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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Australia commits to press freedom reforms, better whistle-blower protection around UN review
Published at
10.02.2021
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- bureaucratic restriction
- protestor(s) detained
- protest

Whistleblowers still facing prosecution in Australia, new harsh sanctions against charities proposed
Published at
04.06.2021
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest

Conviction of whistleblower, new NGO regulation another blow to civic freedoms in Australia
Published at
03.09.2021
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted
- protest

Civil society calls for human rights reforms as new government comes to power in Australia
Published at
25.05.2022
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- restrictive law
- negative court ruling
- environmental rights
- refugees and migrants

Electoral law passed that will stifle charities in Australia while targeting of activists persists
Published at
10.01.2022
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights
- censorship
- bureaucratic restriction

Arrest of climate protesters, increasing anti-protest laws and continued prosecution of whistleblowers in Australia
Published at
29.09.2022
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- harassment
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

Australia: Protesters face arrest while security laws are putting press freedom at risk
Published at
23.03.2023
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protestor(s) detained
- excessive force
- environmental rights

Australia: Anti-protest laws, arrest of protesters and prosecution of whistleblowers undermines civic freedoms
Published at
25.07.2023
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Australia: Pro-Palestinian and climate protests met with restrictions, excessive force and arrests
Published at
12.01.2024
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- place restrictions
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- excessive force
- prevention of protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights

Australia: Sentencing of whistle-blower and crackdown on protests a setback for civic freedoms
Published at
17.05.2024
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- harassment
- excessive force
- torture/ill-treatment
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- environmental rights

Australia: Police use excessive force, criminalise protesters and sought to block protests through the courts
Published at
29.10.2024
Country
Australia
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- refugees and migrants
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- protestor(s) detained
- environmental rights