Australia commits to press freedom reforms, better whistle-blower protection around UN review Published at 10.02.2021 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Secret whistle-blower hearings, overreach of security laws and arrest of protesters in Australia Published at 12.10.2020 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest Read more
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: women refugees and migrants surveillance censorship protestor(s) detained 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: funding restriction indigenous groups minority groups protest extractive industries censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights 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: self censorship internet restriction refugees and migrants minority groups restrictive law labour rights protest Read more
