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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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