassment surveillance excessive force extractive industries restrictive law censorship journalist detained protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
New Australian law to crackdown on violent videos on social media may lead to censorship Published at 17.04.2019 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups extractive industries minority groups censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Anti-encryption law rammed through Australian parliament could impact global privacy Published at 28.01.2019 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups extractive industries restrictive law environmental rights surveillance protest Read more
Proposed cybersecurity bill breaches privacy rights and rights to freedom of expression Published at 30.10.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance refugees and migrants protest Read more
New security laws will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression, says civil society Published at 13.08.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance censorship protestor(s) detained women refugees and migrants protest Read more
Changes to security laws likely to have chilling effect, UN warns Published at 04.05.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights funding restriction indigenous groups land rights Read more
Proposed laws could criminalise whistle-blowers and silence civil society Published at 14.02.2018 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship funding restriction refugees and migrants HRD detained excessive force protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction Read more
Refugees protest poor detention centre conditions on Australian-controlled Manus Island Published at 19.10.2017 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction self censorship restrictive law protest refugees and migrants labour rights minority groups Read more
Freedom of assembly undermined legally and in practice in Australia Published at 02.08.2017 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: sexual assault refugees and migrants protestor(s) detained labour rights excessive force protest Read more
Protest restrictions outside abortion clinics raise free speech concerns Published at 03.11.2016 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women refugees and migrants time,place restrictions access to info. law protest Read more
