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Australia Set To Join UN Human Rights Council: Report
Australia looks set to fill one of two vacancies on the United Nations Human Rights Council following France's withdrawal from the process, the Herald Sun newspaper said on Saturday, quoting remarks by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
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Australia Needs To 'Lift Game' To Help Refugees: Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International Wednesday slammed Australia for its treatment of asylum-seekers in remote Pacific camps, as it also urged Canberra to "lift their game" and help relieve the international refugee crisis.
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Violence against women in Papua New Guinea an 'Emergency': Monitoring Group
Violence against women in Papua New Guinea is at "emergency" levels, Human Rights Watch said today, exposing harrowing brutality, long-term abuse and revealing that wives who complain risk being accused of sorcery.
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Australia rejects claims that navy mistreated asylum seekers
Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while being returned to Indonesia by the Australian navy under a policy that has strained ties between the countries.
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Guinea creates first human rights ministerial post
Human rights groups have applauded the creation of a new Cabinet post dedicated to human rights in Guinea, which has one of the worst records in West Africa, following a shocking 2009 massacre.
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Australia Set To Join UN Human Rights Council: Report
Australia looks set to fill one of two vacancies on the United Nations Human Rights Council following France's withdrawal from the process, the Herald Sun newspaper said on Saturday, quoting remarks by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
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Australia Needs To 'Lift Game' To Help Refugees: Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International Wednesday slammed Australia for its treatment of asylum-seekers in remote Pacific camps, as it also urged Canberra to "lift their game" and help relieve the international refugee crisis.
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Violence against women in Papua New Guinea an 'Emergency': Monitoring Group
Violence against women in Papua New Guinea is at "emergency" levels, Human Rights Watch said today, exposing harrowing brutality, long-term abuse and revealing that wives who complain risk being accused of sorcery.
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Australia rejects claims that navy mistreated asylum seekers
Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while being returned to Indonesia by the Australian navy under a policy that has strained ties between the countries.
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Guinea creates first human rights ministerial post
Human rights groups have applauded the creation of a new Cabinet post dedicated to human rights in Guinea, which has one of the worst records in West Africa, following a shocking 2009 massacre.
