'Enhanced screening' is jeopardising Sri Lankan asylum claims | Emily Howie
As a new screening process increases the likelihood of irreversible mistakes, Australia should rethink its attitude towards Sri Lankan asylum seekers ...
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US urges Nigeria to safeguard human rights in Boko Haram fight
Secretary of state John Kerry urges government troops to remain disciplined in latest offensive against Islamic terrorists ...
Alexander Litvinenko's widow criticises Vladimir Putin's Downing St visit
Widow says Sunday's meeting with David Cameron shows UK and Russia have agreed to ignore husband's polonium poisoning The widow of the murdered ...
Afghanistan peace talks: no surrender behind the Taliban's white flowers
Behind a surprise invitation to talk lie years of violence, scepticism and suspicion The banalities of a news conference take on a strange ...
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Torture and ill-treatment past and present
The decision to compensate the victims of torture and illegal detention during the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya (Britain has said sorry to the Mau ...
Blood diamond trail leads to loopholes in Kimberley Process
Pressure to extend oversight to government - as well as rebel - abuses as monitoring group meets in South Africa The Kimberly Process was never ...
Alcohol restrictions protect Aboriginal people, high court rules
Curbs on the sale and possession of alcohol in 19 Queensland communities do target indigenous Australians, but do not breach international or ...
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Courage of Zimbabwe human rights lawyer captured in film | Rebecca Lowe
Filmmaker says Beatrice Mtetwa's use of the rule of law is 'her means of resistance against the regime' Beatrice Mtetwa grew up on a Swaziland farm ...
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The Ring and the Rings: Vladimir Putin's Mafia Olympics
While Vladimir Putin's 'theft' of Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring grabs the headlines, a far bigger scandal grips the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics ...
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Prism: How can this level of state surveillance be legal? | Anya Proops
It's hard to see how any system that captures data from millions of law-abiding citizens satisfies our right to privacy In the late 18th century the ...
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