Australia: Authorities attempt to restrict protests, criminalise protesters and use excessive force despite UN review Published at 01.10.2025 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption surveillance negative court ruling excessive force torture/ill-treatment access to info. law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Australia: Authorities continue to criminalise protests, police with impunity and increase restrictive legislation and policies Published at 26.05.2025 Country Australia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protestor(s) detained protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction surveillance Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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: censorship HRD prosecuted environmental rights bureaucratic restriction Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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
